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We all have been besieged with so very many 'happenings' in this country.... There is
so much to cry about, and to pray for. Some have been hit directly, others know of
those who have been effected, others know of no one personally, but are still saddened
regardless.
It is in times like these that we NEED to band together as a country, to stand together
as a nation, to pray together as God's family, and not let personal views and opinions
interject into our love of the USA.
Hope you have a lovely, prayerful day.
With my very best prayers and wishes,
Maggie
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From Religion to Reality
- Kenneth Copeland
"For [God] hath made [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."
(2 Corinthians 5:21)
When you were born again, you weren't half-reborn, you weren't made half-righteous or
a quarter righteous. You were made the righteousness of God in Christ! You were made
a "joint-heir with Him." According to Strong's Concordance that word joint-heir refers to
a personal equality based on an equality of possession.
Jesus went to the Cross to give you what He already possessed. He rose again so you
could be recreated in His image. You are the victory of Almighty God! You are more
than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. You are everything to the Father that Jesus is.
John 17:23 actually says that God loves you as much as He loves Jesus.
Once you dare to accept that fact, your life will forever be changed. You'll no longer
be satisfied to just sit around whining and wishing things were different. You'll want
to step up to the position of authority that Jesus has given you, to take your rightful
place beside Him and learn to operate the way He does.
As His people, we are everything to God that Jesus is.
If you'll receive that message, if you'll dare to believe it, if you'll dare to put it into
action, it will radically alter your life. It will take you from religion to reality!
Spiritual Armor for Spiritual War
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities,
against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places."
(Ephesians 6:12)
Unfortunately, most of us don't know the first thing about fighting the kind of war in
this scripture. For, as Ephesians 6:10-12 says, it's not a battle of flesh and blood, but
of the spirit.
Most believers are so earthly minded that they never even realize the actual source
of the enemy's attacks.
They blame circumstances and people. They waste their energy fighting natural
conditions instead of supernatural causes.
We need to wake up to the warfare that's going on in the heavenly realm!
We can get a glimpse of it in Daniel 10:12-20. There, we find that Daniel had been
fasting and praying for 21 days, awaiting a word from the Lord. Then, an angel
appeared to him 21 days later with the answer. What took him so long? He was
fighting the enemy in the heavens.
That confuses some people. They say, "Devils fighting in heaven? I thought God
reigned in heaven!" What they don't understand is that the Bible teaches there
are three different areas called heaven:
1. The heaven where God resides.
2. The stellar heavens (what we call "outer space").
3. The heavens around this earth (the atmosphere surrounding this planet).
This last heaven is where spiritual war takes place. (That's why Ephesians 2:2
calls Satan the prince of the power of the air.) The air is where wicked spirits
operate. From there, they attempt to rule the nations assigned to them.
And rule them they will unless the prayers of God's people keep them from it.
God has an army marching in this land. If we band together, we can prevent the
wickedness in high places from ruling our nation. The time has come for us to pray.
So, put on your full armor and take your place in the ranks of the faithful in
intercession for our country and the nations of the world! - Kenneth Copeland
Acts 1:7 - "He said to them, 'It is not for you to know
times or seasons which the Father has fixed by His
own authority'."
Romans 13:1 - "Let every person be subject to the governing
authorities. For there is no authority except
from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."
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