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ABIDING IN EASTER - LENT DEVOTIONAL by BRYAN CRAIG

DAY 18

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”

Galatians 1:3-5 ESV

You surely know that Jesus died on the cross for your sins, past, present and future. He was the atoning sacrifice so that He can make us holy for heaven. But just as Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Deliver us from evil,” He offers grace and peace now. He offers shelter from all the evil we see in this world. He knows it is difficult living here. God recently showed me that one of the curses in the garden, when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, was that we must live constantly with the knowledge of evil. We have eyes to see so much potential for evil, even within ourselves. This is grievous to us. Thankfully, we also have a knowledge of goodness and its potential, and we have a Lord who wants to help us.

APPLICATION:

Do you feel a need for deliverance from evil? Ask Jesus, the Lord, to help you and give you grace and peace in your time of need. He will do it.