“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 Jesus said worries can be a distraction that

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 Jesus talked about different instances where the word

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 We are soldiers, Jesus’ good soldiers:“Thou therefore endure

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 He continues:“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 There is an adversary and he is a

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”1 Peter 5:8 He makes it clear why you should be

“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;”Colossians 1:11 God wants you strengthened with all might (dunamis: miracle working ability) but this

“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”Colossians 1:10 Have you received eternal life?

“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”Colossians 1:10 God expects you to be

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”2 Timothy 3:12 Jesus was mocked and persecuted because of his faith declarations; declarations concerning a situation:“And when