The Battle belongs the LORD!

There are times in life where all seems well, you are walking in green pastures and you are resting by the gentle waters. You feel like you are on the mountain top with your God. Then there are times when you feel you are walking in the valley of the shadow of death. The flaming arrows of our enemy Satan are flung by and trying to hit you at every angle. What do we do as Christians at that point in life? Do we just fall to the ground in defeat? No! We put up our Shield of Faith and we take out our Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and we fight back. No weapons fashioned against us will stand, because the victory is the Lords! Who can stand against our God?

Life has been crazy for us here, with different flaming arrows soaring by us. But we will not let it tear us down. God has given us what we need to carry on and to proclaim His Word of truth.

People have been coming to church and hearing Gods Word proclaimed as Shayne Russell (fellow missionary) has been bringing out the truth of God’s salvation. We have had around 50 adults there weekly, plus children, and people participating in leading music and performing skits to help with the message. We had 4 kids say their Bible verse from VBS, all of Ephesians 6:10-17, in front of the Church. Two youth from the Church helped teach at VBS and did a great job bringing out God’s truth.

Travis has been faithfully teaching daily morning devotions to around 15 people. He has brought out question's for them to think about, like “What is the most important question in life?”, “Who is number one in your life?”, “What is your number one fear?”. He has brought these questions out and people have been answering them honestly and then Travis has been showing them in God’s word the answers. I had a women tell me the other day that what has been taught has been a real encouragement to her and this is what they need to hear.

Tari Russell started teaching this past Sunday in children’s Sunday school the doctrine of God. She challenged them to read the Bible daily and to memorize a portion of Scripture for each week. She has already had one boy come up to her house earlier this week and tell her the memory verse. He took the challenge and he did it.

I have been teaching the ladies Bible study and just finished up a series on the unborn child. I showed pictures of the baby in the womb and taught on the development of the baby over the 9 month period. I used this as a platform to teach how life is in God’s Hands, how He has breathed life into each of us and He alone knows the number of the days of your life, so what will you do with your life?

When flaming arrows are coming your way, don’t fall down in defeat, pick up your Shield of Faith and your Sword of the Spirit and fight back, because the Battle Belongs to the Lord!