Some people are known for making threats. We can all name someone that will throw out a threat in every conversation, regardless of what it entails. That’s one of the major tricks of the enemy, he loves to threaten the Believer and he does it through the “what ifs” of life – things that we can’t control. Our topic this month, “I DON’T TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THREATS” focuses on one of the many tricks of the enemy and his goal to place us in bondage……..to his threats! Once we recognize his intention it’s easier to handle because we know who we are and we know that we don’t have to settle for whatever he throws our way because God has us covered!
We all get tired from time-to-time. Even for those that consider themselves powerhouses, they get tired as well. We’re human and there is something within this flesh that calls for a time out every once in a while. We can call it fatigue or whatever we choose, but because we’re made of mind, body, soul and spirit, when we encounter extreme stress, whether physical, emotional or even spiritual, our body will oftentimes take a break in order to regroup to meet our individual needs. This is certainly normal but the problem comes when we fail to give this timeout, A SET TIME. Our topic this month, “WHEN “TIRED” BECOMES THE ISSUE,” focuses on more than just everyday situations. Even though “tiredness” is a real issue we have to also be mindful of the enemy’s tactics and not allow him to drain our joy or steal our peace. In battle you have to fight!
Opposition is a word that we all recognize. In fact, in life it’s VARIOUS oppositions that we will encounter along the way. Words such as: resisting, combating, antagonizing or hostility is involved with opposition. We know that as we walk with God we’ll be combated with opposing forces……that’s nothing new. Any time we are in warfare, the spirit against the flesh, we can expect opposition. Our topic this month turns our attention from the negative to the positive, "WHAT CAN OPPOSITION DO FOR ME?" We know that the enemy comes to kill, steal and to destroy, but we choose how we accept whatever he throws our way! We have the power to make it work in our favor if we want to!
Have you ever been real hungry and you ate a good meal and felt full... yet there was something that you still wanted but you couldn’t figure it out? You had a full course meal and you definitely weren’t hungry but there was an emptiness of some kind that you couldn’t explain. Our topic this month, "I’M FULL BUT I’M STILL NOT SATISFIED" basically focuses on the discontentment of our desires and the warfare with this flesh never being satisfied
God has been so good to me already this year and it seems like it’s just getting started. Times are passing quickly – almost quicker than we can keep up with, but God is still blessing and performing miracles in the midst of His people. For every tactic of the enemy God is still making a way out of no way! Our topic this month, HURRY UP AND WAIT touches on several issues – mainly the fact that God’s ways are not like our ways, neither are His thoughts our thoughts. We always think we know what God should do to resolve our issues but God knows best. There is a time period that God sometimes puts us through that this flesh hates to be bothered with. A WAITING PERIOD that leaves us exhausted and confused. What we have to remember is that God is in control and He already has our solution. We just have to WAIT.
We have the testimony that God is able to supply all of our needs. There’s nothing that God can’t do. We can talk to God any time we need to because He neither sleeps or slumbers, He’s always accessible to us. God is our very present help in the time of trouble. We could go on and on talking about the faithfulness of God because He’s just that good! Our topic this month is, "SO NOW….WHAT’S THE ISSUE?" This question focuses on the discontentment of the flesh in one or more areas. Although we know that God can do anything that we ask Him to do yet this flesh is never content. It always finds something else that it needs, wants or desires.