Alarms: A signal (such as a loud noise or flashing light) that warns or alerts; a device that signals.
Many times in life there are alarms and sounds all around us that alert us to react in certain ways. For example, If you hear an alarm clock go off, immediately you respond by either jumping out of the bed and start getting dressed, you push snooze and by yourself five more minutes, or if you are like me sometimes you don’t react at all and you end up oversleeping and miss important deadlines. Maybe it’s not an alarm clock that you can relate to. Maybe it’s an alert/siren during bad weather that alerts us of potentially dangerous conditions and tells us to take shelter until the storm passes over. These are all great alarms and they play important parts in our life but there is an alarm I want to expand on and that is our spiritual alarms. How are we responding when we hear this alarm sound? I gave birth to a baby boy on April 11, 2018. I never really paid much attention to my internal alarm as much as I have since having him and it’s what gave me the foundation for this article. You see, when my child is crying and fussing it’s an alert to me that there is something wrong and he needs me. Sometimes I can’t figure out what is wrong with him to calm him, but I know there is something there and I have to do some trial and error till I find what works. We're in a battle in this world. There are alerts and alarms going off all around us. People are crying out for help and are hurting. We may not see them all; we might even forget they are there. The enemy would love nothing more than to have us, as Christians, battling with discouragement, defeat, bringing fear and stress so that we are so consumed that we don’t respond, but we can’t let him win. God reminds us in His word to stay aware of Satan’s schemes, to live alert in this world, and to stay close to Him. He arms us with the sword, the Word of God, to stand against the enemy’s lies. He equips us with strength, wisdom, and discernment through His own Spirit to stay strong in the spiritual warfare battle. He invites us to spend time in His Presence, through prayer and worship, pressing in to know Him more. It is time to wake up spiritually and start making a sound, a sound that lets the enemy know you are not asleep that you are wide awake and ready to fight. You refuse to stay quiet. Quiet while he attempts to take your family, your children, your finances, and your marriage. Speak to him today and declare that you are a child of God and with Him, YOU CAN’T LOSE!
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AuthorMy Name is Laura Perdue. I am 44 years old and married to my best friend, Brian Perdue and mommy to Carston Perdue. Brian and I reside in Woodstock Ga and serve on the action team of Fivestones Church in Holly Springs. Archives
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