grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).
God will always be there to help you.
As Jesus faced great agony and sorrow in
the Garden of Gethsemane, it seemed that His
flesh couldn’t take any more; but He still didn’t
give in to His flesh. The Bible tells us, And
being in an agony he Jesus prayed more
earnestly: and his sweat was as it were
great drops of blood falling down to the
ground (Luke 22:44).
Yield to God’s will.
If you want Jesus to stand by you in your
dark, agonizing hours when all hell is coming
against you, you will have to pray more
earnestly for the will of God to be done
in your life. The Bible says, Pray
without ceasing (I Thessalonians
5:17). You must never become
spiritually sleepy. You must
stand by Jesus; and you do
that by yielding to the Holy
Ghost, not the flesh.
Child of God, you are
going to face trials and persecutions
because you are
at war with the kingdom
of Satan. At times, you may
think you have backslidden
because you feel so different; but
a soldier on this Earth goes through
the same thing. He feels mighty brave when
he is not at war; but when he is in the midst
of a battle, he doesn’t feel so brave anymore.
To be able to stand in this spiritual war, you
must wear the whole armor of God. Wherefore
take unto you the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore,
having your loins girt about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking
the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God
(Ephesians 6:13–17). Jesus furnishes us with
the same armor He used, and the devil can’t
penetrate that armor.
The Lord Knows Your Trials
The flesh and the Spirit will not agree with
one another, but you don’t have to give in to
the weaknesses of flesh. You can stand by
Jesus all the way and not fail; the choice is
yours. For consider him Jesus that endured
such contradiction of sinners against himself,
lest ye be wearied and faint in your
minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin (Hebrews 12:3,4).
Jesus lived on this Earth, so He knows what
you are going through. There hath no
temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God
is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will
with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that
ye may be able to bear it
(I Corinthians 10:13).
There will be times when
you may think you can’t
take any more; but when you
look to the Lord and find no
way out, that means you can
take some more. God will give you
the strength to stand if you live holy before
Him. He will help you to look beyond what is
going on around you and see Heaven’s greatness,
and it will be so simple for you to do that
when you walk in the Spirit.
God wants to furnish you with everything
you need for the rest of your journey—all the
love, power, faith, goodness, mercy and direction.
All you have to do is use them. You are in
this hour for the sole purpose of bringing in the
end-time harvest of souls, and you must do all
you can to win every person possible.
What are you going to do when you are
troubled on every side, and you don’t feel like
praising God? You must reason like Jesus did
saying, Now is my soul troubled; and what
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