The Toughest Battles Are Given To The Toughest Warriors

     Battles are faced everyday.  Most people would say tough battles.  But the toughest battles are given to

the toughest warriors.  God would never give us more than we can handle.  We're guaranteed to face

trials and tribulations everyday to call on God's name and depend on him.  We know there's no one

stronger than God, whether we believe in him or not.  God's name will be on everyone's tongue.  He

is who makes warriors.  We stand as warriors if and we keep God's commandments.  They are our

protection.  Nothing happens unless God makes it happen or allows it to happen, all to his glory.

But we have to do our parts too, which we do which makes conditions we stand in easy or hard

for us to handle.  Most times we fall off track, but believers pray and God delivers them.  Prayers

may not get answered when we want them answered, and we may not get the answers we want either.

With God it's either, "Yes, NO, or Not Yet."  Some people face battles like fighting other people.  Some

times the fights are between best friends.  But remember those people have to live up to that title, "Best

Friends."

     Warriors are people who rides wars out to the end with them being victorious.  The toughest warrior

stands the toughest storms.  They don't run from anything.  They don't permit battles to overtake them.

Everyone's battles won't be the same.  No offense, because we're not the same.  But  the only reason they're

so tough is so we will always remember to rely and depend on God the most high.  He is where our

toughness comes from, but we have to depend on him.  God is recreating himself in the human race.

But he loves us so much he gave us freewill in expectation we will return the love in our obedience

to him.  It's supposed to be we get in return what we gave in the beginning, but Jesus Christ  receives

our punishments.  Just as we should be careful with the words we speak because they can be used against

us, and we can't take them back, we should be careful with the actions we perform for the same reason.

The toughest battles are given to the toughest warriors.   God believes in us more than we think, but actions

we perform don't line up with his commandments and who he is: Love.  When we face battles, we should

ask in confidence, "Is that all you got?"  That's showing we have faith and we believe we are protected by

God.  He is all the protection we need.  We say to walls in front of us, "Move out of the way." and they

move and we just walk through..  That's showing our belief in God is strong.  With us standing behind God,

being in his presence, we are the toughest warriors because we're continuously everyday persisting to reach

his supremacy.  So don't be scared, God knows what he is doing and creating: the toughest warriors.  But

we have to experience the toughest battles in order to become one.

     Ephesians 6: 10-20

Finally, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take

your stand against the devil's schemes.  For struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,

against the authorities, against the powers 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,.  Stand firm then, with the

belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet

fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  In addition to all this, take up the shield

of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds

of prayers and requests.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep praying for all the Lord's people.

Pray also for me that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the

mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains.  Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I

should.

     Psalm 91

     Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say to the

Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.  Surely he will save you from the fowler's

snare and from the dead pestilence.  He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find

refuge; his  faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.  You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow

that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.  A

thousand may fall at your right hand, but it will not come near you.  You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.  If you say, "The Lord is my refuge," and you make the Most High

your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.  For he will command his

angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not

strike your foot against a stone.  You will tread on the lion and the cobra ; you will trample the great lion

and the serpent.  "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he

acknowledges my name.  He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble,  I

will deliver him and honor him.  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.

                                          Ki Radiance
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