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Daily Devotional, Year 4: ????

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The Armor of God,

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Part 6:

“Satan: King of Cringe!”

to read part 1, click here…NOVEMBER 27th, Year 1 (“PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD” Part 1)

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“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…

Above all, taking the shield of faith,

wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked”

Ephesians 6:11, 12, 16

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Have you ever had a “cringe moment”?

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Have you ever thought back on some stupid thing you said?

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Or maybe in the heat of anger, you told somebody off?

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Or perhaps you did something really embarrassing?

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Or foolish?

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Or thoughtless?

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Well, haven’t we all had cringe moments when we were reminded of some past incident which we now regret?

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The Bible reveals the true source of our troubles in this world…“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” Ephesians 6:12

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Yes, our struggles are not with “flesh and blood”, but with the unseen forces of the spirit-realm.

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So, let’s be wise as serpents but harmless as doves in our knowledge of truth, amidst a world of lies.

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And as we extinguish the enemy’s fiery darts, we must remember that those cringe moments are allowed by God to inoculate us against repeating our regrettable decisions of the past!

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Php_3:13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Psa 51:3  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Psa 73:14  For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Eze_7:16  But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

Eze 6:9  And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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“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”

Ephesians 6:13 

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This above verse from Ephesians reveals that the reason God’s people are to armor up, is because we are now in “the evil day”.

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Whether we like it or not, this present earth is a spiritual warzone! And we have been elected to become soldiers in God’s Army!

Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood”

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And from decades of indoctrination into the world’s antichrist philosophies and ideologies, we commonly attribute the problems and difficulties in the world to natural causes!

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In other words, we greatly ignore such revelations from Scripture as Ephesians 6:12, in which God reveals to us…

“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.”

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This above verse reveals that humans are not the problem. But rather, the unseen spiritually dark underworld is the cause of mankind’s troubles!

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But as already quoted, Ephesians 6:12 reveals the true cause…

“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.”

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And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”

Matthew 10:34-36

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Christian parents must realize that Satan and his armies of evil angels quite often are given permission to bring disruption into the Christian home.

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Listen to Jesus…

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth:

I came not to send peace, but a sword.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father,

and the daughter against her mother,

and the daughter in law against her mother-in-law.

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”

Matthew 10:34-36

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Sounds like Jesus came to declare war on the world, does it not?

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“But though He (God) cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies…Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord”

Lamentations 3:32, 40

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But why does God allow Satan such liberties to make war? 

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Simple is the answer to this question! If the Christian life was all “peace and safety”, the Church would become spiritually lethargic and apathetic. But God allows troubles to bring us to our spiritual knees, begging and pleading for deliverance. And when God’s troubled people realize their great needs, they begin searching the Scriptures for the answers to their difficulties.

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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“Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath: for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down”

Psalm 102:10 

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Now, combing through the Scriptures, we eventually find the story of God’s servant, Job.

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Yes, we soon find, even in Chapter 1, that Job had a “hedge” around his house for probably many years! And Satan could not penetrate that protective hedge! After all, Job was outwardly very faithful. And yet, Satan perceived inward self-righteousness in Job’s heart. And Satan saw the opportunity to make trouble for Job. Finally, Satan was permitted to break through the protective hedge around Job’s home.

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Thankfully, God doesn’t usually allow the high degree of trouble and tragedy which He allowed Satan to bring upon Job’s home, finances, and family.

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Nevertheless, God does allow some trouble in the Christian home, in effort to cause Christians to begin fortifying their home with their own protective “hedge”.

Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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WHAT IS THE REMEDY?

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And so, perhaps the best question to be asked at this time is, “Well, how can I build up a hedge around my house, so that Satan cannot disrupt the peace in my home?”

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Listen…

“Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD;

that walketh in his ways. 

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:

happy shalt thou be,

and it shall be well with thee.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:

thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.”

Psalm 128:1-4 

Family eating meal – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES”

2nd Peter 1:4

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And so, like this above precious promise from Psalm 128:1-4, the Bible has many other promises that we can cling to, especially during the troublous times we are now experiencing, no matter how dire your own or my own particular circumstances might be!

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Family Portrait – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Please give me great grace that I might live in such a way that my family can be blessed…

ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…June 22 (The Return of Elijah, Part 1: “Fathers & Children”), or you can also read…OCTOBER 24 (Taking Back This Nation For God! Part 3: “A Hedge With A Swinging Gate”)

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FIRST FIND ORION & 7 STARS

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The very first step in finding these many constellations, should be to find the two main constellations: Orion, and the 7 Stars (aka, The Big Dipper).

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These two constellations represent Christ (Orion), and His Church (7 Stars).

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And just as these are the easiest constellations to find, so too, the first place to begin studying the Bible is the Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).

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These four books present Christ and His Church, when He walked the earth, just as Orion and the 7 Stars represent Christ and His Church, as seen up in the heavens.

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Then, once you are comfortable finding these two constellations, you can begin to locate the next closest constellations, and so on.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Orion the Soldier and the Revelation 12 Dragon (Hyades & Pleiades, etc.) – winter constellations – www.signsofheaven.org – not for commercial use

ABOVE PICTURE – 7 Stars Constellation as the Cross (aka Big Dipper) – winter – signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“The Orion Phenomena“

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TOMORROW…

January 8 (Habakkuk Says “Run!”, Part 20: “High-Tech: Swifter Than Leopards!”)

Persian leopard – Wikimedia – cropped image – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

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THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BY ELLEN G. WHITE

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) can listen to this audio chapter from Ellen White’s book, The Great Controversy…

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Chapter 5 – John Wycliffe

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Martin Luther – 95 Theses – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…

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This is a small 30 minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s nearly 50 year long series of 90 minute nightly talk shows…This is Open Forum Show #56

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons lic.