Sound the trumpet raise the Horn of God’s Salvation. Make a big deal of God always. No Matter What.
Could never have realized the war that came after this. I look back at my journals I read mostly sunshine and roses before Life In Christ. The devil has a stake in this clearly. He is pissed off and has done much to try to destroy but He underestimated “Christ In”. Jesus is The Victor. He Redeems the souls of man and he redeemed ours assuredly. So while he’s over there playing tiddly winks with God, God in His mercy continues to clothe us In His Righteousness and bring us to surrender, growing us in the grace and knowledge of The Lord Jesus Christ.

The enemy has made it very clear to me over the years just how much he hates God. God has allowed me to walk thru some treacherous waters with the understanding to “not move”, or “be immovable”

Everything really went all the way into the wilderness of temptation when my husband (the last of our family) got baptized. Oh it was spiritual game on, full on war.
Don’t ask me how but this indeed strengthened my faith, I was blessed and became assured of Christ In me. There’s no real description for it. It was God’s gift to me no matter how anyone else was receiving The Reality. By God’s Grace I knew, so I stood. If there was any bitter crumb, Holy Spirit quickened In me to ask “help me Lord, take even this crumb out of my heart before it turns into a resentful log. If You don’t I will die and You Father have called me to Live.” I indeed pressed in to the scriptures, into His Holy Word, I banked on every single Word, I was stayed on His firm foundation, I wept, I laughed almost hysterically at the enemy who God had given me disdain for. I knew God’s Grace was sufficient and I knew His power was made perfect in my weakness. Family In Christ was of utmost important to Christ and I knew the struggles of my family, of course wishing I could change course but God in His Goodness, paved the course Himself. His All Consuming Love lead The Way.

“Now, remember, you will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else but Christ!

All that was ever woven by man God shall unravel. All the sticks and stones that human energy can build in the matter of eternal salvation must be plucked down by Jehovah’s hand, for it is Christ alone who must build that house! Unless He shall do so, they will labor in vain that build it.

I say that this may be only an indistinct matter, but I pray you to cast out every particle of this old leaven—for Christ and your soul can never be agreed until you are willing to take Him to be your sole and only reliance. And if you have a shadow of a dependence anywhere else, Christ can never be a Savior to you.”

– Charles Spurgeon, “Thrice Happy Day!”

Psalm 66 is my daily prayer –
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: ² Sing forth the honor of His name: make His praise glorious. ³ Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. ⁴ All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. ⁵ Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. ⁶ He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. ⁷ He rule by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. ⁸ O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: ⁹ Which hold our soul in life, and suffer not our feet to be moved. ¹⁰ For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. ¹¹ Thou brought us into the net; thou laid affliction upon our loins. ¹² Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou brought us out into a wealthy place. ¹³ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, ¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. ¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. ¹⁶ Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. ¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. ¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: ¹⁹ But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Christian, Stay The Course.

Joyfully His,

Rachel