Fighting Back

Spiritual Warfare is inevitable. Why? Because there are two opposing kingdoms. There is the Kingdom of God, and the Kingdom of his enemy Satan. Those two kingdoms will never get along, and they will never be benevolent towards each other. Guess what... We are a part of that conflict, even though we may not be seeking to be a part of that conflict. Recognizing that fact, many christians choose to engage in that conflict. After all, if I am in the battle, shouldn't I fight back?

We have been taught many types of spiritual warfare though out Christianity. I find, however, that we all too often complicate the strategy of fighting. This message will strengthen your faith for the fight and show that we have won this before we engage.

Great strategy comes from God and there is more than enough proof in God's grace that we win! 

The war is raging. The battle is fierce. Victory is assured but we are still FIGHTING BACK!

Adore Him

“Holy, Holy, Holy, Is the Lord God Almighty, Who was, and is, and is to come.
With all creation I sing, Praise to the King of Kings! You are my everything
and I will adore You…” 

We sing the Revelation Song a lot at our church; we love this song because it draws such a magnificent picture of Heaven for us. Who doesn’t want to see rainbows made of living colors? As we sang this Sunday night I heard the word “adore” rolling over and over in my spirit, what does it mean to adore someone anyway? 

We talk about adoring God, our new baby or grandbaby, the dog, the cat…I really want to know what that word means, I don’t want to use it out of context anymore; surely I can’t feel the same about my cat as I do about my Savior. According to Webster’s to adore someone is:

1. To worship with profound (deep) reverence (devotion); to address with exalted (high) thoughts, by prayer and thanksgiving; to pay divine (godlike) honors (tribute) to; to honor as a god or as divine.
2. To love in the highest degree; to regard (respect) with the utmost (highest) esteem (appreciation), affection and respect; as, the people adore their prince.

Jesus, Prince of Peace, You are my everything and I will adore You!

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The above was written by Cassie Kirsch. She is our puppet team leader, and a member of the leadership staff of Living Faith Church.

"Big Mouth For Jesus" - Free Puppet Skit

The following is a free puppet skit for other christian churches and organizations to use. You are free to use these, and even alter the dialogue to fit your own puppets personality, but redistribution in any form is expressly prohibited without written permission from Living Faith Church.

This particular skit is based on Mathew 28:19-20

You’ve Got a BIG Mouth!

Song: (singing) Matthew 28:19 and 20 that’s the great commission.  

Amerikus: Matthew 28:19 and 20 says to go soul fishing.

Bob: Hey, we just sang that song earlier. What’s it really all about anyway?

Song: It’s about using your BIG MOUTH, that’s what it’s about!

Bob: That’s not nice! You shouldn’t tell people that they have big mouths! All I want to know is what the song is about. I mean, how do you go soul fishing anyway?

Song: Oh, that’s easy! Like it totally means that we’re supposed to tell people about Jesus!

Bob: What are we supposed to tell them?

Amerikus: We are sposed to tell them about how Jesus loves them.

Bob: Okay, what else?

Song: Tell people about how Jesus did miracles and things.

Bob: Okay….what else?

Amerikus: About how Jesus died for their sins. Like ya totally gotta tell people about that part!

Bob: Okay, let me see, Jesus loves us, He did miracles and stuff and He died for our sins…Hmmmm

Song: OMG!! Like I totally forgot about the most important part! I can’t believe I forgot the part where Jesus, oh this is great, He was dead for three whole days and on that third day He came back for the dead!

Bob: Like a ghost or something? But Jesus isn’t a ghost!

Amerikus: No, Jesus isn’t a ghost, He totally dominated death and hell and took the keys to hell! Then, He totally got up out of that tomb and that made it where we can be saved!!!

Bob: So that’s why we get to go to Heaven huh?

Song: TOTALLY! All we gotta do is ask Jesus to live in our hearts and we get to go to Heaven! Is that awesome or what?

Bob: That is awesome! But how is that soul fishing?

Amerikus: (big sigh) Really? The soul fishing is when you tell people all of those great things and then they totally want Jesus to be in their hearts and they get saved then they tell their friends about Jesus and it just goes on and on and on and on and on!

Bob: Hmmm, okay, now I’ve got what you’re saying! So that’s why you’re saying to use my big mouth! You thing we should have big mouths for Jesus!

Song: that’s exactly what I’ve been saying! You’ve got a big mouth and you’ve gotta spread the word about Jesus by putting that big mouth into action! See? That’s not so hard, is it?

Bob: Nope! So now I’m gonna go ask God to help me see the times that I can use my big mouth for Him! Cool, great! I think I’ll write a new rap song about being a big mouth for God! Gotta go!

Amerikus & Song: Matthew 28:19 and 20 that’s the great commission! Matthew 28:19 and 20 says to go soul fishing!

Song: Hope we have a great big catch today! (exits humming to herself)

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