MYSTERIOUS MYSTICAL: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Topic: What Have You To Do With Us, Son Of God? (June 30)
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Date: Jun 29 08:17PM -0700
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Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly will the LORD,
the God of hosts, be with you as you claim! Hate evil and love good,
and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the LORD, the
God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:14-15

"Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one to
rescue. Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the
obedient I will show the salvation of God." Psalm 50:22-23

When he came to the other side, to the territory of the Gadarenes, two
demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage
that no one could travel by that road. They cried out, "What have you
to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the
appointed time?" Matthew 8:28-29

Piety

What have you to do with me, Jesus? What must I do to experience your
saving grace? Despite my forgetfulness and sin, you never turn away
from me like I turn away from you. Restore me to you so that you may
always have a place to dwell with me. Amen.

Study

Why do we do what we do? Why do we do evil and spurn goodness? One
answer revealed in today's readings is because we allow the forces of
evil to have greater influence on us than we allow the forces of good
or of God.

Today's readings also reintroduce us to an interesting word: demoniac
– someone who has been possessed or controlled by a demon. We have
many other forms of insanity that also build off of the root "mania"
or "maniac." The influence of evil not only explains the behavior of
the two men coming out of the tombs at Gadarenes but it also explains
the behavior that the prophet Amos was trying to change more than 700
years earlier.

As the introduction to the Book of Amos in the New American Bible
tells us, Amos was "a prophet of divine judgment, and the sovereignty
of Yahweh in nature and history dominates his thought. But he was no
innovator; his conservatism was in keeping with the whole prophetic
tradition calling the people back to the high moral and religious
demands of Yahweh's revelation. In common with the other prophets,
Amos knew that divine punishment is never completely destructive; it
is part of the hidden plan of God to bring salvation to men." When we
allow the forces of good or of God to prevail, then this compassionate
nature of God will rise above any of our transgressions.

Even when we are possessed by forces that lead us into a life of sin,
God will prevail over these forces. Jesus shows us that today in the
first encounter we study when he releases the two men who were
possessed and drives the evil spirits into the herd of swine.

However, the people react in a curious fashion. When they heard about
the story from witnesses, they rush out of town to meet Jesus. When
the rest of the people have the second encounter with Jesus, they do
not know what to make of this change in the nature of the former
demoniacs. They have come to fear these possessed men.

Instead of welcoming these men back into the community, they reject
Jesus and ask him to leave their town and leave them alone. "When they
saw him they begged him to leave their district." They do not want to
accept the change which Jesus has caused. Rather, they want to go back
to the behaviors to which they had become accustomed. Jesus, the agent
of change, is rejected. Jesus should be getting used to rejection by
this point. Rejection will become great training for the time when his
hour has come.

Action

The core question for all Christianity arises today. "What have you to
do with us, Son of God?" For the demoniacs, when they encounter Jesus,
they find out that Jesus has arrived to free them from the forces of
evil which have gripped their lives. However, the people from the town
never ask the same question.

"What have you to do with us, Son of God?" Are your ready to encounter
Jesus and ask the question? Are you ready for the answer? Are you
ready to live with the way you must when Jesus changes your life? If
not, Jesus might just as well pack up and leave Fairfax or Arlington
or Alexandria or Manassas like he left Gadarenes.

Amos preaches that despite our actions, God is a healing God: Yes,
days are coming, says the LORD, When the plowman shall overtake the
reaper, and the vintager, him who sows the seed; The juice of grapes
shall drip down the mountains, and all the hills shall run with it. I
will bring about the restoration of my people Israel; they shall
rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities, Plant vineyards and drink the
wine, set out gardens and eat the fruits.

What are you willing to do in exchange for this restoration? Will you
accept it like the former demoniacs who become believers or will you
reject it like the people from the town?

"What have you to do with us, Son of God?" Is there any more important
question in all Christianity? First, we have to recognize that Jesus
is the Son of God. But then, we have to accept what this means for our
lives.

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http://www.usccb.org/nab/062910b.shtml

June 29 2010

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

By Beth DeCristofaro

The Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the
proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it.
And I was rescued from the lion's mouth. (2 Timothy 4:17)

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in
reply, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus said to
him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and
blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. (Matthew
16:15-17)

Piety

Another morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do not
have. I walk out to the pond and all the way God has given us such
beautiful lessons. Oh Lord, I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the hour and the bell; grant me, in
your mercy, a little more time. Love for the earth and love for you
are having such a long conversation in my heart. Who knows what will
finally happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a
great many things away, expecting to be told to pack nothing, except
the prayer which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning.
("Thirst" by Mary Oliver)

Study

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God," says Peter. Jesus
revealed that God gave Peter the insight to recognize him. God moved
this man in unlooked for ways and he recognized the living Grace
before him. Later, of course, Peter denied that he knew Jesus,
thereby denying God.

Sometimes I wonder how to recognize God. What should I do or which
path should I choose? How do I know God's desire for me? "God," I
pray, "can you write down what you'd like me to do in this notebook at
the side of my bed?" Sometimes I feel that if I choose the wrong
thing then I will lose out or thwart God's will which would then be a
denial much like Peter's.

I think Peter's example shows me that choosing an unqualified right
way is less important than to be open to God's revealing mercy and
love. God's grace is given and within me, within us. Before we reach
for God, God reaches for us. There are many paths to take and they
can all lead to God if my deepest desire is for God. Peter messed up
pretty badly even after Jesus had recognized and named him but still
became the Rock of God's community on earth. God's mercy, love,
forgiveness and wisdom is revealed in the many chapters of Peter's
life.

Action

Piety, study, action are invaluable tools for me to know God. What is
going on within? Is it my self-will propelling me or through study,
piety and action can I be in touch with God's mercy and movement each
and every day? I don't have to necessarily do it "right". Jesus
just wants me to accept that by saying "yes" to him in the deepest
places of my heart. God will then take me the rest of the way.

When did I deny Christ? Did I turn back with sorrow and remorse and
accept God's mercy? God wants to break the chains that keep us from
God and rescue us from the lion's mouth of our own self-will.

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Topic: Big Foot Experience .........
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Date: Jun 29 12:00PM -0700
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Face-to-Face with Big Foot

The harvest moon spilled its bright glow through the trees and onto

the lot, where my Academy friends and I were carrying out our

important assignment.

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Topic: Neil Anderson's Daily in Christ "1 John 2:14 NIV"
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Date: Jun 29 12:46PM -0600
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*Neil Anderson's Daily in Christ*

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

by Neil Anderson

SUBMIT TO GOD
1 John 2:14 NIV
I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives

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Topic: Bible Pathways "Read Psalms 23 -- 30"
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From: Ruth Ragen <ruthragenic@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 12:45PM -0600
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/231bc12324ab10b

*Bible Pathways*

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Read Psalms 23 -- 30
Highlights:
The Lord is my Shepherd (He never fails to provide) (chap. 23). The earth is
the Lord's (He owns it all). . . .

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Topic: Today God Is First 'Desert Training'
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/1fa7b799914cbd97
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From: Jane Grant <janegrantw@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 12:42PM -0600
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Today God Is First

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Desert Training
By Os Hillman

"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my
body longs for you, in a dry and weary

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Topic: Daily Living for Seniors "John 14:16-17"
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From: Linda Cartz <lindacartzi@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 12:38PM -0600
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*Daily Living for Seniors*

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
[Jesus said]: "...I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot

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Topic: Thought for Today, Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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From: "Honeybee" <honeybeerhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 01:34PM -0600
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Thought for Today,

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The only way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything.

~~Unknown

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Topic: Quiet Walk "2 Chronicles 34"
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From: Donna Lowe <donnalowebn@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 12:33PM -0600
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*Quiet Walk*

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

2 Chronicles 34

Josiah leads Judah into righteousness.

INSIGHT
It is almost impossible to imagine the Law could have gotten lost in

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Topic: Oasis of Peace 06-29-10
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From: "Honeybee" <honeybeerhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 01:33PM -0600
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Oasis of Peace

Deep inside our consciousness is an oasis of peace. This is the
molten core of the soul, but

it is not hot, it is cool. Not passive, but a source of inner power to

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Topic: Letting Go of Sorrow 06-29-10
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Date: Jun 29 01:33PM -0600
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Letting Go of Sorrow

If I allow bitterness and resentment to fester inside, it will
make my relationships guarded and unsatisfying. The more I close down
to others, the more I become a

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Topic: The Daily Motivator - Another road 06-29-10
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From: "Honeybee" <honeybeerhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 01:32PM -0600
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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Topic: DAILY WISDOM "Proverbs 17:3"
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Date: Jun 29 12:30PM -0600
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Topic: Wait Patiently ... by Ron Hutchcraft
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Date: Jun 29 08:33AM -0700
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When Nothing's Happening .......

I seem to vaguely remember this old nursery rhyme from when I was a
kid. It went like this: "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your
garden grow?" If you asked

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Topic: In Touch Ministries ... with Dr, Charles Stanley
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Date: Jun 29 06:37AM -0700
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In Touch - June 29, 2010

June 29
God Is With Us in Hard Times

Genesis 41:14-44

The Bible is relevant for every situation. Although the details of our
circumstances probably differ

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Topic: Daily Word ... from Dr. Jack Graham
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From: nls <nls1933@msn.com>
Date: Jun 29 06:23AM -0700
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Have you completely surrendered?

June 29, 2010

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen
God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."

--Genesis 32:30

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Topic: Spirit Steps ... by Keith
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From: nls <nls1933@msn.com>
Date: Jun 29 05:58AM -0700
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Welcome to Spirit Steps

We are coming to the climax of the Day of Pentecost....Peter has
finished his sermon . What happens next is amazing.. it is awesome
and it can and will happen today..

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Topic: The Antidotes ... by Michael Inman
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From: nls <nls1933@msn.com>
Date: Jun 29 05:37AM -0700
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God and Barren Times ............

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the
vines...yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my
Savior" (Habakkuk

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Topic: Walking With Him ... by Pastor Allen
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From: nls <nls1933@msn.com>
Date: Jun 29 05:13AM -0700
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For I, the Lord your God, will hold your
right hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I
will help you.'
( Isaiah 41:13 *NKJV )

We often face troubling times in our lives that

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Topic: Quiet Waters Christian Devotions Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 11:09AM -0700
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Quiet Waters Christian Devotions
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

When I am Weak
"When I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:10

How can this statement be true? It makes no sense to the human

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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 11:07AM -0700
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A Word With You Daily Devotional

The Futility of Running Away - #6122
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The party had been going just fine until a doctor who was there got
very offended by something

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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 29 11:06AM -0700
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June 29

Philippians 3:8
. . .I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and do count them but dung,

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From: FarmHouse Friends <farmhousefriends@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 11:59AM -0600
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*Daily Thoughts *

*A Time to Think
To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect
miracle.—Walt Whitman

To Act
Become more aware of the blessings that surround you.

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From: FarmHouse Friends <farmhousefriends@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29 11:57AM -0600
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*The Upper Room Daily Devotion
Tuesday, June 29, 2010*
*

Perched on the Word

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- WEDNESDAY 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II [1 Update]
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JUNE 30, 2010
WEDNESDAY 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II

AMOS 5:14-15, 21-24
Seek good and not evil so that you may survive, and Yahweh, God
Sabaoth, be with you as you claim he is. Hate evil, love good, let
justice reign at the city gate: it may be that Yahweh, God Sabaoth,
will take pity on the remnant of Joseph. I hate, I scorn your
festivals, I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies. When you
bring me burnt offerings . . . your oblations, I do not accept them
and I do not look at your communion sacrifices of fat cattle. Spare me
the din of your chanting, let me hear none of your strumming on lyres,
but let justice flow like water, and uprightness like a never-failing
stream!

MATTHEW 8:28-34
When he reached the territory of the Gadarenes on the other side, two
demoniacs came towards him out of the tombs -- they were so
dangerously violent that nobody could use that path. Suddenly they
shouted, 'What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to
torture us before the time?' Now some distance away there was a large
herd of pigs feeding, and the devils pleaded with Jesus, 'If you drive
us out, send us into the herd of pigs.' And he said to them, 'Go
then,' and they came out and made for the pigs; and at that the whole
herd charged down the cliff into the lake and perished in the water.
The herdsmen ran off and made for the city, where they told the whole
story, including what had happened to the demoniacs. Suddenly the
whole city set out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw him they
implored him to leave their neighborhood.

REFLECTION
The prophet Amos reminds us in the first reading that piety and
prayers are not acceptable in the eyes of God if we do these only as
lip service, meaning our attitudes and actions towards others do not
conform with God's law of love. We are hypocrites if we pray and go to
Mass every day but we do not put into practice the teachings of God on
love of neighbor.

In the gospel, Jesus manifests that he is Lord and God of all by
speaking with authority to the savage demoniacs who cowered in fear
when they recognized him. He commanded the demons to go away, to be
gone, and to stop tormenting the people. After freeing the town of the
troublesome demoniacs, Jesus was ready to join the people. But instead
of being happy and grateful to Jesus for restoring peace, the people
drove him away. Why?

Do we see ourselves like the Gadarenians? When do we refuse Jesus
entry into our community? Are we too comfortable with our ways and
standing in the community that we do not want to be "disturbed" by
Christ's peace? Are we willing to repent and change our attitudes that
hinder community building? If we have to make room for the presence of
Jesus in our community, we need to remove the clutter of pride,
selfishness, and envy and put in their place humility, generosity and
concern for one another. Jesus does not force us to accept him if we
are not ready. He patiently waits for us. Let us not make him wait too
long.

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of Susan
…for good health
- Bernard Baui, Remee R. Veloso, Arian Yu, Luisita Guerrero, Chit
Vizcarra, Roxannel Lapus, Choi D. Flores
… for the personal intentions of
- Lawrence
- Nikolai Cortez
- Aydin Cortez
- Karl Cortez
- Maureen Cortez
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- William Guanzon
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What Makes a Dad
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June 29, 2010

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
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He called it ... Dad

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ON MY OWN -- Judges 1:1 NIV

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who will be the
first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?"

At the death of Moses, Joshua had been the logical choice to lead Israel.
Throughout Joshua's lifetime, Israel had enjoyed his strong leadership. He
had led them through the conquest of the Promised Land, and now most of it
was subdued. There would still be battles to fight, but the people of
Israel had basically taken over the land God had promised them. And Joshua
had left them well prepared. They had enjoyed Joshua's strong military and
political leadership for a very long time. But a great problem was about to
arise... there was no logical successor for Joshua. Israel was without a
central leader.

Joshua had taught them well. They had learned winning military strategy
from this brilliant commander. Their political prowess was not to be
surpassed. But they had not learned everything Joshua had tried to teach
them. they had not learned Joshua's lessons about God. What Israel did not
realize was that the spiritual enemies they would face were much more
formidable than the military might of the inhabitants of Canaan. The armies
of Canaan would not bring Israel down. the evil influence of the land would.

In our own lives, we generally do exactly the same thing. We see only the
surface problems - the economy, drugs, abortion, bad relationships,
co-dependency, unemployment, crime, gang violence, divorce, death of loved
ones - a list of things so long it would be impossible to complete it. What
we fail to see is the underlying truth... the truth that we cannot meet the
problems of our lives with human power alone. The only way we can
successfully defeat our enemies and keep them defeated is through the power
of God.

Our human efforts alone are like straw in the wind against the problems we
face in this world. We will succumb to the pressures and temptations of
life over and over and over again. When we rely on ourselves alone, we
fall. But when we rely on God, He gives us victory.

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full
armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the
full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to
stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm
then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate
of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that
comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield
of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil
one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of
prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying
for all the saints." Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV

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