He attacks in two forms; Roaring Lion & Subtle Serpent

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: ~ 1 Peter 5:8

From yesterday’s and today’s back-to-back Oswald Chambers on our suffering as a requirement for our deliverance…from the evil one:

The suffering of the sanctified are caused by the growing into the idea of the will of God…The child as it develops, suffers; it is a false mercy that spares a child any requirements of its nature to complete the full stature of manhood, and it is a false mercy that spares the sanctified child of God any of the requirements of its nature to complete “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” God does not deal with Satan direct, man must deal with Satan because man is responsible for his introduction.

It’s no accident that the generation that spared the rod and replaced it with “quiet time,” yielded the generation that is unable to discern man from woman, and right from wrong. It was all by design. But how and why? What critical guard was let down in our society to allow such evil in?

Pray for September 10^th to be the Turning Point this nation SO desperately needs…

“Perhaps most troubling was the tepid response from many American churches to Kirk’s assassination. While some pastors boldly honored this Christian martyr, others remained silent, apparently more concerned about splitting their congregations than proclaiming truth. Miles challenges this cowardice: “Nothing irritated Charlie more than trembling and weak pastors.” The early church celebrated their martyrs—Stephen, James, Peter, and Paul. Can we imagine the apostolic church ignoring such sacrifices? Yet many modern pastors chose comfort over courage when their brother in Christ was murdered for the gospel.” ~ Charlie Kirk Martyrdom: A Wake-Up Call for the American Church

“So, the Gospel is going everywhere except the church!” ~ Mark Driscoll

And this morning a brother who writes from behind a pseudonym posted these words from Charles Spurgeon on the Project Civica prayer thread, Believer, what has happened to the Church? Are we not the body of Christ?…Have we become so rich that we no longer need Him, the One whose body we compromise (Rev. 3:17)? The Church has been weakened by “churchianity,” which is all show and no go. We are, at large, become lukewarm and ready to be spit out of His mouth (Rev. 3:16). We have pushed Christ out and invited the world in.

Christ began and ended His earthly mission leading us by the example of His suffering. At the beginning after 40 days of prayer and fasting, which few if any of us bother to do, he resisted the three temptations by applying Himself, heart and soul, to the Spirit of the Father…as we choose instead to apply our time and energy to the internet of things, from the comfort of our living room…courtesy of the evil one. He gave us the way out on Calvary. Who will stand in the gap to Protect Our Kids, or Train Them Up (Prov. 22:6) for Him, in this hour? A brother posts on FB, “Men’s retreat. Looking forward to this weekend. Can’t wait to see what the Lord has to say.”

You can’t make this stuff up…

Please join us every morning at 8:30am EST for the “Charlie Prayer”. September 10, 2025, America’s TURNING POINT! The day America turned from the grip of Satan to the LOVE of Jesus. #PrayItSo! 🙏♥️🙏