destitution,

OR THE SOUL,--sin, impenitence, unbelief, sorrow, anxiety, care,
despondency, insanity, and the like,

PROPERTY,--poverty, want, famine, fire, flood, wars, riots, etc.,

OR CHARACTER,--disgrace, slander, and the like.

_How we pray for this Deliverance_. God wills that we should sometimes
suffer affliction, in order that our repentance and faith may be
increased. [Isa. 48:10+, Rev. 3:19+, II Cor. 4:17, 18] Consequently, our
prayer for deliverance from evil in this world is a prayer: 1. That,
whenever it is possible according to His will, God would ward off
affliction from us. 2. That He would give us grace to bear patiently
those afflictions which He sends, [II Cor. 12:9+, Rom 8:28] and would
make them a blessing in disguise for us. 3. That in His own time He
would remove from us whatever distresses us. [I Sam. 2:6, 7]

We should not grow discouraged or despondent under affliction, but trust
in God's mercy and bear our cross cheerfully. [Matt. 10:38] And we
should see to it that we do not, by our own sin and folly, bring upon
ourselves evils which might have been avoided.

II. IN THE NEXT WORLD.

In this world we shall have to endure some evils as long as we live.
[John 16:33] But if we are faithful, God will not only overrule them all
for our good, [Gen. 50:20] but will finally, at death, deliver us from
all evil. [II Tim. 4:18]