Hello followers. I haven't posted in several weeks because during that time I've celebrated my church's 6th anniversary, my 35th wedding anniversary, my birthday and have gone on vacation all in the month of August (exhausting just listing it)! But now that I've had a chance to refresh my mind, I want to share these thoughts with you.
We all depend on something or someone in life. So, who do you ultimately rely on...yourself, your family, your church, the government, your bank account, your friends? Or do you rely on God? Well in the secular world, we depend upon ourselves, our friends, family or someone else to meet our needs or help us out when we get into trouble. But in the Christian world we learn to depend solely on God to meet our needs and to deliver us from trouble, but in doing so we still face trials and tribulations for the devil's main job is to keep us from putting all of our trust in God. He'll use anybody or anything to tempt and persuade us to turn away from God. He'll ridicule you, he'll challenge everything you believe in and if that doesn't work, he'll overwhelm you with fear.
We must all realize that the devil doesn't play fair for he'll attack you in your most vulnerable areas, threatening to destroy you! Now make no mistake about it, when you're in a fight with the devil and his demons, there's no way you're going to win the battle by relying on your strength alone...you need God on your side!
For some of you readers, the devil is already telling you not to believe what you're reading and he's giving you all kinds of reasons not to continue. Well that's just what he's supposed to do and he's a master at playing tricks with your mind: he will entice us with empty promises but this what he's really proposing, "come be my slave and I'll treat you real good". He'll promise you the world but you'll end up miserable (a slave to debt, work, sin and compulsive behaviors). And you'll end up being unhappy, unfufilled, and unproductive with nothing to show for your life. Do I have any witnesses out there?
My advice to you is, DEPEND ON GOD! But understand that even when you turn to God, the devil will still try to shake your faith and cause you to turn away from God (by any means necessary). So the next encounter you have with the devil, just pray and ask God to help you. I am a witness that.................................
He listens and responds to the prayers of a righteous man!!!!!!!!
