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Date:
December 2,2008
Published by
Practical Spiritual Warfare web site, a division of Mission Miami Valley and
authored by Dr. D. Vincent (Bud) Ford. This e-zine is dedicated to providing
valuable, practical information for dealing with the chaotic and confusing times
in which we live.
Practical Spiritual Warfare Web Site
Dr. D. Vincent (Bud) Ford Mission
Miami Valley
Contents
Contents:
- Tips and Strategies for Living
in the End Times
- Strategic Practical Spiritual
Warfare
- Scripture Guidance
- Thoughts To Meditate On
- Articles pointing to the End
Times
- Site
Build It
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1. Tips and Strategies for
Living in the End Times
Great
Truths For Living Life
For You
No matter what you do in life, this truth applies to you.
You could be a wife and a mother, or you could be a husband and a father; you
could work as a clerk in a store; you could be an assembly line worker; you
could be a teacher or a business owner. No matter what you do, it's of secondary
importance.
Our Mistake
Here is where we make our mistake, we do not understand
"what we do" in this life is only the method or vehicle for our purpose
in life.
Giving God Glory
Our purpose in life is to give God glory, and to give 100%
effort to that purpose of praising Him. We are to give Him all glory, honor and
praise in the good times and the bad; when we succeed, or when we fail; when we
win, or when we lose. God is to have 100% of our effort in bringing him glory,
honor and praise in whatever it is that we do, whenever we do it.
Must Commit 100% not 99%
We must understand that we cannot give 99.9% of our effort
to bring God glory, and keep .1% back for ourselves. That holding back of
.1% for ourselves will ensure that God is
not in what we do!
Imagine that!
God requires 100% glory for Himself before He will
be in what we do along with us!
What does it look like when the Lord receives 100% credit
and glory for the work we do, no matter if we are a store clerk, or a teacher,
or a factory worker, or a business owner, or whatever.
What does it look like on Monday morning?
How do we do this?
That is a key question.
I believe it looks like, "our heart."
As we carry out our methods of living life in this world
and doing our work, whatever that happens to be, our heart must be dead-set
on giving 100% of the results to the glory of God.
How about that!
Our Purpose
Our purpose in life is to give 100% of what we do to the
bringing of glory to God. We are to never quit, never give up, and never give
in. We are to give 100% effort, no matter what the results, to God. We are to
praise Him in the good times and the bad, to praise Him in victory and in
defeat, to praise Him when we are mentally on top of the world and when we are
mentally devastated.
When that is our purpose in life we will be Overcomers,
and we will always be a part of the Remnant.
It is no accident that the name of this e-zine is "The
Remnant".
Bud Ford
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2. Strategic Practical
Spiritual Warfare
Overcomers
Spiritual Battles
One of the great Everyday Practical Spiritual Warfare
battles is to stand firm in the face of temptations from the world.
Satan uses the world and its systems to entice and tempt
us. He simply presents before us the human pleasures of his worldly system.
Our own earthly, fleshly nature takes care of the rest. Our own lust of the
flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life take over from there.
The spiritual warfare is not always with the devil and
demons! In fact, I believe most spiritual warfare takes place within us. The
battle is between right and wrong. We know what is right, but we want the
things of the world.
We give the devil too much credit – much more than he
deserves.
Some Characteristics of an Overcomer Would Be:
An overcomer does what is right even when the temptations
of the world are great.
An overcomer chooses to not give up or give in even when
the going is difficult.
An overcomer stands firm on the Word of God.
An overcomer does not compromise with the world, his own
fleshly nature or the devil.
An overcomer faces adversity knowing that he has no
strength of his own but that his strength is in the Lord.
An overcomer perseveres in spite of hard times.
An overcomer is determined to push on when the going gets
tough.
An overcomer will delay self-gratification for the time so
that rewards will be greater later on.
Revelation Defines an Overcomer
Revelation 12:11 tells us how overcomers defeat Satan and
all his world systems: “they overcame him (the devil and his system)
by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not
love their lives to the death.”
Jesus’ blood has already paid the price – that is taken
care of for the overcomer.
To develop and strengthen our testimony, it is up to us to
become engaged in the work of Christ.
Untested in America
In America, very few in everyday life have been called on
to face death for their beliefs, so we remain untested in this area.
How about you – are you preparing yourself to stand strong
in the face of adversity, even death? Many will be called to do just that in
the last days.
No one likes to think about the kind of persecution that
could bring death, so don’t be like an ostrich and bury your head in the sand.
NOW is the time to develop your testimony and strengthen your faith for the
persecution that is coming.
Bud Ford
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3. Scripture Guidance
Luke 1:45 (NIV)
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Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be
accomplished!"
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4. Thoughts To Meditate On
Living By
Faith – Know That He Hears You
1 John 5:14-15 NIV
This is the confidence we have
in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we
asked of him.
Living by faith, not by sight means – to have complete
faith in Jesus - it is knowing that He hears everything we say to Him –
everything. That's much better than we do with our friends, our families, our
business associates, or even ourselves. Because when God hears, He really
hears.
We hear very little of what is said to us. How many times
has one of your children had to re-tell you something because you weren't really
listening in the first place? Or one of your friends? Or your spouse? Or a
business associate? How do you feel when you have something really important to
share with a friend, but he's so busy telling you about something in his life
that he isn't really listening? And you're so frustrated at not being able to
get him to listen that you don't hear what he's saying to you. How frustrated
do you become when you have told your son three times to take out the trash, but
he doesn't hear you?
This “hearing impairment” – or maybe “selective hearing”
might be a better term – is a common thing in human beings. We're used to it.
It's what we have come to expect, even though it can anger and frustrate us to
no end. Whether we admit it or not, we all tend to think of God in human terms
and this makes it very difficult to believe that He really hears us when we
speak.
The important step in learning to live by faith is to know,
beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God is always tuned in, that you always have
His undivided attention, that for Him, every moment of every day, you are the
most important person of all! He wants you to express to Him what is on your
heart; and you have His undivided attention.
Our problem is that we just can’t imagine that the creator
of the massive universe, the universe without end, really and truly wants us to
tell Him what is on our heart and He wants us to learn to listen as He tells us
how much He loves us.
Pray that this knowledge will become a part of you – that
He hears everything you say to Him. Engrave this knowledge on your heart, so
you can truly take the step in learning to live by faith, not by sight.
Dogwood Ministries
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5. Articles Pointing to the
End Times
(Note: the number following
the End Times below represents the number of the article posted on
www.PracticalSpiritualWarfare.com)
a. Israel reaches
strategic decision not to let Iran go nuclear –
www.jpost.com
In this End Times 16 article, we cover the strategic
decision made by Israel to not permit Iran to go nuclear, even if the US does
not give the approval. This decision was by Jerusalem was reported 8/29/08.
Just several months later 11/23/08, it was reported in
Prophecy Update by debka file that the first Iranian Atomic bomb would be ready
for assembly by the time Barack Obama is sworn in as US president on January 20,
2009. The second shortly after Israel’s February 10, 2009 general election
produces a new prime minister, and the third by the end of the year.
Click to Read Rest of Article
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b. US forecasts: Iran will have makings of 3 A-bombs by
end of 2009 –www.debka.com
In this End Times 17 article we present that
debka file report that Iran will very soon have a nuclear bomb.
In the first End Times 16 article above, we cover
the strategic decision made by Israel to not permit Iran to go nuclear, even if
the US does not give the approval. This decision made by Jerusalem leadership
was reported 8/29/08.
Just several months later 11/23/08, it was reported in
Prophecy Update by debka file that the first Iranian Atomic bomb would be ready
for assembly by the time Barack Obama is sworn in as US president on January 20,
2009. The second shortly after Israel’s February 10, 2009 general election
produces a new prime minister, and the third by the end of the year 2009.
Click to Read Rest of Article
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