Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ENLARGE MY TERRITORY

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For the past year my son has struggled with the idea that "There Must Be Something More".

This week he has been brought to the edge of his comfort zone.
I know God moves and relocates individuals to prepare us for Bigger and Better things!
It always involves risks which requires FAITH.
Jesus has certainly called Bens talents and gifts to a new place, new territory.

 Lets take a personal look at a person in the bible that can help us relate to Change in order to experience more!

JABEZ is his name

He stood out in scripture and was popular because he was...

HONORABLE, INTENSE, ZEALOUS, SINCERE and VERY DETERMINED.

Jabez directed a prayer that many know in 1 Chronicles 4:10...

"Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, and that I may not cause pain!"

So God granted him what he requested.

Jabez trusted in the dependence of everything that he needed from the one true GOD. He understood the verse "Be anxious for nothing, but in prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God. (Philippians 4:6)

Jabez requested a personal blessing.
He desired some divine favor and asked God to... ENLARGE HIS TERRITORY! 

Let me encourage your dreams today friends. If you honor God with your life, the right doors will open. God has someone to promote you and bring you into the Bigger that God has for you. 

ONE TOUCH OF GODS FAVOR CAN THRUST YOU RIGHT INTO YOUR PREFERRED DESTINY. GOD WILL PROVIDE, ENLARGE, GUIDE, PRESERVE and DELIVER!


Therefore, we can trust Him to answer our prayers for the Bigger and Better. He will provide what He knows best and it will be in harmony with His will, just as He did with Jabez.

ONLY...if you are doing business Gods way! Please, repeat the last sentence.

Its not only ok to ask God for more but He is waiting for you to ask.

For what purpose do you want God to enlarge your territory?

What is your intent?

If your intent is to be used by God in bigger and more influential way? 

Lets take a survey right now on our territory!

I had my son Benjamin examine his territory in the last few months because I knew deep inside he was sruggling with the feeling of having something more. He is currently a freshmen in highschool and enjoying the basic, robotic program of everyday living. But recently he said that he felt that his artistic side and desires felt trapped and that he wanted to do more. God put so many people in our pathway to help us examine other territories or programs to challenge and motivate his  passions.
Going to school, playing sports, making friends is all good but Ben felt a huge VOID in the area of his music and artistic side.
Yesterday God opened doors that Ben walked through and explored. Ben loved what he seen and felt behind these new doors. This now means he will transfer high schools.  This takes alot of faith to transfer your sophmore year and start over especially for a teenager in high school.

I am proud that he is following his number one passion and desire. God will grow this gift inside him in his future NEW environment!

Below is a great way to examine the territory you may be currently in and then determine if this territory is the BEST for all you can and should be!  

1. Discover exactly what your territory looks like
    now?

Territory=a region marked off for other purposes.
               an area of knowledge or interest.

2. What is the territory of your work, school or 
    homelife?  Can you define it?

3. In that territory what makes up for your passions
    for life? what areas of your giftedness are being 
    used?

4. What really captures your imagination in that 
    territory?

5. What is the "territory" of your passions in
    life that you'd ask God to grow?

6. KEEP awareness of your specific territory at all
    times, Don't settle for Voids and please don't
    ignore your primary gifts or talents.

7 Be open to see things in a New way, be guarding
   knowing Gods will and purpose for your life.

LIVE LARGE FOR GOD FRIEND

If again you can say its your driving ambition to find something more  then by all means ask God he could relocate you and drive you toward your purpose and passions!

Be prepared for Him to bring new challenges, new adventures and new opened doors as He delightfully ENLARGES YOUR TERRITORY!

ITS NEVER TO LATE!

May you grow in exciting ways and allow the CHALLENGING work God has in mind for you to enter in!

HE IS GETTING READY TO EXPAND

BELIEVE and RECEIVE

I LOVE see my son Benjamin stand on the edge with much courage believing and asking God to touch my his life and bless him in the seasons to come.

I encourage you all to stop and make the prayer of Jabez your own today! 


Blessings,


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Those who hear will live!


John 5:25-30 : I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.


As I was reading today, this verse really stood out to me. Not only because I have been praying for my ears to be opened, but also because the message at church this week was all about hearing God.
There have been so many times in my spiritual journey that I wished I could just call God on the phone and have a conversation with Him. It would be so much easier, at times, if we could hear His voice in the same way we hear our children, our spouse, or a friend. 
This weekend, our Pastor explained that the way that God speaks most clearly is through His Word. If we are not reading the Word, or learning it, or taking the time to listen, we are going to have trouble recognizing His voice when He speaks to us. We need to learn His language before we can hear Him. There are so many voices that would love to detour us from the path that God has laid before us. But, if we know His character and the way He speaks, we will be prepared to discern a fake from the real thing.
God doesn’t want us to guess or struggle. He wants to speak to us and He wants us to hear. We have to be willing to put the time into the relationship and slow down enough so that He can speak through all of the clutter and noise around us.
I recently had a conversation with my daughter about hearing from God. We started a charm bracelet for her three years ago. Last week, she decided to wear it to school and then decided it was bothering her. She took it off and threw it in her backpack. We haven’t seen it since. She was very upset when she discovered that it was missing. We sat down and immediately prayed about the loss. A while later, as she was still frantically looking, she started crying about the fact that God was not speaking to her. This disappointment only added to the loss that she was already dealing with. I explained to her that God does not speak to us in the same way that I was speaking to her. She felt as if there was something wrong with her. I explained that, just like any good relationship, it takes practice and it takes time, but the payoff is huge. I also promised that God would not disappoint her.
According to John W. Ritenbaugh, “His enabling of us to "hear" is what begins to sweep away the spiritual blindness that has kept us ignorant of the purpose He is working out here below. This miracle of hearing gives rise to truly effective faith. It makes God's Word truly logical and believable, making commitment in obedience to His purpose possible.”
Lord, please open my ears to hear you. I believe that you are speaking and that you have a lot to share with me. I confess that I am not always patient enough or dedicated enough when it comes to spending time in Your Word and listening for Your voice. Please teach me to slow down. Please teach me to hear You clearly. Please open my ears and my heart to Your voice, in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.

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Monday, May 16, 2011

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

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God wants to Stir up the waters of your situation so you may POSSESS YOUR POSSESSIONS!


I was so touched by today's reading.
Many of us are sitting by our personal pools of DESPAIR,
        W A I T I N G
               for the moving of water.

In the midst of brokenness, I want you to know that I'm thinking and praying for you today. Your heartbreak is felt by God.

 However...God has a SPECIAL word for you today.

 Please read John chapter 5:1-24 and then return and read today's Devotional. You can click on the date above for a quick reference...

This man in scripture was Sitting for 38 years lame and WAITING for the moving of water.

Many of us are sitting bound by circumstances. We feel blind, lame and paralyzed. We are STUCK in one place for a long time and PARALYZED from the situations in life.

WE WAIT for something.
There are those who go to church WAITING for a great emotion to engulf them so they can be sure they're in Gods presence.

There are those who are waiting and have eyes on the business for something to happen and they cannot make it happen quick enough.

There are those who are WAITING for something that has happened to an individual they know to happen to them also.

There are those who have not truly given their lives to Christ and yet WAITING for a great movement of God.

To many of us are not making any PROGRESS in life because we are
                 WAITING  WAITING  WAITING

 we need to MOVE out in FAITH and TRUST only on the one who has called us and has the "plan" for our lives. 

What are you WAITING for?
Who are you WAITING for? 

Remember...WAITING around will not solve this mans issues, He as been WAITING 38 years! 


Do you really want to get out of poverty?

Do you really want to see the BIGGER and BETTER things in life?


Jesus is asking today because He knows that many of us have not fully considered these questions in light of our "GOD" potential.

Jesus is wondering why you are waiting in despair for Him to solve the problems when He already solved it 2,000 years ago.

He went to the CROSS to give you SOLID GROUND living in life!


Lets decide today to stop sitting by our pool of DESPAIR.

A question I had to ask myself was... DO I WANT TO BE MADE WHOLE?

I desired to begin to live my potential and not below, waiting for others to bail me out.

RISE AND TAKE UP YOUR BED,(situation) AND WALK!


John 5:8 "Jesus said to him, "Rise take up your bed and walk."

Remember, God will send the Angel  down into your situation so start walking and be ready to RECEIVE!
The Angel is  stirring your waters friend....look at verse John 5:4

BE BLESSED TODAY

Thursday, May 12, 2011

A BLOWING LIKE THE WIND

May 12th Reading

Last night a Storm rolled in about 2am. The LOAD, BLUSTERY and WILD GUSTS of wind woke me from a DEEP sleep.I rushed downstairs and out on the deck to check it all out. I love storms and the excitement of something strange moving in.
I always think of the Power of Gods spirit when I listen to the wind blow. I cannot see the wind but I can see everything else moving from its power.

I was reminded last night in the very late hours that God's activity is like the wind. When He is ready, He will blow and move powerfully.  However, I really wish things would blow in order soon from a mighty Holy Ghost storm! I have been patiently waiting for new challenges to move forward. I feel like I need the blowing of Gods GUSTY spirit in my ministry life.

A simple prayer last night was let out in the night hour..."Lord, blow over my life like a mighty wind, I am ready to discover the bigger things of God for my next season. I know I cannot see YOU but I will hear the sounds and see the movements your workings. Please blow over my Life Lord!

The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.
John 3:8

   Take some time in the next storm and ponder the movement of God in your life....You may be only a prayer away from a powerful Holy Ghost Storm!

Blessings





Wednesday, May 11, 2011

DO NOT QUIT



LYSA TERKEURST ...Shared a word with me through her amazing blog yesterday and it is certainly WORTHY to share with all of you!!!! This is exactly what I needed because I have been writing a powerful  book/bible study called "Run Like You Mean It." However, I have doubt on some days. I feel like Noah when he was building the ark for the future flood but Noah has never seen rain. Noah was obeying God and doing the work for what was ahead. I know God is delighting my heart to write this study but on some days I really want God to EXPLAIN what is ahead so that I may be fueled to continue writing and DREAMING REALLY BIG!
It's very hard on some days! I know God has BIG plans for my personal ministry and speaking but I want to see the future better!
Thanks Lysa for fueling me back up! 

Enjoy and please leave a comment below to let me and others know how this has FUELED you back up!

DO NOT QUIT!

We all have those times in life where we wish the voice of God would audibly speak so loudly there’s no way we could miss it, “THIS IS THE DIRECTION I WANT YOU TO GO.”  Then we’d know whether to stay the course or quit and head off in a new direction.  Have you ever wished for this kind of supernatural interaction with God?
I have.
We want to know what to do.
Sometimes we stay in a place too long.
But I think the greater loss happens in those times we quit too soon.  And we live with this nagging sense of what if.

 What if I’d persevered one more year, one more month, one more day.

What if David had been so put off by his Dad’s brush off, that he refused to come in from the field and see Samuel?  (1 Samuel 16)
What if David had assessed whether or not to face Goliath based on the shadow of his opponent rather than the shadow of the Almighty?  (1 Samuel 17)
What if Abigail’s pride or fear had stopped her a few steps shy of bowing low before David?  (1 Samuel 25)

Knowing when to stop and when to keep on keeping on is a crucial life lesson.  One I want to learn well.
In Matthew 11:28 Jesus encourages us, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
I used to get so frustrated when I heard this verse because I thought, I don’t want rest.  I want reassurance!  I’m burdened by this decision I have to make.   I don’t want to mess up my life by missing a cue from you, God.

But the gift of the rest Jesus is offering here is not a spiritual Ambien. 
The Greek word for this kind of rest is Anapauo which has as one of its definitions: “of calm and patient expectation.” 

But how?

My friend Jennifer Rothschild does this enlightening exercise at some of her conferences.  She tells the audience to imagine her writing two different words on a large chalkboard.  She then speaks the letters as she draws the first word into the air… R-E-S-T.  She does the same for the second word… R-E-S-I-S-T.
 
Then she asks what’s the difference?
The difference is, of course, “I.”

I don’t know what to do.  I can’t figure this out.  I’m worn out.  I’ve tried everything I know to do.  I’ve given all I have to give. 
I’m familiar with these “I” statements because I’ve said them myself.
We can only find Anapauo rest- fresh hope- as we stop running ragged and simply take on the next assignment Jesus gives

In verse 29 of Matthew 11 Jesus gives us this assignment- take on his yoke and learn from Him.  Ask Jesus to show you just the next step.  Not ten steps.  Not the whole path.  Not the Google map with the highlighted route. Just the next step.
Complete that step with excellence and an open, humble heart.  Listen and look for all Jesus wants to teach you in this next step.
This is your part of the equation.
But after the assignment, comes the reassurance in verse 30, “my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  We don’t have to have all the answers.   We just have to stay connected to the One who does.  Where our strength ends is the exact point where His will begin.
This is God’s part of the equation.
I must do all I can do.  Then God will do what only He can do.  My pastor, Steven Furtick, says, “You bring the natural.  God will then bring the super.  And that’s what creates supernatural.”
Should I stay?  Should I go?  Maybe the better question is, “God, what is the next step I’m to take today?  I’m going to do my part.  And trust the rest with You.”

KEEP THE FAITH FRIENDS and RUN LIKE YOU MEAN IT!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Remove the high places!



As I was reading today, I was amazed by the number of times the people repeated the same sins. The high places were not removed. The pagan people lived among of the children of God. The Israelites were reminded not to follow the pagans in their worship or their gods. The children of God would follow most of Gods commands, but not whole heartedly or completely. The cycle continued from generation to generation. The people would partially comply, do better for a while and then fall back into the bad choices because they were so easy to access.
I wonder how many times God has felt the same thing about me. The never ending cycle of bad choices I make, or my repeated stumbling over the same sin. I wonder if I am listening whole heartedly or only partially to the direction He is giving me.
But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul - Joshua 22:5

Obedience: to comply with someones wishes or orders or acknowledgement of their authority. Submission to a law or rule.
Hold fast: to hang on firmly or attach. Of friends, close and loyal. 
All: used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing.
Heart: regarded as the center of a person's thoughts and emotions, esp. love or compassion 
Soul: the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
We are supposed to submit completely to each of His directions, hold tightly on to Him with both hands and serve him with all that we are. 
It sounds like a tall order, but there is more:
We may not always know why God is giving us instructions. The Bible tells us that He will work everything out for our good if we follow Him. If we turn to Him when we don’t understand and have faith that He is up to something good, we will not be disappointed. 
We may not always have the strength, but God said He would provide that too! We cannot fight temptation on our own, but if we ask for help, He will give it to us.
We must be willing to listen and follow each of His directions. God only wants the best for us, so if He is moving us away from something it is because He has a better way in mind.
Maybe if I was completely obedient the first time, I wouldn’t keep stumbling over the same obstacles. Maybe if I turned to Jesus instead of fighting on my own, the stumbling blocks would actually become stepping stones.
Lord, I know you want the best for me. I want to be an obedient child, but I confess there are times that I listen to my emotions rather than following You and Your Commands. Teach me how to follow the rules the first time, rather than repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Help me to move forward and grow rather than repeating and never learning. Please help me to be more like Jesus today. Amen.

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Monday, May 9, 2011

I AM NOT DOING RIGHT

MAY 9th READING





How are you doing reading through the bible? I pray God's blessing your efforts no matter where you are or how consistent you feel. Getting any of God's word in our hearts is better then none! I read 2 Kings Chapter 7 this morning and was reminded and convicted of a truth. Please click on the date above and it will bring you to today's daily reading!

2 Kings 7:9 "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. It we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us."

Basically 4 starving lepers in scripture stumbled upon a multitude of food and supplies miraculously provided by God in the middle of a famine. And while they are in the middle of PIGGING out they stop and look at each other and say...

"We are NOT doing right...Let us go and tell the king's household."

In other words it's not right that we are sitting here stuffing our faces and plundering with this gold, while the rest of the land and our people are starving in the middle of the famine. Yes, God provided it for us, but we do wrong to sit here and eat without sharing with others.

CONVICTION took over in the midst of their situation.

Do you ever find yourself saying "I am not doing right?"

After stumbling into a situation do you ever feel like you are doing or did wrong?

This happens to me frequently before and after many situations. I am very grateful that my personal God convicts and instructs me daily.

Allow Today's reading to bring you to a place of SELF EXAMINATION. The goal is to TURN and GO in the right direction, as the lepers did in this context.

Dear Jesus,
Please forgive me from entering into a situation that may not be right. Help me to HEAR you more in the midst of my foolish decisions. I want your blessing upon my life.
In Jesus Name,
AMEN
Blessings and Go with God!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

BURNOUT LEADS TO DEPRESSION

May 5th Reading



Have you ever just sat down and vented... "IT IS ENOUGH! NOW LORD TAKE MY LIFE."

IT IS ENOUGH.....

The marriage struggle
The job search
The bills piling up
The addiction that is consuming
The physical and sexual abuse
The anger
The fear
The doubt
The exhaustion
Self-Pity
Empty
Challenged
Isolated
Paranoid

Burnout is real.
 Emotions are wonderful servants, but poor leaders. Emotions lead us to sit down and pray that we might die.

Elijah in 1 kings 19: 4 displays a picture of a depressed journey.  Elijah was burned out and went down in the dumps of self pity, he complained of no recovery and prayed that he might die.

Elijah allowed his circumstances to take over.

No matter how dark the night God is on the other side. No matter how long the hallway, God is around the corner. And even though you may not be able to see Him, He is with you in the midst of the dark night.

Remember your dark circumstance is God's way of building your character. It is His way of preparing you for bigger and greater things!

God was only an angel away from Elijah. Lets  look at 1 King 19:6 "Suddenly an Angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."

God has an angel ready to restore you....

God uses others to help RENEW your perspective, RELEASE your past and REMEMBER your purpose!

God has a better reality beyond your BURN OUT.

Lord may you bless today and open eyes to see beyond the circumstance and into the eternal perspective. Please send an angel to the one that has sat down and cried out.
In Jesus name
Amen

Allow God to work, do not give up!
Heather






Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Welcome the Sifting


Luke 22:31-32 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

The process of sifting wheat involves putting the harvested wheat into a sifter, similar to a large blanket tossing and shaking it back and forth. The wheat is sifted until the chaff (husks) are separated and all that remained is the best part of the wheat. This process enables the undesirable parts to be ‘winnowed out’ without destroying the wheat. Without sifting, the wheat is unusable.

In this passage, Jesus is referring to all disciples, not just Simon. Satan asked God for permission to sift all believers. Our enemy wanted to break us, make us weaker and cause us to lose our faith. But, as with all things that are intended for evil, God will turn it around and use it for our good and for His glory. The sifting process is not fun, but it removes the unusable parts and makes us more like Jesus.

“We can imagine a picture like this: Satan has a big sieve with jagged-edged wires forming a mesh with holes shaped like faithless men and women. What he aims to do is throw people into this sieve and shake them around over these jagged edges until they are so torn and weak and desperate that they let go of their faith and fall through the sieve as faithless people, right into Satan's company. Faith cannot fall through the mesh. It's the wrong shape. And so as long as the disciples hold to their faith, trusting the power and goodness of God for their hope, then they will not fall through the mesh into Satan's hands.” (John Piper, Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church)

But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon that your faith should not fail.

Jesus prayed specifically for Simon. I love that Jesus went to His Father and interceded for Simon so that during the time that he stumbled, his faith would not be completely destroyed. Jesus knew what Simon was about to do, but Jesus also knew that the power of God could help Simon come out on the other side of his transgression.

We all make mistakes. We are human and God knows we are going to trip even before we know. But, He will never leave us or forsake us. He will be there through it all and He will be there on the other side with loving open arms and a high-five.

So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.

What a great example of my Pastor’s favorite quote, “failure is not final”. In a sense, Jesus was saying, “Yes, Simon, I know you are going to mess up, but I also know that your heart is true to God. I know you will repent and turn your face back towards Him. When you have been sifted and are made stronger, teach others to do the same.”

We need to encourage one another. We need to be honest about the times we are tripping or stumbling. Perhaps our lessons will help another follower avoid the same trap. Perhaps our sifting will encourage someone else as they are being sifted. We need to be transparent about our struggles because as Christians, we are all being sifted and we are all working towards the same goal.

Father God, I know that you never leave me, and that knowledge, gives me hope during the difficult times. Thank you for helping me stand strong in my faith. Teach me to have stronger faith so that it will not fail. Help me to see the lessons that I am learning through the sifting process and help me to pass what I have learned, to others. I welcome the sifting because with each shake of the sifter I am more like Your Son Jesus, Amen.



Monday, May 2, 2011

HOW TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS

MAY 2nd READING





Today's reading was a HUGE reminder for me.

It teaches us about an unnamed, elderly prophet which illustrates both the power of a leader living by his convictions, and how compromise can steal away conviction. He TRIUMPHED when he stood and did right but perished when he turned back. Just so, we gain when we stand strong, but LOSE IT ALL when we slip!

STRONGHOLDS MAKE US SLIP!

Personal Strongholds are areas of our lives in which we are most vulnerable for Satan's attacks. They are areas in which Satan always seems to take advantage of us.

We all have them....Satan knows how to attack our inner tendency and capacity to sin. Satan influences the mind, the will and the emotions. He wants us to SLIP SO BAD!  If we allow Satan's footholds to slip inside, they soon become a stronghold.

The unnamed prophet in 1 Kings 13:11:24 allowed Satan to slip inside and turn him away from obeying the word of the Lord. Satan was tricky and worked through another person to deceive him.

The man of God (a strong believer)ended up disobeying the word of the Lord and then ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 A LION MET HIM IN THE
ROAD AND KILLED HIM.
           1Kings 13:24 

Satan is trying to Kill, Steal and destroy the God dreams in our hearts. Satan wants to deceive us by compromising our convictions.

How do you compromise your convictions?

Satan has a system to get you...What is your system to overcome Satan?

I would like to share a guide that will DEMOLISH the footholds before they become strongholds that lead you down the road to the big lion. 

The death of your dreams...

When you demolish a stronghold, this does not mean that you will never again be TEMPTED in this area, but it does mean that Satan will not set up camp inside you to entrap you in his snares and death traps!

Strongholds come in all shapes and sizes
Gambling
pornography
bitterness
pride
greed
lust
alcohol and substance abuse
affairs with significant others
many more...

Here is a brief summary of how to demolish a STRONGHOLD. You may photocopy this summary and keep it in your bible, wallet or another convenient place for ready reference when you need it. May it be a tool of blessing

HOW TO DEMOLISH A STRONGHOLD

1. Identify the pretension that establishes itself against God.
    Identify what is wrong with it.

2.Identify the ways the strongholds have become established---
   through the flesh, desire, society, relationships . Read 1 
   John4:1-6 about the testing of the spirits.

3.Identify spiritual solutions for the warfare and not worldly 
   solutions. Train around some solid believers.

4. DECLARE WAR ON THE THOUGHT, PRETENSION the
    POSITIONS itself against the ways of God.
    a. Use thoughts from the word of God
    b. Claim the mind of Christ
    c.Use Spiritual Weapons read Ephesians 6:11-17 followed by 
       asking the power of the Spirit through prayer.
    d. Boldly make the truth of the gospel CLEAR
        Ephesians 6:19
    e. Claim VICTORY in ADVANCE!

REMEMBER: "The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4)

STAY WINNING BY
a. Loving God 1 John 5:3
b. Keeping and learning His commandments
c. being sure that you are born of God
d. Believing that Jesus is God's son
e. Believing that because God keeps you safe, the evil one cannot harm you 1 John 5:18

You must TRAIN TO BE GODLY or you will LOOSE!

1Timothy 4:7 Train yourself to be Godly, for physical training is of some value, but Godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

I hope this exercise helps the temptations that sneak into your life. I will not allow the enemy to steal Gods DREAMS from me!
I pray the same for you friends

Blessings Today as you DECLARE WAR!