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Going Through Trials and Spiritual Warfare

If you’re going through any situation and it seems like there is no end or any answers, just remember the Lord Yeshua will not put no more on you than you can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). And if we have the understanding and faith in that, then we must know that He is making us in His perfect will. And what is that will? That is to be like Yeshua. What greater faith, love and confidence does the Lord have in us to make us just like Him.

A blacksmith works on raw steel, heating, beating, and heating and beating, over and over again and again, only to become a hardened metal sword that has been tried by fire; only to be used in the army of the Lord, cutting and ripping down every stronghold and every place that may give refuge to Satan and his fallen ones. Now think! If we are going through trials and spiritual warfare, He knows that we can bear it. But He will not put no thing on you that will cause you to sin!

So that means you can have the confidence, faith and determination to see to the end because He already saw your victory! You are to become that hardened sword, that tried-by-fire sword, that light, that city that sitteth on a hill, that light that shines in darkness and the darkness can’t comprehend it. The love of God, the grace, faith, the voice, the move, the fullness of God on earth, in a world that contains emptiness. The hope for people who have lost their dreams. The answer for those who have lost direction.

Now that we know that the Lord is forging us through the fire of trials and spiritual warfare, then why stand here crying, moping, with that Johnny can you spare a dime mentality? Gird yourself up. Pick yourself up, dust off and begin to wield your spiritual sword and to be all you can in Yeshua’s army, and with these 7 words on your lips, “IN YESHUA’S NAME THE VICTORY IS OURS!”

Read 1 Peter 4:12-19:

12 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

Always remember:

  1. Who shall separate us from the love of God! (Romans 8:35)
  2. We shall judge this world and angels (1 Corinthians 6:1-6)
  3. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world! (1 John 4:4)
  4. No weapon that is formed against us shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17)

Other Scriptures:

  • Philippians 1:29 – “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.”
  • Revelation 3:20 – “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
  • Galatians 5:1 – “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
  • Ephesians 6:11-14 – Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”

Sermon by Pastor Tony Catron

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What Tool Are You Using in This Walk of Warfare?

Have you ever been in a situation or confrontation with someone or something that you felt so inadequate to handle, to the point that you got flustered enough that you were at the verge of giving up in hopelessness and despair? Maybe even in some cases you fell into a mental traffic jam?

An auto mechanic uses a set of sockets and wrenches and power air devices to assist in fixing cars. A baker needs pots and pans, cups, spoons and kitchen appliance to mix the ingredients to make delicious baked goods. A doctor needs scalpels, syringes and intricate machinery to look at and into the human body to properly diagnose. An electrician need meters and screwdrivers, pliers, electrical tape, and wire to preform the task at hand to it fullest. To resolve a problem in your life, you need the appropriate tool, device and instrumentation for the job, situation, or confrontation, whether physical or spiritual.

Here are six question you need to ask yourself, so that you can ascertain what type of steps that can be taken to be free and healed.

  1. What is the nature of the problem or situation
  2. Who or what is the cause of the situation
  3. Is it personal or an ongoing problem
  4. How long is it been going on
  5. What are your emotional attachments
  6. Do you understand what’s happening and do you truly want to be freed and delivered?

If we can answer these questions honestly and truthfully we can be on our way to restoration. If we understand who or what is the cause of our dilemma, then we will know what tools are needed to resolve that issue. As a son or daughters of Jesus Christ, the Word of God encourages us in Ephesians 6:10-13, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”

Know this, before you can put on the whole armor, you first have to know what the armor is, where the armor is and how to use the armor.

As we look in the book of 2 Corinthians 10:3-7, it reads, “3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s. “

Philippians 1:20-24 says, “20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.”

Jesus needs as many of us to carry His love and will for all of mankind no matter who or what their lifestyle consists of, because we must remember we were all in sin and lived accordingly to its laws. But now those who are new creatures are no longer held captive to their sin nature, but are renewed into Jesus Christ’s Heart and into a new life in him.