Series Eight: Deliver Us

Matthew 6:13b "... But deliver us from evil."

When you pray "Deliver us from evil," you are praying for deliverance from the power of Satan and his clever deceitful plan that tried to destroy us. There are growing number of people becoming interested in the occult because of its attraction in the movies related to the supernatural powers. Satan kept himself hidden so they don't think much about it. John quotes, "The great dragon ... that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world" (Rev. 12:9). Jesus called him, "A murderer ... a liar, and the father of it" (John 8:44).

When you pray "Deliver us from evil," you are asking God to protect you from the evil one. This prayer helps us to remember that God is wiser than us, and He knows how to defend us from evil one. God is more powerful than us, and He has power to defend us. Like David said, "The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil:... The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in" (Psalm 121:7,8).

Each day we need to ask God for spiritual protection for ourselves and others around us. We could pray like this: "Deliver us from the evil one who would destroy our health by different kinds of disease. Deliver us from evil one who would try to hurt us in ways that we do not even think about. When we go out to drive our car, protect all of us from the evil one who try to harm us from the traffic accident." John reminds us that "Greater is he (Jesus) than he (the evil one) that is in the world" (1 John 4:4).

May the Lord deliver us from the evil one... protect us from physical and spiritual harm. In Jesus' name... Amen.

So trust God today!

Dorothy

The Lord's Prayer:
Our Father which are in heaven. Holy be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts (sins), as we forgive our debtors (those who sin against us). And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.