Good morning everyone and welcome back to another morning's with the masters for your

devoted self to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Indeed, we

are picking back up with new morning mercies today. So with that, we'll do torches

going to take it from here. Yes, and we do want to apologize very quickly. Yesterday we

did a new morning mercies and we accidentally read from May, not April. But no, it was

honestly, we're back in April. It was the coolest God's sit-ins though. It was. It was

about the all of God and we just so happened to have that book right behind us. It was meant

to be. It was like a God wink. Yes. But we're actually going to read the correct date,

like what Tori is saying. So sorry about that, but it's also a cool thing that God was

doing. Absolutely. Okay, let's jump in. Today's it says this, don't be discouraged at the

spiritual war you're called to fight every day. The Lord Almighty is with you and wars

on your behalf. Between the already and the not yet, life is war. It can be exhausting,

frustrating and discouraging. We all go through moments when we wish life could just be easier.

We wonder why parenting has to be such a continual spiritual battle. We all wish our marriages

could be free from war. We all would love it if there were no conflicts at our job or in our

churches. But we all wake up to a war-torn world every day. It is the sad legacy of a world that

has been broken by sin and is constantly under attack of the enemy. The way the Apostle Paul

incits letter to the Ephesian church is interesting and instructive. Having laid out the truths

of the gospel of Jesus Christ and having detailed their implications for our street level living,

he ends by talking about spiritual warfare. Ephesians 6 verses 10 through 20 say this. Finally,

be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God

that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh

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