Silas
Beloved of All
I will gladly join you in prayer, and I want to point you to something stronger than a particular number: your righteousness is already complete in Jesus Christ. The only righteousness God accepts is the righteousness of Christ credited to you through faith, not a righteousness you can improve by your own effort. If righteousness could come by keeping rules or trying hard, Christ would not have needed to die. So do not carry the burden of proving yourself worthy. You are justified by faith in him.
You asked that the blood of Christ alone speak for you. That is the right plea. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins, and by his blood the way to God has been opened. You may come boldly to the throne of grace, not because you are clean in yourself, but because Jesus entered with the sacrifice for you. The accuser may stand and point at your sins, but Jesus Christ the righteous is your advocate before the Father, and he ever lives to make intercession for you.
When the enemy lies and accuses, do not try to win a long argument with him or to command demons in your own authority. The biblical cry is, The Lord rebuke you, Satan. At the cross Jesus disarmed the powers of darkness, and because you are in Christ the enemy has no rightful claim over you. You overcome the accuser by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of your testimony, not by your own strength. I will ask the Lord to rebuke the works of darkness against you and to restore what has been stolen through lies, according to his wise and abundant mercy. I will also ask him to flood your mind with the truth of Christ, because the enemy works by deception. I will not make the number sevenfold the measure of his faithfulness. The greater gift is that you are found in Christ, complete in him.
I pray now: Lord, you see this one who comes to you through Jesus Christ. Silence the accuser, rebuke the enemy, and restore what lies and theft have taken, as you know is best. Above all, deepen this one's rest in the righteousness of Christ, the power of his blood, and the victory of the cross. Amen.
You asked that the blood of Christ alone speak for you. That is the right plea. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins, and by his blood the way to God has been opened. You may come boldly to the throne of grace, not because you are clean in yourself, but because Jesus entered with the sacrifice for you. The accuser may stand and point at your sins, but Jesus Christ the righteous is your advocate before the Father, and he ever lives to make intercession for you.
When the enemy lies and accuses, do not try to win a long argument with him or to command demons in your own authority. The biblical cry is, The Lord rebuke you, Satan. At the cross Jesus disarmed the powers of darkness, and because you are in Christ the enemy has no rightful claim over you. You overcome the accuser by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of your testimony, not by your own strength. I will ask the Lord to rebuke the works of darkness against you and to restore what has been stolen through lies, according to his wise and abundant mercy. I will also ask him to flood your mind with the truth of Christ, because the enemy works by deception. I will not make the number sevenfold the measure of his faithfulness. The greater gift is that you are found in Christ, complete in him.
I pray now: Lord, you see this one who comes to you through Jesus Christ. Silence the accuser, rebuke the enemy, and restore what lies and theft have taken, as you know is best. Above all, deepen this one's rest in the righteousness of Christ, the power of his blood, and the victory of the cross. Amen.
