Armed and Ready

Some of you who are reading this may feel like 2017 has knocked you down, run over you  and stomped you. Illness has plagued you or someone close to you. Death has visited your home. One thing after another has caused you to struggle, worry and despair. This has been a rough year for you, and you are glad to see it end. Your hope is that 2018 will be much kinder to you and to those you love.

The fact is we never know what the future holds. Any of us may face some unimaginable, horrific circumstances next year. How do we manage to hold our heads up, and dare trouble to get us down? There is only one thing that can sustain us, and keep us from giving up. That is the knowledge of the love of God. Our faith in a loving, caring Savior will help us in times of difficulty. We will not be defeated if we know and trust Jesus. Remember what the Apostle Paul said about dealing with those time when life becomes hard.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than CONQUERORS through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

We face an enemy who is trying to destroy us, and he is trying to destroy our family. But we are stronger than he.
Paul says that we have the ability to conquer anything the enemy throws at us. We are not just a formidable adversary for the evil one, we are More than just Conquerors through Jesus!


There is nothing that Satan can do to separate us from the over power love of our Heavenly Father. You are armed and ready for the year 2018.

Scripture reference Roma’s 8:35-39