The SIX Times The Devil Is Most Likely To Attack

1. When you are physically tired.

2. Whenever you face a major decision regarding your assignment in life.

3. Whenever you are birthing a child that is destined to become a spiritual leader.

4. When a specific miracle is on its way to you.

5. When you make an effort to launch a new ministry for God.

6. When you are next in line for a promotion from God.

~A MountainWings Original as "Taught by Bishop Dale
C. Bronner from principles inspired by
Dr. Mike Murdock"

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I know we need to constantly be in prayer for our pastors who need that protective hedge around them; but I had never really given thought about other times when satan would step up his attacks.

It's kind of nice to know so you can better prepare and PRAY!

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Our Intentions are Important To God

Proverbs 21:2
"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart."

The world sees you as you appear to be; God sees you as you really are. . .

He sees your heart and He understands your intentions.

The opinions that others may have of you are relatively unimportant; God's view of you, however, is vitally important.

Your challenge, of course, is to concern yourself with God's opinion of your thoughts, your motivations, and your actions.

Few things in life are more futile than "keeping up appearances" for the sake of our neighbors.

What is important, of course, is pleasing our Father in heaven.

We do so when our intentions are pure and our actions are just.

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"The Courage To Risk Failure"

Proverbs 29:25
"The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe."

As we consider the uncertainties of the future, we are confronted with a powerful temptation: The temptation to "play it safe."

Unwilling to move mountains, we fret over molehills. Unwilling to entertain great hopes for the tomorrow, we focus on the unfairness of the today. Unwilling to trust God completely, we take timid half-steps when God intends that we make giant leaps.

Today, ask God for the courage to step beyond the boundaries of your doubts. Ask Him to guide you to a place where you can realize your full potential -- a place where you are freed from the fear of failure.

Ask Him to do His part, and promise Him that you will do your part.

Don't ask Him to lead you to a "safe" place; ask Him to lead you to the "right" place. . . and remember: Those two places are seldom the same!
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Both are from Ted Brabham's newsletter. I just love Ted's devotionals. See his link and subscribe yourself! You won't regret it!

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Fear is the beginning of wisdom....

A couple of years ago, as assistant manager at a store, I was sent to the bank to deliver a deposit.On my route there I spotted a yard sale. To my surprise there sat something I had been looking for.

Against my better judgment, I decided to stop. After all, I could lock the bag up in the car and be safe. This I did. I got out, shut my door, then... I heard the buzzer still buzzing. Just as the door tightly shut I realized what that buzzing sound meant.

That's right; the keys were still in the ignition. Now what to do? This was not very responsible on my part. The sickly feeling turned my nervous stomach at the thought of having to call the manager and explain what had happened. The fear that engulfed me was awful. She would be so upset with me. I probably would lose my job.

Mostly it was the fear. I borrowed a phone, made the call to her and got someone on the way to open the door. Standing beside my car waiting, the Lord spoke something so clear to me that day.

He said,"Do you fear Me like you do man?"

from Mountain Wings #6153

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This one just spoke volumes to me. We don't fear the Lord, His power, His awesomeness like we should.

Mountain Wings have a lot of wonderful "stories" like this one. Be sure to visit!


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Sin and the Rainbow

from Agape Press
by Rev. Mark H. Creech

John Daniel Jones, once the great minister of the Richmond Hill Congregational Church in Bournemouth, England, put it this way:

"[T]hat dark and gloomy and threatening cloud of sin is still in our sky -- a cloud full of lightnings and thunders and bodeful of storm and tempest. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none that doeth good, no not one. We are all of us shut up under the law of sin and death. But, thank God, I can see his bow in the cloud!

... When people tell us there is no cloud big with storm and tempest above our heads, when they try to persuade us that sin is a mere bogey -- it is at our peril we believe them. The cloud is there, sin exists. We have only to look in our own hearts to know that it exists. And sin is no light thing -- it is a terrible thing, an awful thing, a deadly thing.

All the world is guilty before God. And God hates sin and is sworn to punish it. But if I had to leave it there, it would be a heartbreaking tale I had to tell. For it would be a message of doom and woe. But I have not to leave it there.

God hates sin -- but he loves the sinner .... And his love falling on the black cloud of our sins creates the beautiful rainbow of mercy .... What God did in the wealth of His love in view of human sin was to give His only begotten Son, and as a result of what Jesus did on the Cross, mercy is made possible for every sinner.

Christ crucified is the rainbow.

The threatening and menacing cloud is in the sky of every one of us.

Have we all seen the rainbow?"

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Da 'Da Vinci Code' Illusion

Both from Agape Press

by Bill Fancher

It has been learned that a Muslim provided most of the funding for the making of The Da Vinci Code {I'm sure this won't change anyone's mind however...}, which opens in U.S. theaters today (May 19). That revelation has added to the anger of some religious leaders who have criticized the movie for its anti-Christian content.

Rob Schenck of the National Clergy Council was surprised when he was informed that a Muslim's financial support made the film possible. "It is enormously disappointing to know that a Muslim is behind the funding of this film," says Schenck.

According to the Christian activist, this demonstrates the double-standard by which Islam operates. "Islamic leaders would never tolerate in any form a Christian attack on Islam," {Remember the Danish cartoons? !!} he says, "and yet here we have a report now of Muslim financial backing for what is nothing more than a scurrilous attack on the faith of Christians." {This is because they fear Christianity....they know, this is one religion, through LOVE that can change the world.}

Schenck says studio producing the movie owes American an explanation. "Sony Pictures owes it to the public to come forward with that information and [explain{nation}] why they would accept a Muslim attack against Christianity when I am sure they would never do it the other way around," he says.

According to Internet Movie Database, the two-and-a-half-hour movie cost an estimated $125 million to make.


by Chad Groening

...A conservative media watchdog organization says the mainstream media have been using yet another double-standard in their coverage of a new film that defames Christianity.

Michael Chapman of the Media Research Center (MRC) says while the mainstream press have been virtually frothing at the mouth in anticipation of today's release of The Da Vinci Code -- director Ron Howard's new movie based on the eponymous novel by Dan Brown -- hardly anyone in the media has been asking Howard or any of the other people behind the film any hard questions, as many reporters did leading up to the release of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."

But the MRC spokesman believes it is no secret why the media is giving The Da Vinci Code a pass. It is doubtful the media would tolerate a film that defames Islam, Chapman asserts, but apparently trashing Jesus Christ is okay.

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Truly, is ANYONE surprised by this???? We ought not be....mainstream media has not been objective on ANY subject for the last 40 years. They have an agenda and by satan they are sticking to it......

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