Hey, I've got a special announcement for you today at the end of the message, so stay tuned to the end and come back.

The title of the message today from the book of Revelation is winning the only battle that matters.

You know, we fight about a lot of things and put our energy and passion into a lot of things, but what would be worse than winning in everything except

where winning was essential. Through this teaching, you'll know where we have to win,

and you'll know how to do it. Then I'll come back at the end with a special announcement.

Revelation chapter 12 is where we're headed. I wrote this, life has presents many opportunities

for conflict.

They're just all over the place.

People fight over words, people fight over strong opinions, people fight over traffic, certainly.

People fight over sports.

You know, almost every year someone's killed in England and some heated debate about sports. People fight over food.

Crazy things people fight over.

So much intensity, so much hostility.

Here's the thing.

You can win a lot of battles,

but if you lose this one, you lose everything.

The title of this message is,

Winning the only battle that matters.

The Bible says that we have an enemy, an enemy of our souls.

He has many names, but his primary name is Satan.

And Satan is the enemy of our souls. He's the enemy of Jesus Christ. He's the enemy

of God the Father. He's the enemy of everything good in this world. And he has a lot of authority

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