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SAY AMEN-2


Text : John 17:9 

"I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours."

Today, we shall be looking at the second prayer Jesus prayed for you which is preservation from evil. "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one." (John 17:15).

Apostle John wrote thus: *"And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.(1John 5:19)"*.

It is important for you to know that you are of God, but this world in which you live in lies in wickedness. 

In view of this, the Lord Jesus Christ asked the Father to keep you from the evil one. The evil one is Satan who rules the world in wickedness.

Jesus knew the power of the evil one in our world, hence He asked that the Father should preserve you from the evil one.

Jesus' Prayer for you concerning deliverance from the evil one has already been answered. You now have a responsibility of keeping yourself. "...he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not." (1 John  5:18). You are not, and you cannot keep yourself by your own power but only in the love of God. It is when you keep yourself in God's love that you will be kept away from the evil one.

You keep yourself in the love of Jesus by abiding in Him. When you abide in Christ Jesus as a true vine, then you are saying Amen to Jesus' Prayer. (John 15: 1-3).

Bible Reading :

John 17: 9-16.

 PRAYER FOCUS 

1.) Father God, please keep me from the evil one.

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