Charles Stanley's Handbook for Christian Living: Biblical Answers to Life's Tough Questions

by Charles F. Stanley

through You for I am in You. As You walked without sin on this earth, live without sin through me today. By faith I claim victory over __________. (Then I list some of the temptations I know I will face that day.) When I face these temptations, remind me that the victory has already been won. By faith I put on the helmet of salvation. Thank You for saving me. Thank You for forgiving me. Thank You for sending the Holy Spirit to live inside me. Holy Spirit, I surrender my will to You today. I surrender my thoughts to You. I choose to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. And last, I take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. (Then I claim several specific promises from Scripture.) So, Lord, I go now rejoicing that You have chosen me to represent You to this lost world. May others see Jesus in me. May Satan and his hosts shudder as Your power is manifest through me. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen. The devil does not sleep, nor is the flesh yet dead; therefore you must never cease your preparation for battle, because on the right and on the left are enemies who never rest. —THOMAS à KEMPIS The more public thy place, Christian, and the more eminent thy service for God, the more thou must look that the devil [will have] some more dangerous design or other against thee; and therefore if every private soldier needs armour against Satan’s bullets of temptation, then the commanders and officers, who stand in the front of the battle, much more. —WILLIAM ...