Building on the Foundation

Our walk with God, our relationship with our Creator is the most important thing in our lives. It’s the most important relationship we will ever have, and we share this relationship with thousands of other Christians who all come together to form the “Body of Christ.” Or that is what is supposed to happen. That is what is supposed to happen, but it is as rare as a hen's teeth.  We are all supposed to be a team working together to further our mission, supporting and encouraging one another, but that is rarely what actually happens, and for one simple reason: us.  The problem is us! Rather, it is that portion of ourselves that we have named the Ego, and it hates teams. Even if our Ego gets to be the team's leader, it still does not like the team. It wants to be the star of the show, and it wants to do it alone. No one else can possibly be as good as us in whatever capacity we are functioning, and everyone else is just there to make us look good.  A team cannot function or ...

  Satan’s Weapon—Distractions   The Devil has many weapons at his disposal that he uses to try to destroy us. Some are bold and blatant; others are discreet and cunning. Often he will use multiple at the same time to wear us down until a seamlessly unimportant thing slips through and causes us to stumble. One of the devil’s most effective weapons that every one of us has been hit with is distractions. Remember, he will use everything he can against us. Even though he knows he cannot win, he will try to score as many points against us as possible, trying to take us with him. As Rev. 12:10 calls him “the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night…” King David, (who has a testimony from Yah as being a man after His own heart— Acts 13:22 ), wrote Ps.63 along with many others in which he expressed his attitude towards Yah with statements like: Ps. 63:1 “…O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for ...