The Soldier of The Cross has His agenda as the priority for each day.    Soldier, what is the purpose of distraction?   It is to dilute your use of time, your use of your own faculties and your need to take care of yourself before attending to the needs of others.    We are to be transformed into His Likeness  What does that mean?  He went to the Cross.  For us. Without Complaint.    What is your life about?  It must be about knowing Jesus.     It must be about following Him.     It must be about rescue.    It must be about loving the unlovely.    It must be about a Ministry of Life.    Have you understood that each day must have an eternal purpose?  Are you standing before Him in obedience and agreement?    At best, your life is a few years.  Eternity is without measure.    Watch your mouth in  your home.  Is the problem whether or not you are accurately understood?     Are you desperate about finances?    Are you hated?    Can you say that you know you have experienced His Touch?    Is there anything else?    Is there Anyone else?

   In war, the first priority is to cut off the enemy's communication.    Soldier of The Cross, it is the enemy's strategy to cripple your prayer life and your taking in of God's fresh revelation through His Word.    We all know it.  We also all know that it takes an extra effort and determination to be faithful in this area.    Press on.    Encourage others.    Memorize.    Invest in eternity.

   How does a Soldier of The Cross move throughout the day?    By prayer.    In agreement with God.    With abandon to personal preference.    Seeking to serve.    Listening to others attentively.    Refusing negativity.    Determined to Love.    Soldier, He loves you so.  He died for you and He counted the shame as nothing because you were the Prize.    Get things in perspective.  When you awake, decide whose day it is, and whom you will serve.  Do you really want the immediate problem solved, or do you want your treasure to be invested in eternity?    Tell Him.    Aloud.    Then, look up and move on.

   Christian Soldier, what caused you to enlist?    Were you born again?  Was it real?  Did anything actually change? Probably so, and if so, there is transformation Power. Resurrection Power.    Soldier of The Cross, there are no wimps in the army of The Lord. You must make an affirmative decision concerning whom you will serve.  Will you serve Him , or must you serve yourself?    Is there any other question?

You are responsible for the world in one way or another. The One who Came, Died and Rose Again, came to save all. It is His desire that no one should perish. The Great Commission has been given so that every follower of Christ would take upon him or herself a responsibility for the condition of the nations of the world. Soldier of The Cross, in most of the world, you must minister the sustenance of life before you can present the Gospel. A third of the world suffers from hunger. Many are imprisoned. Most of the very elderly are shut in. Hospitals are full of the ill who need to be loved and encouraged. Orphanages are full of children who need sustenance and love. All need Jesus. They need a vision. They need unconditional Love. They need Hope. They need physical help. They need encouragement. They need to see Jesus in and they needtoi see Him through His Own. Soldier of The Cross, are you thinking there is a distressing situation in your life? In God's economy, there is no such thing as a problem, and you are in the service of The King. Look away from yourself and Serve. You must discuss this with Him. Stand before Him. Let Him know you will serve those who are needy. Tell Him aloud. Watch for His leading. The Lover of Your Soul wants to lead you into freedom and delight. Invest in the eternal.

   Soldier of The Cross, everything  in existence is qualified by the fact that He Is.    His reality means that His Promises are true.    His reality means that He is carefully attentive to each detail of your life.    His reality means that prayer releases Him in your life.    His reality means that His Word is more real than the way that you feel.       His reality means that your home is in heaven and you must invest there.    Soldier, there will be no excuses. Love, Serve and Obey.

   There is no limit to God's Love.    You are able to to love even the most unlovely, because you have been commanded to do so.  God has never given a commandment without making a way for obedience.    Soldier of The Cross, Love is  not always emotion.  If you live by feeling, you will always be weak and you will be addicted to the things that produce or remove certain feelings.     God's Love is not an emotion.  It is a supernatuiral expression of who He is.    He wants to Love through you.

   Every man has been created with a God-shaped vacuum.    Until he meets the Lord, there is no deep, abiding Peace, and there is no answer concerning eternal issues.  Until he meets the Lord, he does not truly know who he is.  Until he meets the Lord, he can not clearly see anyone else.    Until he meets the Lord, he does not have a purpose for the day.    Soldier of The Cross, We have The Great commission, and we may not ignore the call because of personal circumstances.  Many are suffering and dying.    Look away from your own circumstances and raise your hand in obedience to The Master. Do it in prayer.    Aloud.    Today.

   Many Christians limit what God can and will do in their lives.    We talk and sing about an omnipotent God, yet, we fret and fuss about the storm, even when He has told us He will calm the winds.  The problem is that as soon as we feel the storm, we want it to end.     Does He know what is best?  Is there prayer that addresses His Sovereignty and Wisdom.  Is the thought life fed by verses that reaffirm His greatness and our limitations?    Soldier of The Cross, when you take up the Cross each day, it means agreeing with God.  Can there possibly be anything better?

   What is the meaning of life?    Is there a Sovereign God?     Does He care about the major issues and the minutia of your life?    Can He be influenced?       Is the Bible true?    Soldier of The Cross?  What is the bottom line for today?  You need a meaning for each hour of each day.  Soon we will be standing before the Lamb of God, and we will be accounting for each moment and each word.     What is the thing that is needling under your skin?  What does the Bible say about it?  Will you agree with God?    Soldier of The Cross, you must decide that you are going to obey His Word - you must let go of all that would encumber you.  You must press into the Race.    What does this mean?    Love and serve the Body of Christ.    Love the unlovely.    Minister to those who are shut-in.    Visit prisons.       Honor the Great Commission.  It begins in your back yard and expends as you are able to move about the glob e.    Soldier, your life is tremendously important.    Your words are important.    The look on your countenance is important.    Your use of time is important.    Your thoughts are incredibly important.    Are you a Living Sacrifice, or are you not?