Mighty WARRIORS...

This weekend was one of the best weekends of my life. I spent Friday and Saturday up at my church Celebration Covenant with a group of about 500 mighty men worshiping and praising God. It's one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life. A room full of mighty men worshiping God Almighty, singing and shouting praises to Him and leaning on each other showing honor and love for their brothers in Christ. It's something that I have never seen before yet wished I could do every weekend because of the raw power and electricity that was flowing through that room and throughout the entire group of men present. Seeing that many men talking to one another, teaching each other and growing friendships and bonds between each other is something that this world is missing in the day to day. We learned together how important Christian leadership really is and what a Warriors spirit is all about. I wish my son was old enough to understand so he could have been there with me and shared the experience of the love and power that was flowing in that place through those Mighty Men. Oh how I want to be a Mighty Warrior for God not only for myself but for my wife and for my little boy. I want to wake up everyday with the mentality that I'm a Warrior for God and taht I am in a battle because I really am. We all are in the middle of a dangerous war for our souls battling not other people but evil spirits and powers of darkness. I know that might sound like something out of a science fiction novel or a little crazy but it's the God honest truth. If you choose not to believe that you are in a war for your soul then you are seriously mistaken and you are never going to understand the things of God or why things happen in this world and to you. It's your choice because God gives us a choice to believe whatever we want but understand that it's exactly what the enemy of your soul wants you to believe. He wants you to believe that Hell isn't a real place and that there's no way that a Loving God would send people to such an awful place. The devil wants you to believe that he doesn't exist so he can do whatever he wants and you will just think that it's God punishing you for some reason. The devil believes in God and he knows what's coming at the end of the world. He hates humans because we are made in God's image and we are the objects of His divine affection and love. He will stop at nothing to destroy us and make us turn against God anyway he can. It's important that you look at yourself as being a warrior in a battle everyday. It's important to your survival and success as a Christian man or woman that you wake up every morning and put on the whole armor of God and prepare for battle because you are in a war weather you like it or not. When you became a Christian you made a decision to go against the ways of this world and the ways of the enemy; you took a stand against the evil powers of this world publicly. At that moment you put a huge Man Sized bullzeye on your back and you entered the war zone fighting against the powers of darkness. The enemy of your soul is shooting fiery darts at you all the time, testing your weaknesses and prowling around you like a roaring lion waiting to catch you when you least expect it. This is the reality that I want you to understand and see for yourself. The things that happen to you in this life, the things that test your patience and have the ability to send you into a state of depression are from the enemy of your soul. They are shots that he's taking to get you to focus on your problems and lose your faith and trust in God. He want you to get as far away from God as you possibly can so you never have the ability to be an active Christian and touch the lives of others around you.
Being a Mighty Kingdom Warrior is actively taking a stand with brothers and sisters in Christ and locking arms in battle daily for each other. Being a Warrior is all about keeping your focus on God and Kingdom work and spending your time serving God on your knees in prayer for yourself and for your brothers and sisters in Christ. It all starts by realizing that you are in a battle for your life and learning the weaknesses that you have that your enemy can exploit and doing whatever you can to strengthen yourself for battle. Putting on the whole armor of God is spending time in His word and reading your bible along with devoting yourself to daily prayer. This is how you fight against the evil one for yourself and for your Christian family. I hope this makes sense to you because it's something that I am really taking seriously from now on. I realize that I am in a war and it's not going to be over anytime soon so I need to Man Up and fight for my life and for the lives of the people I care about. Wake up everyday with the mentality that you are going to be a warrior and take that everywhere with you; because you are a warrior and a warriors profession is WAGING WAR. So be on guard and take a stand the next time the enemy tries to take you down with one of his old tricks that used to get you every time with. BE aware of what's going on around you and make sure that you are fighting with your brothers and sisters. Strengthen your people in their time of need and they will be there to step in for you when you are in trouble as well. God's blessings to you today everyone! Let's DECLARE WAR together, the battles are ours for the taking because if God's on our side whom shall we fear?