Weekly message: The Bride of Christ can never retire from spiritual warfare. By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

 Weekly message: The Bride of Christ can never retire from spiritual warfare.

By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce                                                                   

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           My friends, are you facing retirement age? Or maybe you have been enjoying your retirement life. In the kingdom of God, there is no retirement subject, for the Bride of Christ and prayer warriors can never retire from spiritual warfare.

 In the spiritual realm, we fight the prince of the powers of the air- the devil that controls the world. We need to take up the Sword of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD to defeat its evil forces. We must make the WORD both the Logos and the Rhema : the Word made flesh to us, and the Word as the Word speaking or saying the Word by the “hearing of faith” (Galatians3:2,5) and by “confessing with our mouth” that the Word is life to us.

 Apostle Paul pointed out “The Sword of the Spirit”, which is the Word of God. A believer who doesn’t know the Word, which is the ground of the confession of his faith daily, is without that most powerful offensive weapon against the devil. With the Word in you, and saying the Word in faith, you become stronger than any weapon of Satan. The Word puts Satan on the run from you. Jesus in overcoming the devil’s temptation used the Word, saying, “Satan, it is written” or God says.

 The Word is to be preached …taught …said…as an act of faith. The Word is to be read until your mind is full of it. The Word is to be studied until you can rightly understand and make the right use of it ...and feasted on by your mind and spirit.

Remember, the sword that cuts through all the devil’s power is the WORD in you, and Spoken in faith by you, so that it becomes the Rhema: Faith saying what the Word is so that it comes alive in you and puts to flight all satanic forces.

My friends, spend your time to meditate upon the Word of God, let the Word of God richly drench in your mind, and indwell in your heart so that you can stand firm and break through entire the devil’s power. Our battle is NOT with God and not with ONE ANOTHER, but with these spiritual evil personalities that men allow to take over their minds and personalities. We cannot by ourselves always win over these demon powers. They are far stronger than we are. They have taken over the present world which has made the “prince of the powers of the air”, the devil, their god. They are committed to following the devil. The airwaves of TV and radio are controlled, in large part, by this “prince of the powers of the air.”

Apostle Paul’s final word to the Ephesians is the instruction to “be strong” in the Lord.” Then he proceeds to tell us how to be strong in the Lord, and thereby defeat the enemy forces. We are to put on the pieces of God’s own armor, and then having done all to stand against the devil’s powers, and then stand Therefore. 

The Bride of Christ and prayer warriors can never retire from spiritual warfare.  Therefore, Saints keep on praying, singing, praising and worshiping the Lord. The purpose I spend on the cost of the internet in social media is to save some souls from the prince of the powers of the air, the devil. And speak for the Lord, and speak forth the Lord. Let the WORD OF GOD be preached… taught… said… declared as an act of faith.

My friends, if you think you are the Bride of Christ and prayer warriors, join me to read the Bible in one year, and pray for the Word of God to be preached, taught, said, and declared. Remember, the weapon that can cut through all the devil’s power is the “WORD” in you, and Spoken in Faith in you, so that it becomes the Rhema: Faith saying what the Word is so that it comes alive in you and puts to flight all satanic forces. 

 

             

Bibliography,

 

            King James, The Holy Bible, Cleveland, OH: The world publishing company

            Lee, Witness. The New Testament (R.V.) Anaheim, CA: Living Stream Ministry, 1985.

         Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986

           Roberts, Oral. “Holy Bible” (KJV) Tulsa, OK: Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, Inc, 1981