A WINNING SPIRITUAL WARFARE!

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Spiritual warfare always comes a calling on the eve of something big and beautiful-always.
The weak get down and dirty and dangerously depressed, while the strong stay steadfast and serene, seeing the setbacks as hurdles and never as obstacles.

You see there's always a force out there weighing us down...wanting us to fail...hoping that we lose hope...so that finally, we'll give up and give away the great accomplishment that is just waiting to be born. I've known many great leaders and I've interviewed a few heroes...and they always believed deeply in their cause, kept walking toward their goal...and never gave in to the idle despondency that kills the spirit and silences the soul.

They always understood-the most powerful weapon is the one that is abundantly available and easily accessed...The power of the creator who made heaven and earth, the sun, the stars and the moon...you and me...and all there is, all there ever has been and all there ever will be.

They understood-what English philosopher John Locke explained so eloquently, "The visible marks of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of the creation that a rational creature, who will but seriously reflect on them, cannot miss the discovery of a Deity."

That discovery inspired them to overcome the insurmountable, rise above the pettiness and soar to new heights when the stormy seas come crashing ashore.

In the end they proved that spiritual warfare is a win win for the one who holds fast to the foundation of faith in a power greater than any other, longer lasting than any sudden whim and eternally rooted in the test of the time honored tradition-that with God-all things are possile...and we will absolutely overcome!

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