--WORLD CHALLENGE/ PULPIT SERIES~
--Gary Wilkerson -/ 8/2013

-SATAN IS OUT TO DESTROY YOU ~~

--"Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward" (Hebrews 10:35). If you are a Christian, you are in a fierce war. In fact, you're in a life and death battle for your faith. Satan is determined to shipwreck and destroy the faith of all of God's elect. And the stronger your faith, the greater will be his attack against it.

The Lord desires a people who will hold onto faith even if they suffer the loss of all things. That has always been Satan's job, to wreck the Christians life and to destroy their faith in God.

Paul penned, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). Think about Paul's testimony at that point. He could say, "Satan sent messengers to fight me in Jerusalem, Damascus, Asia, Ephesus, Antioch, Corinth. But I kept the faith."

"I've been troubled, perplexed on every side, distressed and persecuted, but never cast down. I've never been shaken in my faith. Through it all, my trust in the Lord has never been destroyed."
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I leave you with words spoken to sustain us in the days ahead.
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious and full of compassion, and righteous..Surely he shall not be moved forever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies."

"The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore" (127:7-8).

-The Lord says to all his children: "Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me" (50:15). May you remain faithful to call on him in your trial. Cast your cares on him always! ~~~~