but deliver us from the evil one

You have an enemy. He’s smarter, more cunning, and more resourceful than you. At every turn, he seeks to bring you down to his level, and drag you into his dreadful destiny.

But you also have a Champion. He defeated that enemy in the fight of all history, twisting death into glorious life, and making a way for you to do the same.

Jesus teaches us to pray:

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” - Matthew 6:13

You can ask God to rescue you from evil itself, even when its tentacles reach innocuously into your world. That YouTube clip? That place I really really want to go? That thing I just have to say to someone or I’ll burst? That money I don’t have but I’m about to spend anyway? Please help me, Jesus.

When you pray today, ask the Champion of Heaven to deliver you from evil you can see, as well as that which you can’t. Ask Him to crush your enemy’s head and shatter his teeth, and to show you how to identify those moments when evil is at your door. Your enemy is cleverer than you, yes. But your Champion is stronger than him. And therefore, so can you be.