[Jesus said,]
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 NIV
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Lord,
minister to me by your Spirit.
Come into my heart and mind, and release me
from all inward tension and anxiety.
Hold before my mind the truth that I have nothing to fear from Satan
for you have defeated him;
all I must do is fill my life and my mind with you.
Remind me often, especially in the midst of difficulty,
that you, who are in me, are greater than he who is in the world.
Help me to carry this truth with me as I contemplate
the awesome reality of the spiritual battle taking place,
a battle that, perhaps in our time,
is moving perceptively closer to its climax.
Give me the vision of you who are:
our Father who art in heaven,
the Shepherd in whose presence there is no lack,
so I may have the confidence and power
to love and to live as Jesus lived.
In his name, amen.
From Life Without Lack, by Dallas Willard
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You, dear children,
are from God and have overcome them,
because the one who is in you is greater
than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4 NIV
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 NIV