Participants: Ivor and Atonte Myers
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000027
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00:14 Welcome to Battles of Faith.
00:15 We're your host Ivor and Atonte Myers. 00:18 Today's program is entitled Holy Wars. 00:21 And I am very excited about this program 00:24 because as Christians we need to learn how to fight 00:27 because we do have an enemy. 00:30 Being a Pastor's wife we run into baby Christians 00:33 all the time. And once they get baptized, they 00:35 think, hey, I've joined the church, I am following 00:37 Jesus, everything is going to be a breeze from here 00:39 on out, but they soon learn that that's not the case. 00:43 Once you take the opposite side of Satan, 00:45 he is gonna up his attack and everyone has to learn 00:49 how to fight and the fight the war effectively. 00:51 That's what we're gonna talk about. 00:52 That's right, Atonte you know, Christianity 00:54 is often portrait as a very peaceful religion and it 00:58 is a peaceful religion but when we read the Bible 01:03 we also see the Christianity deals with war. 01:07 And the reason it deals with war is because as 01:10 Christians we are in a holy war. 01:13 And I know that term has become very popular in 01:16 the last couple of years because of 9/11. 01:19 I remember when we were in Virginia. 01:22 We were actually in Virginia Atonte on the 01:24 September 11 we were to fly back to California. 01:28 The following day on United Airlines we were 01:31 thinking about leaving from Dulles Airport and 01:33 flying into Los Angeles. And that morning, 01:37 September 11th my son came into the room and 01:40 said, daddy, daddy wake up quickly. 01:41 You know, mom said to go turn the TV on. 01:44 So, we went downstairs and we turned the TV on 01:46 just in time to see the second plane flying into 01:50 the Twin Towers. Holy war or what is called 01:53 Jihad in some places had come to our shores. 01:57 And I have remember the nation was paralyzed for 02:01 quite a while, I mean there was sadness, there 02:03 was grief, there was disbelief, but soon that, 02:06 that sadness and grief and disbelief turned into anger. 02:11 America had become angry, we were now in 02:15 a holy war. And things have changed Atonte 02:19 since September 11th, we are facing an, an, an 02:24 invisible foe, we're facing terrorism in a, in a way 02:28 that we have never seen it before. 02:30 And I want to say that in spite of all of that, 02:33 the Christian faces a war with much greater stakes. 02:42 This war is a war that the Bible describes in 02:47 Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12. 02:49 We're going to go ahead and take a 02:50 look at that verse. In Ephesians 6 verse 12, 02:53 the Bible tells us that we wrestle not against flesh 02:55 and blood, but against principalities, against 02:58 powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this 03:02 world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 03:07 We are told as Christians that our warfare is not 03:11 against the terrorist across the sea but we're 03:14 fighting against spiritual wickedness 03:16 in high places. Okay. And these enemies 03:18 are way more dangerous than terrorists or any 03:22 other person could be to us. 03:24 And to amplify it, it actually says, in the 03:26 supernatural world. That's right. So, it's, it's 03:29 a enemy that we cannot see, but he is definitely there. 03:31 That's right, you know, going back to this 03:34 September 11th, when, when this event took place. 03:36 One of the first things that America tried to do 03:40 was they try to figure out who was behind the attack? 03:43 Everyone wanted to know who was it that 03:45 was behind the attack? Was it one group, was 03:50 it a nation? Who was behind the assaults? 03:53 They wanted to identify the enemy. 03:55 And I want to suggest that when Christians 03:57 understand that they are in a Holy war the first 04:00 thing that needs to happen, is they need to 04:02 be able to identify the enemy. So, who do you 04:06 think the enemy is Atonte? Well, we know that it's 04:09 Satan because he was against our Savior Jesus. 04:11 That's right, the enemy, the ultimate enemy, 04:14 the, when the Bible tells about principles and 04:17 powers we're talking about Satan and fallen 04:20 angels but I want to suggest as well that our 04:23 greatest enemy, our greatest terrorist is Self. 04:30 The person that you get up and look at in the 04:33 mirror, mirror every morning, that is our 04:36 greatest enemy. And when we are able 04:38 to identify that, when we are able to identify 04:41 that Self the, the, the, the carnal nature inside 04:45 is really against us, is our ultimate terrorist 04:48 then we know who the fight needs to 04:51 be directed against. And what Satan does is 04:54 he tempts himself to want to do the things 04:57 that are opposite of God's will? 05:00 And so that's what he does. He uses our own carnal 05:03 nature to try to get us to do the things that God 05:05 doesn't want us to do. That's right, we're gonna 05:06 take a look at First Peter chapter 2, verse 11 and, 05:10 and in this verse it says, Dearly beloved, 05:12 I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, 05:15 abstain from fleshly lusts, which war 05:19 against the soul. So, we're being told here 05:22 that what is warring against our soul is the 05:25 fleshly lust. And James chapter 1, verse 13 and 05:31 14 tell us where those fleshly lusts come from? 05:35 Verse 13 says, let no man say when he is 05:37 tempted, I'm tempted of God. For God cannot be 05:40 tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any 05:43 man. But, every man is tempted, when he is 05:45 drawn away of his own lust and enticed. 05:49 So, it is our own lust, our own sinful carnal nature. 05:54 That is our greatest terrorist, your greatest 05:57 war is not against your husband or your wife or 06:01 the people who disagree with you. 06:02 Your greatest war is against Self, in fact 06:05 Satan and Self have found a confederacy to 06:09 try to destroy you. To try to destroy the 06:12 Christian and when you realize that, again 06:15 Atonte we realize who our greatest enemy is? 06:19 And there is an old saying 'know thy enemy.' 06:21 We ought to know Self, we ought to know what 06:25 Self is fully capable of? So, the most important 06:27 thing is to identify your enemy because you 06:30 don't want to be fighting against the 06:32 wrong person or entity. And then you really 06:36 wouldn't win the war. That's right, that's right. 06:38 You know, there is another issue Atonte 06:40 that that when, when we, when America 06:44 discovered or thought they knew who it was 06:47 that was behind the attacks. They knew, that it was 06:49 now, they knew that these were terrorists. 06:52 There was a, a, a word that went out to the, 06:58 nations and it was this, if you're harboring 07:02 terrorist we will come after you. 07:06 And it's interesting Atonte that when we 07:07 look at the spiritual war, the Christian holy war. 07:12 And you know when you use that term Holy 07:14 war, we're talking about true Holy war. 07:15 Because these are the Holy wars are really 07:18 unholy wars. That, they are not being fought for 07:21 the right reason, they are not being fought in 07:24 the right spirit. They're being fought physically, 07:26 the true Holy war is the spiritual conflict against 07:30 principalities and powers and against the 07:33 Self nature, the carnal nature. 07:37 Now, we talk about harboring terrorist. 07:39 How does that relate over into the spiritual 07:42 conflict. Well, Atonte you know many times 07:45 people will, will, will say you know, man 07:48 I would never do something like that. 07:50 What are they doing? What they're doing is, is 07:53 they're saying they, they are harboring a terrorist 07:56 because the Bible lets us know that Self the 07:59 carnal nature is capable of how much, 08:02 of anything, of anything, of anything. 08:05 Just think about some of the thoughts that 08:06 have gone through your mind and you set them 08:08 and go I cannot believe that I actually thought that. 08:10 You know, you're saying there is a Christian 08:12 to think that you are actually tempted with that. 08:15 Self is fully capable of doing anything and 08:19 once we come to the realization that, that 08:22 Self will do anything. We need to understand 08:24 that as Christians we must step back and 08:27 refuse to harbor a terrorist. We will, we we're not 08:31 gonna say, Oh! I'm not, I would never do that 08:33 because you know but by the grace of God we 08:36 would do anything. That's right. And you 08:40 know, as you've seen on our previous programs 08:42 we've talked about the entertainment industry 08:44 and the things that are a part of that and most of 08:49 the things that are out there in Hollywood is 08:52 feeding that carnal nature, that Self nature 08:55 that is sinful and goes against God. 08:58 So, the, the main way that Self is fed is 09:02 through those sinful things and when we 09:04 watch or hear those things, we're making 09:07 Self stronger and stronger. Exactly, Atonte you know 09:10 the issue that America is facing right now. 09:14 That there is turmoil in this country over this war, 09:17 because how do you fight an unseen enemy. 09:19 How do you fight an enemy that you, you 09:22 know, it's not a nation you're talking about 09:24 individual people, you're talking about 09:25 hidden faces. How do we fight someone or 09:28 something that we cannot see? And we want to take 09:31 that question right over into the spiritual context. 09:34 How do we, how you fight against someone 09:38 who lives with you 24 hours of the day. 09:42 How do you fight someone who knows 09:44 your every thought? Self knows you better than 09:46 anybody else, how do you fight someone who 09:48 knows all your secrets, all your weaknesses? 09:51 How do you fight someone that is closer 09:54 than a brother closer than a friend? How do you 09:57 fight against Self? And, and the good news is that 10:01 there is a way to fight against Self that's what 10:03 this whole Bible. Amen. Is given to us for to 10:06 teach us how to fight this Holy war? 10:09 And that is indeed the Holy war that all 10:12 Christians are called to fight when they decide 10:15 enlist unto Jesus Christ. And that's why I'm so, 10:18 like I said in the beginning. I'm so excited 10:20 about this program because as a Christian if 10:23 God did not give us a formula in his word. 10:27 On, how to fight against Self? I'll be honest 10:29 I would be completely depressed everyday. 10:31 Because if there was no hope for our sinful condition. 10:35 It would be very, very discouraging like you said. 10:38 How do you fight something that is with 10:40 you all the time that knows you better or just 10:42 as well as you know yourself? 10:44 Yeah, you know as I said earlier, Self and Satan 10:47 have, have formed a confederacy. 10:49 No one can betray you like Self. 10:52 You know Self knows you better than anybody else. 10:56 And Self is all too willing to go and hand those 10:59 secrets over to the devil, to give him those, those, 11:03 those clues, those tips to cause you as a 11:06 Christian to fall. And, and you know the, the 11:10 Christian ought to have motto but one, 11:12 no enemy but Self. We need to understand 11:15 Atonte that all external warfare is the result of 11:20 poorly fought internal warfare. 11:24 All external warfare, in other words, all warfare 11:27 that spills out into the physical realm is the 11:30 result of a poorly fought internal warfare. 11:33 Because the war starts in your mind. 11:34 The war starts, starts in the mind, as Christians 11:37 we're called to fight not external conflict, not 11:41 external battles but internal warfare. 11:44 In fact, in James chapter 4 and verse 1, the Bible 11:47 says this, From whence come wars and fights 11:50 among you? Come they not hence even of your 11:54 lusts that war in your members? In other words, 11:59 James is telling us here that the reason, why we 12:02 get into arguments in family circles, 12:07 amongst friends. The reasons why nations go 12:10 to war with one another is, is, is ultimately 12:13 because of poorly fought internal battles. 12:17 The lust within our members spill out, they 12:20 rule us, they dominates, Self dominates and gets 12:23 his way, gets his will and Self will always try to 12:26 fight outwards. So, Self is always gonna blame 12:29 somebody else or looking at, at something, 12:32 something external for his problem when as 12:34 Christians we're called to fight the battle internally. 12:37 We, we, we might call it internal warfare versus 12:42 external warfare. And this again is what God 12:45 calling us to do to fight. This is the holy war that 12:49 Christians are to engage in. 12:51 And Self is always trying to protect Self like you 12:55 said this is why we have so many conflicts in a 12:57 marriage, conflicts at work or with people it's 13:01 because Self rises and Self is going 13:03 to defend Self. That's right, and the, the 13:05 things Self likes. You know, we talk about 13:07 the music and movies and all these different things. 13:10 Self is out for the, these things energize Self. 13:13 These things empower Self and that's why we 13:16 need to aware. We need to understand that Self 13:20 being our enemy must be defeated; there must be a 13:24 declaration of war against Self. 13:27 And, and that's another very important issue 13:29 Atonte, when, when America, you know, 13:31 when, when the Twin Towers fell and America 13:34 knew, that this that Jihad or holy war had been 13:37 brought to their shores, they turned around and 13:40 made a declaration of war. I want to talk about 13:43 that, that, that declaration in a moment but Atonte 13:46 one of the greatest mistakes that a person can 13:49 make is under estimating the enemy. 13:51 When you underestimate an enemy? When you 13:53 think an enemy will not do certain things or, or, or 13:57 will not stoop certain levels. We go into the 14:00 battle unprepared. We go into the battle rather 14:04 prepared to lose. We have got to have the right 14:07 assessment of the enemy and once we have that 14:10 assessment, once we understand who we're up 14:12 against, we make that declaration of war. 14:16 United States made a declaration of war some 14:19 people agree with it, some people don't, 14:20 disagree with it, but I believe as Christians 14:23 we have to make a declaration of war, if we 14:28 don't make a declaration of war against Self, Self 14:30 will continue to pound away and to destroy us. 14:34 You know, flying spiritual planes into us. 14:37 You know, whatever it is just, just trying to destroy, 14:41 trying to detonate, trying to bring us to ashes and 14:46 we've got to realize you know someone said 14:50 you may as well run or you may as well fight, 14:53 stand and fight because if you run you only die 14:56 tired. Let me get that, let me say that again, 14:58 you may as well stand and fight, because if you 15:01 run you will only die tired. And that's true of the 15:05 Christian war, when you become a Christian you 15:08 may as well stand and fight. That's right. Because if 15:10 you run, Self will come after you, the devil will 15:12 come after you, you will only die tired. 15:15 And as Christians God has promised us eternal 15:17 life, death is not in the picture for a Christian 15:20 when it comes to, we're talking 15:22 about spiritual death. The devil wants to 15:25 destroy us spiritually, Christ says I'll come to 15:27 give you life and to give you life eternal. 15:29 That's right. And you have to make a new 15:32 declaration of war every single day because Satan 15:35 ups his attacks and he never stops. I've told my 15:38 children sometimes some days they have some hard 15:41 days and they find that they have been 15:43 disobedient that day and they say Oh! Mommy it's 15:45 so hard, I do not know why I do these things. 15:47 It's because your enemy never rests. 15:49 That's right. You can never just get up one day 15:51 and, and have a relaxed mind as far as your 15:54 fighting goes. You have to make a decision everyday. 15:56 I have an enemy, I'm making a decision to 15:59 allow God to empower me today to fight this 16:02 enemy, it must be a conscious decision. 16:04 That's right, when we talk about Holy war we've got 16:08 to understand that there are principles 16:10 involved in war. Anyone that enters into the 16:12 military, they are trained, you never just get a, get 16:16 a, get a group of people together and say come on 16:17 let's go fight and they go, no, there has to be 16:20 training, there needs to be an understanding of 16:22 the principles of war. Atonte many times I have 16:25 people emailing me or calling me, I'm struggling 16:27 with this or that. You know many times the 16:29 young people say, I don't know how to give this 16:32 thing up, or give that thing up, it's all the 16:34 people saying I've got this problem, I've got this 16:36 stronghold in my life. And as warriors we need 16:40 to understand the principles of holy warfare. 16:44 One principle that, that I just want to talk about 16:46 very quickly is temptation. You know I believe that, 16:49 that temptation and this has to be understood 16:52 in the right way. Temptation is the 16:54 soldier's warning system that Self is about to 16:57 launch an attack. Like Radar. It's like radar 17:01 you know, when you, when you begin to feel, 17:03 as a Christian you begin to feel that feeling that 17:06 you get, when you know temptation's drawn on. 17:09 Not that temptation is a good thing, what I'm 17:11 saying is that temptation is the, it's a warning 17:16 device saying Self is up to something. 17:19 You know when Pearl Harbor happened, people 17:21 to this day. Did America know or were they caught 17:25 off guard. Same with September 11th, you know 17:28 was, was there a pre warning, did America 17:30 know or were they caught off guard. 17:32 And I believe Atonte that as warriors we need to 17:36 understand that when we're under temptation. 17:40 It is, it is a warning system, it is a warning 17:43 sign for us that Self is getting ready to launch 17:47 an offensive. And principles like these we're gonna 17:50 be discussing them in our, in our upcoming series 17:52 but we're gonna be learning how to fight the 17:55 good fight of faith. You know, I like that 17:57 because we can instead of temptation being this 18:00 big scary thing. We can almost with God's power 18:03 flip it on the devil if you will. You know use that 18:05 as a weapon, like we said radar. So, that you know 18:09 something is coming, something is approaching, 18:10 he is trying to get me to do this thing. 18:12 And use it because, just because temptation comes 18:14 doesn't mean we have to fall into it, we don't 18:16 have to sin. That's right. And so we can use that 18:19 against him. Yeah, in fact the Bible 18:21 says, blessed is the man that endureth temptation. 18:24 You know we got a blessing from enduring temptation. 18:27 And we'll talk about that a little bit later on, but 18:29 another important issue Atonte, another important 18:32 event that took place here in American was that 18:35 after 9/11 you had many, many people who were 18:41 civilians leave their civilian status to enlist 18:46 in the army. So, those who are one time civilian 18:51 were now soldiers. And I believe that one of 18:54 the greatest faults in, in Christianity. 18:59 One of the greatest weakness in Christianity 19:02 today is the oxymoron of Christian civilians. 19:07 What in the world is a Christian civilian? 19:09 You look at a civilian, a civilian is a person who 19:12 you know enjoys the pursuits of life. 19:14 He is engaged in you know, you know, the 19:17 pursuit for liberty, happiness, he is doing his 19:20 work. He is just going about business. A 19:23 civilian is not a soldier in a sense that the soldiers 19:27 are the ones that protect our freedom. 19:29 The soldiers are the ones that are fighting the 19:30 battle, the conflict. And, and, and to have a 19:33 Christian civilian is, is an oxymoron because there, 19:38 there should be, there is no such thing as a 19:40 Christian civilian, why? Because we are called 19:43 into Warfare. Well, once you make a 19:45 decision to be a Christian you're a soldier, 19:48 you're in war. Second Timothy chapter 2:3 19:51 and 4 tell us this. "Thou therefore endure 19:54 hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 19:58 No man that warreth entangleth himself with 20:00 the affairs of this life; that he may please him, 20:03 who has chosen him to be a soldier." 20:06 And that word can be translated warrior. 20:09 When we enlist as a Christian, we are enlisting 20:13 as a soldier. There is no such thing as a Christian 20:16 civilian. Civilians support the war, we're behind the 20:20 war 100 percent. Many Christians we, we 20:24 support you Pastor you know, we, we're behind 20:27 the war but they're not actually in the battle 20:30 themselves. As Christians God calls us to enter 20:35 into holy war, you know one amazing thing about 20:37 the, the difference Atonte between a Christian and 20:40 a civilian is that civilians you'll never see a soldier 20:44 on the battlefield or I should say you will 20:47 rarely see a soldier on the battlefield crying saying 20:51 why are they shooting at me? Because they know. 20:54 I don't understand it, what have I done? 20:58 Nor a Christian soldier knows that he is in war. 21:02 So, he is expecting bullets to fly his way. 21:05 He is expecting conflict, he is not taking a back, he 21:08 is not offended when he finds an offensive 21:12 coming his way. And, and, and, and at so many 21:15 times as Christians we, we get into this mind set, 21:18 this civilian mind set, I don't understand why 21:21 this is happening to me? This is happening 21:23 beloved, because we wrestle not against flesh 21:26 and blood but against principles and powers 21:28 against spiritual wickedness in high places. 21:30 As Christians, we need to get the mind set of a 21:33 soldier and leave the status of a civilian. 21:36 You know, Satan, Satan is banking that will keep 21:39 that mentality of that word you know, we sign 21:42 up as Christians but we're not really in a war. 21:44 Because once you take on the mentality of, okay I'm 21:47 in a war on a daily basis. And there is an enemy 21:50 that's gonna be coming at me at all you know angles 21:53 then you take life differently, you make 21:56 different decisions on a daily basis. 21:59 I mean we all know that again he fights in the 22:02 family or he uses the family unit to try to, to, to 22:06 win this war, to win battles. So, you're not 22:08 going to want to react the same way, when your, 22:13 when your husband says something that you 22:15 think is attacking you. You gonna want God to 22:18 train you to be able to defend that weapon. 22:21 That's right; we learn to live in an atmosphere 22:25 of war as it were. Again Paul tells us fight the 22:30 good fight of faith, we have to expect conflict, 22:35 in fact First Peter rather. Yeah First Peter chapter 22:37 4, verse 12 and 13. Listen to what it says, beloved, 22:40 think it not strange concerning the fiery trial 22:43 which is to try you, don't cry on the battle field 22:46 saying why is this happening to me. 22:48 Now, it's alright to cry because you know 22:50 soldiers cry when they're wounded, it's alright to 22:53 cry when you're wounded? But we don't 22:55 cry, why was I wounded? Why was I shot at? 22:58 We know, because we're in a Holy war. 23:01 So, don't think it's strange when fiery trials come 23:04 your way. As though some strange thing 23:06 happened unto you but rejoice an as much as 23:09 your partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when 23:11 His glory shall be revealed, you maybe glad 23:14 with exceeding joy. You maybe glad with 23:18 exceeding joy. We are told that as soldiers 23:22 we're gonna have conflict. We're gonna have 23:24 warfare, but be glad because you're fighting 23:27 the good fight of faith. Another difference 23:30 Atonte between a civilian and a soldier is the dress. 23:34 A soldier is in military wear, civilian is in 23:40 civilian clothing. He is not protected, again we're 23:42 called to put on the armor of God. We're called to 23:46 live you know, the soldier is always ready, 23:49 ever ready for. He is always on guard. 23:51 He's never got his guard down because he knows 23:53 he's in an atmosphere of war. And as Christians, 23:56 when we have this mentality of a Christian 24:00 civilian? We're setting ourselves 24:03 up for a major defeat. We need to have the 24:07 mentality of that the fact that we are in a war and 24:11 that we must fight. And I think as Christians 24:15 again we're just kind of get so busy with life that 24:18 we forget that there is a supernatural element out 24:21 there that is against us. Now, praise God there is 24:23 another supernatural element out there, who is 24:26 God, who is on our side? But God gives us the 24:29 power but we must still be able to focus 24:31 enough to realize. And not get too busy that 24:34 we're in a war. That's right. Now, one 24:37 more event Atonte that we that we can discuss 24:39 with September 11th and this war that that we're in 24:43 now, nations are in now, this war against terrorism. 24:48 In every war there has to be an objective. 24:51 A war without an objective is a war where 24:54 you will never know are we succeeding or are we, 24:56 you know, where are we? Without the objective you 24:58 can never tell where you are. And as Christians we 25:01 have a divine objective. And, and I sum that 25:05 divine objective up into two words, Contain and 25:10 Destroy. The Christians objective in war is to 25:13 contain and to destroy. What do we mean by 25:16 contain? We just read in James 4:1 that all war is 25:19 a, is a result of poorly or external conflict is a 25:23 result of poorly fought internal conflict. 25:26 To contain means that we keep Self 25:29 contained within. We don't allow him to spill 25:32 out, to go on the loose, when you speak out an 25:34 angry word. Self is on the lose, when you react 25:38 negatively towards someone, Self is on the 25:40 loose, when you're arguing Self is on the 25:42 loose. The Christians divine objective is to 25:45 contain Self, to keep Self, to keep the battle within 25:50 and never spilling out into the external, into the 25:54 external realm. We've got to keep Self 25:56 contained, but what about destroying? You know, 25:59 it's not enough to keep Self contained, because 26:02 I may not speak the evil word, I may not argue, 26:05 but I maybe arguing where? In mind, in your 26:07 mind. In, in my mind, I maybe speaking those 26:09 bad words in my mind, I maybe having those 26:12 desires in my heart. We've not only, we not 26:15 only have to contain, but we must also destroy. 26:19 In other words, we're told to bring every thought 26:23 into captivity to cast down high imaginations. 26:27 That's Second Corinthians 10:3-5. 26:30 And the word there for cast down Atonte is 26:32 actually destroy. So, as Christians we're called to 26:35 destroy, not only contain Self within, but also to 26:39 destroy those thoughts, those lusts, those desires 26:45 that Self tires to bring up to take control of us. 26:48 So, that's our divine objective, contain 26:51 and destroy. And I believe that once we 26:53 begin to put these principles into play. 26:55 And what we're gonna learn over these next, in 26:57 this throughout this series is gonna tremendously 27:00 help us in this war on the ultimate terrorist we face, 27:04 you face a person that you see, when you get up 27:07 in the morning, you. And see why Satan wants 27:10 us to spend so much time entertaining our mind 27:12 with all these other things is because he doesn't 27:15 want us to fight that war that's in our mind. 27:17 He doesn't want us to be able to contain and 27:19 destroy. I mean that takes some a lot of focus and 27:22 knowing what's going on. You know, to even get 27:25 your imagination and your thoughts under control. 27:28 That's right, we have to have that ultimate love 27:30 for our general Jesus Christ, Amen. 27:33 And be, stand in his words, stand in his grace 27:37 and through that grace he will give us the power to 27:41 defeat and the overcome Self. 27:43 I don't know, about you, but I want to make a 27:45 decision to choose to fight on a daily basis. 27:49 And to allow God to work his miracles 27:52 working power in my life and I pray that you will 27:55 make that same decision. Well, we're all out of time 27:59 but until next time. God bless. |
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