A prayer for strength against spiritual warfare by Jack Graham.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,

against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly

realms.

Ephesion 612.

Two brothers came home drunk one night for what must have been the 20th time.

They had been warned by their parents not to do it again, but the warning didn't seem like it was

deterring them at all. So when the father heard them come in this time, he

didn't confront them, but let them go to bed to sleep it off.

The next morning when the two brothers awoke,

their dad was sitting at the kitchen table with two pistols.

He handed one to each of the brothers.

They asked him,

Dad, what's this all about?

The dad responded,

The way you're living is slowly killing me and your mother.

You might as well just shoot us.

Cruelty. you might as well just shoot us.

Cruelty, like Chinese water torture, just pounds and pounds away at others

until they either explode into rage

or shut down altogether.

And while it may not be murder per se, it's an act of disrespect that is akin to hating others. Maybe today you're on the receiving end of someone else's cruel behavior, or perhaps you find

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