Stand Up

Day 95
Get centered again. You may feel like you've been blown off course. But be like the punching bag toy that comes back straight up to center every time it takes a punch. Don't be moved off your foundation. Dig your heels in. Let your roots go deeper into Me.

I will dry up the waters of the enemy so his flow against you will have no effect. But you must immerse yourself in the waters of my Spirit. Stay drenched in my word, in Spirit-led prayer, in praise and thanksgiving, speaking and listening to Me all day long.

The more you press into Me, the more the enemy will press against you. But this is a set-up for greater victory and more triumph for you. Do you believe Me? Do not fear. Only believe.

Faith is action--spirit movement: Swim strong against the tide of evil and swim into the depths of my love for you. My love for you is powerful. There is no force that can stand against it. Stay in it. I am the Trustworthy One.

For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. -- Proverbs 24:16

A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. -- Ephesians 6:10-13

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. -- Ephesians 3:16-19