Make No Room for the Devil

      Make no room for the Devil within your mind, body and soul. Keep him out of your life. Close all the doors to the ways that he may be able to tempt you. Purify your mind so it is clean so the Devil may not torment you in anyway. Even though the devil may control our world, we can make sure that he cannot control us. We can surrender to our God in heaven our mind, body and soul. We can give God control over our lives. We can make our body a temple to his Holy Spirit. We can pray to God to help us in our fight against the Devil so that our lives may be free from him.
     Ephesians 4:27 "and give no opportunity to the devil." The devil will take advantage of any weakness that is within you. He is someone who will make your situation in life worst. If you do not want him to influence you, you need the help of the one who defeated him and rose into heaven. Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Romans 16:20 "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." We need Jesus in our lives and the power of his Holy Spirit to keep Satan away from us.
     James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded." If you want to draw near to God first clean your hands from any sin that you are doing. Purify your heart by the blood of the Lamb. Quit being double-minded by sharing your love for the world and trying to love God at the same time. 1 John 2:15 "Do not love the world or the things in the world, If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." If we want to keep the devil out of our mind and heart, we must not divide our love between God and this world.
     Remember what happened to Lot's wife in Sodom? Genesis 19:17 "And as they brought them out, one said, Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley, Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away." Genesis 19:26 "But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." Lot's wife did not obey the warning from the angel from God. She look back at the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that were being destroyed by God and she was turned into a pillar of salt as her punishment. In a like manner, God will be bring destruction upon this wicked world of ours and then provide us a new place to live. We must love God and not this world that is ruled by Satan. We must never look back and long for the world that we left behind because if we do, we to could be punished and be destroyed along with it.
     Love that which gives you life and not what gives you death. Purge all that is within you that is coming between you and God. Do not hold tight to anything that will bring down the wrath of God upon you. Worship God with all your heart and soul. The word of God brings you near to him and your resistance to his word is what separates you from him. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians 7:1 "....beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bring holiness to completion in the fear of God." Make no room for the devil but make room for God and his Holy Spirit.