God's Word = God Sword (Girl's with Swords)!

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When this book was given to me in April 2013, for my birthday, I truly didn't know what it meant to take up my God sword and fight for His glory. I was still at a fragile place in my life and had just really begun the process of growing spiritually (spiritually maturing). When you pray to grow spiritually make sure you are truly ready for it. The enemy is threatened by your future and he will do everything he can to lure you off God's path onto a path of destruction. Satan wants to distract you from who you are and what God's plan for your life truly is. Praying to grow spiritually is about as dangerous as praying for patience (just read the book of Job). God will remove blinders, strongholds, and you will see things as they are through your spiritual eyes. God will show unpleasant things to you, in order to help you gain more discernment, strength, wisdom, and knowledge. God will remove hindrances and distractions, but you will also be tested in areas of your life regarding your character, spiritual gifts, and how you handle opposition and adversity. I think that is why people become so complacent, stagnant, and comfortable with where they are in their walk with God. More times than not, they (we, us, I) don't want to admit they have issues nor do they want to have to go through testing. Though these past two year were some of the hardest spiritual battles (warfare) I have ever fought, I have truly learned to hold on to my God Sword and stand firm on God's word. I have bodly learned who I am in Christ; I am confident in Him. In 2016, the Lord showed me that I was going to have to learn how to NOT continually be blindsided by the enemy, and test after test has proved that God is pushing me on to victory each step of the way. God knows what He is doing, because going on five years later He brings this book to my remembrance, as I find it and start reading through it again, it quickly became evident why this book was given to me (I am thankful for the obedient friend in 2013), for these past two years have truly been me taking God's Word = God Sword and fighting through everything the enemy has put in my path (knowing what God meant when He said in His Word, I will go before you and pave every crooked path straight). I truly know what it means now to fight for God's glory! The battle is the Lord's but we have to stay armed with His Word (His Sword). When it comes down to me and the Lord, that is what matters more than anything. The enemy lost his chance to take me out, and the enemy cannot overrule what God has in store for me until He returns to take me home for all eternity. It is a must that I stay focused on the Lord and stay in His word daily! As a Christian, we are a target of the enemy, and we cannot afford to be unarmed in these last days. The church and christians will face persecution to the point where I believe we will be begging the Lord to come back and get us. I do NOT want to be deceived, and I sure do not desire or pray to be a part of the elect that will be deceived. We cannot afford to drop our God sword and crumble. We have to be like David's body guard, Shammah, in 2 Samuel 23; we have to keep the sword in our hand, stay in the pea patch, fight the enemy off and not run for the hills. Each test only brings me closer to God. I have been through enough to know God will be enough for me!

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