Stand Your Ground!

"I can't take much more, I don't know what to do next."  - from a friend who was nearly at the end of her rope
   
What do we do in a case like that? Do we make a few calls to get things done the way we want them, do we coerce someone, do we threaten someone. Do we cry and have a "hissy fit"?

It may sound like what we would deem appropriate; but, is it Christ-like?  Is it what Jesus would do?
  
Of course, it is not. When we have fought the good fight of faith
and there still isn't victory in a situation. There is still one more
thing that we can do. Stand your ground!
  
"Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.  Stand, therefore..."  Ephesians 6:13
  
Stand! If you haven't won, then the game is not over! Remember that we are victors through Christ Jesus. He has already won. He is our Triumphant Lord and our Victorious Savior.

Take encouragement in knowing that others have already been through the same trials of our faith.

1 Corinthians 16:13 LNT  “Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.”;  
Galatians 5:1 KJV  “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”;  
Philippians 1:27 AMP  “Only be sure as citizens so to conduct yourselves [that] your manner of life [will be] worthy of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, so that whether I [do] come and see you or am absent, I may hear this of you: that you are standing firm in united spirit and purpose, striving side by side and contending with a single mind for the faith of the glad tidings (the Gospel).”;  
Colossians 4:12 KJV  “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.”;              
2 Thessalonians 2:15 NKJ  “Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.”;
2 Peter 5:12 NKJ  “By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.”

Have a great day; and remember who and Whose you are.
Brenda Quimby Smith

"Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy." Jude v. 24 KJV

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