KNOWING WHO, WHAT AND WHERE WE ARE.

The Holy Spirit endows you with gifts to discern the signs of the times. You must be diligent to use these gifts not only for your own good, but to be a shining beacon of hope and distinction to others, for the Adversary who comes against you is like a roaring lion, stalking around, seeking whom he may devour. It is your privilege and obligation to put what God and the Holy Spirit has given you, to good use.  You are reminded that there are many things which the Lord gives in and thru His Spirit: In 2 Corinthians 12, you are told that the same Spirit bestows individually, uniquely to all His children, the gifts of wisdom, knowledge, administration, operation, faith, discernment, healing, prophecy, understanding of speech and the interpretation of it...even miracles!

For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where (would be) the hearing? If the whole (body) were hearing, where (would be) the smelling? But God has set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him. 1 Corinthians 12: 14-18 Look around yourself; Know the signs of the times, for they grow as noxious weeds to choke out the beauty in God's gardens. YOU are His handiwork and it is therefore it’s crucial for you to continue in His work, just as the Lord and Savior did, no matter what stands against you. For the works of evil are manifest: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, and such like.

However, you are not of this world and YOUR renderings here are diverse: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: If you live in the Spirit, then walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5). Shine your light before men that your Father in Heaven shall be glorified, and you will not be found wanting when the Book of Life is opened. In troubling times, He has given you a whole armor of defense. “Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For you wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, where you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. “(Ephesians 6)

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with Christ for He made you free, and be not entangled again with the burden of bondage. (Galatians 5:1) Chose freedom...in and through the Lord and He will be with you always. THAT'S A PROMISE!