Today's Passage - Joshua 5:1

River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english Joshua 5:1   Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.   It is interesting how the enemy lost their courage when they heard about the work of the Lord. Bible mentions many times about what happened when news were heard. When Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, the enemy kept mocking and even planning to wipe them off while they were unprepared. But Nehemiah and the people were prepared, they had half of their men did the work while the other half equipped with weapons, so they were not affected by their threatening. Nehemiah 4:15, "When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it," they did no longer want to attack the Israelites.   In order for the enemy to hear, there must be telling. In other words, we need to learn to keep talking about God's wonderful deeds if we want to overcome the enemy in spiritual warfare. The more we talk about the grace of God, the more His grace will manifest; on the contrary, when we used to not talking about the grace of God, the grace of God will not manifest among us. We believe in a great and mighty God, but many times from our mouth He seems like a tiny god who is good for almost nothing. When others ask "How is it like to believe in Jesus?", we respond with "so so". Or when others ask "Is it true that God can make a way out of no way?", we respond with "Maybe." The gospel, which is powerful and contagious, often becomes "so so" and "maybe" in our mouth. When others hear us saying "so so", they might think that gospel is just something of insignificant and there is no difference between believing and not believing in Christ.   May the Lord help us to never be a cooler of gospel but to be a magnifier of gospel. We need to loudly proclaim about the grace of God with all of our hearts. This is not to say that we need to exaggerate, but we shouldn't just be inferior and say grace is no big deal. Every grace that comes upon us is a big deal and we should give praise to Him for that grace. When the enemy heard the praises of God's people, it would know that the Lord is among His people, and it will not dare to attack. This is the secret to victory that God has given to us. Are you under bondages of the enemy? May the Spirit of God come and release our hearts and our mouths, so that we will no longer complain but rather rejoice and give glory to God!   Pray with Pastor Tong     Dear Lord, I thank You, for You lead us in victory. May You teach us how to face spiritual warfare and how to proclaim Your works. Help us to be a magnifier of your gospel, not a cooler, so that the enemy will flee. I thank You and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, Amen!