Striving To Be "Christ-Like"!

Life consists of conflicts and spiritual battles and attacks. You and I will always be fighting something. Whether it is others bad attitudes, hindering spirits, spiritual opposition, or persecution. This is why we must not give up but endure the race in life and trust God to carry us through to the finish. I read some where one time, if you have the attention of the enemy, you also have the attention of God A battle always precedes a breakthrough. How we handle the problems and whether we get tired and give up depends on our resolve. God is for you and has given you complete authority over the forces of darkness ( Luke 10:19). You can overcome these dominions at any level (whether it be powers, principalities, rulers of darkness, or spiritual wickedness) with the three weapons in your arsenal: God's Word, prayer, and fasting. Daniel used these three weapons for twenty one days to overcome the prince of Persia. When Daniel spoke the word, prayed, and fasted those three weeks, the a...

Repost from 2015: The broken concrete block: what it represents in my life... a few weeks ago my daddy came home from work to find this block had been moved from behind the barn to under our window behind the house. No doubt someone tried to break in, but it broke and crumbled.... God was there and I believe He prevented the house from getting broken into... yes, you are angry but you pray for the person's soul, praise God for His protection and do your best to go on... but there the broken concrete block lay and you see so much hurt going on, so much hate in this world, people being tortured and killed everyday for no reason or because they are Christians...God is still there... you see family members or friends or church family going through health issues, getting bad reports, suffering, declining health, but still...God is bigger and God is still there... You see so many hurting and seem to be forgotten or feel that way, and through tears and hurt you realize the Lord gave you t...