In a prayer meeting recently a sister prayed about fighting. I wish I could remember every word. Specifically she prayed about learning to fight, not physically but with all our energy for people to break through to God. We've got to get rid of the idea that fighting is innevitably bad. If you don't know how to fight, if you cannot stand your ground, you can't win. The enemy wins instead.
It's no use standing still and hoping that something's gonna come to rescue us, we can't just expect blessing to come; there is a struggle to be won. We have to be willing to work with God and not just sit back. We have to give him our energy and focus on what needs to be done to win through. That's not to discount God's ability to help, but we need to work with him.
That's enough conviction for one day.
Answer to Piers question Sunday - having thought what I was thinking now! If you see what I mean. My thoughts were really on the lines of living out the new testament. If as a people we say we are a new testament church then that demands that we know the nt and live it out. Lots of that - in fact most is about the spiritaul battle - learning to believe truth - learning to apply the blood - learning to give ourselves to the things and thinking of God and live in HIs life rather than our own perceived strength and goodness. That's the struggle and the fight that should take up our energy because out of it grows us being rooted in God and in the church. That's really what we need to teach our new ones otherwise they are gonna get knocked about by each temptation and struggle that comes their way .. n that means learning to live it ourselves.
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