One incessant fight!

Henry Law

(You will find it helpful toLISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
   
The life of faith is one incessant fight. Beneath the cross a sword is drawn, of which the scabbard is cast far away. Until the victor's crown is won, unflinching combat must go on. Our foes are . . .
  many,
  mighty,
  wily,
  restless,
  malicious,
  and diabolic.

They meet us at each step.

They lurk in every corner.

They infest our public life.

They enter our closed doors.

They are outside us--around us--within us!

Count, if you can, the hateful legions who compose Hell's hosts.
They all rush at the soul.

Survey the WORLD . . .
  its snares,
  its foul seductions,
  its enticing arts,
  its siren calls,
  its deceitful smiles,
  its envenomed sneers,
  its terrifying threats.
Each in its turn assails us. And each, when foiled, renews the assault.

Behold the HEART, and all its brood of lusts and raging passions. How often it betrays us! Yes, the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked!

Believer go forth in faith and hope! You have a Captain . . .
  by whose side no battle can be lost;
  beneath whose banner, no warrior was ever slain.

Face all your foes.

Grasp manfully your sword.

Use skillfully your shield.

Lift up your head, safe in salvation's helmet.

The fight will soon be over.

The victor's song will soon be on your lips!

"To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." Jude 24-25

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You may want to listen to this  comforting hymn on "Effectual Calling".