When men fully dedicate themselves to God’s service, it becomes clear that they have embraced a challenging yet fulfilling life. It will come with difficult battles in their mind like they’ve never experienced before. When prayer and study of the Word are neglected, defeat is certain; however, victory comes when these are combined with taking every thought captive to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5 – We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
As Kingdom men, we are signing up an uneasy life, more so than the average man within Christianity today. We attend church, worshiping and hearing the Word with them. We attend opportunities to study the Word, to pray, and fellowship among such brothers. The difference between the Kingdom man and the average Christian brother is the constant commitment of mind and heart to the Word equipping us to live a life used as much as possible for God’s purposes and plans. To know the mind and heart of God as we seek Him consistently asking in every thought, decision, and action taken, is this you, Father God? Is this Your guidance and direction Holy Spirit of God?
Satan and his legion of fallen angels will be a constant menace to us, using every strategy possible to thwart our mission, to weaken our effectiveness. They seek to destroy us as individuals from within, sometimes through the closest of family and loved ones, and yes, even dear brothers in the faith they have successfully influenced in mind that we have taken our Christian walk too far beyond the comfortable and commonly taught teachings to the realization and acceptance of the uncomfortable challenges such commitment brings. Your determination to see commonly accepted activity as sin and efforts to live free of every form of interaction with such activity will make other well-meaning Christian brothers feel uncomfortable around you.
In this difficult time in our country, and the world, where we have seen and experienced unprecedented changes, we could not have dreamed possible beforehand in our lives. We feel at the core of our being something new and unprecedented. Do you feel inside your heart and mind a calling to rise amid this worldwide uncertainty and accept a challenge greater than you have ever felt before? Do you feel a need deeper than any other aspect of your life to wake up and realize it is time for you to take your Christian life to a whole new level? God needs you in this time of change like you have never experienced before to be a man you have never experienced before!
We find ourselves at a crossroads today. Do we take the red pill and learn what it is to be used by God as an effective spiritual warrior? To fight for the release of the firm grip the enemy has on the mind of many Christian brothers in Christ, and at times, ourselves. To seek out men that do not yet know Christ as their Savior and be used, alongside our fellow Kingdom brothers, allowing the Spirit to live through us in His efforts to rescue them, releasing the hold of the enemy, and bringing them home to a life lived for God their Father. Or do we take the blue pill and remain content in our Christian lives as the world continues to experience changes that no doubt point to the final chapters growing close and the Kingdom of God near? Time truly is of great importance! Make the choice!
We that have accepted the call of great change within us will need to etch the below in our mind and heart, as in stone, as we prepare for the spiritual battles that will grow in number and intensity as we become more and more a threat to Satan’s plans.
No one will be exempt from greater life struggles than before they accepted the call. You will be buffeted and there will be days you will feel defeated in the battlefield of your mind. We must lean on each other and draw strength and council from our brothers on this journey. We must openly and transparently share our struggles and failures with each other and receive their unconditional love and support. Stand together, brothers! Lock your spiritual shields of faith together, understanding the power in numbers. As an individual, you are a twig, easily broken, but together you are a well-bound source of strength. The enemy has no chance of breaking you.
Commit to learning and understanding as absolute truth the below. Each is a weapon in your arsenal you will need in the fight of your life. Make the following scriptures alive in you and you have no worries of defeat. The Spirit of God will become so full and strong within you, you are unstoppable and unconquerable. The victory is God’s in your every effort and so is the Glory as you surrender your all to His service!
Give Praise to God in thankfulness & gratitude.
Psalm 106:1 – Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.
Hebrews 12:28-29 – 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Hebrews 13:15 – 15 Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
Pray the Ephesians 6 Armor Over Yourself.
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.
11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. 13 For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.
14 Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest,
15 and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace.
16 In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God. 18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
Plead the Blood of Jesus, Use the Name of Jesus.
1 John 1:7 – 7 If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Phillipians 2:9 – 9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—in heaven and on earth and under the earth—11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Stay Connected to Godly Council
Proverbs 11:14 – 14 Without guidance, a people will fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance
Proverbs 15:22 – 22 Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Stay Connected to the Vine
John 15 – 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.
Use Your Authority Over Evil
Luke 10:19 – 18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.
Mark 3:13-15 – 13 Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles,, to be with him, to send them out to preach, 15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
Speak and Pray the Word of God
James 5:16 – 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
Hebrews 4:12 – 12 For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart
Share Your Testimony to Help Others
Revelation 12:11 – 11 They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death.
Fasting
Joel 2:12 – 12 Even now— this is the Lord’s declaration— turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Psalm 35:13-14 – 13 Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine., 14 I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother;
Praying in the Spirit
Ephesians 6:18 – 18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
Stay Obedient, Do Not Open Demonic Doorways
John 14:23 – 23 Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him
Deuteronomy 28:1 – 28 “Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all his commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth