July 6, 2024b… Going to Battle In Christ …

July 6, 2024b… Going to Battle In Christ   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group Jesus Culture singing Break Every Chain … powerfully singing of how faith in Jesus can brake the chains of sin we battle in life. 

 

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Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 10:4  [NLT] … 

 4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.    

The Apostle Paul shows that we Christians have been given mighty weapons to fight the battles of life. 

    

Highlight Passage (in context): …2Corinthians 10:3-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul describes our ability, as Christians, to do battle for God’s kingdom.                                   

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 3:22, 20:4  [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses declares to God’s people to have faith that God will deliver them (and us) in battle.       

Reference Passage: … 2Chronicles 20:17  [NLT] …  

17 But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!”.  

… God’s promise to be with His Chosen people in the battles they (we) face.      

Reference Passage: … Psalms 34:17  [NLT] …  

17 The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles..  

… King David sings of God hearing and responding to the cries of His people in their trials and battles.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:31  [NLT] … 

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?  

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that our faith in the Lord will give us faith in Him in ALL circumstances.  

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 6:10-13 [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK …  

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6%3A10-13&version=NLT

… The Apostle Paul teaches Christians that God provides the armor they (we) need to do battle. 

Reference Passage: … Revelation 19:11-24 [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK … 

… John sees the final battle and … (No surprise!!)  … CHRIST WINS!!       

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Arthur Jackson -  AT THIS LINK  - told of a Christian man with a sordid past, exposed to pornography and abuse in childhood, who reached out for help to his Pastor.               

And I, for one, identify with that ODB entry today, having been delivered, thru my faith in Christ, from an addiction to porn and then having been called to co-found and lead a ministry, thru my church, to help men find freedom in the battles to walk free from porn addiction or compulsive sexual sin.  And it truly is a battle to find victory over habitual sexual sin!   But those who come to realize a deep/abiding relationship with Christ and who battle to replace the sinful addictions with an “addiction” to God’s word and a discipline in following God’s ways can - and will - walk free from the battles over selfish sexual sin.  And I enlist any reading here to pray for our Ministry - called Battle Plan Ministry - as we reach out to help those who’ve come to us to walk free from past patterns of sexual sin.                 

My THANKFULNESS:: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling yours truly, Lord, to help others to find victory of past patters of sin.         

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to pray for us as we invoke Your power, Lord, in showing men how to walk free from past patterns of sexual sin in <b><i>Battle Plan Ministry</b></u>   …   Amen

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