Hey church family if you got your Bibles and I hope you do we're going to be in first peter chapter 5 actually

today and tomorrow we're going to talk about what do you do when the enemy comes against you

and a big part of the reason i want to talk about this is simply because uh the enemy is going crazy right now in our country.

And also part of the reason I'm wearing this shirt is my man Cam Triggs, Grace Live Church.

One of the things that helps me when national news comes out, like we're all, you know, experiencing

right now, again, is not to think nationally, but to just think about my friend. And so when you

see me with these shirts that I have on from other churches, it's just because that time I've just dedicated

that every time I noticed my shirt,

I'm just going to pray for my friend that day.

And so I hope you'll do something similar.

Well, First Peter chapter 5 talks to us

about what we do in response to the enemy's attacks on us.

And Peter gives us some very specific, tactical ways to stand firm against the enemy in his evil

scheme.

So 1 Peter chapter 5 starts out this way.

So I exhort the elders among you.

So the next section is four elders.

So this isn't for you.

There's only for like seven of us right now at the Church of 1122.

However, the reason I think it's applicable for us is this, is that elders are supposed to be an example for the entire flock.

And so we'll see this in a little while, that though everyone may not be

qualified or called to be an elder or anointed and appointed to be an elder, that's fine. But a part of

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