Fight the Good Fight of Faith, English Edition

 • Fight the Good Fight of Faith: Playing Your Part in God’s Unfolding Drama

instruct you, the Christian church to befriend you, and the power of prayer to help you get all you need to live out this great Story in your new life. You now have new friends, as well as new enemies! You have been rescued from the power of darkness, and now you must learn to resist the lies of the devil, the temptations of the world, and the habits of your old sin nature. To be saved is to have taken God’s side in a struggle, for the hearts and minds of people everywhere. But, don’t worry! God has granted to us all that we need to live the Christian life, to please and glorify God, and to overcome the enemy in this great Story we now participate in. Spend some time thanking God for drawing you to himself, for making you his child, and granting you eternal life. Ask him for strength and help to continue to learn and to grow as a disciple (follower) of Jesus, and as a

soldier in his army. He will never leave nor forsake us. Welcome to the family, and welcome to the fight!

I am created in the image of God, and although I was once an enemy of God, I am chosen to participate in God’s cosmic plan to win back all that was lost at the fall.

Affirmation

The Lord’s Prayer has been used by the church for centuries, based on the Lord Jesus’ own teaching to his disciples in Matthew 6.9-13 and Luke 11.2-4. Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Eternal God, my Father, thank you for revealing to me your great plan and Story in the Scriptures. You created the universe and the world, and you are my maker and my God. Thank you for opening up my heart to hear the Gospel of your salvation, of the offer of eternal life you make to all people who believe in Jesus. I accept that you love me, and saved me. You have made me a part of your Story. Help me, by your Spirit, to learn how to live so I can glorify you – standing my ground against those things that would draw me away from you, and back to the world. Give me grace to please you today. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Prayer

Heart Cry to the Lord