His covenant with us

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Maybelle Kirkland, For the News-Leader
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When we shout out loud in the midst of seeming disaster, God immediately hears and comes on the scene to confirm His covenant with us. We occasionally find ourselves in positions where it appears that we are outnumbered, outclassed and headed for defeat, but thanks be to God, that is not the final report.

The truth is we cannot shout that loudly if we do not have a covenant with God. It is confidence in the covenant that inspires us to shout when fear tries so desperately to be the order of the day. When we know our covenant, we will declare God Himself is with us for our captain and to fight a covenant child is to fight against the Lord God and ye shall not prosper.

It doesn't matter if it appears that the enemy is before us or behind us, when we covenant men and women cry to the Lord. When the new breed of priest sounds the trumpet, we split the ear of the enemy with the sound that is loud enough to reach the ear of our Father, whose ear is unaffected by the sound except to respond to it on behalf of His children. Lift your voice, split the ear of the enemy and watch the hand of the Lord deliver us from every adversity. We thank God for the covenant He made with us. We will continue to shout His praises in every effort of the enemy.

We sing praises to God, peace on earth and good will to all men. Celebrating Christ's birthday is something we do once a year, but celebrating the life He gives to us is something we celebrate all year long. We are grateful, and thankful for the life He gives. He is the reason for the season. Have a very blessed season.

Birthday wishes to Laura B. Wilson, Melvin Benjamin, Michael Jones, Rose Green, Lillie Melton, Nittaya Johnson, Judy Albertre, Carol Jordan, Stephanie Martin and Charlie Jones Jr.

   

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