August 25 - 26 -- Evil Days -- Lomé.

Good Morning, This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice in it.  Do not think about tomorrow; today has sufficient evils of its own.  From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the Name of the Lord is to be praised. There was evening and morning and the first day.  Do not let the sun go down on your upsetness.  Over and over the Scriptures teach us to live one day at a time.  There will come a great and terrible day of the Lord.  But we are to live today.

We are told to put on our spiritual armor.  The armor is complete from head to toe and includes shield and sword.  Why do we need to don this armor ?  It is heavy and uncomfortable to wear around all the time.  We are told that it is our armor that enables us to remain standing on an evil day.  Notice that !  All that fantastic and powerful armor and yet on an evil day we merely remain standing.  That is victory on the evil day when we get to the end of the day and simply are still standing.

I have been reading emails and text messages and Facebook messages from far and wide around the world.  Many of my friends have been encountering evil days.  Homes are being broken up, sickness is ravaging bodies, brothers are being set against brothers, homes are being threatened by floods and by fires, pets are sick, finances are being eaten up.  We are seeing evil days.

Sadly, many of us actually work to make our evil days more evil.  When we are under stress we lash out with anger and vile accusations at the ones who would support us.  The very ones God has sent to help us, we push them away.  

Rather than my writing at great length about these matters, let me shift the responsibility to hear Holy Spirit to you.  Please take a few minutes to go through the list of concepts from the Scripture below and meditate and listen to Holy Spirit about each one.  I know He will gladly speak to you about them.  If you find a new bit of revelation feel free to share it in a comment below.

Be Strong

Against Schemes of Devil

Not Against Flesh and Blood

Against Spiritual Forces in Heavenlies

Full Armor

Resist in Evil Day and Stand

Loins with TRUTH

Breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS

Shoes Preparation of Good News of PEACE

Shield of FAITH

Helmet of SALVATION

Sword of Spirit -- WORD of God

Pray at ALL TIMES in Spirit

ALERT

Petition for Saints and for LEADERS

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I love you and believe in you.

His, thus Yours,

  Stuart

Ephesians 6: 10-20. (NASB)  

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with 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 am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.