Fight the good fight

Fight The Good Fight
Pastor, you are in a battle. It is not with the church board or with your spouse. Sometimes it seems that is where the struggle is, but those are only symptomatic. Your struggle is "against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12, NIV). Remember the conflict is not centered in the board room or the bedroom but in your closet -- your prayer closet. B.T. Roberts wrote, "The most effectual fighting we do, is done on our knees. Victories won in our closets are harbingers of victory to be won on the great battlefield of life ... . Preaching accomplishes but little unless it is attended with a good deal of praying ... . Divine power comes in answer to earnest, obedient, fervent prayer." As you fight the good fight, engage in the battle on your knees.

Blessings,
Gerry Coates
Executive Director, Free Methodist Communications