just us soldiers!

Seems to me if you are drafted into a war, you should immediately figure out how to fight. No, well maybe, learning to win EVERYTIME should be important! According to Revelation 12, when Satan was kicked out of heaven and declared war on those with the testimony of Christ & he departed with 1/3 of the angels a few things become clear.
1. There are more with us than against us! We are poised by commanding numbers for victory.
2. We are warring, of we serve God, whether we realize it or not.

So learning strategy and perfecting war is now really important! Do you have your assignment? Do you know your weapon? Are you mentally, emotionally and physically fit? Do you stand ready to deploy, engage and DESTROY the enemy? Do you know REALLY on whose behave you war? Shake off your religion and all the answers that might sound good and begin to dig the answers out of your plan guide! Your Bible!

Stay tuned as we explore the idea of warring and with whom we war and who we are fighting for! We would love to hear your input!

Protecting your village?

Consider this:

You are a nomad forced to move with your food sources. If it quits raining in your area, your crops fail. If it rains too much, the crops are flooded. If you hunt in one area for any time at all, the game moves to a less hostile area beyond your reach. When your food sources dry up in one area, you and your village are forced to pick up and move where food can be found.

Because you constantly move, your village has no walls to protect it from wild animals. Your woman and children, your elderly are vulnerable to the attack of the hungry beasts that seek to devour you. What is your defense? By day you have skilled hunters. They are well trained experts at killing what threatens to attack. They have often yielded a harvest that feeds all the village for months. But by night, even your most skilled hunters are debilitated by darkness. What is your villages best defense against the lions that take advantage of the cover of night. They are hungry and are skilled in patience and vigilance that promotes any opportunity for their success. Your best defense is to keep a fire burning.

In II Timothy 1:6 Paul charges Timothy to "stir" up the gift that is in you by the laying on of hands. That word "stir" is only used in that one place in the New Testament used & it means to rekindle, the remains of a fire or ember, fan the flame. Gift: is a compound word from the original Greek. The two words combined to form this word stir are: charisma: a divine gratuity. (payment) a deliverance from danger and the other word that is a part of this word is a deliverance from danger, a special endowment, religious qualification, a miraculous faculty. (faculty: any natural or specialized skill)

So if your village is at risk for lion attack, you know that a fire burning is your most effective defense, you are called upon to attend to the fire, so what FIRE can you rekindle?

Go to the Word of God and consider what He thinks is sufficient fire to protect you AND your village. What is Fire to God? How do you rekindle that? Your village and your life depend on you keeping that fire blazing, are you?

Because excellence matters

See even God likes wild wild hair! I was relieved to know it. But really more than the wild hair, it is good to be comfortable just being me! Wild, wild hair and all! The fact that I am loved deeply, accepted unconditionally, protected, extravagantly provided for causes me to pause. I must be sure that I recognize the and credit the One who accepts, protects and provides by more than just my words! Let the meditations of my heart reflect the wholeness He offers! And my actions reflect His character! Smith Wigglesworth said, "if you and I meet and you are not changed by that encounter, I have failed Christ". I am to bring Christ to every encounter and as a result it should be changing the World. If it is not, I must PAUSE and ask myself, why not?

Ponder this

The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.

⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.

⁹ The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.

¹⁰ They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.

¹¹ By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

¹² Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.

¹³ Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.