Checking in with God? Someone else is.

Satan checks in with the Father. But, how often do we check in with Him? Now, how much more IMPORTANT are we to check in with our Father and ask Him how we are to endure and defeat the trials that He has set forth.

Our adversary checks in with God to see what he is allowed and not allowed to do. He is collecting the battle plans that God is going to put forth in our lives. We are going to go through a trial/tribulation, it is our responsibility to seek the solution of how we need to endure/defeat it. I think, more often than not, He is testing our faithfulness to Him. Are we going to give up and say the heck with this, or are we going to cry out to our Savior and ask for His strength to endure it.

He shares his teachings with us... store up all your treasures in Heaven. He gives us tools/teachings that we can store in Heaven that we can use to rely on, trust on, be empowered on in the midst of our trials. The Lord has asked our Father to send His Spirit to us, so that He can communicate to our spirit. I will never leave you, nor forsake you. The Holy Spirit dwells in us and He will prompt us on what scripture we can apply to our situation.

I for one, do not claim that I can remember the scriptures, but I am always reminded of them... I will put the words in your mouth at the time of need.

So, what I am saying is that the battle is already won! He says that He will not give us more than we can handle. There are going to be times when we feel that He has pushed us over the edge, beyond our capacities of handling the situation. Its a trial... there is a lot of resource that we can apply that we don't really look to. Peace. Patience. Calm spirit. Praise. Comfort.

It all works together for good. Just as the levels in a computer game get tougher, so do the trials that we face. God will thicken our armor as we grow in Him. The more Satan attacks me, the more I should look to Him; just as my daughter falls, her first immediate response is... DADDY!!!

Father, Son, Holy Spirit. we come before you to ask for your strength to endure YOUR trials for our lives. And we want to thank You for Your mercies for the time that we fail. But, though Your Son, we can be reconciled to You through asking for forgiveness. We know that these trials are for us to grow in You because we are sinners, and that we need to seek you everyday to learn Your teachings. Though, it may be tough, You are the Author of our lives and we trust You will bring us though EVERY trial you put us through. Help us to look to the Holy Spirit's promptings, we ask for Your discernment of what voices we need to listen to, help us to grow together in Your body- to strengthen and uphold each other as brothers and sisters. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

(click on the comments below for scriptures)