Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to speak to you.But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." Matthew 12:47-50
A friend is with you even while you go through things you don't understand or can't explain. Sometimes in life, right when you think you just burst through one roadblock, you get tossed into the throws of another. As odd as it seems to have friends alongside you while going through these of the darkest most painful parts, it is immense helpful to remember "God loves me, loves us as a Christian family, and only wants his children healthy and sound minded. If there is unsoundness in me He knows I want to be sure footed and come to the place where 'nothing shall by anything move me.' "I can't tell you how wonderfully blessed conversation can be that is anointed and led by God. I have friends who speak the oracles of God, and at times all I keep thinking is "God you are so awesome. Thank you God for friends whose hearts are beating with your heart, whose words are ringing true of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, whose tongues right now are being utilized to PREACH the Mighty Word of God. We were tearing up the kingdom of darkness and bringing down every high name that would wish to exalt itself above the knowledge of God."
Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil that you may successfully stand up against all the strategies and deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling against flesh and blood,(contending with only physical opponents) but against the rulers, against the authorities,(master spirits), against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly(supernatural) sphere.
"Wow!!!!" I whisper to myself as once I walked in a beautiful meadow while one friend told of a dream they had with our uncle healed and praising God with his whole sound mind and body. We spoke of bringing down of the wicked one to the place where he belongs UNDER OUR FEET...
My silent heart's whisper to the Lord is of just how amazing it is to be able to share with a friend the mysteries and truths that so many cannot see or understand. I am a grateful daughter to my High Priest, my King of kings, my Lord of lords, my Father and Creator of all life. Our greatest friend, of course is Jesus Christ and when it seems we are all alone, we truly are never alone. As wonderful as the greatness of friendship in this world can be, nothing compares to having His arms around each and every one of us,His children. I pray for those on the highway of holiness, that you feel His love like I do. That amazing love that comforts, when, for those brief moments we wish to be in the arms of the one God has for us, He wraps us up and says 'one day, yes, you will have that, today, the arms of God wrap you and you snuggled with the ALL encompassing King, whose love is perfect and never fails.'
True friends in the Lord are ever seeking, ever changing into the glory of God. They are young (and even old) men who allow the Lord to turn them from a frog into the most amazing princes. They become godly champions of justice who any girl whose Daddy is the King would be highly honored to call her own.
So on this journey of friendship I see us as in a fairy tale book in a wonderful kingdom, fighting dragons and demons together, picking one another up when we stumble and fall. Helping each other find the Healing in the Lord when we uncover a cut or bruise or broken bone.
Using swords and arrows designed specifically to take down certain evil targets, the Word of God being our weapons as different scriptures extinguish the enemy and FAITH keeps us from their fiery darts.
13 Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
Salvation, and knowing we have it, protects our heads, speaking and knowing the truth keeps our belt on which carries our weapons. Our feet can go for miles upon miles, never sore because The Gospel we preach brings us peace. Our vital organs will NEVER be injured for we walk in the righteousness of God. Above ALL, we walk in LOVE, which covers a multitude of sins.
15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.16 Lift up over all the [covering] shield of [c]saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
You see, grace allows us to mess up and pick ourselves up and keep on going. I have those in my life I count as true compatriots, embodying the wholeness of this message. Written, I say, by the hand of God. For we have traveled this road a long time, now in which we truly fight for the win, the victory.
Thank you, friends, for choosing to stay on the Path, even when the road gets narrow or rough. Choosing to stay with Him despite ANYTHING is the mark of a true man of God and will always be rewarded. So, the scripture that kept going through my head all night was 'Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart! ' Psalms 37:4 I say, Take that with you throughout this gloriously fine day the Lord has made...as shall I!
There are those we are born to and then there are those we are brought to by the power of God. Family, for a child of God, are those who do the will of God like Jesus said. He did not point to earthly "blood" as his family. Yet, some of them will be our earthy family like Timothy and his godly mother and grandmother, James and John, Abraham and Issac. Then, like Jesus said, there will be those in our earthly family we have to separate ourselves from for they have made themselves enemies of the cross for they implore you not to obey the Lord your God. Our real family, are those who do the will of God. These are those we now call FRIENDS...
John 15:15 I don't call you servants any longer, because servants don't know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity
Proverbs 22:24-25 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray
Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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