There are times when I feel the weight of spiritual conflict. My natural response has often been to fight—to pray harder, put on the armor of God, stand my ground, and contend. Scripture certainly tells us that spiritual warfare is real, but lately, in solitude and silence, I have been thinking differently about what it actually means to fight. When God revealed Himself to Moses, He said: “I AM WHO I AM.” Yahweh. The God who is. The God who has always been and always will be.

There is a quiet place where the noise of the world finally falls away. It is there, in solitude and silence, that I find myself listening more carefully to what the Holy Spirit is saying. And I believe the Church that has been crucified with Christ is being called to stand in this hour. For such a time as this. We are not a Church that has lost the war. We belong to Christ, and Scripture tells us something very different about who we are. Paul said: “I have been crucified wi

An old friend I haven’t spoken with in many years, Cere, posted a powerful and sobering word on Facebook. He painted a chilling picture of the most evil being imaginable, one who deals in drugs, prostitution, trafficking, murder, wars, broken families, lies, and every form of destruction. Then he asked a piercing question: “Knowing my reputation… would you come?” He used that image to illustrate how the world system operates under Satan’s influence, and how too many who profe