Come Awake

"He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay."

~Matthew 28:6 (ESV)

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There is Life to Live!

Oh, wow! Oh WOW!! That's all I could say in response to the truth- and life-proclaiming video below. God has saved us unto battle and victory, joy, freedom, and LIFE! It is time to no longer dwell on the past except to thank Him, to confess our sins to be freed, and to leave our former selves to embrace the life we don't have to feel guilty to take--for that guilt that the enemy attempts (and often succeeds) to tell us is a reason not to embrace a life of freedom unto God's glory was nailed to the cross with our Savior.

And that Savior--He is not dead, HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE! HE IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! HALLALUJAH, HOSANNA, PRAISE THE SAVIOR!

Enjoy--and I can't wait for you to progress through this video and reach timer 2:06 and 2:42. Yeah! Our God is not dead, He's alive, He's live!

Enjoy!

Christ is Risen by Matt Maher

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Challenge and Application Questions

• Is your focus more on the past and the weight thereof, or on the freedom available through Christ's blood and resurrection?
• Will you seek to draw your gaze increasingly to the life of the Christian life? How?
• Is it valid to hold off on the life of Christianity in order to "fix" one's self?
• The enemy has a battle plan against you, what will be yours against his lies and for God's promises to rule your life?

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Low Humility - Our Best Battle Tactic

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."

~1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)

"But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My Word."

~Isaiah 66:2b (ESV)

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Best Time to Attack

It is often among victory that the enemy most-aggressively seeks to trip us up. When we are already on the ground, the enemy usually must only kick us while we are on the ground in order to reign thoughts of condemnation and defeat upon us. But it is when we are in victory that the enemy has something else to fight past--he must first get us upon the ground again.

Christian, stand in victory, but do not stand tall in self-confidence. This leaves your legs vulnerable to tripping, an opportunity that the enemy will always take to get us far from rejoicing in his enemy--God. March not forth in boldness if your motive is that you are through with the battle. It will never be done on earth!

Low Humility

Instead, stay low in the humble and desperate dependence that is to characterize Christians who have left the life of self absorption behind. March forth in the boldness that naturally comes after gazing upon the power of God to save. It is His strength that will deliver you. Is is His hand that will hold you up from temptation. It is His call that will be loud enough for you to flee sin as strong Christians do.

Mighty God

He is here! He is mighty! As sure as the enemy will not give up on your soul's destruction, much mightier will God not give up on your soul's refining. As the battle against sin and for holiness will never end until your exhale your final breath, so far shall He be with you--from now until you inhale your first eternal breath of Heaven. Then shall you be with Him, Christian, never to sin again, always to joyfully praise Him without interruption.

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