My first words to you, Lord: "You're real! You're really real!" I knew you even though You didn't say a word. I said to Bud, "Jesus and God are not in my vocabulary, but I know Him! You birthed me, you held me, You fed me, You are my life. You are my reality. You are the intimacy. The knowing I've always needed and wanted with people. John 17. I was made for You. You created me for Yourself. Knowing! Intimacy is progressive. If it is just physical, it is so superficial. We settle for so little. To know even as we are known. 1 Corinthians 13:14.
Isn't it amazing that this world doesn't want love. It actually hates love. It kills love, or at least tries.
1 Corinthians 14:1. Make love your aim. Everyone needs love. Love is a mystery. People would rather kill, maim and destroy--a description of the devil's fruit. Open the world's eyes to see who the real enemy of men's souls is. We don't fight against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of darkness in the heavenlies. We fight by putting on the full armor that God has provided. Jesus. Ephesians 6.
Salvation, Righteousness, truth, the gospel, the Spirit. How do we use the sword of the Spirit? Be strong in the Lord, in the strength of His might. With the armor, you can stand against the wiles of the devil. The powers, principalities, against world rulers of this present darkness against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.
We will know them by their fruit! And they will know us by our fruit. , the fruit of the Spirit we bare. Take up the shield of faith! The word of God, the sword, prayer. Keep alert, persevere. Proclaim the gospel boldly. God, give us utterance. Ephesians 6:23-24. Blessed by the name of the Lord! Psalm 91:1 John 17.
In His Love, a work in progress.
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