God's Word is stimulating.     Revealing.      Motivating.     Convicting    Exposing.    Soldier of The Cross, we must all remember that we are fed, and cleansed by His Word.  How easy it is to let it go.  Other things press in and seem so much more critical.    Never let the urgent take the place of the important.    Are you aware of your priorities?  They should be stated in daily prayer.  Aloud.     There is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

   No human effort went in to the birth of Jesus - only humble submission.    Soldier of The Cross, may He be born into your life?  May He be seen?  May His death and resurrection be reflected as He sees fit, as you submit to Him in prayer?    He did  not choose to be recognized.  He did  not choose to be safe.  He did not even choose to be comfortable.    He chose humility.    He chose obscurity.    He chose to be rejected, even at birth.    Yet, Grace revealed Him to the Wise Men and to the Shepherds.    Soldier of The Cross, He has called your name and has extended His Hand to you for a life that reflects and reveals His Own Life.    Are you available, or do you have certain doors and boxes that are sealed?  Is there something you must have?  If that something is other than Jesus, you must present the situation to him in prayer.    There is no freedom greater than faith in the One who came as a Baby.    Have you told Him how much His birth as a child means to you?    Tell Him today.    Tell Him aloud.  He is the ultimate Responder.  He will absolutely let you know that He has heard.

   Soldier of The Cross, serving the Lord means sticking to Truth.    Gossip is not always the breaking down of communication.  It is often foolish guessing.  People love to fill in the blanks.    This is a lethal trap and  those who do not have a scriptural handle on the thought life, will fall into it.    If you interpret circumstances and read faces, you will develop a fantasy world that throws the door open to the enemy.     The enemy is insane.  What is insanity?  Separation from reality.    Soldier, avoid speculation.  Make sure you do not present facts not in evidence.  We are told that God hates false testimony and anything that separates the brethren.    Be wise.  Be quiet.  Wait for Him.    It is  not your battle, it is His.    In the meantime, there are many who need to be fed, healed, loved and saved. You must avoid the quicksand of deciding you have Holy Spirit insight into the motives and thoughts of others.    Watch for and wait for the Lord.    You must do this because you do not have all the answers.  He alone knows the unknown.

   Children must learn priorities.    God is the first priority.  The next is the person before you, and you are last.  This is the formula for release, security and sight.    Soldier of The Cross, without training, children will become the center of their own universes.  They will dictate everything around and they will easily manipulate unenlightened adults.    For a child, it does not take a lightening bolt.  It only takes a living example, and verbal explanation of what is happening.  Have you noticed that your children imitate your speech as well as your mannerisms?    If you speak negatively about others, your children will don the cloak of your opinion without understanding that is is wrong or sinful.  Even if they sense that something is not right, children instinctively reflect their parents.    What a tremendous encouragement.  It means there is an open avenue for training.    What are your values?  Your real values?  Do your children see and hear you fretting about finances all the time, or are they hearing your daily verses?  Do they hear your concerns about the lost?   When they need discipline, do you pray with them?    Are your physical possessions in order?  Is your use of time according to God's Word?  Are you in church every time the door is open?    Soldier of The Cross, your children must be prepared for eternal delight.  They should be disciplined without anger and they should be secure, because you are consistent.    Be sure to raise your children on your knees.

   Soldier, when you crossed The Line, you told the Lord He could have you.    The Spirit moved within you and revealed the beauty of being willing to let Him take your life in order to do whatever would glorify Him.  From that time, when you have read of those who have gone before,  your heart burns with the longing to serve Him, and to love Him with all that you are and have.    There is no second best.  Nothing else is eternal.    So, develop an awareness of what gets your attention and why.  The battle is in the mind.  Learn to govern your thoughts.  Bring the matter of your focus to the Lord in prayer.  Tell him about it.  He will train you.  That means that there will be exercises in faith and in learning not to look to "the left nor to the right."    Look up and move on!

   It is too easy to limit prayer to what can be.    We have the God of the Impossible.  In fact, the Bible reveals a Sovereign God whose relationship with man is characterized by miracles.    It is not possible to know Him , pursue Him, worship Him, and continue to pray according to human concept.    Those who are willing to take up The Cross and follow Him will be led of the Spirit.  They will pray for things they have never thought of.  They will pray for things they have not heard of.  They will pray for things that absolutely can not be, by human experience or knowledge.    Soldier of The Cross, there is no limit.  No boundary.  No request can be contrary to His Word, but prayer should be framed by the delving in to the infinite frontier of faith.    Most do not pray much.    Those who do are often limited by human perspective.    He can do anything.  Anything. Anything.    He can do anything, but fail.

   The Glory is in Obedience.    The Glory is in His Presence.    How can His Glory be experienced?  How can the Shekinah Glory be experienced?  By faith, of course.  By taking Him at His word and  agreeing with Him.    When the Soldier of The Cross agrees with God, there is a supernatural empowerment that is ushered in by the Indwelling Holy Spirit.  Even the most difficult matters are lubricated supernaturally    Soldier,  there is nothing more important than agreeing with God.  It is the theme of His Word.    Tell Him.    Today.    Aloud

There is a wonderful and divine lubrication that is experienced by those who walk by faith. When The Soldier of The Cross gazes upon Him and looks toward the heavenly home, the hard things of life are sweetened. It becomes a delightful sacrifice to let go of self-protection, self-exaltation and self-defense. No longer are the efforts of the enemy a successful distraction. The Soldier of the Cross has put on the Full Armor. He realizes He is not His own and has been Bought with a Price. He is covered by the Blood. He has the precious down payment of his inheritance - the Indwelling Holy Spirit's Seal of Promise. Stand still and look. All will die. All live only a few years. All must make an eternal decision. All will stand before Him. All will account for his or her use of time. Also for all spoken words. Everything that is not of faith will be burned away. Any questions?

   His Word says that He goes to the Father on our behalf.    As an attorney, that is a stunning statement to me.  An advocate puts himself in the shoes of another.  An advocate pleads the case and must know it well.  An advocate is thoroughly familiar with the law.     As believers, we have an Advocate who created us and named us.  He put the stars in place.  He designed the lily and the rose.  He runs the Universe "by His Word of Power. . ."    If all this is true and He is who He says He is, why is it so hard to pray?    Because all hell comes against it.     When you pray, you have the only Perfect Advocate who intercedes for you.  You also have the Indwelling Holy Spirit,  who enables you to communicate with Him, beyond your verbal skill.    Why does He say to come as a little child?  Because children to not have preconceived ideas.  Children come as they are, state the matter and look for the answer.    Soldier of The Cross, the more you serve Him, the more childlike you must be.    Trust Him.  Tell Him    Wait for Him.        The King of Glory will plead your cause.

   If we needed to know more about the future, He would have told us.    We know all we need to know.  We have seen a pattern of fulfilled prophecy and we know the overall plan for the remainder of Time.  We know He is coming for us and we know He is preparing  a Place for us.    We know we will be with Him for eternity.    We don't know what will happen tomorrow.  Or even in the next few hours.  No matter how much we try, we cannot anticipate much of lies ahead until He comes.   So, why try?  Why ask to know the outcome?  Many are so invested in protection from undesired results or events that the  moment is lost.   Does He know best?   Does He keep His Promises?   Is He Love?   Soldier of The Cross, the thrill of knowing Jesus is in the experience of Salvation,  enjoyment of His Body of believers, the satisfaction of service and the security of standing on His Word.    Prayer is a place to go.  We meet with One who listens attentively and who is just as interested in us in the next hours and He will be during all of eternity.    No wasting of time in wondering and fantasy.  He can be trusted.    Why worry when you can pray?