Sept 6 2026 … Fighting for the Faith

Sept 6 2026 …  Fighting for the Faith

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group Rend Collective singing … Every Giant Will Fall … calling on Christians to use our faith in God’s love to fight the battles of life.

Scaling the mountains of life ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Jude 1:23 [NIV]

…  23  Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.    

…  Jude, calls on fellow Christians to show mercy to other believers by helping them contend for the faith in their ives, doing all we call to rescue them from fires of life.     

Highlight Passage: …  Jude 1:20-23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                

…   God reveals to Balaam God’s desire and His way by Balaam’s donkey speaking to the Prophet.

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Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… The Apostle Paul pleads with fellow Christians to become living sacrifices in helping other Christians do battle against the evil forces of this world.  

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 10:4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to use the weapons of faith to do battle in this life.  

Reference Passage: Ephesians 6:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                     

… Paul also shows fellow Christians to use God’s mighty shield of faith to fend off the fiery darts the enemy send out against believers.   

Reference Passage:…  1Timothy 6:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul called on Timothy - and all fellow Christians -  to fight the good fight of faith.   

Reference Passage: 2Timothy 2:15   [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also calls Timothy to be a good worker, doing all he (and WE) can to contend for the faith by sharing God’s truth with others.

Reference Passage: …  Hebrews 4:12  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Author of Hebrews calls on fellow Christians  to use the power of God’s word to contend for the faith in the battles of life.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Marvin Williams …  USE THIS LINK    shares a true story of a young Japanese student who had to be rescued from trying to scale Mount Fuji (see attached photo); and then again when the foolish lad went back to get his cell phone and other personal items left of the mountain.  The story, the ODB author felt illustrated what Jude was teaching when he called fellow Christians to contend (i.e., fight) for their faith by helping other believers who’re being threatened by false teachers.

The question for me today was whether I am doing what it takes to fight for my faith by helping others contend for theirs in this world which will do all it can to tear away our commitment to Christ.  But like Jude and the Apostle Paul, all of us Christians need to do ALL WE CAN to hold onto our faith and help others contend for our collective faith in Christ, Who did HIs all dying for us.  I, for one, am doing all I can to fight for my faith today.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me to climb the mountains of this world by standing up in faith … for You, … my Lord.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for going the final mile to save us from ourselves; and showing us what we must do to fight for You with our faith,    … Amen

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