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Friday, June 23, 2023

The Fight is Real, My Friend


For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
 but against principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, 
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 
Eph.6:12

...as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
 through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 
4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises,
 that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, 
having escaped the [a]corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 1:3-4


 




The fight is real, my friend
The enemy we face
Will often tempt us to defend
Errors of truth and grace

We should be on our guard
Armed with the Word of God
Because the fight is real and hard
And without worldly laud

Pride goes before the fall
How careful we should be
To seek God’s Kingdom first of all
With awed humility

The foe we fight is sly
Unscrupulous and vile
With all that cannot satisfy
He lures us with a smile

Seduction’s schemes seem sweet
Enslavement’s camouflage
Disguises stampedes of defeat
With pride’s vain entourage

…and we would all fall prey
To depravity’s sewer
Without God’s Word to light the way
So that we may endure

His divine power grants
Everything that we need
To equip us as we advance
Through (battle) fields of thought and deed

© Janet Martin

Just as Jehoshaphat cried, as he stood in the assembly
of Judah and Jerusalem, do we...

6,
O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, 
and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, 
and in Your hand is there not power and might, 
so that no one is able to withstand You?

12,
O our God, will You not judge them? 
For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; 
nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

15,
“Listen, all you... Thus says the Lord to you:
 ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, 
for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

17
Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord,
 who is with you...
Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them,
 for the Lord is with you.”


In this promiscuous age we pray for wisdom like never before...
Prov.9:10
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, 
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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