What satan means for evil and harm, God weaves for good. God's will is not automatically happening on the earth, but when we partner with Him, He weaves even the most terrible things for good. 

Victory is not automatic when the enemy attacks. The Lord has put weapons and tools in our hands to win the battle every time but it is up to us to use those weapons until we see the enemy defeated. 

The feast of Purim started in 480 B.C. When you look through history you see the same spirits and evil at work to destroy God's people. What Esther and her people went through has striking similarities to the Jews in WWII. God's will prevails when His people choose courage in the face of impossibilities.

What causes some people to make it in ministry and others to not? "The one sown with seed on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately he falls away." - Matthew 13:20-21. Do you have a firm root in yourself? Do you have personal inner strength?

It is all in the name! Speaking the name of Jesus changes everything. Because of the power in the name of Jesus, the enemy is working to silence believers from speaking His name.

Bless Francis Myles for God revealing restraining orders to him. There is a defensive aspect to restraints. It gives the believer protection, and the concept of restraints protects our authority. 

At some point, most people ask themselves why there was a tree in the garden that God had forbidden. God’s restraint allows us to have authority in the earth when we honor it with our obedience. For years we studied this concept in the form of forbidden areas but found it much more understandable when it is as simple as “restraints give us protection!”

Are you reviling the enemy or taking authority over the enemy? They are two very different things. One is done out of the flesh and one is done with the power of God’s Spirit. 

Does God defend the promise He speaks over our lives? Does God ensure what He speaks comes about regardless of what the enemy does? Can God's Word be twisted or invalidated even? There is a part we play in hearing and protecting the Word of God.  

The blessing of the fear of the Lord: fear of the Lord creates a boundary between those who belong to the Lord and the wicked. God's presence is love to those that love Him but terror to those who are His enemies. Download fear of the Lord Scriptures at www.crosslines.net