It Is By Faith

 We have all been given the gift of the Holy Spirit of Christ, Who Himself triumphed over every proud principality and power, crushing the head of sin and darkness at the greatest Cross-Road of history. At the Cross of Calvary, our Savior victoriously and irreversibly pronounced: "It is finished!"  Victory has been secured and the evil enemy of our soul is already defeated.
 Christ's sacrificial death and glorious Resurrection was the pivotal point in history when all who believe in God's only begotten Son became overcomers. God determined that all who believe in Him would become His children and be covered in Christ's righteousness.  Faith is the key to being an overcomer, it is by faith that we are saved. It Is By Faith that we overcome.
 We are ambassadors of heaven. From the time of our rebirth into the family of God to the return of Christ for His Church, we are pilgrims passing through a world of sin, en-route to our eternal home. The reason we can rejoice is that as children of God we have overcome the enemy of our soul through faith, because greater is the Holy Spirit of God who dwells in our mortal frame and empowers us with His grace and sufficient strength. Greater is He than the defeated enemy of our soul who is in the world.
 The Spirit of God has taken up permanent residence in the hearts of all His children and we have become the dwelling-place of the all-powerful, all-mighty, all-knowing, all-gracious God. We can truly rejoice that we are from God and have overcome the enemy.
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, that we are Your children, and thank You for the wonderful gift of Your Holy Spirit, Who is living within our bodies to lead and guide and protect us. Thank You that no power in heaven or hell can match His greatness. Thank You that by faith in Christ, we have overcome the enemies that seek our downfall and the downfall of those we love. Help us to withstand all forms of evil and to submit to You in all things. Give us the wisdom to resist Satan's wiles, and flood our hearts with Your perfect peace that passes understanding. Help us, Lord, to listen more earnestly to Your still, small voice, and to remember that greater is HE that is living in us than the defeated enemy that is in the world. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.