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I like to think of the testing of our faith as a squeeze. A faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted. I come to believe there are a few ways our faith is tested. Our Heavenly Father tests us to see if our faith is real. Satan temps us to stumble us. That the
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I started noticing a pattern in my walk with Jesus. After great spiritual truth comes weariness and the squeeze. Have you ever just felt exhausted when you discover a mighty truth? I had spent days pouring over discovering who my real enemy is and how to arm myself against his attacks. I felt exhausted. Not
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#5 Helmet of Salvation And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Ephesians 6:17 The word salvation here can be translated deliverance and sanity. A mind under the control of God is the mind of Christ. I had been living in pure insanity. My actions
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Maybe it’s just me, but when I really dig in and try to understand God’s Word through the spirit, I seem to make it more complicated than it really is, or perhaps it’s a confession to Jesus of I’m not entirely sure I understand. It’s probably a combination of both. We need to put on
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When we stand, we need a place to stand with a good footing. You can’t battle sitting or lying down. Ephesians 6:10-18, God tells us to stand four times. V11 stand against the wiles of the devil. V13 Withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. V14 stand therefore, #3 Shoes of
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There came a point in this journey that evil was very real and present in our lives. Satan has used people to oppress me, use me, abuse me, and then toss me out like garbage when that use no longer served their selfish desires. I couldn’t understand it. I couldn’t understand the human condition called
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When we get it into our hearts, that the sole purpose of satan is to destroy us to get at God, we have to understand his tactics. Yesterday I wrote about how he attacks the character of God by lying about the love God has for us. Satan wants us to believe Gods doesn’t love
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I started to learn that Satan and his minions are pretty sinister. I learned how demons come at us on the outside and inside, and if you’re not saved, how demons completely posses a person. Part of the verses from 1 John 2 had me wondering a bit. For all that is in the world,
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Jesus revealed to me the purpose my Heavenly Father had for me. I was to stand. Stand and fight on heaven’s side for His creation. Fight for my husband, our marriage, and our family. To stand in truth against all the evil that was tearing God’s creation apart. The long drive home I thought about
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Coming back to Colorado, to my home, was such an exciting time. I had decided to drive the entire 15 hours straight from Texas. Man, I can’t even describe the excitement. I was going to get to spend some time with my youngest daughter. We were working on rebuilding our relationship with each other. I
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