Excerpted from Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer: A Biblical Guide to Spiritual Warfare When my son Timothy was about twelve, he started coaching five- and six-year-olds playing soccer. They would run any which way. Someone would grab the ball and not let go. Others would sit down on the field and start crying. Still others
Read MoreDo You Understand Your Enemy? We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 ESV I stood mesmerized as I watched the witch doctors in our tiny village in
Read MoreWarfare is inevitable, especially if you are serving God in any way. We must be prepared for it. How do you prepare? When I was twenty years old, I became a missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators. The first thing I had to do was prepare. There were a series of steps to prepare to be
Read MoreRecognize What Holds You Back Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 ESV In recent years, I have passionately pursued becoming free from anything that holds
Read MoreFollow Your Leader You have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21 ESV At boarding school, we often played a game of follow the leader. Whatever the leader said or did, we had to do or say exactly the
Read MoreAre you using your spiritual warfare weapons? Excerpted from Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer: A Biblical Guide to Spiritual Warfare Consider this story from Pastor Steve Sherwood: In the early nineties we had a young college graduate living with us while she tried to figure out what God had for her next. She was
Read MorePowerful, Proven Principles for Spiritual Warfare Spiritual warfare can be extremely difficult, so we need to take the time to prepare and protect ourselves. We need to understand it and apply the biblical principles God has given us in His Word. We also need to know what resources are available to us and how to use
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare Boot Camp Excerpted from Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer: A Biblical Guide to Spiritual Warfare I got a recorded call recently, saying, “The FBI reports that there is a home break-in every fifteen seconds…” Interesting timing! I believe there is a home break-in more often than that, but it is not by human
Read MoreWe have an enemy who does not want us to succeed in the Christian life or in ministry. He will do whatever he can to destroy us. That’s just what he does and he does it well. Many Christians lose more battles than they win. Is that you? Do you have a sense of hopelessness
Read MoreIn order to do warfare, we must first be prepared. The initial way to prepare is to know what we are up against. In John 10:10 (NLT) Jesus said, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” Spiritual warfare is simply our
Read MoreWe are in Passover week, a holy Jewish holiday. 1 Corinthians 5.7 says, “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” The blood of the Passover lamb protected the people. You can read Exodus 12 to see when God first instituted Passover. He told them to sacrifice a Passover lamb and put its blood on
Read MoreMy newest book is now available. Get your copy today. Learn simple ways to overcome Satan’s strategies and embrace God’s victory. We are in a battle. Our opponent’s job is to steal, kill and destroy us, our families, our joy, our hope, our health and our finances. Jesus came to give us a rich
Read MoreMy new book, Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer is now available as an eBook! I am offering it for free on Saturday March 1. Click this link to learn more and then to get it for free on March 1 only. I want people to know about this new book and I’m also looking for some positive reviews on Amazon.
Read MoreMy new book, Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer is now available as an eBook! I am offering it for free on March 1. Click this link to learn more and then to get it for free on March 1 only. I want people to know about this new book and I’m also looking for some positive reviews on Amazon. I
Read MoreDo you feel confused, overwhelmed, fearful or defeated? Learn simple ways to overcome Satan’s strategies and embrace God’s victory. This is my newest book that will be out soon. Learn more at https://www.rrbooks.org/spiritual-warfare. We are in a battle. Our opponent’s job is to steal, kill and destroy us, our families, our joy, our hope, our health and our
Read MoreJesus is such a great example to us in so many different ways to manage stress. Today we look at something we don’t often look at as a stress management technique. Read the following verses. What can you learn from them? Matthew 16:21-23—From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he
Read MoreWe’ve been looking at putting on our spiritual armor every day. I want to encourage you to continue to put each piece on each day to protect you from the evil one. Read Psalm 18:2, below. It has several names of God that can help you in the battle. Psalm 18:2—The LORD is my rock,
Read MoreEphesians 6:18—and pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Prayer is a weapon, although the Apostle Paul didn’t give it a picture. How do you picture it? What do you think it
Read MoreEphesians 6:17—Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Notice it says to take the sword. It doesn’t say to fight with it. We need to know the Word of God, so we can be ready to use it against the enemy at any time. To know it, we must be
Read MoreEphesians 6:17—Take the helmet of salvation. Here are some questions to think about: What kind of helmet are you wearing? Is it a wimpy little thing that barely protects your head or does it surround your whole head? How could salvation protect your head? What is it about what Jesus did that would protect your
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