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true eneMies to
your faith: Part 1 PsalM 5:8
By: Bonita Britt, founder resureCtion, redeMPtion, & restoration Ministries international
As the Word says, without faith it is im- possible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). Faith is to carry out the importance of factor- purpose. Faith is to fulfill God’s purpose for your life which you can experience true pros- perity. That’s why the devil works so hard to undermineourfaith. Wemusthavestrong faith in order to fulfill our divinely ordained purpose.
Enemy to Your Faith
One of the most powerful weapon against our faith is “Discouragement.” Discourage- ment is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, in- difference to the opportunities of today, and
insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It’s unawareness of the presence of beauty, unconcern from the needs of our fellowman, and unbelief in the promises of old. It’s impa- tience with time, immaturity of thought and impoliteness to God.
There’s a great example of this weapon shown in Nehemiah and those who were working alongside him to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
In Nehemiah 2, he went out in the middle of the night and rode entirely around the city of Jerusalem to survey the extent of the dam- age. Nehemiah found that the entire wall had been destroyed; hardly one stone was left standing. Even worse than the destruction of the wall was the giant wood and metal gates that were burned beyond recognition.
It was easy for Nehemiah to become discour- aged simply because of the magnitude of the jobahead. Ibelievehisfaithwaschallenged even further when he went to informed the local gentile leaders of what he planned to do: “ButwhenSanballattheHoronite,To- biah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
Continued on pg 30
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