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Winning the War

Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of…

Know Your Enemy

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 (NKJV) The most important thing in life is to know God. Maybe, the second most important thing in life is to know your enemy. It’s no secret; we have an enemy. His name is Satan. God tells us that we…

What to Do Right When Everything Goes Wrong

I am the man who has seen affliction    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.He has driven me away and made me walk    in darkness rather than light;indeed, he has turned his hand against me    again and again, all day long.He has made my skin and my flesh grow old    and has broken my bones.He has besieged me and surrounded me    with bitterness and hardship.He has made me dwell in…

Why Be Faithful?

I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith? Luke 18:8 (NLT) Do you want God’s blessing in your life? I believe any true Christian and even many non-Christians want God’s blessing on their lives, if it truly is real. The Bible teaches…

Why Is Life So Hard?

Why is life so hard?    Why do we suffer? Job 7:1 (CEV) One of the most often heard excuses as to why people don’t believe there is a God centers on the thought that, “If God is real, why is there so much evil in the world?” Today, we’ll answer that question by looking at the cause of all this evil, the damage…

God, Please Help Me Change

That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the…

The Enemy Within

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of…

You Can Do It!

Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So…

The Never-Ending War

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was…

Winning the War

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age. Ephesians 6:12 (GN) In the next nine weeks, we are going to discover how to win in our broken world. God tells us the truth; we have an enemy whose purpose is to steal,…