I pray this strong message of encouragement will resonate with your spirit.
“Woke up this morning and I wanted to tell you STAY THE COURSE and continue to fight the Good fight of faith! Don’t give up! Keep pressing towards the mark , the goal! FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS and do all in view of ETERNITY. This world is only temporal.
“Nothing is to difficult for our God! He created you for purpose! The trials, storms, difficulties and challenges we face are only allowed to build us and shape us into His likeness. They serve to prepare and equip us for the good works (ministry) He created us for! You Have a DESTINY and God Gas a plan of Good, not of evil, of Hope and your future is in His hands!
“Remember the enemy came to steal, kill and destroy, but JESUS came that you might have life and life more abundant. So keep on keeping on! When you have done all you can do to stand, stand therefore (KEEP STANDING)! For in our weakness His strength is perfected in and through us!
“This is our temporary home, we are but aliens and strangers, we are simply passing through. We are are here to finish the work Jesus started over 2000 years ago! So SET YOUR EYES ON JESUS as Jesus set His eyes on the cross, like a flint! Remember He is the author and finisher of your faith and the end of the story is already written (He WINS) and we will finish the race and our journey as we HOLD ON TO JESUS and follow Holy Spirit!
“The weapons of our warfare are not Carnal but mighty through God, to the pulling down of strongholds. So cast down the imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge we have IN CHRIST!
“And finally my friends remember, WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF the LAMB AND THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY! So let’s put on the armor and pray always in the Spirit, for we are soldiers in the army of the Lord and HE has made us more than Conquerors!” – Christy Russell 2/13/23
God,
You are our Fortress, Rock, Strength, Deliverer, and the Lover of our Souls. Today, we thank you for the gift of this message. May we absorb, be encouraged by, and live out these words of encouragement so we can be Hope, Love, Light, and Grace to this world that so desperately needs you. Fill us afresh with your Spirit and your Courage and Strength, we pray in Jesus’s name. Amen.
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” (1 Timothy 6:12 NIV)
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV)
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)
“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].” (John 10:10 AMP)
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:12-13 NIV)
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV)
“And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” (Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV)
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. ” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV)
“They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” (Revelation 12:11 NIV)