IT HAPPENS TO US ALL

EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE ALL HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND OUR LIVES ARE SOMEWHAT DISRUPTED.  JUST WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER, WE ARE SOMETIMES GET STRUCK WITH A DELIMA.  WHEN I SAY A DELIMA THIS MORNING, I AM TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY PROBLEM, A FINANCIAL MATTER OR A HEALTH SCARE.  SOMETIMES WE ARE HIT BY ALL THESE THINGS AT ONCE AND ARE LEFT FEELING SOMEWHAT DISCOMBOBULATED.  A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE IN OREGON HAS BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME THIS PAST WEEK.   HE TRULY LOVES THE LORD AND HAS BEEN FIGHTING SOME BATTLES.   WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE KEEP MY FRIEND IN YOUR PRAYERS. 

WHEN WE LIVE FOR THE LORD AND SEEK TO DO HIS WILL, SATAN GETS INFURIATED.  HE GOES INTO ATTACK MODE AND GETS PLEASURE BY SHOOTING HIS FIERY LITTLE DARTS, TAKING AIM AT OUR WEAKEST POINTS.  THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW TO GET TO US.  THATS HIS JOB.  THROUGH HEALTH PROBLEMS, RELATIONSHIP ISSUES AND DAY TO DAY ANNOYANCES IN GENERAL, SATAN DOES WHAT HE DOES BEST, HE SEEKS TO DESTROY.  1 PETER 5:8 TELLS US TO "BE SOBER; BE VILIGANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR." 

IT IS THROUGH OUR TRIALS THAT THE LORDS GLORY ENDS UP SHINING THE BRIGHTEST.  MY BIBLE REMINDS ME IN 1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 THAT GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, BUT OF PEACE.  EPHESIANS 6 COMMANDS US TO PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD AND STAND GIRDED IN TRUTH, WEAR THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, USE THE SHIELD OF FAITH AND THE HELMET OF SALVATION!  BY WEARING THE ARMOR OF GOD, SPEAKING HIS TRUTHS AND BELIEVING HIS PROMISES, SATAN HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO RETREAT BACK INTO DARKNESS WITH HIS TAIL TUCKED BETWEEN HIS LEGS.  HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO FLEE AT THE COMMAND OF MATTHEW 16:23, "GET BEHIND ME SATAN!  YOU ARE AN OFFENSE TO ME, FOR YOU ARE NOT MINDFUL OF THE THINGS OF GOD, BUT THE THINGS OF MEN." 

WRITING THIS "NOTE" HAS LIT A FIRE IN MY SOUL THIS MORNING.  THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!  I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN MY LIFE.  WITHOUT HIM, I AM NOTHING.  THROUGH HIM, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 

RAYNE, I HOPE THIS "NOTE" HELPS YOU IN SOME WAY TODAY.  THIS TOO SHALL PASS....LOVE YA!

THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M