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HALF-COCKED and ILL-EQUIPPED?

In the realm of the spirit, the call to maturity for the Body of Christ is critical, and it reminds me of an example I read in the "Conservative Outpost" about Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was "like a veteran quarterback who comes up to the line of scrimmage, takes a glance at how the other team is deployed against him, and knows automatically what he needs to do." With the enemy's strategies of war more intense than they've ever been before, there is not enough time for the complacent church and carnal Christians "to figure it out from scratch", while waiting for the ball to be snapped. You and I have to have figured out such things "long before the game began", and now should only just need to execute! If you've been trying to figure out why the long preparations are necessary, here's why! God is NOT going to put you in the game "half-cocked" and ill-equipped! This is the reason the scriptures for...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE?

To ALL of my co-laborers in the gospel, I want to affirm your call, encourage your faith, and support the unique work in the vineyard in which God has called YOU to serve! Many times, the isolation and loneliness that's associated with being a true messenger of the Gospel of the Kingdom is just NOT easy to bare! So, private struggles and internal battles become even more pervasive, and a point of satanic access in the "gates" and "armor" of the believer - is compromised, so we end up cycling in defeat for much of our Christian walk! Noah was a real-life example of what "swimming up stream" looks like, in the realm of the spirit. No one wants to really look foolish, while every one else simply wants to appear "hip" and "in touch" with life (relevant); but often at the high cost of being "in darkness", because we've adopted "cultural definitions" for significance, relevance and positive influence am...

“AWAKEN FROM YOUR SLEEP AND SLUMBER, CHURCH FOLKS!!”

In the realm of the spirit, the call to maturity for the Body of Christ is critical, and it reminds me of an example I read in the "Conservative Outpost" about Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was "like a veteran quarterback who comes up to the line of scrimmage, takes a glance at how the other team is deployed against him, and knows automatically what he needs to do." With the enemy's strategies of war more intense than they've ever been before, there is not enough time for the complacent church and carnal Christians "to figure it out from scratch", while waiting for the ball to be snapped. You and I have to have figured out such things "long before the game began", and now should only just need to execute! If you've been trying to figure out why the long preparations are necessary, here's why! God is NOT going to put you in the game "half-cocked" and ill-equipped! This is the reason the scriptures for...