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5 Keys to Win A Fight With Faith!

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5 Keys to Fight With Faith Like a Pro and Win

 

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses.

 

5 Keys

 

1.

Have a Good Weapon – For any fight, whether natural or spiritual, you need to have the correct weapon for the fight you are involved in.  As we see in the scriptures below, our weapons for warfare are not physical (touch, feel, see, hear, taste), they are mighty before God. They are also effective in overthrowing destruction and strongholds.  So what weapon is mighty before God? Faith. . .

2 Corinthians 10:2-4 (AMP) – 2 I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers].
3 For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,

2.

Use Your Faith –  A weapon in the hands of the most skilled fighter is useless unless the fighter uses the weapon. Our faith is only useful to us if we use it. We know that the bible tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God (see Hebrews 11:6). The last person you want to displease in a spiritual fight is God. God has at His disposal, and has made it available to you, angels, powerful words, access to places, people and things that you need to win your fight. The way you access and operate all of these things is through Faith.  Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God (see Romans 10:17).

3.

You must know what God’s Word says – To be able to fight anything in the spiritual realm, you have to know the Word of God on the subject. It is not enough to hear what other people know, you have to know for yourself. You do this by developing a reading and understanding plan of God’s Word. You do this especially in times when things are going well. This allows you to read objectively and get an understanding. Soldiers train for war before there is even a threat of one. They become prepared, qualified and positioned before a war ever starts. In some of their lifetime, they may never actually see war, however, they were prepared. You have to be prepared using and knowing God’s Word.

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Be Alert and Be Ready – Having faith, learning how to use it and knowing exactly how it works, is of no value to you, if you don’t realize you’re in the middle of a warzone. If you behave as if the enemy or person trying to attack you is a friend or a non threat, then you will simply communicate with them using friendship skills. You will overlook their discrepancies and not see it as a plot to steal, kill and destroy you (see John 10:10). You will make allowances for them and you will not take a stance of protection or fighting back. Many Christians make this mistake, thinking that they are walking in love. Just remember, if you are “walking in love” with your enemy, you are letting them through to hurt someone you love. That’s right. If you don’t stop the enemy at your door, they will enter your house and destroy what you’ve worked your whole life to build. If you have been building your home with God’s help and His guidance, then you are allowing the enemy to come in and destroy the work that God has done in you and through you. The enemy doesn’t want to be friends, he wants you dead. That’s the way we have to see people who are operating in the lie the enemy presents to them. Their acceptance of his lie, should not be your defeat.

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Learn to Get Back Up – In any fight, be it war or sport, there are occasions when you will miss the ball, miss the shot or be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That’s not when you beat yourself up, that’s when you get back up quickly and get in the right position. You start doing what you know is right and you keep fighting. You will win, if you faint not. Do not faint because of fear or lack of stamina to fight the enemy. You have a more powerful source of life. The enemy’s source is full of death, destruction and darkness. Keep that stuff off of you by always working with Truth and Light by Faith.

Blessings to you,

Pastor Fiona

 

 

How to be Loved in Your Language!

Every person has a love language that helps them connect more deeply with people and help them develop lasting relationships.

In His book, “The 5 Love Languages” , Dr. Gary Chapman lists 5 ways that people generally show and receive loved. In most cases we show love the way we would like to receive love, although there are a few exceptions. For example, even though you feel loved when someone gives you a gift, you may show love by spending time with people. Generally, the same way you want to be shown love is the same way you attempt to love those around you.

Although Dr. Chapman has encapsulated the way we feel loved through his years of working with couples and making his observations, Jesus already knew what would make us feel loved and show love. Jesus tells us how to love, He shows us what God is looking for, what we need and what our neighbors need. This encapsulates every person associated with our life, everyday.

In Luke 10:25-37 Jesus is explaining to a lawyer how the Law of Love works. It involves, God, you and your neighbor. You’re not fully getting the benefits and reward for loving if these three are not working in sync with each other. God has set things up so that you love Him first, yourself second and your neighbor third. Loving your neighbor third is not to be confused with putting others first. Loving yourself first is to follow God’s order and protocol so that you have love to love your neighbor with. Makes sense?

What I need to Do

  1. You have to know the language you speak – If you are expecting someone to speak love to you, they must know what dialect to speak. If they speak acts of service, and you only understand love to be giving of gifts, there will be a disconnect and a miscommunication of love. This will happen every time. It would be like me speaking Spanish to someone who only understands and speaks French. No matter how loudly or what Spanish words I speak, the person to whom I speak will only grow tired and frustrated because they do not understand what I’m saying to them, yet I expect them to be happy that we’re having a conversation.
  2. Love God – If you are mad at God and it’s developed to hatred, you are breaking the “sandwich” that God has put in place. You will come up unfulfilled. They build on each other. It will be difficult to love yourself, if you don’t love God.
  3. Love Yourself – If you hate yourself, it would be difficult if not impossible to love your neighbor. You cannot give out to someone what you cannot even do for you. If you don’t love yourself because you think that you are too bad of a person or that you are not good enough, “if only people knew the real you”. Then it’s the same way that you love other people. Anyone that you perceive is not good enough or that they are too “bad” of a person, will not be showed love by you. This is the order that God set things in motion.
  4. Love Your Neighbor – Everyone seem to think they have this one under control. They think that they don’t have a problem loving others. Well if you don’t love who God created you to be and who you are capable of being, you cannot love the same qualities or faults in someone else.

How to Figure Out Your Love Language

Your love language can be arranged into five categories and can be figured out quite easily. Here are the categories as stated in Dr. Gary Chapman’s book, The 5 Love Languages:

1.Words of Affirmation (kinds words, notes, affirming words), 2. Acts of Service (helping with chores, serving anytime something needs to be done), 3. Receiving Gifts (loves to give spontaneous gifts, especially when visiting or if they went on a trip somewhere), 4. Quality Time (sharing undivided attention with each other, could be in person or on the phone, as long as conversation is happening uninterrupted), 5. Physical Touch (being touched lovingly and on purpose, hugs)

Ask yourself these questions to help you figure out which one is your language.

  1. Which one of these actions would I miss if my loved one keeps refusing to offer it?
  2. Which one do I find myself withholding from people who I am upset with or feel don’t love me?
  3. I feel so taken for granted because no one has bothered to                                      for a long time.
  4. If I could just have one day where my family does                                         for me.

Track yourself for the next few days and see where your thoughts go when you are thinking of how great it would be if someone would just do this for me, to show me that they care.

I look forward to hearing your findings. Share with us.

With love,

Fiona Pyszka

fionas picture for websiteAbout Fiona Pyszka

Fiona is Co-Pastor of Victory Christian Fellowship with her husband, Doug, who is the Senior Pastor. She has two sons, 10 and 2 (yep that’s right:)) and she loves to help people discover and walk in their purpose. Along with being a wife, mother and co-pastor, she is also the founder and President of Fiona Inc., a company dedicated to helping people discover their purpose in life. WOVEN was developed over a decade ago to help women develop their boldness in the things of God and everyday life.