Today’s Reading:
Hebrews 12
Ephesians 6
Proverbs 4
Psalm 112
Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage. Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.
Ephesians 6:12-13 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Grace upon grace is here for righteous wars. For holy wars. It’s a battle because I Am Holy. These are the wars you have been fighting, that good people who love Me and see and understand My holiness — even if they don’t have the language for it — these are the wars you have been fighting. They are holy. They are unto holiness, because I Am a holy God who cannot see wickedness. I cannot tolerate wickedness and evil because they are counter to My nature, and they are counter to My character. Those who operate in wickedness, their father is the devil, that serpent Satan, the deceiver of all.
But the lovers of God walk on the highway of light, and their way shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day. But the wicked walk in thick darkness, like those who travel in fog, and yet don’t have a clue why they keep stumbling!
Proverbs 4:18-19 TPT
Your light is shining more brightly than it ever has. And you sing and you war, for holiness — for purity, truth, goodness, decency and righteousness. This is a holy war. And great grace, grace upon grace is here for those positioned in battle, for those willing to fight and committed to fighting for holiness, righteousness and truth.
Great Grace is here for proponents of truth. Speaking the truth is an offensive attack. So is worship. So is kindness. So are liberation songs, freedom songs. The light inside of you, placed there by Me — the light of truth, the light of Holy Spirit will guide you into strategy, and will help you recognize which battles are yours to fight and which should be left alone — either for others or because they will flicker out on their own.
So be made strong even in your weakness by lifting up your tired hands in prayer and worship. And strengthen your weak knees, for as you keep walking forward on God’s paths all your stumbling ways will be divinely healed! In every relationship be swift to choose peace over competition, and run swiftly toward holiness, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:12-14 TPT
Trust Me. Take courage, take heart and smile with the assurance of victory, with the assurance of every victory, because you know that I have already won.
How To Respond
- Worship the Lord and stir up your faith through songs that refill you with the joy of the Lord. We need His joy, because it is our strength.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You that You lead me into all truth. Thank You that You are guiding me so that I only wade into the battles that You have for me, and I steer clear of those that are meant for someone else or that will be handled another way.
- Declare, We will not live in fear or dread of what may come, for our hearts are firm, ever secure our their faith. Steady and strong, we will not be afraid, but will calmly face our every foe until they all go down in defeat.
— adapted from Psalms 112:7-8 TPT - Decree, I will praise the Lord. I will lift holy hands in worship to the King of kings, because He is holy. I will put on the full armor of God, and I will enter the battles which Holy Spirit guides me into. I will live in full confidence of every victory, because My Lord has already won.
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