There is no time like the present though to fight these battles and stand up to Satan against his ploys and tactics to destroy families and our love of our God. My family, as well as several of others and you, have noticed and seen these things coming. The church is under attack as well.
Are we gonna give him what he wants and give in to his vindictive attempts to get us to fail and no longer depend on the God that we know and love? Not my family! And I hope not yours too! Joshua 24:15 states it best "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" - that is my family's motto for 2009 and the rest of the time that God allows us to be on this earth. And if we stick to that and serve the Lord and follow Him and let Him order our footsteps than who should be fearful of? No one... As Romans 8:31-39 states "If God is for us than who can be against us" and doesn't that make you feel safe? To rest in the arms of an allknowing all powerful God who is FOR you even in your times of trials and tribulations?
Satan is going to through his best at you this new year. Be ready because he's not going to give up. We need to be prepared though and put on the full armor and lift each other up in prayer and hold each other accountable to put the armor on everyday. We are running a race to the finish line, and we need to all plan to finish this race regardless of the hurdles, mud pits, etc that Satan throws in there at us... The "prize" at the end is far more rewarding than giving in to any of his plots against us and if we rely on God during hurdles and mud pits He will bring us through them and the comfort and strength that He will provide us with during the hard times is worth leaning on Him and not giving in.
I commit to praying for my family, my friends, my church family and our nation as we all are under attack from the evil one. I pray that each of you, myself and my family included, cling closely and tightly to the Father during the attacks, trials and tribulations.
As my Pastor says "Live for Jesus"
