Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.Ephesians 6:10
There are things you’ll never know about God, until you go through certain struggles with His help. Usually you only appreciate His ‘keeping power’ when you’re under attack. It’s then that something you’ve read weeks before, comes to your aid, just when you need it most.
God told His people, “Jericho is yours, but you’ll have to march round it 7 times and drive out the inhabitants.” Unfortunately, we’ve been taught today that anything that comes against us can be removed, confessed away or cast out. We say, “I’m a Christian, I don’t have to take that!”
Think: being a Christian means your whole foundation rests on a man who endured all manner of abuse and was crucified. He’s the One who said, “If you’re going to follow me, take up your cross.” How can the cross symbolise our faith, if we teach that with enough faith, you don’t have to have a cross?
What will you say when you get to heaven, and the saints of the ages tell you about being tortured, beheaded and skinned alive for the cause of Christ? Can you imagine telling them, “They put me in charge of the church spaghetti dinner, and nobody brought the salad!”? A lot of us will be sitting in the back row with our heads down, saying, “Thank you Lord for letting me in. I’m just glad to be hanging out with these good brothers and sisters.” Hey, if you want to celebrate with the victors, you’ve got to be willing to fight the battles!
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amen glory to god for mercy upon me one sinner..he found my whole family while I was in prison…and we were people who where raised believing in hinduism. With amazing grace the lord jesus abides in me..through no good doing of mine own. I am thankful.. Invisible stuff hurts me for reasons I dont know. And lord jesus whom is truly cool enough to show indians and iranians, alike ,whom in fact wrote the love that is in our hearts of he whom is able to present us blameless before any. I literally am totally amazed by the wonderfilled graciousness of our holy father almighty and his babies holy mercies..so, god bless india please keep yalls chins up hoping in jesus our majestyst our lord,even as the enemy mocks me the lord jesus and our father almighty god in heaven is not mocked. he often shows in times when I am douting utterly wretchedl almightyovereign
His and his ever virgins holy mercies, though I have never seen her in person. Amazingly gods grace finds me through eastern indian people like doctors when I was on the street cracked out in just but one of countless instances where jesus christ our majesty & holy trinity shines upon me to my utter amazment and I hope to his holy increase and that of his saints in heaven for, they are triumphant. And shall walk again to the glory of god far anove mens ways thankfully to jesis christ of nazareth amen..so keep tje please include me and those I hear accorrding to jesus in your prayers too thank you humbly yours in christ