You would not believe, even if you were told.

I wanted to share this verse with you as I am praying about what the Lord seems to be up to with Netcast and how he is building our church. I honestly thought that it would take months, even years to develop the type of team that God seems to be building. Today as I read this verse that Steve sent me, I felt the Lord whisper, "You wont believe what I am going to do through you guys, even if you were told." Exciting yet scary!!

Habakkuk 1:5 "Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

If we are right in thinking that the Lord is on the verge of doing big things through Netcast, we need to guard ourselves from the attacks that are guaranteed to come our way. Spiritual warfare is real and there is a battle consistently waging war between our flesh and our spirit. Secret sin, pride, dis-unity, jealousy, envy, sexual sin, demonic forces and other things will begin to pop up if we are not careful and on guard. I am pleading with you to stay connected in community and be authentic about your temptations and sin. If you are on the Netcast core team or even considering it; we are all in this together, therefore we fight together.

Roaring Lion

The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking to devour anyone he can, resist him in your faith. (1 Peter 5)

Spiritual warfare is a real issue. As Christians we believe that there is a real war going on for our lives. The devil wants to kill steal and destroy from us. He is the father of all lies and will use anything he can to ruin God's work in you.

I know I have some people that read my blog that need to read that and understand it. God has something for you. In every believer he places his holy spirit and with that spirit comes gifts and a calling to exercise those gifts. Use them to glorify his name. At times it will feel like the lion is winning; resist him in your faith. Do you know the authority that you have through Jesus name? You have a direct life line to the father through Christ's work on the cross. Anytime you command Satan and demons with the authority of Christ, they will flee.

Fight the good fight, beat your body in discipline, and claim victory over your enemy.

Spiritual Warfare

I have always been pretty sceptical about spiritual warfare until recently. Over the past few weeks, I have noticed how real it seems to be. It has been amazing at times how it seems that the enemy is trying to discourage to move forward in our journey. He seems to be going straight to our family. As a good friend of mine once said, "The fastest way he can stop you, is to go straight for your family."

I just listened to a message by Driscoll on Spiritual Warfare. It was scary and encouraging all at the same time. What was cool is to think that we are experiencing some of this because God wants to use us and Satan wants to stop us. It truly is a fight against good and evil.

Join me in the journey of acknowledging when God is at work and when the enemy wants to stop you. The bible promises that the gates of Hell will not prevail against what God is going to do through us. What an awesome word. We've already won.

Mark Driscoll: Spiritual Warfare http://odeo.com/episodes/23188770-Special-Spiritual-Warfare-Pt-2