By Sidharth Mohandas

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. [Ephesians 6:13-17]

There is just one place in the armor that offers no protection- and that is our back. The message the Lord has for us is: “Never turn back in fear or you will be vulnerable to the enemies attack and will lose”.

The most powerful weapon the enemy has that can pull you down is “fear”. Now, the original meaning of “fear” is “to run away from”. Joyce Meyer in her book “Do it afraid!” relates that every human being will “feel” fear, and the bible never tells us not to “feel” fear, but tells us not to be afraid and that simply means not to run away when faced with something that causes fear.

Some years back I was called to present a paper on Diabetes and those who came to listen were quite unruly. I felt fearful and I asked the Lord to take away the fear but nothing happened. Prayerfully, I stepped onto the platform to present the paper…and to my surprise, the moment I stepped onto the stage, the fear that I felt disappeared and I presented the paper as bold as a lion. In fact, I had people come and tell me that the presentation was very good.

If you are facing some task that seems to scare the life out of you, I encourage you to press on with the help of the Lord. Do not turn your back on the devil, he will defeat you.

By Sidharth Mohandas

They overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony [Revelation 12:11]

There are countless Christians around the world who are unaware of how important it is to maintain a consistent personal testimony about the blood of Jesus.

The first Scripture I want to bring to your attention with regard to this is Ephesians 1:7, “In Him [Christ] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”.

Pay attention to the first two words: “In Him”. What does it mean to be in Him? It means to come to an end of yourself and making an unreserved commitment to Christ Jesus. Once we are in Him, the bible tells us we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins. What does it mean to redeem? To redeem means “to buy back, to pay a ransom price”. We were in the hands of Satan, but on the cross Jesus paid the ransom price of His blood to buy us back to God.

Now how does God expect us to respond? “Let the redeemed of the Lord SAY SO, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” [Psalm 107:2]

We are to SAY that we are redeemed. God tells us how to respond; now it’s up to us to obey Him by confessing and proclaiming before heaven, hell and earth what the blood of Jesus has done for us.

Do not let reasoning enter where God’s Word comes. We are to walk in the Spirit, and respond in the Spirit. If the enemy comes to you questioning the Word of God, your response must be “God said so, I believe it and that settles it!” Never be foolish as Eve, trying to convince her self and Satan that God had really said what He had. The moment you step down from the realm of the spirit into the realm of analyzing God’s word with your five senses and your intellect, you will be overcome by the enemy and in no time you will find yourself spiritually dry and empty.