1. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Satan is a deceiver, the accuser, the father of lies, and he seeks to keep people in bondage through deception, but it is the truth in Jesus that sets us free.

2. Step 2: Deception vs Truth God’s Word is true and we need to accept His truth in the innermost part of our being (Psalm 51:6). Whether or not we feel it is true, we need to believe it is true! Since Jesus is the truth, the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, and the Word of God is truth, it is imperative that each of us know the truth, believe the truth, speak the truth and live the truth.

3. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Dear heavenly Father, I know that You want me to know the truth, believe the truth, speak the truth, and live in accordance with the truth. Thank You that it is the truth that will set me free. In many ways I have been deceived by Satan, the father of lies, and I have deceived myself as well.

4. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Father, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, by virtue of His shed blood and resurrection, asking You to rebuke all of Satan’s demons that are deceiving me. I have trusted in Jesus alone to save me, and so I am Your forgiven child. Therefore, since You accept me just as I am in Christ, I can be free to face my sin and not try to hide. I ask for the Holy Spirit to guide me into all truth.

5. Step 2: Deception vs Truth I ask You to “search me, 0 God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.” In the name of Jesus, who is the Truth, I pray. Amen.

6. Step 2: Deception vs Truth WAYS YOU CAN BE DECEIVED BY THE WORLD… Father, I confess that I have been deceived by ___________. I thank You for Your forgiveness, and I commit myself to believing only Your truth. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

7. Step 2: Deception vs Truth WAYS YOU DECEIVE YOURSELF… Father, I confess that I have deceived myself by ______________. Thank You for Your forgiveness. I commit myself to believing only Your truth. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

8. Step 2: Deception vs Truth WAYS TO WRONGLY DEFEND YOURSELF … Father, I confess that I have defended myself wrongly by _____________. Thank You for Your forgiveness. I now commit myself to trusting in You to defend and protect me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

9. Step 2: Deception vs Truth I renounce the lie that my Father God is... AND I joyfully accept the truth that my Father God is...

10. Step 2: Deception vs Truth DO NOT FEAR

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12. Satan uses fear to try to paralyse Christians. His intimidation tactics are designed to rob us of faith in God and drive us to try to get our needs met through the world or the flesh

13. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Dear heavenly Father, I confess to You that I have listened to the devil’s roar and have allowed fear to master me. I have not always walked by faith in You but instead have focused on my feelings and circumstances.

14. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Thank You for forgiving me for my unbelief. Right now I renounce the spirit of fear and affirm the truth that You have not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind. Lord, please reveal to my mind now all the fears that have been controlling me so I can renounce them and be free to walk by faith in You.

15. Step 2: Deception vs Truth I thank You for the freedom You give me to walk by faith and not by fear. In Jesus’ powerful name, I pray. Amen.

16. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Some fears the devil has used to keep you from walking in freedom and by faith: Prayer: I renounce the (name the fear) because God has not given me a spirit of fear. I choose to live by faith in the God who has promised to protect me and meet all my needs as I walk by faith in Him.

17. Step 2: Deception vs Truth Dear heavenly Father, I thank You that You are trustworthy. I choose to believe You, even when my feelings and circumstances tell me to fear. You have told me not to fear, for You are with me; to not anxiously look about me, for You are my God. You will strengthen me, help me, and surely uphold me with Your righteous right hand. I pray this with faith in the name of Jesus my Master. Amen.

18. Step 2: Deception vs Truth FAITH Just “having faith” is not enough. The object of your faith must be trustworthy