This word is submitted by Yolanda Ballard [roarnworship@live.com]

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                         Battle Fatigue

To those who have battled long and hard to even get their head above 
the water, there is hope. There is hope to those who have not given 
up even though in the natural, there seems to be no hope. 

Never give up, for the Lord thy God is for you. He sits at the right 
hand of the Father, the place of all power, and forever intercedes 
for you. He sees you conquering, yes, a mighty conqueror, an overcomer.
He will never let go of you, and sees the victory already accomplished 
in you.

With God being for you, who can come against you without having to go 
through Him first? The steps of the righteous are ordered of the Lord. 
Everything that you go through is for the process of perfecting you. 

Yes, the fire of the Lord that we go through is for our perfection. 
When you go through the storms, see the victory at the other side. See 
the transforming power of God at work in you. 

Everything is transforming us into the image of Christ if we yield to
His work. Even our mistakes work for our good.  Now pick yourself up, 
and resist all forms of condemnation. Know that the blood of the Lamb 
has already defeated the accuser of the brethren.