God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
Please join me in prayer in my fight [Romans 15:30-33] Why do you pray? Are you not crying out to God because you are in a situation where you have no choice but to pray to God? As I meditate on the words of Psalms 116:1-12, I am taught that we, too, must dedicate ourselves to prayer, just as the psalmist decided, “I will call on Him as long as I live” (v. 2b). Now is the time for us to pray. It is time for all of us to gather together and cry out to God. And what we must keep in mind is that prayer is a battle. Prayer is fighting our own old habits and fighting the old sinful instincts within us. Also, prayer is fighting the sinful world, fighting those who oppose the gospel, and further fighting Satan. The community of the church is a gathering of militant Christians who take the victorious Jesus as their captain and wage spiritual warfare. In other words, you and I ...