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DELIVER US FROM EVIL
WHEN THE BATTLE FINDS US…
“Halloween is a holiday that evokes mixed reactions from Christians.
Some welcome it with open arms as a harmless celebration for the young and young-at-heart. Others are repulsed by the darker supernatural elements associated with it.
While it may not be productive to debate the correct approach to Halloween, the holiday can present Christians an opportunity to contemplate the best way to confront the darkness we face in life, so we can understand how God is calling us to combat it.
Like Halloween, topics relating to the forces of evil draw a great deal of debate among Christians. In the introduction to one of his most popular and controversial works, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, C.S. Lewis puts it this way:
‘There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.’…”
Continue reading: https://cainspirations.blog/2022/10/30/deliver-us-from-evil
LIFT YOUR LAMPSTAND
WHEN THE BUSHEL FEELS SAFER…
“Some of us don’t love the spotlight. And we’ve all been through seasons we don’t want displayed before the world.
Seasons that send you reeling as the hits just keep coming. Seasons that make you look “less than” in the eyes of the world. Seasons that raise more questions than answers.
These are the seasons when the glare of light can sting our eyes and leave us ducking for cover. These are the seasons when we want to run from the lampstand straight into the nearest bushel we can find.
But that is exactly what the enemy wants us to do…”
Continue reading: https://cainspirations.blog/2022/10/08/lift-your-lampstand
REST. REENGAGE. REPEAT.
WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING OUT OF STEAM…
“To more than a few of us, the Labor Day holiday can’t come soon enough.
More than a few of us are all too familiar with the feeling that—instead of running our own lives—our lives are running us. A never-ending cycle of demands we can never quite stay on top of, leaving us out of breath and out of solutions.
But whether life’s pressures keep us on the front lines, or relegate us to the sidelines, it is important to understand where our true source of direction, guidance, and ultimate victory will come from…”
Continue reading: https://cainspirations.blog/2022/09/01/rest-reengage-repeat
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Cainspirations by author Kristi Cain 