God bless you Grace. Listen to this Grace. James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he/she is drawn away of his own lust and enticed. Verse 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth SIN, and SIN, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (lust covers a lot of things: sex, power, money, ) Death comes in many ways, depression, emptiness, loneliness, bitterness, etc. These are spiritual death. So when satan sees and knows our weakness, those things in our lives that are not surrender to Jesus when they rise up for their satisfation, he use them as baits to tempt us.
We must live a life of surrendering everyday. Hear what Jesus said "to follow Him, we must first deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. When we dont do that, we live in bondage to sin. It is essential and necessary to follow Jesus and He be the center of our lives.
Listen to Jesus now. John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches, he who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruits, for without Me, you can do nothing".
John 15:7, Listen to Jesus "If you abide in Me, and MY WORDS abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you"
John 14:16, Listen to Jesus "And I will pray the Father nad He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.
1st John 2:14 "......I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the WORD OF GOD abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. This tell us the young men were strong and they overcome the wicked one because they feast on the word of God.
So Father I pray for Grace to be an overcomer in Christ through Your word as she abide in You. I pray as she deny herself and take up her cross and follow You, You will give her the grace to go through trials in her life in Jesus name amen