Sabbath Keeping ~ a battle

“And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them (the enemy). Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.” ~ Nehemiah 4:14 ~

~ Satan can’t destroy what God protects! ~

“Enemy occupied territory – that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed…and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.” ~ C S Lewis ~

“For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.” ~ Martin Luther ~

“I choose to be kind because it makes me happy. But I will defend my boundaries and my loved ones without hesitation. Make no mistake: I am fierce.” ~ Nanea Hoffman ~

“I asked God, “Why are you taking me through troubled waters? He replied, “Because your enemies can’t swim.”

“You should never sacrifice three things: your family, your heart and your dignity.”

“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” ~ J R R Tolkien ~

“You get into fights with the people you care about most because those relationships are worth fighting for.”

“Love is not only something you feel, it’s something you do.” ~ David Wilkerson ~

“I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln ~

“The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.” ~ G K Chesterton ~

“I think our job as parents is to give our kinds roots to grow and wings to fly.” ~ Deborah Norville ~

“Live so when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ~

“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” ~ Confucius ~

“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” ~ Billy Graham ~

“Your greatest contribution may not be something you do but someone you raise.”

“Let the wife make the husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave.” ~ Martin Luther ~

“The older I get the more I realize the importance of walking away from people and situations which threaten my peace of mind, my self-respect, values and self-worth.” ~ Karen Salmansohn ~

“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.” ~ C S Lewis ~

“It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.” ~ Dorothy L. Sayers ~

“Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we 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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” ~ Ephesians 6:11- 18 ~

For your prayers, thank you. Today is the first day since Christmas I’ve felt back on the road to good health. In southside Virginia a pernicious upper respiratory illness has been making the rounds and people have literally been sick since Christmas. In addition to my holistic health practitioner, I’ve found an excellent GP who prescribed antibiotics and they are working.