spiritual-warfare

Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to defend themselves by the actual practice of doing so rather than familiarity with theory.

Although terrifying, the evil ghost will probably pose no real danger to you or your family. On the other hand, if you have a demonic infestation, your entire household is in very real danger. A demonic entity will not usually confront you or induce you to flee the home. Because, unlike the evil ghost, the demon does not actually want you to leave. On the contrary, it wants you to stick around so it can destroy your life and sully your soul from the inside.

To stand against the enemy is to rest in what Jesus has already done.

Once darkness has what its wants, it drops you like a hot potato.

Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.

Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw.

Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious experiences have four common components: constant awareness of one's own inevitable death, total focus on the present moment, the valuing of other people's lives above one's own, and being part of a larger religious community such as the Sangha, ummah, or church. All four of these exist in combat. The big difference is that the mystic sees heaven and the warrior sees hell. Whether combat is the dark side of the same version, or only something equivalent in intensity, I simply don't know. I do know that at the age of fifteen I had a mystical experience that scared the hell out of me and both it and combat put me into a different relationship with ordinary life and eternity.Most of us, including me, would prefer to think of a sacred space as some light-filled wonderous place where we can feel good and find a way to shore up our psyches against death. We don't want to think that something as ugly and brutal as combat could be involved in any way with the spiritual. However, would any practicing Christian say that Calvary Hill was not a sacred space?

Old fighters keep making comebacks. We are more alive when boxing than at almost any other time.

My body is a political battlefield.It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage and repair, of blood and tears and sweat.It is a place where memories go to find purpose for their existence.It is a place where humans cast all inhibitions aside to discover what exists at their very core.It is a place of growth wearing a mask of destruction.It is a challenge, not for the faint of heart, beckoning us to face it with eyes wide open.The only war is within. When you are ready to fight it, the field awaits.

What we strive to restore and re-animate will never come from the promises of the middle class politicians, but will come instead from the spirit of the last Delphic prophecy, which foresaw that, __ne day Apollo will return and it will be forever_.

The purpose of Karate is to guide you out of trouble by any means necessary, both in actual combat and in life

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants_ and their hostages.

The Russian people were just like us. They were victims of their own government. Ronald Reagan

The good is the Enemy of the best. Until you depart from the good, you cannot enter God's best for your life.

Laboratory research suggests that how we look and act in the virtual affect our behavior in the real.

Do you not wonder about the mysteries of life?

If you do not pray, you easily become a prey!

It is not for you to determine your purpose, the reason for your existence. You discover your purpose by asking the Creator why he created you!