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Spiritual Boot Camp
by Patricia Charlton
Everyday I face an enemy that understands
my human
nature. I feel the blows from each
spiritual
boxing match and cry out in pain.
Often
I go down for the count without hitting
back.
My spiritual body needs an understanding
of my
enemy. He never gives up his fight
to destroy
God's children. Ignorance to my
enemy's
tactics is deadly. So, I decided
to take
a journey into the world of spiritual
warfare.
If I'm going to take some spiritual
blows,
I want to hit my enemy where it hurts.
Over
the next few days, I'm enlisting in
spiritual
boot camp. As a soldier of Christ,
the discipline
of standing when the going
gets
tough will become my second nature.
"Therefore
take up the whole armor of
God,
that you may be able to withstand in
the evil
day, and having done all, to stand."
Ephesians
6: 13 NKJV Certainly, these are
evil
days.
I must
understand
that
standing for Christ
starts
with
this
truth: "For we do not
wrestle
against
flesh
and blood, but against
principalities,
against
powers,
against the
rulers
of the
darkness
of this age, against
spiritual
host
of wickedness
in the heavenly
places."
Ephesians
6: 12
NKJV If my
battle
is not
with
human beings, then who
or what
am I
fighting?
According to this
verse,
my enemy
has an
army in the heavens
star
wars.
The one
truth
that
makes my enemy tremble
in his
boots
is this:
power in the blood
of the
lamb.
"And
they overcame him
the blood
of the
lamb
and by the word of
their
testimony
and they
did not love their
lives
to the
death."
Revelation 12:
11 NKJV
This
is the
season to celebrate Easter.
A time
to reflect
on death,
resurrection
and new
beginnings.
If Christ
didn't rise
from
the tomb,
this
boot camp adventure is
fruitless.
The blood
of Christ
shed on the
cross-
sealed
the fate
of Satan and his wicked
angels.
It is
with
holy
reverence and godly fear
that
I enlist
in the
Holy Spirit's spiritual
boot
camp.
From
this training, I fight with
vigor,
discernment,
and purpose.
Warfare
isn't
an enjoyable
experience
but greater
is he
who is
in me
then he that is in the
world
Holy
Spirit.
Would you join me and
enlist
in this
boot
camp? If so, stay tuned
for the
next
installment
about our enemy.
Devotional
writer
for EzraWeb and a contributing
columnist
for Crossmap,
Patricia shares her
experiences
with
the power of God to make
anyone
more
than a conqueror. Her passion
is Jesus
and her
venue is writing. Contact
Patricia:
MastersPen@faithwriters.net
www.devotionsfortoday.blogspot.com
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