WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

​MATTHEW 11:12
AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.
 
We know that this is not a natural battle but a spiritual one. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers, principalities, and rulers of the darkness of this earth. We must contend for the faith and protect what has been ordained from the foundations of the world. Jesus Christ came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. However, he wasn’t simply speaking of providing us with merely earthly treasures. He spoke of going to prepare a place for us. In the meantime, the enemy is attempting to stiff and choke the Christians of their spiritual nature; robbing them of their gifts and talents and spiritual fruits. The Lord Jesus Christ, however, doesn’t come forcing his people to do anything. He is a comforter and a gentleman; not a bully. He comes with the true love that passes all understanding. The violence and the forces the we encounter are most often in spiritual battles. In the spiritual realm the adversary comes with falsehood, fear, and intimidation attempting to have us take down our standards of righteousness and the truth that has been established in us from the beginning. We must hold dear the things of the Spirit such as purified love, mercy, patience, truth, and keeping yourself rooted and grounded in the Word of God. Seek the kingdom of God and all of its righteousness and everything else will be added. We must not be weary. We must not be faint. Trust in the Lord and do good. Be faithful over a few things and He will make you ruler over many.
Habakkuk 1:1-5
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
O Lord, How long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear! Even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
Therefore, the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Behold, ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told to you.
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