As I look around today in this world I see Christians every single day fighting battle after battle. And I am sure sometimes like me you wonder why is it one battle after another??? I truly know it in my heart it is because he has great plans for his conquers. Not to mention I sure he smiles when we put lumps on the devils head knowing his children did not let him defeat them.

I am writing today because after what I have went through and what I know I will go through we must keep the devil under our feet to be victorious. If we give him one single foothold he’ll destroy us. If you give one inch he will take a mile. Because new flash he can only take what we are willing to give up. Joyce Meyers wrote one of my favorite books…..”The battlefield of the mind”. The devil knows if he can manipulate our thoughts he can keep us alone and beaten down. He is the father of deception and of all lies. Believe you me he does his job very well. However like I said before we allow him a foothold.

So this morning I woke up this morning and told the Lord thank you for the victories in my life and the ones to come. Thank you for my strength to keep my foot on the serpents head so he can not steal anything from me anymore. It is war-time. It is time for me to stand up and vigilant and fight that good fight of faith. To pray outloud…to tell the devil my God is bigger than any problem or any diversion you can throw my way. My God has my back.

Today I feel better than I have in so many months. I feel brave, courageous, loved, bold, victorious, peaceful, and the joy of the Lord is overflowing in my heart. And it is all because I did was lay my problems and my failures and my sins at the feet of Jesus and walked away. He has got this!!!!!

Heavenly Father thank you….thank you so much that your mercy reached down and held onto your little girl who was hanging by a thread. But the devil didn’t realize that even with a thread a child of God can still climb. Thank you for my peace, thank your so much for your love. Heavenly Father I pray right now for all those who are in a place right now where they are lost and undo, sad, empty, feeling unloved, confused, bond, and on the brink of suicide…Lord I pray you reach down wrap your arms around them and let them know you love them and don’t let go till they know that they know you have got them in the palm of your hands. In Jesus name Amen

Your servant always

Darlene