Finally, Be Strong

Psalms 138:3 (NKJV) In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul.

Spiritual warfare and spiritual growth go hand in hand. Please don't forget that. With any growing church, with any growing marriage, with any growing single, with any growing believer, there will be spiritual resistance and attacks. That's the methodology of the devil. That's just the way he works.

Jesus told Peter that He Himself would build His church upon the powerful confession Peter just made, that Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. Every true believer becomes one more living stone on the foundation of Jesus. Look at Matthew 16:18 again:

Matthew 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Wow! Jesus is building His church and even the gates of hell won't prevail against it! Even though the gates of hell will try, they won't triumph. They can't! Jesus is in charge!

It's true; Satan is going to come full force against us, trying to take us down, and ultimately take us out! If he can't get the church, he'll pick off the leaders. If he can't get the leaders, he'll pick off the members. If he can't get the members, he'll pick off their kids. If he can't get the kids, he'll pick off the visitors. If he can't get the visitors, he'll hit the leaders again. WELL... you get the picture.

Ephesians 6.10-11 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Stand strong in Jesus today, friend. He's your strength. He's your sufficiency!

Standing in Him,
Pastor Ed


Response
My mom went to church two Sundays ago and when she got to church she realized that she forgot her bible. When she got home, she couldn't find her bible anywhere and called me in tears to tell me. She had had this bible since 1979 and it was so precious to her. But she also knew that if someone else needed her bible that God would bless them. So we said that we would pray everyday that God would some how bring her bible back to her. The next day she took her overweight Chihuahua on her daily walk and started to find little notes and things that were in her bible, so she realized that she must have left her bible on her car when she put something in the trunk before she got in the car. Well a week went by and yesterday a lady came to her door with her bible, she had found it on the street and saw her name on it and knew my mom, so she brought it to her. My mom called me last night with tears of joy! She said isn't God just like that? All day she had been so broken about her two grandsons and that it was just like God to remind her that He hears her prayers and He is in control!