We can either advance the kingdom or let it be taken. 

Matthew 11:12 (KJV)  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 

War is a violent thing. War is not pretty, not a glorious venture. With that being said, each and every Christian is apart of a war, we all enlisted the moment we took Jesus as our Savior..  

We are soldiers in His army, and we are all called to advance and build His kingdom. Our job, our primary duty, when not in worship, is to advance the kingdom.  

The kingdom, much like our personal relationship with God, only has two options, either we are moving forward and gaining ground, or we are giving ground.  

If we are not doing our part to move and spread the kingdom, then we are only allowing the enemy to claim ground, whether intentional or not, this is the reality of it.  

There is violence against the kingdom, and we can either be violent in return (not in flesh, but in Spirit)  or we can just give up and allow evil and wickedness to reign.  

We each must make a decision every day on what we will do that day, are we going to commit to advancing and building, or are we going to allow the enemy to take it? 

Will we stand in the way against evil, or will we continue to give way? The choice is up to each individual.  

Like Joshua I declare this  

“ Joshua 24:15 (KJV)  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” 

There is a verse from a song we sang in church a few Sundays back, it says “I believe in You
You’re the God of miracles.”

This is a fact, one that the church must come back in to. God is still a God of miracles. He still heals, He still cares for us and still works supernatural wonders.

Recently there was a word from the Lord, if you dont beleive God still loves you enough to show you signs of His love, then you need a deeper understanding of God’s love toward you.

This message was not designed to ridiculue anybody, but to draw our attention to one simple fact, God still loves us.

If God loves us enough to send His Son to die for us on the cross, and save us while we were yet sinners, will he not show us much more now when we have been redeemed out of sin and put off the old man and seek God first?

God still hears us, He still anwers our prayers, and can still perform miraculous and wonderous healing and signs for each and every one of us.

I have seen the goodness and glory of God bring forth healing, and know for a fact that God seeks to heal those who call on His name.

God didn’t stop performing miracles after Noah, after Moses, after Elijah, after Jesus, after the apostles, or after we were born. God is still true to His nature, He is still a supernatural God, with a fierce passion and love for us all, and if we will seek Him, we will find that He is, the God of the miraculous.