I know from my personal experiences after the fact of coming to the Lord..that devil has fought this ole girl tooth and nail..he is always coming against all of us as children of the Lord…if he can’t get you one way than he will come out you another way…but see that’s his job, and he that ole devil does his job pretty well…but as well what I’ve come to say is this…that when the devil comes against you, and he does, that if you give him one little inch guys..and this is no joke, that no matter what it is that he is using or trying to use against you, then you better believe that he will take that mile as well…see he wants to kill us, and destroy us, and steal away anything and everything that he can a way from us..John 10:10…because as I said that’s his purpose for us and our lives…but as well I have come to remind each of you of this…and that is God almighty is the Victorious warrior!!! and God almighty is our Father…and that God He alone is fighting our battles for us..Exodus 14:14….every single one of them…and nothing that the enemy tries to do to us. and or take away from us can work if we don’t let him…see we gotta stand up and rise up in the Lord..putting on the whole armor of God….Ephesians 6:10-18..and keeping it on…see if we fall prey to the devil and his schemes and tactics that he brings to use against us…then he will continue to come and feast upon us if we allow him to…kinda like those wolves…they come along and when ready to kill or devour another animal…they always seek out the weak one of the pack…they always go after that one whom may be a little slow, or maybe a little sick….and that’s the one they attack and go for…cause see that wolf is always out there lurking around somewhere..always doing it’s thing…he doesn’t want any of us to be what God has called for us to be…he always tries to stop Gods plans for our lives…as I have said in any and every way that he can…if he ain’t coming through relationships, than he is coming through marriages, through finances…through sickness..through our minds…through our health…any way he can try to get us that’s what he does…and as I said he wouldn’t be a good devil if he wasn’t a bad one…so for us to be naive into thinking that we can do our own thing…and or into thinking that we don’t have to pray..or read the word of God…or stay close to Jesus and all day long stay close to Him…then guys we are only fooling ourselves…see God He is that built in GPS…for us all…and His word is what He uses to speak to us…to gives us wisdom…to give us answers..and to help us to know what we are to do in the midst of the trials and the situations that come along each and everyone of our ways…see we can’t lay down when the adversary comes and those adversities come…cause if we do…then he will do his best to sow that seed in our hearts that in turn will grow into a huge enormous something that probably and more than likely none of us want..well, I’m actually sure that none of us do want!…we gotta be brave guys…and we gotta be strong in the Lord, and as the bible says in the power of His might..Ephesians 6:10….we can’t believe that ole devil…we can’t believe what he says and or what he tries to do us…but we do have to rise …and we have to be brave, and be strong and be victorious…knowing who we are in the Lord…knowing that God is with us..Deuteronomy 31:6-8..and knowing just whom we believe in….we can’t listen to the devil and all his mind filling junk that he tries to fill us up with…but we gotta hear our Fathers voice..and He says we will know His voice and the voice of a stranger we will not follow..John 10:5…so I pray that each of us stay close to the Shepherd…walking with Him…being in sync with Him…for if we are thaen guys that ole wolf so to speak won’t be able to come and devour on us Gods sheep….so stay close to the Lord…stay and keep yourself filled up..stay leaning and walking always with Jesus…for Jesus Christ is our everything…and I don’t say that lightly…but I say that with all seriousness…because it’s true as true as can be!…this life that we live is real…the devils are real just like the angels are real….and realer than any of that is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with out Him in our lives and in our worlds we have nothing…but if we have God and we know that we know our names are written in the Lambs book of life…then we are the richest people in all of this world…for I can say like Peter and John…silver and gold have I not but such as I have I give unto you..Acts 3:6…Praise the Lord..see God says our lives are but a vapor we are here and then we are gone..James 4:14…so let us store up all of our treasures in heaven…for God says where our treasure is there as well will be our heart…and I don’t know about the rest of ya…but I am longing for that day that I can meet my Jesus face to face…and be able as the song says, look upon His face the one who saved me by His grace..and when He takes me by the hand and leads me through that promised land…what a day, glorious day that will be….Hallelujah…and Hallelujah…so keep looking up…keeping your eyes on the prize. keeping your eyes on the Lord…keeping your eyes on them heavenly things…In Jesus’ name I do ask and pray…Amen and Amen!!! Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi