We are at war, or at least, we should be!

Concerning the battle for our souls, we must join it.  It is folly to attempt to be a double agent, or mercenary since the price of the spoils is eternity.  Who can pay it?  Make a declaration as to whom you serve and put all cowardice aside.  You cannot serve God and Satan, and you must serve one or the other--a third option does not exist.  If you do not know you are God's, then you belong the enemy (luckily, God's army accepts defectors).  So be a man, or woman and choose a side. 

If you choose correctly (and I pray you do) take care brethren and be thou not deceived by the preachers of prosperity, for Jesus never promised that walking in his footsteps would be easy.  The hope that dwells in the believer is not for this world, but for the next.  Therefore, do not become discouraged by the attacks of the enemy.  We know that he is defeated in the last battle.  But he will try to bring all types of hell into your life until then. His goal is to make you go back to the world system, his system.



Brothers and sisters, rejoice while the enemy sends a volley of fiery arrows at your home and your family.  Rejoice, I say!  Trust in Him that is in you which is greater than the arrow shooter.  Pick up His armor, and His shield of Faith, and you will deflect all of the fiery darts of the enemy. 

Trust me when I tell you that the devil knows your weakness, and that is precisely where he will attack you.  Fortify that area with prayer when you have given yourself fully to the battle.  For the enemy will come not when you are weak in the Lord, but when you are strong.  Those that are weak in their faith, or lack faith altogether pose no threat to the enemy.  They are their own destruction and require no assistance from the enemy. 

It is us, the faithful that must press against our enemy.  It is us that are constantly under his attack.  we should rejoice when he has us in his cross hairs.  Those arrows he shoots confirm our beliefs and will strengthen our faith if we allow it to be so strengthened.

Don't allow the lies to seep in.  He will convince you that you are not worthy to be saved.  You are not worthy to be saved, that is why the gift of salvation is so precious, we didn't earn it.  When the enemy makes you feel unworthy, ask yourself, is there anything too hard for God?  Remember, the more you walk in faith, the more frequent and intense his attacks will become.  It is when those intense trials come that you need to remember that we don't war against flesh and blood, but against the spirit world.  Our battle is not ours, but the Lord's, and He is already victorious.