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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP444 FINDING VICTORY

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FINDING VICTORY

You can be an overcomer. You can walk in victory. Yesterday I talked to you about finding surrender. It is going to take us surrendering to God to be able to walk in victory. I want to share with you some verses that will encourage you.

Everyday we are in a spiritual battle. Somedays we have to fight and fight hard. Other times the enemy backs off to lick his wounds and try to find a different approach to tear us down. But make no mistake, God will not let us be overtaken by the enemy. When the battles seem to be the hardest, we can rest in the fact that we will overcome by the blood of the Lamb.

I John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

We cannot overcome the world unless we are born of God. This is why it is so hard for people sometimes to make the first step toward yielding to Christ. Because they do not have enough overcoming power yet. It truly takes a large step of faith. But we gain victory in our initial surrender.

Rom 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

In tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril or threat of the sword we are greater than a conqueror, more than a conqueror through Jesus that loved us. If the power of God lives within us, we can overcome whatever we face. God will not allow us to face anything we are not ready to handle.

I Cor. 15:57-58 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Victory is a gift from God through Jesus and the power we have been give from him. It is not our efforts or strength; victory comes from our obedience and surrender.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

We too can overcome the world because Jesus gives us victory. He is our peace and strength. Finding victory means that our faith aligns to what God says and not what our circumstances says. The report of the enemy will fail in the light of God’s power. We have to believe God’s report. His word, his report says that we have victory over our enemy. We must come into alignment with his word, which says we have the victory.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP443 FINDING SURRENDER

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FINDING SURRENDER

We often think about total surrender to the will of God as an amazing place. But our flesh wants to fight against that perfect place. In the surrender is everything we will ever need, God’s peace, joy, strength, salvation, hope and love. The struggle is not a new one but is as old as Adam and Eve. They lost their surrender to God when they ate of the tree that God told them to not eat. Their disobedience led to our struggles today.

Even Jesus prayed, let this cup pass from me. The man part of Jesus didn’t want to endure the pain and suffering. Then he did what we all need to learn to do more easily, he surrendered his will to the Father. He said not my will but yours be done.

Surrender to God and his will is not a one-time thing. Many feels like when they repent and ask Jesus to be Lord of their life that they have surrendered. That is just the beginning of our surrender. It is an everyday, several times a day thing. We have to strengthen our inner man. While our freshly one is kicking and screaming, wanting control.

Surrender is extremely hard for type A personalities, ones that are used to being in control. Intellectually we understand that God is good and only has our best interests at heart. We know we can trust him to take care of us and give us a good outcome. We understand he can give us a better outcome than we can get on our own. We know he is loving and will not do anything to be cruel. Yet we find ourselves pulling back out of fear.

Reading the Psalms you will see David struggled with surrender at times. He fell down; he committed sin. Yet he was a man after God’s heart, because he worshiped and surrendered a large portion of the time to God and his will.

The closer we get to God the less people are going to understand us. But by following a little closer and surrendering more, we will be better equipped to do the work of the Lord, thus being a help to those around us.

How do we get to that surrender? How do we stay there? These questions are hard to answer.

Surrender means recognizing we need to humble ourselves before God and yield to his authority. Give up our control and deny our person ambitions.

Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

It comes down to a made-up mind to follow Christ, no matter the cost. It means that we will say I trust you Lord to know what to do, even when I am unsure.

Matt 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

It takes daily struggling to put God first by denying our fleshly will. It is a conscious decision to surrender our will. Praying daily asking God to guide our day and learning and knowing his word are ways of submitting to God.

This is why Paul said I die daily. He understood taking up the cross daily and living a life of surrender to God’s will and not his desires.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

By daily doing what we believe is the right thing and God’s will we are living sacrifices unto God. It takes commitment every day to say, God I want your will today and not my will. I submit myself to you today to do your will above my own. Surrender is not a one-time act of repentance, it goes beyond that one time. Although that is a good start, we must learn how to walk in the spirit.

Gal. 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Walking in the Spirit, by faith is the key to finding total surrender. It is an everyday choice to take up our cross and follow Jesus.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP 442 STILL WATERS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: STILL WATERS

As our shepherd Jesus watches over us. There are so many deep things in just the few verses of the 23rd Psalm.

PSALM 23:1-3 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

The first three verses alone tell us we will not want, he will take us to a place where we can have what we need. Like a shepherd leads his sheep into green pastures, for them that is a place of abundance. In an open pasture there is less chance of attack from an enemy, because they are in the open where the shepherd can watch them.

Sheep are terrified of moving water. If they fall in, they will drown, because their fleece will soak up water. They will not drink from moving streams even when thirsty. The shepherd knows this about his sheep and finds still waters or dams up water to give a sense of safety and rest to his sheep.

He leads us to green pastures and still waters because he wants to refresh and renew us. Sheep are dumb and will drink from any non-moving water, even muddy or stagnate. This is why the shepherd has to keep constant eye on his sheep.

God is a hand’s on God, he watches over us twenty-four seven. He will lead and guide us into all truth if we depend on him.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Our strength is renewed when we wait for him to lead us to that place of rest. Then our strength is renewed. His path of righteousness is our strengthening place. If you have ever stood on the edge of a body of water, a lake for example and there is not a lot of people around. The breeze blows gently on your face and you feel like God is quieting all your anxiety and stress. It is like peace washes over you, when you look for God in the gentle breeze beside the still water.

Anxiety and depression cannot overwhelm us when we find that place of peace in Jesus. He will destroy our emotional triggers and remove our anxiety, depressions and fears. Fear is not from God and he will remove all our fears, because he is our good shepherd. We have to be willing to give him our cares. He knows the things we think and fear. He hears the enemy whispering in our ears. He will counteract those lies if we seek for our shepherd to give us peace.

Only in him can we get out soul renewed and restored. He will strengthen us when we become weak. All the cares of this life that tries to drag us down, he will lift us up above them. When we find ourselves battle weary, we must find our way to a place of quiet and allow him to refresh and restore our souls. This will give us what we need to keep moving on and doing the will of our good shepherd.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP434 FAITH

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: Faith

Good Morning, today I want to touch on the foundation of a believer. We must first develop enough faith to believe that there is a God and his word is true. We must believe that he wants to save us from our sins. Developing faith is the beginning of having Godly wisdom.

HEB 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Without faith we cannot please God. He wants us to trust him. He wants us to believe in him and his word. Anyone who comes to him must believe or have faith that he is God. Some do not believe that God exists. He is a rewarder of those who believe in Him. Jesus desires for us to have faith and trust him. He will pour out blessings on his people.

Faith mean that we see things with our hearts that we cannot yet see with our eyes. We have to call things that are not as though they already are in our tangible world; like Abraham.

Our faith in God gives us a heart to help others. Our faith is a fruit or byproduct of God’s Spirit indwelling in us. We walk by this faith which helps us to grow and be a light to others.

I want to be found walking by faith and not by how the enemy would spin the truth to make things appear. We can not rely on how things seem, we have to see them through God’s eyes. We need to see them through the eyes of faith. Yes it may seem scary, but faith says that God will not leave us to deal with our troubles and trials alone.

Faith means that no matter what we are facing, we trust him. He will not fail us.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP432 I’VE GOT YOUR BACK

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: I’VE GOT YOUR BACK

I want to apologize for not having any videos last week. So I am pre-recording videos for the week. I have a family member in the hospital and was not home to do the videos last week. The last episode, I touched on the subject of how we are at war. Our weapons against our enemy include the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God, our worship, and prayer.

Never underestimate the power of a prayer warrior, when they decide to battle. They spend countless hours praying and it shows. Because when they pray God answers. Today, I want to talk to you about our words. Do we war in prayer, then crush our prayer seeds when we get up from prayer, by speaking negative unbelief?

We have to walk the walk and talk the talk. There is no room for unbelief in the life of a child of God. Moses sent spies out to check out the promised land. Ten returned with negative words. They looked at how big the giants were and compared themselves to the giants. They forgot they would not battle the giants alone. We cannot look at how big the giants are, but be willing to walk by faith and compare the giants to our God.

It wouldn’t be called a battle if it were easy. The very word battle means a long hard fight. It means you must have determination to win, so you dig in your heels and brace yourself for the struggle. Just when you think you cannot go on, Jesus will reach down and take the load of your battle.

Eccl 4:9-10 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

It is good to have a circle of people that are prayer warriors. Those who will lift you up when the battle becomes intense.

There is a phrase people often use that means I am here to fight with you against the enemy. It means you are watching out for them, “I’ve got your back.” When, I think about helping a friend fight their battles in prayer, my mind wanders to the two soldiers that are back to back. Together they have a 360 degree view of the enemy. That way they are never caught off guard. They are protecting each other’s backs. The enemy cannot sneak up behind either one.

In this day and time, we need each other and most of all we need the Lord to watch over us so that we are not overtaken by our enemy.

Luke 10:19: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

In other words, Jesus gave his believers power to overcome the enemy. The serpents and scorpions represent evil spirits and attacks. We will not be harmed because God has got our backs. He will not allow the enemy to overtake us.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP431 THIS IS WAR

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: THIS IS WAR

Make no mistake my friends we are in a war for the soul of our nation. Many souls hang in the balance and we have to tip the scales to the right side; God’s side. Far too long we have sat back and watched the enemy take territories, and all we have done is shake our heads and talk about how bad things are getting. Today is the day of salvation. Today is also the day we take our stand. It is time to go to battle.

2 Cor 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Weapons of our warfare are not carnal or physical because our battle is not carnal. Our battle is spiritual. But what happens in the Spirit realm manifests in the physical realm. People don’t show signs of sin in their lives until the enemy has placed sinful desires in their spirit. If they don’t take control and ask God to cleanse and remove the sinful lusts they will manifest in their lives.

Our weapons through God can pull down the strong holds of the enemy. Every thought that goes through our minds needs to be measured against the word of God. The battlefield is our minds. The enemy will tell us lies to see if we will believe them. Accepting those lies as truth is the beginning of our downfall. That is how the enemy gets a foothold.

James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

The body of Christ needs to be restored to shine God’s glory into the darkeness. It is time the church became like Nehemiah. He was trying to restore Jerusalem. The people had a mind to work. They would work with their weapons within reach. One place said they had a tool in one hand and a sword in another. We are fortunate because our tool and our weapon is the same, THE BIBLE. We can study it and learn it. Using it as a tool to further our understanding of God and his plans. But we can also take that powerful weapon and use it to defend against the attacks of the enemy. When he tries to whisper lies, we can combat those lies with the word of God. But that can only happen if we have studied it and know the Word.

The Bible is not the only way we fight our battles. Worship is our weapon too. The enemy hates it when we sing praises to God. The church sometimes forgets what worship is; it is singing praises to God and so much more. Worship takes the focus off of us and puts the focus on him. Worship means getting lost in his presence, when everything around you fades away and it is just you and Jesus.

Prayer is another weapon. We fight our battles on our knees. God will answer when we pray. Prayer is our God connection. It is our communication system that helps us to hear from God. He has promised to fight our battles. But we have to praise and pray for him to lead us where we need to go.

Matt 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

His word says he will open things up to us if we pray. Prayer helps us to boldly approach the throne. The significance of prayer is to help guide us and to reassure us that he is there. He is big enough to handle our biggest problems.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

The effectual fervent prayer means passionate, not yielding or intense prayer will go a long way in getting God to answer.

Tomorrow we will discuss this subject further.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP429 STEPS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: STEPS

Have you ever been in a place you question what is going on with your life? You are doing all the Christian things. You are praying every day for guidance. Then you realize that somewhere along the line you have taken back control from God. We surrender our lives when we become saved. We tell God, you are now Lord of my life. But slowly we take back control and start making our own choices. Maybe Paul was trying to tell us every day we must surrender control. That is why he said I die daily.

There is never a time we should get ahead of God because then we are leading and not following. We are not leaders of Christ but followers.

Psalm 37:23-24The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

I can see a young child at the beach trying to step everywhere their father had stepped. Because his height is greater it is hard for the child to step that far. They almost have to jump to reach the next step. We sometimes have to take a leap of faith that God will lead us as we go. We do not know what each step will bring into focus. We must trust God.

Be not weary in well doing, if we continue we will reap the reward. Allowing Jesus to be our guide we cannot go wrong. But sometimes he says, stand still and we have to wait on Him. He will always refresh us if we wait on him.

In other words trust in the Lord, don’t follow our thoughts or ideas, in everything we do we must acknowledge him and he will keep us on the right path.

Prov 3:5-8 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy path. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

As we acknowledge him in every aspect of our lives, he will give us direction and guidance. We have to keep our heart set on Jesus. If we can keep our heart right and focused on the things of God then it makes it easier for God to direct our steps, because we want to go where he leads us.

Prov 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Every day our prayer should be Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Being a goal-oriented person who loves a to do list, it is hard for me to give up control, even to God. I often have way more on my list than I can accomplish in a day. I struggle at times finding quiet time alone with God, except in my car. The Lord and I have some good times driving along. The quiet time alone with God is how we gain strength. I can always tell when I haven’t had enough quiet time. I can see that I am starting to take back control. When this happens I have to have a long talk with my Lord and tell him that I surrender all, all over again.

Then he will reach down and fill up the empty places in my thirsty soul, before encouraging me to once more go out and reach the lost before it’s too late. You too can surrender it all to God once again. He is waiting to guide your steps, if you will let him.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP428 STANDING ON THE WORD

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: STAND ON THE WORD

How often does something come into our lives that shakes us? The enemy will often send adversities to trip us up. If he can’t stop us, he will do all he can to slow us down and get us to become self-centered. We will start to be concern about our situations or how we are feeling physically as he attacks us with sickness.

We can have hope in Jesus. Looking to him will give us the strength we need to stand on his promises. We have to use the word for our foundation. We have to stand on the promises in the Bible.

If our issues is financial, he is our provider.

Phil 4:19-20 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

If the enemy comes to tell you that you are depressed and that you are losing your mind. If we are not careful we will fall into this trap and start speaking that we are going crazy. This is a lie from the pit.

2 Tim 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

If we have accepted depression, suicidal thoughts will soon follow, because the enemy will drag you so far down that you feel there is no way out. But that too is a lie of the enemy. God has a plan for our lives and it is not to be stuck in depression.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus died so that we would not have to fight our battles alone. Everyone in life will have battles. If we are just or unjust, however, the enemy will try to magnify the issues of the just. We just have to be strong in the Lord and the power of his might and resist the enemy. Tell him we are not going to believe his lies.

We all have things come up when our bodies get out of alignment with the way they were designed to operate. When this happens, we must speak the word of God over our bodies, we must come into alignment with what the word says about our condition.

Is 53:3-5 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

He bore our sins, our sickness and our pain in his own body. His sacrifice was to give us an abundant life. Are we going to align our thinking with the word of God or the lies of the enemy?

Now is the time for us to come together and fight the lies of the enemy. The truth needs to be known. God is a God of love and truth. He never made a promise that he will not keep.

I want to leave you with one final scripture today to uplift and encourage you.

Isaiah 40:28-31 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

As children of the MOST HIGH GOD, we just have to keep trusting and waiting upon the Lord he will renew our strength. We may sometimes feel like we wait and wait and nothing happens. But actually, he is giving us strength minute by minute, just to keep holding on until whatever we are praying for comes to pass.

Be encouraged, God is on our side, He will never leave us to fight our battles alone.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP426 EXCUSES

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: EXCUSES

The past couple of days I have been covering a few excuses that we may encounter when telling others about Jesus. Some are afraid of things they don’t understand. Others don’t want to give up the illusion of control. It is an illusion; there is very little we have control over in this life. But still we fool ourselves into thinking we have more control than we do.

There are people who have been abused or have low self-esteem and can’t accept that God would love them. Even though he proved his love by dying on the cross. They are afraid to make that personal. They may accept that he died for others, just not them.

Then you may encounter those who have chosen to believe that there is not a God. Because they don’t want to measure up, if he exists, they would have to change. They are happy with their life of sin.

All we can do is ask God to empower us with his words, do the best we can to walk in love and help those who want to know more about God.

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

I believe it is wrong to argue with people over the scriptures. Because it becomes about who is right and not what is right. I believe we can express difference without it turning ugly. Then we need to pray for understanding and wisdom. We both can’t be right, but when it turns to an argument, we are both wrong in our actions. We could understand every verse and still be wrong if we didn’t tell others with the right attitude. Just jumping up in someone’s face and telling them they are going to hell will not reach the lost. Most know they are lost.

Reason can be defined as an explanation, to think, understand and form judgments by process of logic. The word tells us to reason together, in other words think, understand and form judgments by process of logic.

It is possible to have a conversation if people are willing to listen to understand and not listen to counteract or have an opposing point. We all want the same end result for everyone that we come in contact with to give their lives to Jesus. We want what God wants and that is for everyone to come to know him on a deep level. Until, they are completely lead by His Spirit.

I want to encourage you that many Christians have used all the excuses, before they surrendered their hearts to Jesus. Do not be discouraged, when someone basically tells you they are not ready to surrender. That is what all the excuses boil down to, they are not ready. Don’t give up, keep praying and letting your light shine. Keep showing them God’s love. It all comes down to the right time and God drawing them with His Spirit.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP421 PREVENTION

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING, THE TITLE OF TODAY’S EPISODE: PREVENTION

There is an old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Which means we have to take action now and not put things off because they will always get bigger. Sometimes we have to press through a little bit of pain or being uncomfortable to prevent something worse.

Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For example, someone who has knee replacement surgery. There is a long process of recovery. Physical therapy is painful and it is hard to push through, I am told. But I know a woman that refused to do her therapy and she cannot bend her leg. That in it’s self-causes a lot of issues she would not have to deal with if she had simply pushed through the pain of therapy.

The enemy comes along and causes issues. He starts to build strongholds. We can either fight to break the stronghold or our future self will suffer the consequences. Future generations of our lineage will have to deal with the same issue. It is called a generational curse and many people have had to fight things that their parents and grandparents refused to conquer. For example, alcoholism.

The enemy will always try to get us bound up in things that keep us distracted from growing in Christ. We cannot run this race until we can walk. In order to walk we may have to do some spiritual therapy. We may have to do some stretching and strengthening of our spiritual muscles.

Do not allow the enemy to trip you up. Prevent the stumbling blocks of the enemy from becoming strongholds. He is determined to bind us up. We have to be just as diligent and determined to not let him get the upper hand. We have to fight that good fight of faith and stand strong. Allowing God to keep our feet on the right path.

Stumbling is all a part of the therapy; we may even fall down. There is no shame in stumbling, we are human. But we have to make a course correction and stay diligent about our course.

Being vigilant about our faith walk will prevent the enemy from getting a strong hold.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS