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• Theatre of Operations Feb 26, 2023 The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.~C. S. Lewis A Psalm of DavidThe LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie…
• The Fight Is Real. The Outcome Even More So Dec 22, 2021 There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.~ C. S. Lewis But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the…
• A Warrior’s Crisis at Christmas Dec 27, 2020 Hold my faith for me! I cannot grasp it right now!~ An African mother in travail of childbirth, to her attendants. “I have cut off nations;their battlements are in ruins;I have laid waste their streetsso that…
• The Long Marches of Kingdom Free-men Nov 10, 2020 Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray…
• Our Father: Our Unchanging Home Nov 7, 2020 Christ takes the lowest place, and is exalted to the highest place. He is not attached to earthly things, and therefore enjoys all things. He empties Himself, and is thereby complete.~ from The Tao Te Ching…
• Just Who Do You Think You Are? Jun 14, 2020 Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. ~Heraclitus
• Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum May 19, 2020 (Latin: If you want peace, prepare for war) We live in a culture that, as Cardinal Francis George said, “permits everything and yet forgives nothing.” And so people despair of being forgiven and feel compelled to…
• Love That Makes The Darkness Tremble Mar 3, 2019 For bravery none compares with our Lord. He never turned His head from danger, not even when hell’s hatred and heaven’s justice appeared against Him.~William Gurnall The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes…
• Love that Wins The War Feb 16, 2019 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, You were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…
• Warfare’s End Jan 28, 2019 After the Crucifixion came the Resurrection. After the Resurrection the Ascension. Because Jesus wore a crown of thorns, He now wears a crown of glory. Because He came poor, He now sits enthroned. Because He made…
• The Jealous Protection of Our King Nov 24, 2018 The violent winds of suffering and trouble blow us into the Lord’s protective hands.~Sadhu Sundar Singh I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with…
• Soul Tired Sep 13, 2018 It is compassion that removes the heavy bar, opens the door to freedom, makes the narrow heart as wide as the world. Compassion takes away from the heart the inert weight, the paralyzing heaviness; it gives…
• Desert Warfare: Winning on The Toughest Battlefields Jul 23, 2018 When Christ formed in us finds free course for all His mind and all His passion; when our eyes are opened to the great purposes of His life in the salvation of the whole world; and…
• Deal with It, Or Act It Out – Don’t Fake It, Face It Jun 4, 2018 It is in the dark that God is passing by. The bridge and our lives shake not because God has abandoned, but the exact opposite: God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is…
• Fighting At Peace May 9, 2018 Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War. ~ Sun Tzu And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills…
• Turning Away from The Rage Apr 25, 2018 The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at…
• Push Off, Devil! Oh… And You Owe Me My Life Back! Apr 22, 2018 In the Name of Jesus, I prohibit the spiritual powers assigned to me to hinder my family. I arrest them in the Name of Jesus and legally declare that they are blocked from entry into my…
• Wait for It Mar 29, 2018 Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910- ) Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.…
• When the day is ArgbffrugahappppooorooiasdKnafffjnawrviuner!!! Feb 27, 2018 Son, I know you are embarrassed but you need to know that I am not embarrassed of you. I committed you to a tough fight because you have to see and understand how much you need…
• Freedom in The Breakthrough Feb 24, 2018 Some people by the word freedom understand the ability to do whatever one wants … People who have the more allowed themselves to come into slavery to sins, passions, and defilements more often than others appear…
• Heaviness Before Lightness Feb 19, 2018 “Depend upon it, if you are bent on prayer, the devil will not leave you alone. He will molest you, tantalize you, block you, and will surely find some hindrances, big or little or both. And…
• The Devil Knows Who You Are – And It Frightens Him Feb 18, 2018 One great tragedy of our existence is that often, the Devil, the liar, the Satan, the divider believes more in our identity in Christ Jesus than we do. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos Grace to you and…
• To Hell with The Lies Feb 16, 2018 Do not lose your temper with those who sin. Do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbor and judging it, as we usually do. Everyone will give an answer for himself before…
• How And When to Fight Back Feb 5, 2018 The fight for our planet, physical and spiritual, a fight of cosmic proportions, is not a vague matter of the future; it has already started. The forces of evil have begun their decisive offensive. You can…
• The Wounds of Our Warfare Feb 4, 2018 We cannot become Christlike without being wounded. You see, even after we come to Christ, we carry encoded within us preset limits concerning how far we will go for love, and how much we are willing…
• Battle: A Warrior Worth His Salt Dec 7, 2017 It is not a question of our equipment, but of our poverty; not what we bring with us, but what he puts in us; not our natural virtues, our strength of character, our knowledge, our experience;…
• Understanding The Nature of Sin And Evil Nov 11, 2017 If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though…
• A Love Grown Large to Heal The Evil Within Oct 25, 2017 I think one may be quite rid of the old haunting suspicion—which raises its head in every temptation—that there is something else than God—some other country . . . into which He forbids us to trespass—some…
• It’s Impossible: That’s Why It’s Called Love Oct 10, 2017 Truth is not a thought, not a word, not a relationship between things, not a law. Truth is a Person. It is a Being which exceeds all beings and gives life to all. If you seek…
• The Place of Strength: In God’s Presence Sep 12, 2017 There is this place of undisturbed quietness where love is not deserted; see how things pass away and give place to others; fix your dwelling firmly there. Put your trust, my soul, in whatever it is…
• Direction Indicator: Feeling Resistance when Doing Good Aug 23, 2017 You have established a new relationship with the powers of darkness. Whatever you were before you were a Christian… you are now a sworn foe of the legions of hell. Have no delusions about their reality…
• God Our Battle Fighter! Aug 22, 2017 This reminds all of us who have given public testimony of our faith in Christ, that we are still in an enemy’s country. You remember how Bunyan (to quote the great Dreamer again) represents Christiana and…
• The L_RD Rebuke You Usurper Aug 20, 2017 Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battle, and that wins the…
• Battle-Softened Warrior Aug 18, 2017 …I thank Thee that Thou art risen from the dead, that at this very moment Thou dost indwell me in the person and power of Thy divine Spirit; that Thou hast never expected of me anything…
• Fighting The Unbelief within Us Aug 14, 2017 When my sense of self depends on what others say of me, anger is a quite natural reaction to a critical word. And when my sense of self depends on what I can acquire, greed flares…
• It’s Too Much: The Impossible Life He Has Given Us Aug 12, 2017 The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for…
• Got to Get Away from The Perspective of Disbelief Aug 3, 2017 If at any time you feel disposed again to say, “It is enough,” and that you can bear of the burden of life no longer, do as Elijah did, flee into the silence of solitude, and…
• Dying to Know We Are Loved by G_d Jun 23, 2017 The Christian Life is a continual struggle against the old self. Not just a struggle in the sense of a BATTLE, but a real putting in the tomb… All authentic Christian lives… know these long ‘tunnels’…
• Avoiding Mind Rape May 16, 2017 Lord, make Thyself always present to my mind, and let Thy love fill and rule my soul in all those places, companies, and employments to which Thou callest me. Amen. ~John Wesley Since therefore Christ suffered…
• April Storms Bring Eternal Flowers Apr 30, 2017 What then is God? Of the universe he is the final end; as to election, he is salvation; as to himself, he hath knowledge. What is God? Omnipotent will, virtue of highest benevolence, light eternal, reason…
• Already Seated Above The Fight Apr 29, 2017 It has come these days with new light and power that the first thing we have to see to as we draw near to God day by day is that our fellowship is with the Father,…
• Longing for A Certain Death Apr 21, 2017 There is an intimate bond between the sufferings of Christ and the conflict and suffering in each Christian life. The daily dying of the Christian is a prolongation of Christ’s own death. Paul writes in Romans…
• Loving Beyond Pain Mar 25, 2017 I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been plenty of times of doubt, especially when I used to believe…
• Becoming A Target of The Enemy Mar 11, 2017 If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defense of it by its friends. ~Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) In that day this song…
• Exulting Over The Majesty of Our Salvation Mar 10, 2017 Only to sit and think of God, Oh what a joy it is! To think the thought, to breathe the name Earth has no higher bliss. ~Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies…
• Overpressure: Putting Life’s Problems in Perspective Feb 27, 2017 Ever wondered about the reality of the problems we face in this life? This article puts things in perspective.
• Failure Exhaustion Jan 19, 2017 Tirian, with his head against Jewel’s flank, slept as soundly as if he were in his royal bed at Cair Paravel, till the sound of a gong beating awoke him and he sat up and saw…
• What? Like You Are Gonna Lose? Jan 4, 2017 Sing aloud, children! sing to the glorious King of Redemption, who sits on the throne, for the seraphim high veil their faces, and cry, and the angels are praising the Son. With His raiment blood-dyed, and…
• The Glory of Battle Jan 1, 2017 It cannot be stated too frequently that the life of a Christian is a warfare, an intense conflict, a lifelong contest. It is a battle, moreover, waged against invisible foes, who are ever alert, and ever…
• Our Own Personal Pearl Harbors Dec 11, 2016 Pride blinds us not only to itself, but to every other sin tucked away in the recesses of our hearts and lives. It causes us to hate correction and reproof. It hides our sin from us,…
• Wobbly Warrior Nov 20, 2016 Henri Nouwen wrote of the spiritual work of gratitude: To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives—the good as well as…
• On The Other Side of 50: A Weeping Warrior Nov 15, 2016 The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ~ CS Lewis He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver; I have become the laughingstock…
• Fighting Against Battle Momentum: Learning to Be At Ease Nov 10, 2016 In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition divine strength is found for the hard…
• Caution: Another one Seeks Your Worship Nov 8, 2016 Those who worship God merely from fear would worship the devil, too, if he appear. ~Sir Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down…
• The Stunning Ferocity of Grace Oct 24, 2016 Salvation of the Lord alone; Grace is a shoreless sea. ~ C.H. Spurgeon When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared…
• Undone After Forty Years of Punching Through Oct 23, 2016 Don’t the hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open our eyes One minute you’re waiting for the sky to fall The next you’re dazzled by the beauty of…
• Full-Contact Christianity Oct 15, 2016 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;~ Revelation 2:26No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.~…
• Peace in Betrayal Jul 19, 2016 But thou, through good and evil, praise and blame, Wilt not thou love me for myself alone?Yes, thou wilt love me with exceeding love, And I will tenfold all that love repay;Still smiling, though the tender…
• Relentless Battles for The Believer Jun 13, 2016 I shall not fear the battleIf thou art by my side,Nor wander from the pathwayIf thou wilt be my guide.~John E. BodeThe Lord your God Himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations…
• Getting Angry at The Right Target Jun 11, 2016 Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life–be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others…I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba’s child…
• The War Is Over Jun 10, 2016 In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition divine strength is found for the hard…
• Integrity and Repentance: Fighting The Fear within Jun 5, 2016 Evil repay with good, if wronged do no one slight,Thank for ingratitude, that is the Christian life.~Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing…
• What If The Skeptics Are Right? Apr 13, 2016 The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of…
• The Two Sides of Our Devastation Mar 30, 2016 The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt. The…
• The Deep Hurt of The Soldier of The Cross Mar 21, 2016 The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.~Brennan Manning, The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is…
• Making The Way Clear Mar 17, 2016 “Way! Way! Way!” came the voice. “Way for the White Barbarian King, the guest of the Tisroc (may he live forever)! Way for the Narnian lords.”. . . It was quite unlike any other party they…
• His Victory in The Breaches of Our Lives Feb 7, 2016 Defeat may serve as well as victoryTo shake the soul and let the glory out.When the great oak is straining in the windThe boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunkSends down a deeper root on…
• Fighting Into The Light Feb 5, 2016 When you are lovers in a dangerous time, nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight. You have to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight. ~ Bruce Cockburn Thus says the LORD: For…
• Post-it Notes and Threat to Relationship: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare Jan 14, 2016 A re-post on spiritual warfare. Much of our praying is just asking God to bless some folks that are ill and to keep us plugging along. But prayer is not merely prattle: it is warfare.~Alan Redpath…
• No Need for Chaos Nov 23, 2015 A vessel that grows as it is filled will never be full. If a bin able to hold a cartload grew while you were dumping your load in it, you could never fill it. The soul…
• Warriors Outside of Time Nov 23, 2015 Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions, form true honor.~Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?— the God who equipped me with strength…
• Full-Throttle Faith Aug 6, 2015 We’re going in full throttle. That ought to keep those fighters off our back. – Right with you Boss!~ Wedge to Luke Skywalker, in Star Wars, Episode IV All the men of Israel, when they saw…
• De-Invictus: Why The Flesh Is So Big Aug 2, 2015 Through his death on the cross Jesus Christ not only readjusts a man in conscience and heart to God, he does something grander, he imparts to him the power to do all God wants, he presences…
• When The Enemy Overplays His Hand Jun 11, 2015 You have established a new relationship with the powers of darkness. Whatever you were before you were a Christian… you are now a sworn foe of the legions of hell. Have no delusions about their reality…
• Post Victory Rehabilitation May 3, 2015 Bloody nose and burning eyesRaised in laughter to the skiesI’ve been in trouble but I’m okBeen through the wringer but I’m okWalls are falling and I’m okUnder the mercy and I’m ok~ Bruce Cockburn When I…
• A Warrior’s Rest Apr 29, 2015 A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does~Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful WarriorWhen Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and…
• Battle Fatigue: Tired And OK Apr 8, 2015 A re-post on exhaustion“We are to be re-made. All the rabbit in us is to disappear—the worried, conscientious, ethical rabbit as well as the cowardly and sensual rabbit. We shall bleed and squeal as the handfuls…
• Love Never Fails Mar 15, 2015 In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.~Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate BelongingIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a…
• Warrior Living Feb 23, 2015 The certainty that he who went through death, who restored the connection between nature and the spiritual world, changes death to win a triumph, a triumph that is; awaiting us like the warrior who is going…
• Do You Really Want That? Feb 17, 2015 It is easier to perceive error than truth, for error lies on the surface and is easily seen, truth lies in the depth where few are willing to search for it.~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Jesus…
• No Weapon Prospers – Not Even Our Own Failure Feb 2, 2015 Our primary task in solitude is… to keep the eyes of our mind and heart on him who is our divine Savior. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the…
• Him Proving His Plans for Us Jan 30, 2015 Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure,…
• Like A Plastic Banana Jan 1, 2015 Satan fails to speak of the remorse, the futility, the loneliness, and the spiritual devastation which go hand in hand with immorality.~Billy Graham (1918- ) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are…
• Standing Against All The Attacks of The Enemy Dec 19, 2014 The devil wrestles with God, and the field of battle is the human heart.~Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevski (1821-1881)Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ~ from 2 Timothy 2The Lord will rescue me from…
• Forever in The Balance Dec 1, 2014 The truth about forever is that it is happening right now.~ Sarah Dessen When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son…
• Just One Moment in Battle: Instant Failure Nov 27, 2014 And all is well, tho faith and form Be sundered in the night of fear; Well roars the storm to those that hear A deeper voice across the storm. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) above all, taking…
• Fighting with Dull Weaponry Nov 17, 2014 He who will fight the devil with his own weapons must not wonder if he finds him an overmatch.~Robert South (1634-1716) But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live…
• Mighty Men of Valor Nov 13, 2014 The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God’s…
• House-to-House Spiritual Battle Sep 7, 2014 The story of your life is the story of a long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.~John Eldridge Since therefore Christ suffered in the…
• The Key to Victory: His Presence Jul 8, 2014 The Father is not content until you are overwhelmed, until the very fabric of your personality is totally riddled with who He is, until you are overwhelmed in your heart, in your thinking, in the way…
• Can’t Fight The Love: The Way to Win The Culture Jun 23, 2014 Love isn’t like a reservoir. You’ll never drain it dry. It’s much more like a natural spring. The longer and the farther it flows, the stronger and the deeper and the clearer it becomes.~Eddie Cantor (1892-1964)To…
• Understanding And Living in Spiritual Authority Apr 30, 2014 The sovereignty of Christ from the cross is a new sovereignty. It has destroyed forever the formula that might is right. It has put to shame the self-assertion of false heroism. It has surrounded with imperishable…
• Bring It On – Real Battle Apr 22, 2014 When the work presses, and the battle thickens, and the day seems long in coming, it is good for the heart to remember that the present conflict is with defeated foes, and that there is no…
• Grace-Driven Inflection Points Feb 11, 2014 Reader, i don’t have all the details, but relay this important story to you second-hand because of its relevance to our lives and our relationship with G_d. And, oh by the way, i could absolutely kiss…
• TransJordan Hyperviolence Jan 9, 2014 The devil never sleeps, and your flesh is very much alive. Prepare yourself for battle. Surrounding you are enemies that never rest.~Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471) It is for freedom that we have been set free.…
• Epic Fail Jan 5, 2014 The whole history of the world is discovered to be but a contest between the wisdom of God and the cunning of Satan and fallen men. The outcome of the contest is not in doubt.~A. W.…
• Gap-Standing in An Avalanching Culture Dec 24, 2013 There will be times where you simply know you can and must stand in faith. When they occur, stand. The whole world may come down around your ears. You stand in Christ. ~ Thoughts inspired by…
• Power Curve Dec 9, 2013 What are you waiting for? You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are, know you are. Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me. ~ Morpheus to Neo, in The MatrixThen they yoked themselves…
• Don’t Seize… Wait Oct 21, 2013 Live while you live, the Epicure would say, and seize the pleasures of the present day; live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, and give to God each moment as it flies;Lord, in my view…
• Battle on The Backside of Victory May 11, 2013 The saints have their power, their glory, their victory, their lustre, and need no worldly or intellectual greatness…. God is enough for them.~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from…
• The Most Unbelieved Truth Mar 13, 2013 Know your enemy… The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.~ 孫武 (Sun Tzu)Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so…
• Breathing for Another Mar 10, 2013 A burden shared is a lighter load.And God gives the shoulder according to the burden.~ German Proverb At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these…
• Chazak! There Is No Back on The Armor… Dec 29, 2012 “Chazak! Chazak! Venitchazek!” (“Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened!”)~ phrase exclaimed by the congregation at the completion of any of the books of Torah being read publicly in the Synagogue. I realize that…
• Get into Now Mar 4, 2012 This re-post is to honor PFC Andrew Timothy Morrison – who is growing into the likeness of his name. He is a manly warrior that honors God. He is a soldier and i thought some readers…
• A Tribute to My Mom, And A Message to Us Men Jan 23, 2012 Happy Birthday Mom, The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 Oh man, is earthly life short. Oh my, eternity is forever. There is a woman i…
• He Is Our Banner May 10, 2011 Yeah, we are proud of the young warrior training at Ft. Jackson. Join me in the morning watches to pray for his safety, his success, and his mission. Many thanks to those readers who do. scot…
• Effectual Fervent Prayer May 10, 2011 Please review and distribute/disposition as He leads. Don’t know why i’m doing this. No good temporal reason. Am just permitted by Him to inform you all… scot Please pray for some men down here in the…

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