STOP fighting spiritual battles with your fist!

Okay so I realize that I have not been on here in almost 3weeks and for that I apologize. Let me just tell you that those 3weeks were like non I've experienced in all my years. The enemy thought he was going to strip me of my sanity but he's so stupid...wouldn't you agree?

The well is overflowing so much, I almost don't know where to begin....so let's just begin and allow the HS to lead us to the end.

Problems, trials, and tribulations are inevitable especially in the life of one who proclaims Christ as Lord and Savior. I've learned that one of its main goals is to strip us of the desire to praise God. Notice I used the term "desire," because for many of us, it comes from the flesh, contingent upon our emotional state. But praise is designed to come from the spirit. Paul says to live is Christ and to die is gain. This was a difficult scripture for me to understand with natural intelligence, so I depended on divine revelation. When we accept Christ as Lord and Savior we die to journeying throughout life with personal agendas. Upon accepting Christ we exchange our belief system for His. Therefore, dying is a 100% gain because a new life in Christ will be far greater than one without. When we endure attacks that we know are directly from the enemy we must take our tool which is praise before stepping onto the battle field. Praising God especially when things are in disarray will confuse and defeat your enemies. Thanking God for what He's done in the past, is currently doing and what your faith confirms He will in the future shifts you into a new dimension. Not only will you see the answer to transitioning out of your situation, but you'll become more trustworthy to God which then makes you a candidate for advancement. This is why the enemy creates such destruction so that praise is the furthest from your mind. Just yesterday I was in the Walmart parking structure and we all know how frustrating that can be. A woman came from the rear and took a space I was heading into. OMG (oh my gosh) my hand began to shake as I STRONGLY desired to give her that magic finger, all while listening to "I'm Available To You" mind you. LOL I stopped and began thanking God for exercising self control instead and drove off all to be lead to an even closer spot in the 1st aisle of the lot. Look at God! Had I reacted the way the enemy desired me to, I would have given her the finger in front of my sister whom admires my spirituality, which would have then discounted my witness as it relates to assisting her with shortcomings.

We also must realize that the enemy is a pond and only allowed specified access because the Lord desires us to grow in those areas. The Lord knows that I have challenges with my temper therefore, He allows me to be tested. As soon as I respond properly, I am advanced to another level of testing to ensure the spirit behind the action has been exposed and rebuked. Once I pass the advanced level I am then transitioned onto another course. Praise is a weapon of mass destruction because it decapitates the major attach which could be for example, a bounced check, which then throws the entire account off balance resulting in fees, more bounced checks and frustration. If we stop and praise God for balancing our account prior, He can then instruct us to call and speak with a representative in order to cancel the fees and reject any other checks from bouncing. The enemy desires us to react out of our emotions so that the hands of God will be tied. He is a JUST God, but He is also sovereign in that He has the ability to do what he wants, when He wants. The next time you're faced with an obstacle, (most likely at some point today) before reacting take a deep breath and praise God like a mad person. Not only will you scare off any physical adversity's (people), but the spiritual ones as well. LOL We must remember the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh) if they were, the next part of the verse would not exist...they are mighty in power for the pulling down of strongholds. Stop fighting spiritual battles with your fist, you'll loose every time. Until next time....PRAIZEM HONEY is your greatest weapon yet!

Chall
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