Do you have a battle plan to counterattack the strategies the enemy uses to keep you defeated? If you’ve ever served in the military, you know that no military unit would ever dream of going to war without a battle plan. What is a battle plan? It’s a strategy to exploit your enemies’ weaknesses and to maximize your strengths so you can win. If you’re not in the military, perhaps you’ve never thought you needed a battle plan—but you do because you have a spiritual enemy, Satan, who has waged war against you.
The basic social and religious structure of ancient life was built around the household, which was much more expansive than today’s family unit. In...
“Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:15-16 (ESV)
One can not grow into holiness, but he can only grow in it. Holiness consists of taking out the old and adding the new....
