OVERCOMERS

PSALM 66:12 (ABP)
You, God, let the outsiders run over us—
   we’ve been through fires and floods.
But you brought us out these trials to a place of freedom!

2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-12 (MSG)
We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized; we’re not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we’ve been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn’t left our side; we’ve been thrown down, but we haven’t broken. What they did to Jesus, they do to us—trial and torture, mockery and murder; what Jesus did among them, he does in us—he lives! Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus’ sake, which makes Jesus’ life all the more evident in us. While we’re going through the worst, you’re getting in on the best!

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through our connection with Jesus we overcome evil assaults, to serve as he did. 

DAILY FODDER
The temptation is to believe that opposition is a sign that we're operating outside God's will, the opposite of the reality. 

PRAYER
Good Shepherd, bring me into your gracious space. May I join others in giving thanks for bringing us through so much. May my life and even my wounds show your helping and healing. May I be a wounded healer and not a wounded wounder. Make my struggles a source of helping and not hurting for others. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.