PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS AND FIGHT!

​GUARD YOU HEART…PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS AND FIGHT!

PROVERBS 4:23

KEEP THY HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE; FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE.

AS WE STAND AND CONTEND FOR THE FAITH OF THE LIVING GOD WE MUST GUARD OUR HEARTS. IT IS EASY TO GET CAUGHT UO IN THE CARES OF THIS LIFE AS THE WORD OF GOD SAYS FROM THE HEART FLOW THE ISSUES OF LIFE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HOLD DEAR TO YOUR HEART? FOR MANY OF US IT IS OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE ENEMY DESIRES TO SIFT US LIKE WHEAT AND COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. HE COMES WITH SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DCOTRINES OF DEVILS TO GET US TO TURN OUR HEARTS AWAY FROM THE LORD WHO IS OUR SAVIOR AND REFUGE. HE REMINDS US TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE WHILES OF THE ENEMY AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND,WE STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. IF THE LORD SAYS THAT THE ADVERSARY IS COMING WITH FIREY DARTS TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY AND THAT HE WON’T ENTER THROUGH THE FRONT OR THE SIDE DOOR THEN WHAT WILL HE ATTEMPT TO DO? HE WILL ATTEMPT TO GET TO US THROUGH THE ONES WE LOVE! WE MUST GUARD OUR HEART. THERE IS NO TEMPTATION EXCEPT THAT WHICH IS COMMON TO MAN. HE WILL USE WHOMEVER HE CAN TO CREATE DISCORD AND ATTEMPT TO HAVE YOU WALK AWAY FROM THE GOD YOU LOVE AND THOSE THE LORD HAS PLACED IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE THE PILLARS WHO ARE THERE TO GUIDE YOU AND HELP YOU GET TO YOUR EXPECTED END IN CHRIST JESUS. THE ENEMY WILL TARGET RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE WHERE THERE IS UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH AND RELATIONSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SAINTS IS JOYFUL. THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH. SO IF THE ADVERSARY CAN AFFECT THE STRENGTH OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, THEN HE WEAKENS THE UNITY. WE MUST GUARD OUR HEART AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MOST HIGH. HIS FIRST COMMANMENT IS TO LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. SO IF THE LOVE REMAINS PURE AND FRONT AND CENTER, THEN WE BRING FORTH ACTIONS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WILL KEEP US IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH. KEEP YORU EYES ON THE PRIZE. DO NOT LOOK AT THE THINGS WITH THE NATURAL EYE BUT WITH THE SPIRITUAL. BE WISE AS A SERPENT BUT GENTLE AS A DOVE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH TESTS AND TRIALS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING ON EVERY FRONT. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO “DAMAGE CONTROL” AS WE OFTEN TRY TO DO, WE MUST SAY TO OURSELVES… THIS TIME I’M GOING TO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN I ALWAYS DO. I’M NOT GOING TO TRY TO HANDLE THINGS MYSELF. I AM GOING TO TRUST IN THE LORD AND LEAN NOT TO MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. CAST YOUR CARES UPON HIM THOSE WHO ARE HEAVY LADEN AND BURDENED DOWN AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST. DO NOT BE WEARY IN WELL DOING. YOU SHALL REAP IF YOU FAINT NOT.
PS 31:24
BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOR HEART, ALL YE THAT HOPE IN THE LORD.