“The fact of the matter is simply this..that we are children of the Lord..so that in turn places us in the Army of God..Amen..so for one..the first thing that a soldier does is never retreat..and never give in..Amen..they stand for what they believe in..they don’t straddle the fence..they go toward the enemy full force..and they know that they must always be prepared for battle..Amen..so the same with us guys..we are in a war against the enemy of our very souls..and he always wants us to quit..he wants us to stop..to give up..to give in..to get depressed..to be defeated..to literally just lying down and closing up shop..Amen..just throwing the towel in and surrendering..not ever to make it to the place of victory that God has for us..and each of us..so when the thought or even thoughts come suddenly to flood your mind..with thoughts of failure and defeat..than you rise and you stand in the armor of God..you don’t hear and don’t listen to the enemy when he begins to speak to you and your life..for believe me you’ll know his ole ugly voice..cause every time it is nothing more than the thoughts of negativity and thoughts of all the times in your life that things didn’t work out..or you failed..or simply all of the reasons why you can’t do things now..Amen!”

“So when those thoughts from the evil one come..you speak back life to the situation..you speak truth which is God’s word and what He says about you..Amen..for you see God is once again in control..and God knows where you are in life..He knows what is taking place in your life..He knows everything..there is nothing that has happened to you or happening to you right now that God our Father doesn’t know about..but see know that the thing about it all is that we don’t quit..regardless of what is happening..we don’t give the enemy nothing of who we are..Amen..because God loves us..and God has a plan..for He says in His word..”But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint..Isaiah 40:31..Amen!”

“So waiting I know for me is not an easy thing to do..it is super hard..Amen..but sometimes even waiting just a little bit I get aggravated..Amen..and I think to myself..Wow, Mandi get yourself together..and stand on the word..and stand on God’s truth..quit murmuring..and quit getting impatient..and start trusting the Lord..with everything..because let me tell ya it’s easy to trust Him when all is great..and all is well..and life is moving freely..but when them things begin to shift..and there not going the way you think they should..than that’s when our patience should kick in..and our trust should be firm..and our believing should be stable..and retreating should not ever be in our vocabulary..so ya wanna be used of the Lord?..you wanna move to the next level in your life?..you wanna be strong and mighty for Christ Jesus our Lord?..well, we all better get to being better about the one we’re representing..and we all better get to standing in the midst of the battle..whether it’s raining..snowing..wind blowing..tornado..whatever in the world is happening..we better stand and fight as soldiers in God’s army..Amen!”

“For we must be brave..I love that song that says, “Oh, you must fight..be brave..against all evil..never run nor even lag behind..if you will win for God and the right..just keep on the firing line..for it goes on to saying..God will only use a soldier He can trust..keep on the firing line..if you win my brother surely you must fight..keep on the firing line..there are many dangers that we all must face..if we die fighting it is no disgrace..coward in the service they will find no place..for if you’ll wear a crown then bear the cross you must..keep on the firing line..life is but to labor for the Master dear..help to banish evil and to spread good cheer..great you’ll be rewarded for your service here..so keep on the firing line..cause when we get to heaven, brother, we’ll be glad..keep on the firing line..how we’ll praise the Savior for the call we had..keep on the firing line..when we see the souls that we have helped to win..leading them to Jesus, from the paths of sin..with a shout of welcome, we will all march in..so keep on the firing line..Amen..so let us all stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ our Lord has set us free..Galatians 5:1..and let us stand and stand firm for our Father..fighting the good fight of faith..1 Timothy 6:12..knowing that everything we do and everything we say matters and matters greatly..so set the example..follow the Lord..be a soldier like none other..loving and serving Jesus with every step and every corner it is that you take for the Master..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that 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