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War and Conquerors!
Satan orchestrates demonic attacks, and demons attack many times when we are not expecting it. They take aim directly at us and swiftly shoot their arrows, attempting to penetrate any weakness in our spiritual armor. They launch cleverly designed thoughts into our thoughts, and attempt to set in motion one fiery thought succeeding another. Their design is that we accept the outcome of what is being projected on us.
Accepting defeat is not an option for a child of God! Godly warriors fight! They draw near to God and resist the devil. They look to their Captain, our Lord Jesus Christ, and understand the seriousness of the moment they are confronted with! They defend themselves with the shield of faith! God’s warriors go on the offense, quoting the word of God for every moment they are under intense attack!
They soon see the battle turn toward their favor!
We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us! Every temptation that the children of God face is common…and in every situation, God will make a way of escape. We are to stand, therefore, with the armor of God spoken of in Ephesians, chapter 6. If we do these things we will come away from the intense battle more than conquerors because of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Tis the Season for Forgiving!
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
(Luke 23:34)
Does the holidays have you stressed out because you don’t seem to have much to give? Why don’t you give someone a wonderful gift this holiday season that may be valued more than money? Give forgiveness! This great gift that you have can, no doubt, bring joy to some troubled soul today. You may very well have the power to release someone of past offenses done to you or levelled at you. Release them and in turn, release yourself. You may find it to be the best gift you ever gave.
It is true that some people don’t accept gifts to well, but still give it in the spirit that Christ would (St. John 1:11). All of us have given quality gifts we thought people would like only to find it didn’t suit them, and that’s okay…but, give anyway!
There has never been a better time when Christmas and Easter come together so beautifully. We celebrate both Christ’s birth and resurrection as well as reflect on His death. His birth is a season for giving. His death is a time we reflect on Him giving himself for those who humiliated and wronged Him. They planned and schemed. They lied in wait for Him and finally, beat and put Him to death. Here is a quote from Luke 23;34, “Father forgive them; for they know not what they do.” In His humility, Christ was a VICTIM who became the world’s greatest OVERCOMER (Phil. 2:8-9)! He gave to those who hurt Him the most. His example is the true spirit of giving this holiday season!
Why don’t you, by the Spirit of the Lord, call someone and tell them you are sorry for what happened in the past and ask for forgiveness or maybe you need to tell them you forgive them. These make great gifts this time of year!
Worried About Lost Donkeys, and Stumbling on a Kingdom!
“Don’t worry about the donkeys you lost three days ago.
They’ve already been found. But who are all of the people
of Israel longing for? You and your father’s whole family!”
(I Samuel 9:20, NIV)
We all have misplaced and even lost things that we treasure. Everybody should be able to identify with the cycle and anxiety of mentally backtracking, trying to recall where we lasted placed something.
There are people in the Bible we can identify with, who have lost things, too. There was a character in the Old Testament whose name was Saul. He was from Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin. He seemed to be an average citizen who one day was sent on an assignment by his father to locate some of their donkeys who had ran away (I Sam. 9:1-27). The father was troubled by this lost (9:5). The family did a diligent search and Saul and his servant travelled to many areas, no doubt, spending days in the process. They came upon a prophet by the name of Samuel who had knowledge that the donkeys had been found. This must have taken a load off these two exhausted travelers! It’s is such a blessing when we find what we have lost!
While finding their donkeys seemed like a time for rejoicing, there is a greater blessing to this whole account in the book of I Samuel. The prophet further shared with Saul that God had called him to be king over all Israel! We see a perplexed man who was at a loss about a lowly animal, yet he was about to step into the greatest blessing he could not even have imagined!
It’s amazing how God can have some greater plan for a man or woman who, at present, is perplexed, and so unsure about loss. God has a way of showing us our future even when our present seems bleak. Saul’s mind was toward one of the lowest animals God had created and yet God’s mind was to give this man authority to oversee the kingdom of Israel! The scripture has declared that the people we read about in the Old Testament, such as Moses and David, in some unique way, are not complete without us (Heb. 11:39-40). It also states in verse 40: “God having provided some better thing for us”. Whatever the loss we may feel today, it is safe to say that God has some better thing for us tomorrow!
Here is a song about uncertain times and anxiety
when we are at a loss. Please click the link below:
Didn’t I Walk on Water
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