Daily Prayer - Keeping between the guardrails

Good Monday morning, my friends.

We should always heed the advice of the apostle Peter: "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)

God's word provides us with lots of guidelines to keep us from straying off the narrow path and into the devil's territory.  We just don't always listen.  At least not to God.  We are more prone at times to listen to the lies of the devil.

Lift this prayer today for yourself, for me, and for your friends and family in the faith.

Amazing Grace and Eternal Peace be yours in abundance,

Bruce

Father, it is because of Your wise and loving character that You teach us about the wiles of our adversary, the devil, and his cunning ways.

We are not caught unaware but recognize his strategy as we regularly read Your Word and store it up in our hearts.

Your precepts are right and because of that we hate every wrong path.

Direct our footsteps according to Your Word so that we stay in pace with You, observing the yellow lights of caution, stopping at the red lights of danger, and staying within the confines of Your guardrails.

As we do so we will not allow sin to dominate our lives or lead us astray.

We pray for Your guidance in Jesus' name.

Amen.

(http://adailyprayer.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/a-prayer-for-spiritual-guardrails/)