I believe that with all my heart brotherI agree but GOD IS THE CHIEF!... Brother Glen
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In Remission!
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Plus, in your entire life you must take an active roll in combating the devil in order to vanquish his evil from the world so you need to be in constant warfare with him. This Woke agenda for example is trying to steal our children… again spiritual warfare, the health care systems desire to have you put your entire trust in them vs God and logical health practice (eating right, excersizing, enough sleep, refuse stress etc). Dependency on banks, dependency on digital technologies like AI, dependency on the political system I.e. Bidenomics… oh please, just stop…. Yada,yada, yada.
All of this is just a decision of who you going to serve. It may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but your goina have to serve somebody.
All of this is just a decision of who you going to serve. It may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but your goina have to serve somebody.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Give up hope for what?
Satan wants us to give up hope regarding God's sanctifying work in our lives. He wants to sift us and devour our faith. But, we have a High Priest who is ever interceding on our behalf and is praying for us that when Satan is done sifting, we can go strengthen our brothers and sisters.
Paul states the desire of the believer in Philippians 1:23-24.
"I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account."
For what are we giving up hope?
Peter tells us we are sojourners and aliens on this planet in 1 Peter 2:11-17.
"Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor."
I am having a hard time tracking what the battle is between you and Satan. It seems that the battle is more between you and God as you struggle to hold things lightly on this earth.
This is a struggle for all of us in one area or another. It hurts when God prys things we love out of our hands.
How is that a spiritual battle with Satan? I'm sorry for not understanding.
I agree. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, this present darkness, spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)
Oh, I didn’t like God much so I ignored him… when he struck my older sister down through a government mandated vaccine, went from being a normal 2 yo to a brain damaged vegetable (for 39 yrs). Then my father died when I was 12 leaving mom with 3 young kids and one being CP . Totally veg state. Then there is the struggles to pay the bills, mortgage, doctor bills, food bills. Ever starve Taos to??? Yea that left me with a lot of issues and attitude. God sucked. Then my mother, who struggled contracted cancer… a slow & painful death that I watched cause I was her care taker. The pain alone was extreme and difficult to see… allot to unpack there. That made me callous and I didn’t see the need to concern myself with a God who delivered nothing but pain. Therefore I would lie, steal, drink, fight, kill etc … that was just what had to be done to get on in the world. At one point, I was a true criminal. Then one day the Holy Ghost visited me. The devil had me, I was there in his grasp. But the Holy Spirit convicted me… “Why do you treat Christ that way… look what he did for you” yea like what? By then I lost my mother, my sister, my father, my child with my girl friend. Well I got quite an education from the Holy Ghost, one that made me wonder why even bother… go away! But he persisted and he broke my heart and got me to reconsider my life.
the devil is a liar… God wasn’t there thru my trials, he didn’t care blah blah. But he was… Jesus was there, as comforter, he gave me more chances, he forgave me… not Staten, who only whispered in my ear to be a sinister SOB, to get ahead. God wasn’t my advisory it was the devil all along.
So I’m not letting my wife, my son, my grandchildren, my brother go thru any pain and anguish if I can help it.. I know now who to turn to for help.
This is all fine, but it still doesn't address my point regarding entrusting your wife, son, grandchildren, brother and others into God's hand who will care for them much better than you can. The struggle seems to be between you and God, not Satan.
Wow, you have problems seeing Forests thru trees then don’t you … lol. Anyway the problems your own. I can’t help you with your perceptions.
No problem on my side.
Guess again fella
EWF, what I know is that our flesh fights against the Holy Spirit (read Galatians) and we can trick ourselves into thinking we are fighting with Satan when the reality is our flesh is fighting against the Spirit of God.
When the battle is due to us clinging to loved ones because we can't let them go, then that battle is between us and God, not us and Satan.
For your wife, I am glad God has graciously given her more life on this earth. In so doing God has ordained more work for her to do before He brings her home.
You do not seem to understand, there is no battle here, right … except you coming to some reason why I should NOT ask God to spare my spouse. Now you are seemingly critical of the power of God to grant someone’s request to heal one of his creatures. To me, that is the unpardonable sin of the of quenching the HS, who is here to both regenerate and provide joy to the children of God.
Ask and you shall receive. We have asked and we have received for however long the Lord will allow. Our faith is in Him alone.
Did I misread this comment of yours?Brothers and sisters, this whole week has been nothing but prayer & Spiritual Warfare for this household… begging and pleading and asking for my wife’s life on this world I’ve not had much experience with this and the last time it didn’t have the desired effect… but this time he was gracious to us… praise Jesus
Thank you all for your help with this… I’m grateful to you all
God Bless you all
You know, I’m angry … just drop it before it gets contentious.
Amen, and Amen for cheesecake.
The cheesecake is the families guilty pleasure and an item of celebration
It was mine until I had the widow maker in 2011. I did not eat cheesecake for 12 years.The cheesecake is the families guilty pleasure and an item of celebration
Switch to regatta cheese cake… I like that much better.