Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15.

As we move into this time of harvest and extending Christ's redeeming love into the earth,

Holy Spirit has been maturing the church into, quote, Ephesians 413, a mature man, the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

The authority that comes with this is not a right to control people, telling them how to think and what to do.

Instead, it is to liberate them from control,

the dominion and influence of spiritual darkness. Lyers and propagandists twist the scriptures,

stating that words like kingdom, dominion, rule, overcoming, weapons, warfare, etc., imply that we want to force

Christianity on people. They accuse us with words and phrases like Christian nationalism, dominionists,

and others attempting to shame and silence us.

This is the same dishonest tactic that labels those who disagree with them as homophobes,

hate mongers, etc. Don't be distracted by this. Satan has always

used lies. He's the father of lies, after all. True Christians love people, love all people,

just as Christ does.

Those who know the Bible are very aware that our battle is not against flesh and blood,

but against spiritual forces, and that our weapons also are spiritual.

Even our involvement in government is not to control people, but to protect and promote liberty and justice for all, including Christians. The church is moving forward in its ability

to represent Christ in forcing his victory over darkness.

My friend, Randy Lobbcher, addresses this in the following powerful thoughts.

Our title is no longer on the defense.

Randy says, in November 2020, I had the honor of being in Coutersport, Pennsylvania,

with my friend Dutch Sheets and a team of leaders on a prayer assignment regarding our nation.

It was a powerful time of prayer, declarations, and decrees.

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