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Originally Posted by Nell
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
I believe many LC members have already received this "troubling." As Jesus Himself admonished us, "Watch and pray."
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Yes, Jesus taught to watch unto prayer. Also he taught that every word should be fulfilled. So the word and our prayer life are our engagement with God - first we get the divine speaking, and our prayer is an assent back to God. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven."
The key for me is not to react to what people are doing, have done (that includes us). Your situation may look unpromising, even grim. But, "Your word O L
ORD is eternal, it stands firm in the heavens"~Psa 119:89
Focus on the Word. It is the conduit to Jesus. It's the conduit to the power that raised Jesus from the dead, that now will give life to our mortal bodies. It is the basis of our prayers to God. By faith we speak God's word back to heaven, and the heavens open, and the angels of God ascend and descend upon the Son of Man.
If your friends and relatives see you seeking Jesus in the Word, you will have peace. And the King will rule, forever and ever.