Greetings to my fellow sister soldiers:-)
How are you going in the Lord? I hope you are resting and trusting in Him knowing that all things work for good for those who love Him. And we know to love God is to obey Him...and certainly not adding to His Word either or doing things our own way. We often say His will be done but that also means we accept what comes and go with it resting in the Lord and overcoming in Him. I'm glad to know a few of you sisters who are striving on in the Lord...enduring hardness as a good soldier of Christ.
Sisters soldiers, we have been given our armour haven't we! We are not powerless in this battle we are in! What a weak Saviour if He doesn't give us power over our sins and all the battles we face in this life...but no we know we can be more than conquers through Him.
I was just thinking how so many sadly believe that it's a guaranteed thing...our eternal life. Why do we need our armour then? We would do well to look at what armour we are to have and take and put on. You can read that in Ephesians 6 but I'm sure you know it well sisters!
Truth
Righteousness
Gospel
Faith
Salvation
The Word of God
Prayer
All things to ponder and to examine our lives to see if we are facing this battle prepared or will fall prey to the roaring lion and attacks of the enemy. For sure there are many more adversaries against the Lord and His people...but He is mightier and in Him we can overcome. Let's keep pressing on sisters and encouraging those in our lives in the Lord to do the same.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
What a great God He is sisters to give us all we need in this life in Christ.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
We want to please God as His daughters we are.
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 25:1
I must go now sisters but Lord willing I will be back tomorrow! You keep holding fast sister soldier saints!
Love in Christ,
Sister Michaela
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