Now I want to get to the central word, the final word, but the central one.
I'm going to present it to you in a way that I have not presented a word before, or
kind of, I'm gonna present it kind of backwards and how it came to me.
This week I knew I had to receive, I had to pray for the words for the year and I was
ministering in Illinois and a man comes up to me and gives me a coin, a special
coin, and on the coin is a scripture. I see the scripture and I said whoa. And I
did, I covered this up just so I could reveal it at the time, in the message.
So this is what he gave me. ... this coin. Scripture on it. Made of metal.
Words engraved. And the thing is it was the same scripture that I got just before.
Because before this, within a few weeks before, somebody gives me another object.
It's this. It's a cube. And the cube has a scripture on it. Same scripture as this.
Both engraved in metal. Both the exact same verse on it. I will tell you
in a moment. But before I got this I got something else.
Somebody gave me a gift. And it was this. Metal. Engraved with a scripture.
Same exact scripture! So I mean I, I don't usually get scriptures in metal.
And the same one. It said, the Bible says two or three witnesses. You've got a, got a coin or
a medallion, you've got a cube, and you've got ... got this. And what is it? The scripture on
each of them is this. Put on the full armor of God.
So that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
The medallion has the scripture around it on each, and here it has, here it has all
the things that you put on. And it has the, in the middle, you couldn't see it, but
is the armor of God. The cube on each side has, this is a shield, a helmet,
a breastplate, all these. That's what the six sides of the cube are. And this,
the full armor of God. The helmet, the breastplate, the belt, the shoes,
the sword, and the shield is the whole thing. Put on the full armor. I think God knows
how to make a point. God knows how to get things across. You could be very dense,
I could be dense, but it's hard to ignore this. We can't ignore it. This is gonna
follow what I shared on Friday night. Let me read the entire passage. Finally,
Ephesians 6, finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.
Put on the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the, of the enemy. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against rulers, the powers, against the world forces of this darkness,
against spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places. Therefore take up
the full armor of God, so that you'll be able to resist in the day of evil. Having done
all, stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth
the belt of truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, having shod
your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. In addition to all take
up the shield of faith by which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming
arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at
all times in the Spirit. And with this in view, be on the alert with all
perseverance and petition for all the saints and pray on my behalf
that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with
boldness the mystery of the Gospel for which I'm an ambassador in chains that
in proclaiming it I may speak boldly as I ought. Now, it may not be the scripture
I would have chosen, but I'm not choosing it, because it implies a fight. Warfare.
And who wants warfare? But I got it three times in metal. The scripture is one
of great power, of great encouragement. The fight is there anyway. You can't avoid
the fight. Problems. You can't avoid them. Conflict, challenges. It's part of life.
It's part of being in the Kingdom. It's even part of being outside the kingdom,
except that you're on the wrong side. But you are on the right side. And in the big
picture the times in which we live, morality, culturally, socially, spiritually,
the fight is in full force, people of God. Even with a reprieve we have for
the moment, the fight against the ways of God is at full throttle. The fight over
religious freedom, over morality, over marriage, over gender, over Israel, over
Jerusalem, over the Gospel is raging. If we don't fight we're saying yes to evil.
If we don't fight we're saying yes to bondage. If we don't fight we're saying
yes to defeat. If the light does not fight it's giving the victory
to the darkness. Not only culturally, not only in the society, but personally in your life!
You've got an enemy. You have to fight. If you don't fight, you're giving him free
reign to hinder you, to enslave you, to keep you in bondage, to paralyze you,
to keep you in fear. A slave is not a fighter.
A fighter is not a slave. If you don't fight you become a slave. If you fight
you're free. I mean even, even armies that went down fighting they went down free.
You have a fight. You have an enemy. But you've been given, look what ...
You've been given power upon power upon power to stop him from winning and
to enable you to have victory. But you have to fight! As I shared on Friday,
don't fear the fight. I didn't share the scripture, but I shared what I had ...
... don't fear this fight. Don't be intimidated by the fight. Never give up.
Embrace the fight. Get into the fight. Believers want to live a victorious life.
You want to live, you want a victorious life, you cannot live, it is impossible
to live a victorious life unless you have a fight to have victory over. The only way
to have a victorious life is to embrace the fight. Fight the fight, by the power
of God. Just a few days ago we got hit with a kind of crazy attack in
the bureaucratic realm, but crazy. And I'm dwelling on this thing ... on this issue,
how do we deal with this? And it hits me, it concerns the exact, the attack
concerns the exact area that we prayed to move forward in to higher ground this
year. And I thought of course, of course. it is. The enemy attacks the very same
area that you are called to advance in, and to have victory in. When the enemy
attacks, don't get discouraged because there's a reason for the attack. It ...
the attack will often be a clue to the area that you are to have victory in,
that you are to actually advance in. I mean, come on, think about warfare.
Of course the enemy attacks where he knows that the troops, that are ... going to bring
victory to the other side. Of course he does. So when the enemy attacks, take it
as a sign. And often the area that he's attacking is the area that you're
to have ... not defeat but more victory.
The most famous battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. In that battle
a college president who had joined the Union Army named Joshua Chamberlain
with his men took a little hill called Little Round Top. It was one of the most crucial
sites of the battle if not the most crucial. If the Confederate Army could
take it, they could have changed the entire outcome of the battle. It was
the high ground. And they came to take it. They came in waves and Chamberlain and
his men found themselves outnumbered, outmanned, and they were down, their
ammunition was running all out. It was virtually finished. It was certain defeat.
A massacre was waiting to happen. but then Chamberlain did something that
surprised everybody. He ordered his men, who were running out of their ammunition,
without ammunition, to begin running down the mountain with empty guns. Screaming.
Shouting! Shouts of victory. They start running down the mountain without
ammunition. Nothing. It's all a bluff. And the enemy goes into confusion.
And without ammunition they win the victory. They decided to do something unthinkable.
To turn the enemy's attack around from defeat to victory. You've got to do
the same thing people of God. The area that the enemy is attacking you in
is the area, not only, you are not to retreat in, but you are to take the fight in,
not just defend but actually advance in it. Take new ground in it. Have breakthrough
in it. So when it happens don't panic, don't fear, don't get discouraged.
You are more than a conqueror. Turn it around. I remember when the town, when we lost
the vote and it was all over on the building and we were so discouraged, but then just
something welled up in me. It had no reason. It had no earthly reason at all.
Because we were told it was impossible from now on. And I just said no. We are
gonna fight. This is the enemy and we're fighting. And God gave us the victory.
You know we just saw a film on Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill you know, you know, England was, was, was being overwhelmed.
Hitler took the whole continent of Europe. It was hopeless. The ...
the entire English army was gonna be wiped out. They were, every nation had fallen.
Not one nation had stood. Within months everything fell and it was hopeless for
England. And they were telling Churchill, make a deal with Hitler. Make peace.
But if you do that what's gonna happen is Hitler's gonna take the island.
And Churchill said no. No matter what. Even if we go down fighting we're fighting.
Because we are not giving in to evil. And because of that, if he had given in, if he
had not fought, if that one man, and had not stood all history could have been
changed. And if they had not fought, they would have been enslaved. So it is in
your life. if you don't fight you're accepting it. Don't accept what the enemy
has done. Don't accept what the enemy has given us, his terms. Don't accept it.
You have, you're gonna be used in great and mighty ways. You have to take up
the fight. You've got to prepare for the fight. You've gotta have a fighting spirit.
It's a good fight! It's a fight that God's people always have to take up. Abraham
had to take up the fight of faith in order to enter the promises. Jacob had
to wrestle with the angel in order to receive the blessing. Joseph had to fight
the fight of hope against discouragement to fulfill the calling on his life. Moses
had to fight the fight against slavery in Egypt to lead the people to freedom
against high powers. Joshua and his generation had to fight the Giants in
the land in order to take the promised land. Gideon had to fight the Mideonites
all, against all odds. Elisha had to fight a kingdom of evil to see the miracle of
God and the fulfillment of his calling. David had to fight Goliath against all
odds to become king. The Maccabees had to fight against overwhelming odds to drive
out evil from the land and restore the nation to God. The disciples had to fight
against the odds of the Roman Empire to fulfill the Great Commission, but they
did and they changed the world. If any of these had not fought the fight,
they would not have won. They would not have entered in. They would not have overcome.
They would not have received. They would not be free, and you never
would have heard of them. Do not fear the fight people of God. Do not fear
the problem. Do not fear the challenge. Do not fear the enemy. Every fight, every problem,
every challenge will be a doorway to a victory, to a miracle and an inheritance
in your life. See it that way now. You're a fighter. You're not a conqueror, you're
more than a conqueror. Take up the fight. Don't accept the bondage. Fight the fight.
Don't accept this sin in your life. Fight the fight. Don't accept the enemy's
attack on your walk. Fight for your walk! Fight for your calling! Don't accept
the enemy's attack on your family, on your marriage. Fight for it! Don't accept any
evil. Fight for it, and never give up. Don't take it anymore. You're not a slave.
Fight! Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the full armor
of God, man of God, woman of God. Put on the full armor. Gird up your belt of
truth. Fasten your breastplate of righteousness. Tie up your sandals of
God's will. Strap up your helmet of salvation.
Lift up your shield of faith. Take up your sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God. For the fight is for your sake, for your calling and for your
blessing. And if you fight the good fight this year you will have victory
this year. For you have been appointed for nothing less than victory! Amen, and
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