While Satan, our opponent, is persecuting us and opposing us, it seems that our God is like the unrighteous judge in Luke 18, for He allows us to be unrighteously persecuted; however, we out to pray persistently to be avenged by God and should not lose heart. In the book of Esther, we see […]
Pray to be Avenged of our Opponent who Persecutes us during the Lord’s Apparent Absence
We need to pray to be avenged of our opponent who persecutes us and deceives us during the Lord’s apparent absence. We believers in Christ have an opponent, Satan the devil, who persecutes and accuses us, and we need to pray persistently that the Lord would avenge us; furthermore, we need to escape his […]
Seeing that the Hiding God Secretly takes care of His People and Openly Saves Them
The book of Esther shows us a vivid record of how the hiding God of Israel secretly took care of His oppressed elect in their dispersion and openly saved His persecuted elect in their captivity; the hidden God cares for us and saves us even today, though He conceals Himself. We human beings are […]
The God we Serve is Hiding Himself, and He Operates in us Silently yet Mightily
We need to realize that the omnipotent God whom we are serving is still hiding Himself, especially when He is helping us or doing things in us, for the God who hides Himself is operating within us silently yet mightily. Amen, what a God we have! He is real, so real, yet He is […]
Being Empowered in the Lord to Fight the Battle in the Body to Deal with God’s Enemy
The warfare between the church and Satan is a battle between us who love the Lord and who are in His church and the evil powers in the heavenlies; we fight the battle in the Body by the power of the Lord! Hallelujah! In order for the church to be built up as the […]
Building involves Fighting: Build the Church as the City of God with Fighting Prayers
Building involves fighting: we build up the church as the city of God by fighting the spiritual warfare in the Body one with Christ as the Head. Building up the church as the city of God is not an easy task, for the building can be carried out only by fighting, and if we […]
Pray to Stand against the Frustration of the Enemy regarding the Building of the Church
We need to pray to stand against the frustration of the enemy regarding the building up of the church as the kingdom of God, the city of God. As the Jews were rebuilding the wall of the city in the time of Nehemiah, there was great opposition and frustration; on the one hand, they […]