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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

James 4:7
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. {1Pt.5:8} It is important for us to remember that we don't fight against flesh and blood, but rather our struggle is against the rulers, against the powers, the world forces of this darkness and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. {Eph.6:12}

So since we believers do not go to war in the natural, the flesh, God has equipped us with His supernatural, divinely powerful weapons for our spiritual warfare. Those are not weapons of the flesh {2Cor.10:3-4} but are exactly what are needed in order to deal with that old devil. And like any divinely powerful, loving Commander-in-Chief would do, (as if there were any others) our glorious Lord has also provided us with the winning strategy—the battle plan!

As today’s verse starts with, 'submit therefore to God' the very first thing we must do to have victory in our lives is to overcome our flesh and surrender unconditionally to the Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. You should not, you can not, trust in yourself—your own power or strength. So it is written in Proverbs “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding” {Pr.3:5} and then as the apostle Paul wrote, be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might. {Eph.6:10} In spite of how challenging that may seem to us, think of all of those victorious saints, brothers and sisters, who truly did surrender all and have gone on before us desiring a better, heavenly place. {Heb.11} Then, and only then, are we prepared to wear the whole armor of God and equipped to resist, to stand firm against, against the devil. {Eph.6:11}

When we do that and are equipped that is when that ancient enemy will flee from us as we experience that peace, a peace that truly does surpass all understanding and that guards our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. {Php.4:7} Do remember that Satan has already been defeated and disarmed and put on public display {Col.2:15} when Jesus, our Lord and Victor, was publicly displayed through His crucifixion. {Rom.3:25} So the only way that old serpent can get anything from us now is to be a con-man and try to talk us into giving it to him. So, Jesus said, 'Take care what you listen to.' {Mar.4:24} Make sure that you follow the battle plan!

“In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:16-17)

THERE IS VICTORY IN JESUS