The Word of God works.  Every single time it works.  Stand on it.  Wrap your arms around it.  Grip it with your hands.  NEVER let it go.

Don’t live your life by popular opinion.  Don’t live it to make people applaud you.  Don’t let your emotions rule your life.

Now’s not the time to go back to the play-pen and put back on your diaper.  Now is the time to stand up and hold fast.  Don’t revert to old ways.  Don’t go around the same mountain 20 more times.  Don’t go around it ONE more time.  Get up.  Do what it takes.  Stop waiting for the right decision to feel good or natural.  It might hurt a little.  Do it anyway.

Tags: battle, fight, God's Word, stand, take back ground

How does our enemy rule?  By trickery.  By deception.  Notice that when satan snuck up upon Adam and Even in the forest, he didn’t do so as a fierce bear or a vicious lion.  He didn’t try to intimidate them with his size or might.  No, satan slithered upon them as a snake.  A small, slimy, sneaky snake.

Satan didn’t have power over Adam and Eve.  He wasn’t bigger than they were.  He wasn’t stronger than they were.  But he was crafty.  And if he could trick them into bowing down to him, he could have their authority.

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Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.  -Ephesians 6:13

And after you have done everything, to stand.  And after having done everything, to stand.

When you watch the news and hear of enemies of war being captured, do they talk about those enemies being released after ground is taken?  No.  Those enemies are put behind bars and fences and surrounded by guards.  And my friends, you and I can’t treat our enemies any differently.

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My son, attend to My words; consent and submit to My sayings.  Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.  For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.  (The Amplified)

Dear friend, listen well to My words;
tune your ears to My voice.
Keep My message in plain view at all times.
Concentrate! Learn it by heart!
Those who discover these words live, really live;
body and soul, they’re bursting with health.  (The Message)

Tags: God's Word, Proverbs 4:20-22

For anyone who has been reading through these rather war-like posts, I sincerely thank you.  I do.  I really mean that.

When I write like I’ve been writing, I don’t mean to be harsh or condemning towards you or myself or anyone else, but rather towards the subtle and not-so-subtle attacks that try to permeate our lives every single day.

Tags: battle, defeat, fear, fight, God's Word, The Sword, Victory, war

Do you believe God’s Word is the final authority?  Then why do you give your own doubts and fears the last say?

Do you believe God’s Word when it says: The joy of the LORD is your strength?  Then why do you walk around sad and weak, depressed and despondent?

Do you believe satan was totally conquered 2,000 years ago on the Cross?  Then why do you let him knock you around, kick you in teeth, and take your lunch money?

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King David was a fearless warrior.  A brave fighter.  A man of integrity.  But do you know what decision preceded his greatest downfall?  Staying home while a war was being waged.

The reason a lot of us are in the messes we’re in is because we’re staying home when there’s a battle to be fought.  No more.  Don’t sit around and think that your battles will win themselves.  They won’t.  The same battle that will face you five months from now after you get tired of defeat is facing you right now.  Stop talking about your authority after you hear an inspiring message, then living in submission to satan.  If you really believe you have authority over satan, why aren’t you living it?  I’m speaking to myself here too.

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If so, please tell me.  I love reading every single comment I get on here.  I even enjoy reading the comments from people who may see things a bit differently than I do.  Because, when that happens, it pushes me to dig even into God’s Word to find the answers.  And how could I go wrong with that?

Yesterday, I received a comment concerning my post on taking back ground.  This very thoughtful and truth-seeking reader said:

The sword of truth is a peaceful and non-judgmental sword…but it doesn’t bend either. I don’t have to wield the sword, I simply wear it–Psalm 46 says God wields it for me.

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Learn to develop the mentality of a warrior.  Wake up with this thought in the morning: How much ground can I take? How much can you advance?  How much victory can you establish?  How much of what the enemy has stolen can you take back and how much more new ground can you gain?  That’s how a warrior thinks.  He doesn’t look at his enemy and say: This isn’t fair.  I don’t feel like fighting.  I’m scared.  This isn’t what I signed up for.  The day you became a Christian, you signed up for this war.  But your victory is already guaranteed.  So why not walk it out?  You don’t fight from defeat.  Don’t pray from a place of fear.  Fear is satan’s ground.  You’ll never win a battle using his tactics.  Fight from guaranteed victory.  That sword you carry — God’s Word — that’s what guarantees your victory.  Use it.

Tags: God's Word, Sword, take back ground, walk through the valley of the shadow of death, warrior's mentality

It’s snowing cats and dogs, my friends.  And because of those big old flakes, my boss let me go home two hours early!  It took me nearly two hours to get home, but I’m not complaining.  It’s Friday and even if I wanted to go somewhere, I can’t.  So I’m sitting here at the kitchen table, Paula Deen on in the background, a gooey brownie on one side of my laptop and the name of the winner on the other side.

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