GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE

Hey Precious Family, Friends, Life Colleagues and Supporters,

       Nice to meet you through this new venture called Google+. I am so new to this that I don't know exactly what I am doing on it just yet. Just doing as best I can figure on working it. My name seems to be set though I want to change it to Prayer Writer Terri. Couldn't find how to do so in the Google+ settings so will have to make due. O well.

       Feel free to drop me a note or leave a comment that will bless and benefit everyone.  Because we all get so inundated with negativity I created this site to be a safe place to regroup, refocus, and get balanced. Of course that means unloading all the crap that may be bombarding us or that is trying to consume us. Best way I know to fix that issue is to worship The Lord.

     Worshiping God may be an unexpected weapon of epic proportions. Worshiping God is most certainly an invaluable tool when we remember to put it to use and use it for good. It's not something one finds common to combating the war one finds himself or herself in. Letting negativity have its way in us and through us is an ugly thing that we often quite easily cave into unawares because we are so unguarded and unmindful of what's really going on and whose really involved. We see on the surface the people and things associated with them that grate us the wrong way completely overlooking the fact that in spirit and in truth we war not against flesh and blood, (2 Cor. 10:3), though flesh and blood is what we see and so easily comprehend and are most familiar with.  By the focus and attention we give whether positive or negative, and the words that come spewing out our mouths, for good or not for good, is in essence worship. We either worship God or we do not. And the best way to give the devil his due is to worship God.

     It's so easy to get distracted, upset, and turned around and upside down. It's so easy to give up, give in and bow down and cave in to negativity's darkness due to all our experiences with negativity. On the other hand, worshiping God and seeking first The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness is not something that so easily comes natural to us once we lose our innocence.  It is something we have when we are little, that's why it is always wise to enjoy the blessings of happy babies and toddlers. It's something they understand and can communicate quite well when they are not bombarded with the negativity of adults. But it is in worshiping God and seeking first The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness that we find true peace and real joy. Think about it. A wee babe has no concept of anything but true peace and real joy until he/she is forced to endure the onslaughts of negativity. Their enemy is also your enemy and he will do anything to make you lose your focus and cause you to experience anything but true peace and real joy. He will do whatever he can to divert your attention away from God and from the true peace and real joy that comes from seeking first The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Why? Because he's jealous of you. He doesn't want you to know who you are, Who's you are, how powerful you really are and can become if you knew the one weapon that can destroy him ... and that's exalting Christ and glorifying God by seeking first The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness in order to manifest Heaven on earth. He knows all that you have going for you as well as all that you have available to you. He just doesn't want for you to know it. But guess what? The devil lost his rights to enjoying all the blessings and benefits Heaven has to offer. He chose to see himself above God and attempted to dethrone God because he was jealous of God and all His glory. He thought he could steel The Kingdom of God and undermine and usurp His Righteousness. He wanted to experience all the glory and grandeur God was privy to. He wanted to experience what it was like to be worshiped and adored like God and to have as much power and authority as God. But he gave all that up when he took on a fit of stupid. And God bestowed all that upon us instead.

     There's so much I could say right now to continue this conversation but I need to communicate with Scripture referencing to fill in the blanks and reveal the truth concerning this subject which is quite extensive. Suffice it to say, lets give up all the negativity and darkness and give the devil his due by worshiping God. Worshiping God is the one thing that the devil is doing his best to make sure you never do. That was his original job, worshiping God. Now that's our job. Worshiping God is our job in every facet of life - heart and soul, mind and spirit, body and life ... even in thought, word and deed. In every possible way in which we express ourselves, in all that we think, say and do, even in how we live, work and play, we are to worship God. It's the best way to give the devil  his due. He is the only thief in our lives who comes to steal, kill and destroy our true peace, real joy, and love for God and appreciation for The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Sadly he works through people and events to do so. But on the bright side, so does God. God will also use people and events, but only to our advantage and for our blessing and benefit and nothing less. While the devil may try to tear us down, tear us apart and worse, God is on our side to bless and prosper us, to help us, to benefit us in every good, perfect and beneficial way. And the more we recognize this truth and thank God for it, the more we give the devil the walloping he so richly deserves. So lets give the devil his due. Let's worship God in spirit and in truth. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! In Jesus' Name. Amen.

(c)2014; Terri Spahr, aka (Prayer Writer Terri)