“So this morning around 1:00 I woke up and this song called Surrounded flooded my mind..and I just started singing it..so I sit up in my bed all the while singing this song to the Lord..Amen..and praying..Amen..and you know I know that if only we all could understand that when we do fight the enemy we do this by prayer..Amen..we don’t argue..we don’t fuss..we don’t complain..but we get in our prayer closets so to speak..Matthew 6:6..and as we are there we pour out our hearts to the Lord..we give Him every care..every concern..every hurt..every problem..Amen..we don’t fight these things in and of ourselves..Amen..but we fight these battles as I say through our prayer lives..Amen..by casting our cares upon the Lord knowing that He cares and loves us so much..1 Peter 5:7..and I know you hear that a lot..but it’s the truth..Amen..we face things and many think how can He love me if?..how can I be His child if?..how come I am sick if He is good?..Amen..we all I am sure we all have said these very things from time to time..Amen!”

“Because when we’re in a battle..and when all of life is coming in every direction..and we face one obstacle after another..we at times are down cast..we lose sight..we get disheartened..we get overwhelmed..we get confused even at who is the enemy..we fight family..we fight friends..we place blame..Amen..we get of course by doing this..and we get side tracked by not fighting the true enemy of of our souls..so this is the whole thing guys..and that is LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart..and with all your soul..and make Him and Him alone your best friend in life..Amen..and as you do..know that it rains on the just and the unjust alike..Matthew 5:45..Amen..but God gives us the victory..so we pray for that alone is our weapon in life..that is what we are called to do..and that is pray..and have faith..and trust in our Father who always is there for us..and who is always fighting for us..Amen..we will go through things..but God gives us the strength..the endurance..the joy..the happiness..the peace..the contentment..He alone gives us what we need to get through it..all of it..Amen!”

“So again know that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places..Amen..for in the book of Ephesians it tells us to put on the whole armor of God..Amen..and that we are to pray always..Amen..Ephesians 6:10-18..so being a child of God is not for the faint in heart..you have to do your part as choosing well..being smart..asking the Lord for wisdom..and praying..and reading Gods word..for His word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our pathways..Psalm 119:105..Amen..for as well it says that Gods word is what goes forth to accomplish what it was sent forth to accomplish and that it will not return void..Isaiah 55:11..Amen..so again know this world is not our homes..we are just passing through..we came with nothing..we are leaving with nothing..Amen..only what we do for the Lord and His Kingdom last and will last forever..Amen..so renew your mind..pray..and love God..trust him..and ask of Him for all that you may need in life..whatever that might look like..and He will help..and He will show up..and He will fight for you and intercede on your behalf..for He always does..Amen..so take all your request before the Lord..and lay them at His feet..but whatever you do don’t go through your life without knowing the Lord..and we know Him by talking and praying to Him..Amen..for there is such a special presence and a special anointing that comes when we pray to our Father..and in His presence we change..we grow..and we obtain all that we need for the day that lies ahead for us..Amen..and we go with a smile..we go with enthusiasm..we go in confidence..because we know that God is for us..and God is fighting for us..that He is there with us..for our Father is on the scene..Amen..so we worry not..we fret not..because we know all is well and all will be well..Praise the Lord..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 ❤