God lives and works today.
That isn't a vague hope or theory, but
a fact which people experience in overwhelming ways
even today.
But such experiences don't just happen.
Listen to today's encouraging meditation by Basilia Schlink
called A Serious Battle of Faith.
God is love, and therefore he makes stars
of promise to shine over each of our
lives.
Beneath the light of these stars of promise,
we can go our way in strength and
confidence.
This holds true not only when there are
great decisions to be made concerning our earthly
life, but especially with regards to our battle
against sin.
How overwhelming it is that the Lord gives
us promises like, If the Son makes you
free, you will be free indeed, John 8,
36.
Or, in the first letter of John, chapter
3, The reason the Son of God appeared
was to destroy the works of the devil.
What a joy it is when we can
already begin to sing songs of victory over
our sins and bondages, and over the sins
of other people.
Songs like this.
We may complain that we're bound, and that
we can't become free from certain bondages, even
though we pray that the Lord make us
free.
However, if we don't seriously expect God to
make us free, He won't make us free.
Jesus died for our redemption.
His sacrifice is complete.
Therefore, it's up to us to stand upon
the promise of His complete redemption.
Pastor Blumhart was a German minister who prayed
for many, many bound souls.
We know from his life story that if
he had not persistently called upon the name
of Jesus in faith, those souls would have
remained bound to Satan.
We often come into situations when the temptations
are so great that we say, I can
hardly pray.
But there's one thing we could do.
We could write down the promises the Lord
has given us in His word.
For example, Jesus is Victor.
He's broken the power of the enemy.
In times when it's hard to believe anymore,
we should read aloud what we've written.
Whenever we praise the name of Jesus, Satan
will hear and tremble.
I've often experienced the tremendous power which lies
in speaking aloud Bible words, the promises of
victory.
Yes, Jesus is Victor.
He is the mighty Redeemer.
If we don't become tired in this battle
of faith, even if it takes a long
time, we can be certain Jesus will keep
every one of His promises.
For in Jesus, all of God's promises are
yea and amen.
So I from day to day in love
and trust will pray.
And in my heart perceive one day I
will receive all I believed.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basile Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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