The enemy of our souls is real. If you’re married, the target on your back just got bigger. If you’re in a Christian marriage, enlarge that target on your back again. Raising children? Up the collateral damage 1000%. The enemy we speak of is not interested in your marriage—not really. He’s interested in your children. That’s right. If Satan can take out your marriage, he’s got a great shot at your kids. And at the end of the day, it’s the next generation that’s going to pay the price. It’s the next generation that we must fight to protect.
We are living in an era where a covenant is not worth much. However, God sees things differently. He sees the covenant as it was designed to be seen: as eternal. Nothing in this life that’s worth doing is ever easy. Parenting is worth the struggle. Kids are worth it. Your marriage is worth it. No struggle = little value. Period.
“Marriage in our culture is under attack because it’s God-designed and everything designed by God is on the cultural chopping block under the guise of ‘tolerance.’ ( See more at: http://timewarpwife.com/fight-marriage-three-things-every-struggling-wife-needs-know/#sthash.UHbE78fa.dpuf )
And Pastors’ wives, Satan is really gunning for your marriage and your ministry! However, God wants you to take your rightful place--to live and move in the strong position in which He has placed you. From this strong position, you can see your enemy clearly, and you have the power, through Jesus Christ, to stand against and defeat anything he throws your way. You also are in a position to go on the offensive and advance the kingdom of God.
But you have a choice to make. You can sit back and let the devil have his way. Your marriage can get walked on; your ministry can be stomped on. Or you can say: "Not today, Satan. You're not taking me out. You're not taking my husband out. You're not taking our ministry out."
(See more at: http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/women-in-leadership/5924-fight-for-your-marriage#sthash.ovBF76fy.dpuf)
Husbands and wives: whether you’re engaged in “Pastoral ministry” or not, you are still ministers of the Gospel in your home, in the workplace, wherever you go. God has given us the tools to defeat the foe, and keep him from destroying our witness.
1. Pray the Word: God's Word is powerful, and He says it will not return to Him void but will accomplish that which He sent it to do ( Isa. 55:11). Move beyond the namby-pamby prayer, “Lord, help my husband/wife to have a good, safe, day. Amen.” Learn to pray the Word, using the Word, over your spouse and yourself. Wives, let the fierce anger of the Lord (Genesis 3:15) rise up in you, and see the mighty work of God’s transforming power. It works!
2. Walk in obedience: Another way to fight for your marriage is to walk in strict obedience to God’s ways for husbands and wives, EVEN when the world and your own feelings disagree. The enemy wants to take us out of our strong position. Satan doesn’t have the authority to take us out of our strong position, so he tries to get us to leave it ourselves. He is afraid of the power we have through Jesus Christ, and he knows the power married Christians possess to enlarge the Kingdom of God. So he tempts us to abandon God’s plan for marriage. How does he do it? – he works on our minds through deception, as always.
Join us tomorrow for some of the wily deceptions the enemy has been working behind the scenes for generations, yay, centuries, for such a time as this. You may have thoughts on some of the obvious attacks, and others that are more subtle and insidious. We welcome your comments, as we band together to FIGHT FOR OUR MARRIAGES AND OUR FAMILIES!
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