Walking in the Shadows

Are you familiar with the song "He's all that I need?" The chorus says " Let Satan roar like a lion, let him come in like a flood, I'm anchored in Jesus Christ my Lord, He's all that I need." While I know that is true, I much prefer the way our church choir sings those lines " When Satan roars like a lion, when he comes in like a flood..." I don't know about you, but in my life Satan has never needed an invitation to roar, he just busts right in! If you have lived any time for the Lord, you have surely experienced Satan's roar. I don't mean the flat tire or your mortgage bill increasing or your health insurance cancelling, I mean the life altering, breath taking situations that arise seemingly out of nowhere. Those are the times when Satan roars. Those times you look back on for the rest of your life, as times of hardship and difficulty, times you learned much but would not desire to repeat.  What do we do when Satan roar...

In Sunday School we (the ladies class) are studying the book of II Timothy together. As I studied for this week’s lesson, the Lord seemed to drive home this thought to me “endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Things in our world have been a little challenging the last few weeks, you know how it is, when the dishwasher breaks so does the washing machine. The Lord has been using these “little” things to teach me how to endure hard times as a good soldier. I don’t know if you have realized it yet, but we are in a battle. The devil is trying his best to creep in and attack while we are busy cooking dinner and helping the kids with homework. You know what I mean? Life is SO busy; I think it is busy for most everyone. I mean, we homeschool our kids and don’t have any extracurricular activities and yet we are still SO busy! I imagine that is why Paul wrote this verse next:                 ...