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choice to do the good or the bad
and the outcome is the same.
However, the great thing is
that God is always waiting to pick
you up and put you right back on
the original track that He had you
on.
That is His plan for your life
that He has known from the
beginning. In Jeremiah 29:11 it
says, “For I know the plans I have
for you, ‘declares the Lord, ‘plans
to prosper you and not harm you
plans to give you hope and a
future". So that means that God
KEEPING THE DEVIL UNER OUR only wants the best for you and
FEET. Pastor Bree Rassi then the devil wants the opposite.
In our walk with Christ there The devil wants you to stray
are ups and downs. It is always from the path that God has set out
harder to get up the further down for you, knock you down, make
you get. In John 10:10 it says, you weak and to keep you there.
“The thief comes only to steal and
kill and destroy; I have come that No matter how miniscule the
they may have life and have it matter seems, if it is good it's God,
full". and if it's bad then it's from the
devil.
So we need to be reminded
that the devil has only one job. So how can we keep the devil
That is to knock us down and keep under our feet and make sure that
us there. We just must realize that God is in control?
those bad things that happen to us First, we need to make sure
or around us are a result of the that we know who we are in Christ
devil and his tricks. and continually build our faith. If
we know who we are in Christ, it is
We absolutely have free will.
We make choices to do certain easier to not believe the lies that
things and those things have the devil tries to tell us about
consequences of course. We have a ourselves and others.
choice to do the good or the bad 9.
