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\u201cThe weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.\u201d
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Human beings are not naturally inclined to do things God\u2019s way, not even those of us who are saved. In situations where we feel angry, afraid, or desperate, our flesh is very often the first responder. When trouble is upon us, God\u2019s methods may seem lame, ineffective, or out of touch. Our desire for immediate relief will lead us away from God\u2019s Word. We do not want to hear about Joshua, who God instructed to shout and praise down the walls of Jericho, or David, who declined Saul\u2019s armor and brought Goliath down with a divinely anointed slingshot. When the going gets rough, the <\/span>full armor of God<\/span><\/i> seems difficult for us to apply. Hard times may even cause us to question God\u2019s love, sufficiency, and good will toward us. But the question we need to ponder when times are tough is not God\u2019s faithfulness towards us\u2014but our faith in Him! Do we really trust God and His Word? Nothing will test our level of faith like tribulation. Next time trouble comes, before we hand the reins over to our flesh, let us be willing to seek God first. The strategies found in His Word are tried, tested, and found true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Father,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Please help us to trust your Word and apply the full armor by the Holy Spirit. When the Jericho walls seem unsurmountable and the Goliaths taunt and threaten to destroy us, give us the faith of Joshua and David. Let us not resort to carnal weapons forged in the crucible of our fearful emotions. Lead us to humble ourselves, prayerfully seek your face, and stand sure-footed on the Solid Rock, who is Christ. Amen.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

For Further Study:
<\/span>2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Ephesians 6:10-18
<\/span>Proverbs 3:5-6 \/ Proverbs 21:30
<\/span>Joshua 5:13-15 \/ Joshua 6:1-5
<\/span>1 Samuel 17:32-50
<\/span>Isaiah 40:31\/ Psalm 18:2<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.\u201d 2 Corinthians 10:4Human beings are not naturally inclined to do things God\u2019s way, not even those of us who are saved. In situations where we feel angry, afraid, or desperate, our flesh is very often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"blog","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\"\"\n\n\u201cI am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel\u2014 <\/b> <\/b>which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God\u2019s curse!\u201d Galatians 1:6-7<\/b>\n\nThe Good News is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It\u2019s the truth that sets us free, from both the power and the wages of sin. Because the enemy is the author of lies, he distorts and perverts what God has said and done. False Gospels serve those who\u2019d rather embrace their sin, than repent of it. The theologies behind these fake gospels may use harmless sounding labels like inclusive <\/i>or progressive. <\/i>But anything that leads us to celebrate what God forbids, is not of God, and therefore has no power to redeem. So, we can choose to walk in truth by the Word\u2014or embrace our old nature by the counterfeit. One offers life\u2014the other offers death. But there is no middle ground.\n\nDear Lord, \n<\/i>Please keep us from deception. For in your perfect love, you are neither double-minded, nor swayed by popular opinion: You change not. No one can improve your word or your finished work. By your grace, we can take the narrow path, where our hunger for truth overrides the flesh. In Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/i>\n\nFor further study:\nMatthew 24:24 \/ 2 Corinthians 11:4\nLuke 17:22-23\n2 Timothy 4:3-4 \/ James 3:1\nMatthew 18:6-7\nGalatians 5:17 \/ Romans 7:18\nJohn 10:27 \/ John 10:4-5\nMatthew 7:13-14","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afterbirth","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}