Satan is terrified of the man or woman who has determined in his or her heart to fulfill the call that God has placed on their lives no matter what the cost. One of the final traps of Satan on these Christians is to bite our hands and infuse us with his poisonous logic. It's always been Satan's desire to either have man withdraw his hand from being extended on God's behalf, or to distort the image of God's hand as He is revealed through man's hand. For those of us whose hands have been bitten by the very people God has sent us to help, God is saying DONT GIVE UP. God is calling us to a militant forgiveness so that God's hands will be extended through our hands to reach a fallen world. The weakness in our hands will be strengthened by the resurrected Hands of Jesus Christ.

The most exciting truth we can read in the scriptures is that the Lord is building us into a holy temple for His glory. Christ begins to rule by His spirit inside of us. Wherever we go, regardless of any demonic activity, the Christ in us will take charge of that situation. God desires to fellowship with us. He desires to walk with us in kindness and gentleness. It is in this gentle fellowship with God that we will be snatched out of darkness and drawn into the love and kindness of Jesus.

America is being warned that a catastrophe is coming soon to change the way we live forever. Jesus warns that there will be a time of great distress and men's hearts will fail because of fear. When we begin to understand the times we live in, God will send His Spirit to wake up a lukewarm church. God is calling His church to allow the Lord to conform us into His image. The message to the Church is that we are to walk worthy of the Lord in all wisdom and knowledge. We are called to pursue intimacy with Jesus and to love one another tenderheartedly. Through faith we will conquer the devil and all his wiles. God will keep us standing tall in the midst of this darkness. The Just shall live by faith.

God in His mercy will begin to speak to us through pictures. Think of the images the Lord has set before us in recent times. Images of the towers in New York City - symbols of pride and commerce that America trusts in, and in one hour they came crashing down. The Pentagon - the symbol of invincible strength, burned by fire. There are pictures in society  and in the newspapers of people given to self gratification, addicted to drugs, obsessed with wealth, publicity and fame only to be lead to an early grave. Could it be the Lord is putting before us a picture of what we are becoming as a society. Thanks be to God that there are other pictures that God desires to use to show His society. If you are in a dungeon of darkness and despair God is preparing you to be a picture to this society. Pictures are developed in a dark room. God is calling the Church of Jesus Christ to come out of these dark places of despair to be the last picture of His love, mercy and faithfulness.

Only the Word of God has the power to create and recreate. Spiritual awakening is when God speaks and He has free course in our hearts and there is no resistance to His voice. When God finds a heart that does not resist His spoken Word the miraculous starts to happen. He speaks with intelligent speech and the power behind His words begins to shape and reshape our lives. If we are truly His and have given ourselves to the Lord we don't resist what He speaks into our hearts, but rather embrace it as the highest way of life. God is calling us to believe what He has already spoken and wants us to bind ourselves to His Word by faith.

As Christians we are left upon this earth to Glorify Jesus. We best glorify Him by allowing that which is the deepest embodiment of His character to be manifested in and through our lives. There is a longing in every lost person we come in contact with to come back to their Creator. Are our lives a manifestation of the heart of God? When we encounter people that God sends our way do they see and hear Christ in us? The purest measure of success comes when there is a true manifestation of God's love the individual people that God allows to come across our paths.

When we come to Christ by Faith, He will begin to do a work in us and all things will become new. When God begins to speak to our hearts all darkness and confusion will be driven out. God knows what we are going through and the temptations we face. As we begin to surrender our hearts to Him, He will begin to point out areas where we are striving and laboring so He can give us rest.

Sometimes it is hard to hear the Lord's voice because of conflicting emotions. This message is about a type of mercy that has a militant mindset, a kind of mercy that not only chooses to stand its ground and not give way to hatred or bitterness. This is a militant forgiveness that insists upon loving. It is as forgiveness goes to war and chooses to fight for souls. God is calling us to see Him standing at the right hand of all power, totally embracing the forgiveness that He has purchased for us with His own blood. As a response to that revelation, the Holy Spirit will empower us to forgive those who continually wound and oppress us.

We are invited to come boldly to the Throne of Grace, "Christ Possessed", knowing He is Our Father and He is also our King. When God speaks and makes a decree He speaks by His Living Word and He is bound to His own promises and divine purposes. We cannot go into God's presence without a promise from His Word. When God speaks a word to you don't consult with your flesh and don't allow your feelings of unworthiness to affect your prayers. We are to come boldly with a fixed position, believing the truth and power of His Word. We do not try to persuade God, but rather are fully persuaded with a fixed position to the faithfulness of His Word.