Today we discover four more personal enemies that we must CONFRONT, CHALLENGE, and SLAY!4. STATUS QUO
Maintaining the existing condition or state of affairs. Comfortable with things as they are.
Resisting change. Accepting the current ungodly trends and character of society. Not willing to fight for a revolution. No miracles. No power. No holiness.
THE CHURCH WAS BORN AT PENTECOST TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN!
We have been born again to ROCK THE BOAT! To eradicate the status quo.
We must resist enemy occupation. We are resistance fighters.
Question: What are you doing?
5. NEUTRALITY
Neutrality does not want to participate in war. It does not want to take either side in a matter under dispute. Neutrality will not engage the enemy.
Neutrality has no place in spiritual revolution.
If your car is in neutral, guess what? You are going nowhere. If you remain in neutral, you will get run over.
We cannot be neutral in this fight with the kingdom of darkness.
In Judges 5:15-17 (NLT) Deborah challenges the tribes who would not come to fight the battle for their people: “But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision. Gilead remained east of the Jordan. And why did Dan stay home? Asher sat unmoved at the seashore, remaining in his harbors.”
BUT verse 18: “But Zebulun risked his life, as did Naphtali, on the heights of the battlefield.”
Jeremiah 48:10: “Cursed is he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
To which company do you belong?
6. PASSIVITY
Passivity is acceptance without objection or resistance to enemy attack. It is reluctance to take action.
It has no place in spiritual revolution.
The church today is crippled and paralyzed because we have been robbed and cheated out of the true power of God. Where are the signs and wonders? Where is the fire of God in our lives?
In Luke 12:49, 50 (NLT) Jesus said: “I HAVE COME TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, and I wish it were already burning! I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.”
7. NORMALCY
Normalcy is the accepted standard. Conformity to average lifestyle and mindset. Normalcy can be brought about by the fear of being different to popular opinion, fear of being seen as a fanatic or unbalanced.
It also has no place in spiritual revival.
Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone,
Dare to have a purpose firm
And dare to make it known!
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
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The following are some of the personal enemies in our lives that we must CONFRONT, CHALLENGE, and SLAY!
“The father is the head of the home, with gentle dignity acting his full part as head. He is the priest and minister to his household. The simple word of thanksgiving at the meal, the gathering of the family together, morning or night or both for reading a bit out of the old Book of God, and in simplest language giving thanks, and asking a blessing upon the circle – these belong to the father.
Before we can knock out national and international enemies, WE MUST FIRST OVERCOME OUR PERSONAL ENEMIES! These personal attitudes are indeed our enemies for these are the adversaries that rob us of our character, our will, and resolve to fight in the day of battle.
Our country stands in a very challenging hour. The tragedy is that multitudes of our fellow countrymen do not realize how desperate the situation is. Even the general population of the so-called Christian church fail to realize the seriousness of this moment of time in our nation’s history.
Do you make this a daily habit in your family life?
Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you part of the milk.
God looks for men who will stand out from the crowd--men who will not be crowd lovers, crowd blenders, crowd pleasers, or crowd followers, but men who will dare to be different (Numbers 14:24 and 2 Chronicles 16:9).
Men, if we are going to be men of courage, we must speak up for what's right when the opportunity presents itself. If you have any truth in you, for goodness sake, SAY IT! Do not hide truth behind closed doors.
"Marriage is not about me. It's about us. The "me first" mentality is the main reason many marriages fail."
“A father and mother living together with their children, tender in their love, pure in their lives, strong in their convictions, simple and orderly in their habits, do infinitely more than presidents and governors, legislators, educators, and clergymen can do in making a strong nation. And that is a “more” that can be replaced by nothing else. True strength can come to a nation only as the genius of the home pervades the whole inner life of the people. The home nations are the most enduring nations . . .”
The nation needs men with backbone--
How do you come home to your family? Like a wet blanket with a frown and a gruff voice? Or do you bring joy and happiness the moment you arrive home?
Matthew 18:18 states: “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
The US Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court THIS COMING MONDAY, APRIL 4. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer wants the full Senate to vote on her confirmation.