Devo for 05/18/2025 service- Message by Pastor Clint Sprague
What a great weekend as Pastor Clint took us back into the series “The Way that Leads to Life.” This series is truly a “Road Trip through the Sermon on the Mount,” which we will be exploring a lot over the coming weeks.
Pastor Clint talked to us about these three truths:
There IS a way that leads to life
The way that leads to life is NARROW
Salvation is the doorway to ETERNAL LIFE
He posed this question from the message: “Am I on the way that leads to life?”
This is a great question to ask God, and ask him quite often. It will help us identify areas of our lives where we are missing the mark. Satan would like nothing better than to get us believing lies so we get off that narrow path. We all know this. We know that the devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy. So, I offer this question to us all:
Why do we believe the lies of the enemy and end up veering off the narrow path to life?
I would say the answer to that question is this: We don’t believe, or receive, the truth! We may know the truth, but we don’t believe it is for us or receive it! For example, here is the truth about us according to God:
I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14
Now, go and look at yourself in a mirror, and ask yourself if you believe the truth God says about you! If you say you believe it, the next question is, do you receive it? Do you live your life knowing and acting like God made you to be awesome and wonderful?
See, this is where satan sneaks in and starts putting doubt in our minds. Doubt is his primary weapon against the truth of God’s word because doubt produces the opposite result of believing. We also need to understand that doubt can be as real as faith, and it gives rise to fear. This is where our enemy wants us, so he can begin tormenting us and getting us to cut off our connection to the blessings of God.
How do we combat that? We need to KNOW the truth, BELIEVE the truth, and RECEIVE the truth!
“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:7-8
If we always believe and receive the truth that God has for us, we can live a life filled with joy, peace, courage, authority, steadfastness, love, and all the other things doubt wants to rob from us! We know the enemy is already defeated, and this truth is shown in Matthew chapter 9. Jesus arrives on shore, and there are two demon-possessed men who, when they saw Jesus, the demons shouted, “What do You have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
Did you notice that last line? The demons know they are defeated and are confused that Jesus is ALREADY coming back! As adopted Sons of God, the demons and satan realize they have no power over us! That is why they lie and pick at us, to get us distracted from the truth of God!
Fight men! You are worthy and have what it takes! Believe the Truth and Receive it for yourself!
Don’t forget to invite God into your day!
Topic for Study -
Character
1 Corinthians 7:20
Matthew 10:22
2 Thessalonians 2:15
May Memory Verse:
1 John 4:4
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world