Stay Strong
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls aroundlike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him,firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. Peter 5:8-9
I believe this is a call to live a life that reflects that we actually were born again. That our life have already changed. Not limited to just resist temptation to sin, but to actually live as the people who have been called to be culture swifters.
Satan just stop you from going to heaven, he really wants to stop you to from transforming the world around you. He will try to use so many tricks of intimidation so you won’t believe that God have made you powerful in Himself to transform the world with the blood of Jesus.
Be sober; be watchful that you may see when you start believing lies about God and yourself. So that through the relationship you have with the Father all those lies can be broken, and the truth can prevail within you.
Your faith, your confidence in the faithfulness of God, is your shield (Ephesians 6:16). When we allow our self to rest in who God says He is, and who He says He has made us to be the darts of the enemy, his filthy lies, become useless and ineffective.
The biggest thing is to not isolate our self from the rest of the body of Christ. We all are one (John 17:21). We need each other to support and get support when battling this stuff. Is a horrible thing to not take part of the rest of the body when going through hard times. God has poured truth within each one of us, and we need to share that truth with each other to be lift up and brave.
Is important that we stay strong. We already know there will troubles in this world, but with that we always have to acknowledge that Jesus has already conquer all of them (John16:33), that is why in Him we are more than conquerors (Romans 8:37) because we live to display His conquest. So there for stay strong.
