Time is Short – The Presidential Prayer Team

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! – James 2:19

An article by Inspiration Ministries declares that Satan’s time is short! The article claims, “The devil is more aware of God’s prophetic timetable than are most Christians.” The writer states that Satan knows the Bible “and he sees that the biblical signposts of the End Times are occurring at a rapid rate.”

Throughout Scripture, you read of times when the demons, even the devil himself, had to acknowledge first, that God is sovereign, and there is only one eternal and majestic God (Isaiah 43:10). They know that Jesus Christ is God’s “Holy One,” that He is deity, and to be feared (Luke 4:34), and they know that there is a day of judgment coming for them (Matthew 8:29). Satan did everything he could as recorded in the Bible to keep Jesus from coming to Earth, to keep Him from redeeming humankind. And now, knowing that his time on this planet is limited, he is “pulling out all the stops.” One preacher put it this way: “Having lost your soul to eternity, his objective now is to keep you from reproducing.”

There are people across America today who have the same kind of belief that the devil and his minions have. But acknowledging the existence and plan of God is far different from trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

When the apostle Paul appeared before King Agrippa, he said his purpose was to help people “open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God” (Acts 26:18). Pray for eyes within your sphere of influence to see the light of Christ in you. Be a faithful witness in these days because the time is short.

Today’s Verse: James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

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Recommended for further reading: Mark 5:1-13

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ²And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. ³He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, ⁴for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. ⁵Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. ⁷And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” ⁸For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ⁹And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” ¹⁰And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. ¹¹Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, ¹²and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” ¹³So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.