The church must and will fight against seen and unseen foes. Satan’s agencies in human form are on the ground. Men have confederated to oppose the Lord of hosts. These confederacies will continue until Christ shall leave His place of intercession before the mercy seat and shall put on the garments of vengeance. Satanic agencies are in every city, busily organizing into parties those opposed to the law of God. Professed saints and avowed unbelievers take their stand with these parties.45Testimonies for the Church 8:42.

God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath. Those who have been warned of the events before them are not to sit in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble….

It is no time now to allow our minds to be engrossed with things of minor importance…. The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon. It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger.46Testimonies for the Church 5:452.

The time is coming when God’s people will feel the hand of persecution because they keep holy the seventh day…. The man of sin, who thought to change times and laws, and who has always oppressed the people of God, will cause laws to be made enforcing the observance of the first day of the week. But God’s people are to stand firm for Him. And the Lord will work in their behalf, showing plainly that He is the God of gods.47Testimonies for the Church 9:229, 230.

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Prayer Requests
—-Please pray for my grandson his name is Daniel he has left the Lord he’s 15 years old and he’s struggling with his own life he’s searching however he’s in a lot of pain he lost his mother when he was 10 she died and his father is non-existent, Joann
—-I have a few people I would like prayer for. Anon
—-Please pray for my daughter Rebekah. She had major abdominal surgery on Thursday and Friday it was found out that she has a blood clot in her upper arm. Ilene
—-My brother-in-law is a manipulative snake. I’m so tired of him trying to get his way. I really need prayers. I need to rise above this and be like Jesus in my thoughts and behaviors towards him. Anon
—-Please pray for a fellow missionary named Scott..he has drooping corneas. Bonnie
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Dear Friends,

When Ronnie Jay was still living at home, he and I often went places together. Sometimes it was going to a wildlife area so he could take pictures, sometimes it was on a walk on Sabbath afternoons, sometimes it was simply going to the grocery store. One such time, when we got out of the store, I was pushing the shopping cart and Ronnie Jay was standing at the side sort of pulling it as we walked along. He was thinking, “I wonder why Mom is going this direction. I thought we parked over there.” I was thinking something similar about his leading, but I thought, “Oh well, it isn’t the first time I’ve forgotten where I parked.” Finally, Ronnie Jay said something concerning the way we were going. I told him that I was following his leading. He laughed and said that he had been following mine. At that point, I pushed the trunk latch and a few rows over we found the car. It was so funny that we made up a little joke—What happens when two people who are followers are let loose in a parking lot? They never find their car.

Having no one leading in a unimportant situation just brings a feeling of silliness or embarrassment, but how dangerous it is to follow the wrong person or group in the important things of life. How vital to our present and future happiness it is to choose the right leader. God’s Holy Word tells us, “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil” yet it is so easy to do so. Ex 23:2 Amos asks, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” Amos 3:3 Often we are lured into the wrong path by friends or acquaintances before we realize what is happening. They seem to be harmless, yet before long we find ourselves making a compromise here and another there until we are in harmony with them and caught in the devil’s snare. Sometimes we allow the media to guide our thinking until we begin to love what used to alarm us.

We have a great adversary who often tricks us into following him into the wrong path. Peter says of him, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 As that old lion walks about, he bids us follow him into the trap he has prepared for us. Jesus warns of this and gives us some much-needed advice, “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt 7:13, 14 Daily we must ask ourselves if we are allowing others to lead us away from that narrow path. If they are, we must turn from them and step back onto the way that leads to eternal life.

May we follow our Dear Saviour as He leads us to His Heavenly Home is my prayer.

Rose

Source: https://rosesdevotional.org/seen-and-unseen-foes-2.html