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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

SEND FORTH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT

               SEND FORTH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT    ~~SONG ~~

 
Send forth your Holy Spirit---all over this land

Send out your Holy Spirit---all over this earth

And pour out your mercies---Your heart of compassion

                                                                          To those who are held--in chains of sin.              



                                                                                
                                                    O Lord, your tears drop---for those who are in sorrow

And those who in darkness---slaughter the unborn

To those who are tormented---with sins of prostitution

                                                       And the poison of alcohol---and the drugs that stupefy

                                                                  

Pour out your Holy Spirit---to those who are struggling

In confusion of their gender---O rise up Holy Spirit

       Upon all the babies and children---who are sold for the evil deeds

                                                            Of satan’s own tormentors---and bring forth your justice.

                                                                  

Impart your Holy Spirit---to those who are lost

And blind and deaf, Our Light---release your Holy Spirit

To those who are lukewarm---O may they repent

Before it is too late---to those who cry for truth.
 
 
 
To the ones caught in their sorceries---unrealities…enticements
And for those in their delusions---bring light and truth, Yahweh
Cause our hearts to blend with yours---and wash o’er this terror and war
 
                                                         
                                                 With your merciful love, my King---wash o’er our hearts.


 
       "O WAKE UP SLEEPING CHURCH--- COME INTO TRUE REVIVAL

Awaken your hearts and turn away from yourselves

And weep with Your Messiah--for those held captive.

Let your tears blend with His and intercede from your hearts.

For Your Master calls you to REPENT."
                 
 
                                      Send forth Your Holy Spirit--All over this land.
                                      Send forth Your Holy Spirit--All over this earth.                 



                                                                                    ~~ 4/12/04 ~~~ WORDS
                                                     ~~ 4/23/04 ~~~ MELODY


                                                                                               
                           
           
                                      
                                                         

                                                                                   
                       
Cause us to seek Your Face and to seek Your strength continually.  Grace each of us to repent...to be sorrowful and to turn away from our sins and then to come before Your Face with open hearts of love and worship and thankfulness!  We know that You are always postured to give and that we are to always be postured to receive with expectation.  Cause us to ever move into the new lens changes you have for us and to have our will submerged in Your will.  Cause us to abide in You and in Your word for Your Honor and Glory. Amen.

Revelation 2:1-7-- Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 3:14-22--
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

 

 
 
 


 
 
  

THE SOUND OF TRUTH


 
THE SOUND OF TRUTH
 
Beloved children of the Lord
Do hear this trumpet call
                                                       It sounds to you
Of truth . . . in its pervading light
                                                 And roars to you in strength.
                                                
                                       
                                       The voice of truth—it calls and leads

At times will bring you humbly low

For as the curtains dark are rent

By shafts of light that penetrate

You see the spells of night run to their flight.
 
 
O hear the hoof-beat and the heart-beat
 
Emerging ever strong
 
To break and crash through all the lies
 
To set the captives free from...
 
THE HARLOT AND HER DAUGHTERS!
 
 
The truth in you, with fiery love
 
Will set the prisoner free
 
So heed the call
 
And compromise no more...
 
COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!
 
LEAVE BABYLON BEHIND!
 
DON'T YOU SEE,
 
THE WHOLE WORLD LIES IN WICKEDNESS!
 
 
The VISIBLE world is full of DECEPTION AND LIES and only leads to death.
The INVISIBLE world is full of light and truth and love--
Jesus Christ IS that way to the Kingdom of God!
 
O wear the truth and never stray
For constant truth will serve you well
‘Tis your unbroken chain in life
To lead, to teach, to point the way
                                            With urgent messages that pierce.


The Holy One bids you come

Ever deeper . . . closer still

Be filled, possessed and love His truth

Bond servant to your King,

                                           Your Treasure, and your Prize.


The narrow way is still before you
 
Set you heart, your eyes as flint
 
And forward march in urgent strides
 
Let no one—nothing--charm you from

                                          Your holy passion for His truth.


Follow Him, in love . . . THIS Jesus Christ
 
Uncreated, Undefeated, Mighty Lamb of God
 
Overcomer, Boundless One, Faithful, Emmanuel,

                          Unchanging, Alpha and Omega . . . Triumphant over all!

HE is your very Truth . . . Always . . . forevermore!

3/12/04
 
I was praying and saw in a vision the Lord’s large tears dropping on the land. This is a song of lament and tears. I do not believe in a worldwide revival, as many do these days, but I do believe that Jesus Christ is reviving individuals, who are seekers of Him, wherever they may be.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






 

 

 



 

 


 

HYMN ~ ~ THE JEWELS OF SUFFERING

                                                                         When I meditate upon your bleeding on the cross, my Lord


                                                                                  And I think upon your every painful wound

My heart swells with such a burning love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.



When I muse upon the crown of thorns pressed on your head, my King

And I gaze upon your nail-scarred hands and feet

My heart magnifies with deeper love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.



When I survey the throbbing soreness of your broken heart, my Friend

How your surely were consumed by all my sin

Then my heart rises with overwhelming love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.



When I ponder how you chose this path of life for me, my Love

And I consider You alone are all my Prize

Then I take up my own cross to follow closely after You

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.



When I consider all your gentle touches, loving Master

And how you brush me with sweet kisses and embrace me

Then I am struck with fervent ardor as I meet you face to face

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

1/23/04




Luke 9:23—“And He said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”



Heb. 12:2—“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”



Heb. 13:12-14—“Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”



1 Pet. 4:1-2—“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin.



HYMN ~~ YOUR BROKEN BODY AND POURED OUR BLOOD

I had asked our Lord for a hymn and this is what
He shared with me.  He is SO GOOD!
 
 
Hymn   ~    Your Broken Body and Poured Out Blood
                                        O Lord, in ages past, and ages yet to see
 
And for all eternity, You’ll ever be

Adored and thanked, worshipped and praised

For giving us your broken body,

For giving us your out-poured Blood.

I’ll always thank you, Jesus.



So here am I--another ardent voice,

To join in singing is my fervent choice,

With the everlasting redeemed throng,

All those who bring their praise to you in song,

The eternal anthem--for evermore.

I’ll always thank you, Jesus.



I thank You, Jesus, for your broken Body

I thank You, Jesus, for your out-poured Blood.

I’ll always thank You, love and adore You,

For You laid down your life for me.

                                          For you laid down your life for me.

DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP

Continually our Lord has been calling me to deeper places in Him
so that I can rise higher in Him and come closer to Him...
of course, ALWAYS AND ONLY BY HIS GRACE. 
So I want to share this poem with you
in the hope that it will touch your
heart to delve into deeper
places, that you might
rise higher in Him
and come closer
to Him and
that we
might
bring
Him
the
HONOR AND GLORY,
THE JOY AND THE PLEASURE,
THE LOVE AND THE WORSHIP
THAT HE CREATED US TO BRING TO HIM.
 
IF YOU ARE TOUCHED BY THIS POEM,
PLEASE SEARCH FOR MY POEM
 ON THIS SITE CALLED 'DEEPER STILL'.
 
Deep calls unto deep
                         
                                                                                                  I hear My Master say

So open up your heart, my child

For you ~ this is the way.

Not to hide ~ but to bare thyself to

One who knows but all & yet & still

Loves deeply ~ all of you & more.

“A mystery,” I hear you say

Your heart can’t comprehend

And yet, I say again, my own

I love you deeply ~ all of you & more.

                                                          Psalm 42:7-Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts; all thy waves

and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the LORD will command His

loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be

with me and my prayer unto the God of my life. c. 1997


Thursday, June 11, 2015

DWELL IN FIRST LOVE

~~ 6/2015 ~~

This is an inspirational note written to me by another lover of our Lord and Savior.  My prayer is that all those who need to return to their FIRST LOVE ~ kind of love would do so and that those who are living in that FIRST LOVE ~ kind of love will remain before our beautiful Beloved and King.

"I believe the Lord knows those who desire to not only return to their first love but to DWELL THERE. Alone with the beloved Lord, waiting in worshipful anticipation of the revelation of His Presence. Ah, yes....first love, that liberating glance, that forgiveness sweet, the release to go and sin no more and the love of heaven streaming down as bright sunlight through the dark cloud.

The love that consumes the sin and ravishes our heart as our Savior hung in shameful agony that belonged to me and you.

Yes, the Lord beckons us to come, return to the height from where we once were. Once again our heart aglow with heavens love, with heavens holy Son, the risen Lamb, the great I AM....

Worthy, oh worthy Lamb of God, worthy to receive glory, honor, praise and all our adoration."

Luke 24:32--And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Let us heed the warning that our precious Jesus gave to us in the book of revelation.

~~ FOR YOUR COMPARISONS ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT WORD ~~
     Revelation 2:1-7--KJV
1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
 
Revelation 2:1-7--AMP
1To the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:
I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.
I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.
But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God’s will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent.
Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.
He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.


Revelation 2:1-7--the LIVING BIBLE
“Write a letter to the leader[a] of the church at Ephesus and tell him this:
“I write to inform you of a message from him who walks among the churches* and holds their leaders in his right hand.
“He says to you: I know how many good things you are doing. I have watched your hard work and your patience; I know you don’t tolerate sin among your members, and you have carefully examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but aren’t. You have found out how they lie. You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
“Yet there is one thing wrong; you don’t love me as at first! Think about those times of your first love (how different now!) and turn back to me again and work as you did before; or else I will come and remove your candlestick from its place among the churches.
“But there is this about you that is good: You hate the deeds of the licentious Nicolaitans,[b] just as I do.
“Let this message sink into the ears of anyone who listens to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: To everyone who is victorious, I will give fruit from the Tree of Life in the Paradise of God.


Revelation 2:1-7--J.B. PHILLIPS

1-5 “Write this to the angel of the Church in Ephesus: ‘These words are spoken by the one who holds the seven stars safe in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and what you have endured. I know that you will not tolerate wicked men, that you have put to the test self-styled ‘apostles’, who are nothing of the sort, and have found them to be liars. I know your powers of endurance—how you have suffered for the sake of my name and have not grown weary. But I hold this against you, that you do not love as you did at first. Remember then how far you have fallen. Repent and live as you lived at first. Otherwise, if your heart remains unchanged, I shall come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
6-7 Yet you have this to your credit, that you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I myself detest. Let every listener hear what the Spirit says to the Churches: ‘To the victorious I will give the right to eat from the tree of life which grows in the paradise of God.’
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, June 4, 2015

THE DAYS OF GREAT DECEPTION

~ SOME OF MY THOUGHTS REGARDING DECEPTION.  I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED SOME EXCERPTS FROM JESSE PENN-LEWIS' BOOK CALLED, WAR ON THE SAINTS. ~

In these days of great deception, there is something very important that I wish to address and that is, the wiles of the enemies of our souls.  I believe that part of our stand against these foul spirits involves seeking the Lord for purified hearts and motives.  Certainly, we desire purified hearts for our Lord and we know that He is purifying us by His wonderful grace and continued faithful workings. Also, by having  purified hearts we are free from giving ground to Satan and his emissaries.  Day by day, as we die to self, more and more of the elements of self are laid down which means that more and more of the Life of Christ is being formed in us.  Where the enemies see impurities of our hearts, they are free to work to deceive and to lead astray.  But let not the mature believer think he/she is off the hook!  No, indeed!  Even a more mature believer, one who’s heart and love and life is set on Christ, can be deceived.  If anyone thinks they cannot be deceived~~they are already deceived.  Remember, the fallen angels are still out to kill, steal and destroy, each one of us, even though, positionally, they were defeated when Christ gave Himself as our sacrifice on the cross.

Be on guard, children of the Lord.  We are still at war each new day.  There’s never a time we cannot be off guard. We must take our stand against these fowls of the air, for they are ever ready with all of their new deceptions, i.e., new to us.  At the same time we can ask the Lord to guide us and give us His discernment as we pray to Him and as we take our stand against every foul trick of the devil so we can recognize them.

Ask the Holy Spirit, where you might be deceived, where you need His light and illumination to help you come increasingly out of darkness.  Nests of deception are ever present among so-called Christians, even those who are broadcasting and posting comments and writings on their site or on www.YouTube.com. Watch out for those who call themselves pastors, evangelists, prophets, teachers, leaders, etc. for they are especially to be discerned. How we desperately need God’s wisdom each new day.  And those among so-called “Christians” and “friends”,  beware and be much more aware.  Go deeper into the Lord for fresh discoveries of where the enemies are hiding out, for where they are swirling about with all their lies and counterfeiting tricks IN the Body of Christ.  We have Christians thinking it’s all right to enjoy rock, heavy metal, hip-hop music under the banner of “Christian” names.  We have Christians who think it’s ok to be a homosexual or lesbian, bisexual or transgender and also to watch pornography on their computers as well as on videos.  We have lots of ‘strange fire’ as the bible calls it, just doing whatever in the name of the Lord, but apart from His Life.  Leviticus 10:1–And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.  How about gnosticism~~the churches are loaded with these teachers which are surely a deception leading the sheep astray!  We have ecumenism, big time, which is to Satan’s glee as he watches all the sheep following the Mother of Harlots right back into the Roman Catholic Church through leaders and conferences and beliefs straight from hell!  ECT, Evangelicals and Catholics Together being just one of the many detours that the majority of people take today off the straight and narrow road.  Then there’s always the Jesuits and the Illuminati and the false brethren who have INFILTRATED ALL the denominations.

And of course, we have Another Jesus, Another Gospel and Another Spirit presented to us from the lukewarm congregations, whether they be called denominations, non-denominational, independent, sects or by any other name!  2 Corinthians 11:4–For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.  And let’s not forget the New Age doctrines that have crept into the churches with their labyrinths and their contemplative teachings.  How about the Jewish Roots movements and their teachings of discovering your Jewish roots and joining in with the ways that were to be your schoolmaster until we have come to Jesus...it is all of the Old Covenant.  It’s one thing to know what the holy days represent but quite another to celebrate them and be stuck there.  We are in the New Covenant now and our substance IS Christ.  For sure, when Isaiah said, "All we like sheep have gone astray", he was 100% accurate!  Isa. 53:6.  And one of the greatest deceptions of all is to think we are all ok, just doing fine!  No wonder Jesus said that He would vomit those out of His mouth who were lukewarm and thought they were doing just fine!  Revelation 3:16–"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."  When we see a woman dressed in a Burka, covered from head to toe, we might feel sorry for her and all her beliefs and restrictions that hold her in bondage, but I tell you that in a crowd of people, at least we know what the woman with the Burka stands for and what she believes.

Then we have lots of cowdarice and a lack of spine and gut, consequently there are many who are not confronted with the truth.  And how about unforgiveness~there’s ground given to the enemy for sure.  We must keep our forgiveness up-to-date.
Being ever so thankful for each new discovery of their evil workings only increases your deep love for Our Great, Living, Loving, Merciful God. It is important to ask the Holy Spirit to help us to recognize their workings and to expose them so we can refuse them.  This takes humility as we look to the Lord, knowing that our dependency is truly on Him. Also, we must be wearing the armor of Light, as well as the whole armor of God, 24/7 along w/ being open to the Lord 24/7. We all need to continue to develop our active stand of faith against the enemies' wiles.  Please examine your lives, the past as well as the present to see if there is any place where the enemy has tricked you.  It could be a matter of unforgiveness~~is your forgiveness up-to-date?  It could be a matter of a so-called Christian friend who is deceiving you.  We are to notice the enemies’ workings and rebuke them and resist them.  We are also to confront others with the truth.  Yes, we fight against the invisible spirits, but we are also to speak the truth to others about the problem or the sin that we see as Paul tells us in Ephes. 4:25.

The subtle tricks of Satan are more subtle in these last days.  Unless we are rooted and grounded in Christ, we can be led astray with wonders and signs or workings that seem to be divine, certainly they are supernatural.  We do not have to accept anything supernatural until we know what the source of it is.  Is the teaching or manifestation something that Jesus taught or did?  Is the teaching or manifestation something that the apostles taught or did?  If not, then it could very well be a counterfeit.

FOR MORE HELP IN THIS AREA, PLEASE SEE WAR ON THE SAINTS BY JESSE-PENN-LEWIS.  The FOLLOWING CHARTS WERE TAKEN FROM HER BOOK AND IT CAN BE READ ONLINE AT:  http://www.apostasynow.com/wots/Contents.html

THE WORD “DECEIVED” THE DESCRIPTION OF EVERY UNREGENERATE MAN
The word “deceived” is, according to the Scripture, the description of every unregenerate human being, without distinction of persons, race, culture, or sex. “We also were . . . deceived” (Titus 3: 3), said Paul the Apostle, although in his “deceived” condition he was a religious man, walking according to the righteousness of the law, blameless
(Phil. 3: 6).  Every unregenerate man first of all is deceived by his own deceitful heart
(Jer. 17: 9; Isa. 44: 20), and deceived by sin (Heb. 3: 13); the god of this world adding the “blinding of the mind” lest the light of the gospel of Christ should dispel the darkness (2 Cor. 4: 4). And the deception of the evil one does not end when the regenerating life of God reaches the man, for the blinding of the mind is only removed just so far as the deceptive lies of Satan are dislodged by the light of truth.

Even though the heart is renewed, and the will has turned to God, yet the deeply ingrained disposition to self-deception, and the presence, in some measure, of the blinding power of the deceiver on the mind, betrays itself in many forms, as the following statements from Scripture show :–
The man is deceived if he is a hearer, and not a doer of the Word of God (Jas. 1: 22). He is deceived when he thinks himself to be “something” when he is nothing (Gal. 6: 3). He is deceived when he thinks himself to be wise with the wisdom of this world. (1 Cor. 3: 18). He is deceived by seeming to be religious, when an unbridled tongue reveals his true condition.  (Jas. 1: 26). He is deceived, if he thinks he will sow, and not reap what he sows (Gal. 6: 7). He is deceived, if he thinks the unrighteous will inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6: 9). He is deceived , if he thinks that contact with sin will not have its effect upon him. (1 Cor. 15: 33).




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~FOR YOUR MEDITATION~
Matthew 5:8–Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
John 10:10–The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
1 Peter 1:2–Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Deuteronomy 11:16–Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Colossians 3:15–And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Luke 11:36–If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Ephesians 5:13–But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
1 Timothy 1:18–This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them might war a good warfare;
2 Timothy 2:3-4–Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Luke 8:5–A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5–For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Gal. 6–Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Ephesians 6:10-18–Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.    ~ 6/29/11