FROM THE KEYBOARD

Unless the Spirit of God is working through us, we will have no might from within and no means from without to rely upon. It's God's Spirit, not man's strategy. "So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4:6).

If we are not captivated by our Lord's mind, we will be held captive to the enemies lies. And the Lord's mind compels us to love in truth and to tell the truth in love. "Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ" (Ephesians 4:15).

In order to push back the darkness, we must commit ourselves to prayerfulness. You see, the enemy prevails when believers do not exercise their weapons of warfare. And these weapons are not found in our willpower but in God's power. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood..." (Ephesians 6:12).

Don't allow the lies of the culture around you to silence the truth of Christ within you. "He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world" (I Jonn 4:4).

God is more interested in developing us through our trials than delivering us from our trials. He knows what He's doing, so trust Him and keep going. "Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer" (Romans 12:12).

"In myself, nothing. In Christ, everything" (AW Tozer). Let this be the pulse of our hearts, the reach of our hands, and the worship of our lives. "For in Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28).