Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Find others of like mind who are giving of their time to encourage and up lift you, and you do the same for them.
Philippians 1:27
Perhaps the hardest thing...after finally applying the biblical principals we have learned is to STAND.
I commonly get so excited at the new revelation I have received...and even more excited when I see that I have applied it well and I am walking it out...BUT then comes the enemy. he is all smiles (and deserves no capital letters, not even in the beginning of a sentence) The enemy wants to steal what I have grasped and he knows just the people to use to make me want to crumble...and wobble I do as my knees weaken and my heart breaks yet again. Years of even my previous half standing in faith have wearied me. BUT Christ strengthens and as long as I keep my eyes on Him I will not fall, I will not surrender to what once kept me in bondage.
Find others of like mind who are giving of their time to encourage and up lift you, and you do the same for them.
Philippians 1:27
Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of
Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about
you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,
Perhaps the hardest thing...after finally applying the biblical principals we have learned is to STAND.
I commonly get so excited at the new revelation I have received...and even more excited when I see that I have applied it well and I am walking it out...BUT then comes the enemy. he is all smiles (and deserves no capital letters, not even in the beginning of a sentence) The enemy wants to steal what I have grasped and he knows just the people to use to make me want to crumble...and wobble I do as my knees weaken and my heart breaks yet again. Years of even my previous half standing in faith have wearied me. BUT Christ strengthens and as long as I keep my eyes on Him I will not fall, I will not surrender to what once kept me in bondage.
I am not sure about others, but for me I need to not only communicate with the Father daily, but I also need my strong in faith Christian sisters to lift me up too. I need the ones who don't just say "Oh poor you." I need the ones that give a hug, give some words of empathy or sympathy then I need the "prepared for battle girl" speech. The don't stay focused on this, focus on HIM speech. I have also placed a scripture, and I need to place more, on a popular location...my kitchen cabinet above the sink. This scripture reminds me to pray harder than I complain, to take the energy I waste complaining and put it into prayer.
I know there are many people who feel as if they are cheated if they do not get to complain to the fullest extent...but complaining only robs us of energy, time and it makes us get into a negative mode. Often when we complain frequently to our loved ones, we rob them of their energy too. We are not being cheated when we recognize what was done to us was wrong, but that there is not anything we can do to erase it or to change the person who hurt us, then to look at what we can do in ourselves to make sure when it happens again...cause it usually does, we are prepared to STAND in what we have learned and be salt and light. We cannot allow the enemy to rob us of our time and our peace.
Remember the enemy is NOT the person hurting us, it is the one working through that person, satan. satan has already been defeated, the only power he gets in our lives is what we give him. That doesn't mean he can't attack us, just that he only wins if we fall and lose sight of God, His will and plan for us. satan's plan is not just to cause us pain, he just wants what he does to us to cripple us in spirit, so he, himself only wins IF we let him cripple us.
Christian Warfare
Ephesians 6
10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil. 12 For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. 13 This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. 14 Stand, therefore,
with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,
15 and your feet sandaled with readiness
for the gospel of peace.
16 In every situation take the shield of faith,
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.
righteousness like armor on your chest,
15 and your feet sandaled with readiness
for the gospel of peace.
16 In every situation take the shield of faith,
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.
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