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Although we can’t opt-out of the spiritual battles we face each day, we can opt-into God’s amazing plan of victory that includes laughter and singing. Sound strange?... Keep listening. Everyday battles turn into everyday conversations and often into song! In talking with many of my friends, I realize that I’m not the only one who experiences battles daily. Some days, the battles are more relentless than others. Then we go to bed and wake up the next day… And it starts all over. Can you relate? THE BATTLE IS NOT VOLUNTARY Whether you like it or not, you’re in a battle. There are 2 Kingdoms at war, God’s kingdom and the Kingdom of darkness. There’s no true middle ground like we would like to think and there’s no opt-out. If you don’t recognize the battle, maybe it’s because of spiritual blindness. It’s easy to recognize the battle when I’m tempted or when things are really hard. However, when things have been going really good for me, I often forget there’s a battle. I get lulled to sleep, grow slack and even indifferent to the battle raging in the heavenly realm. My focus tends to settle on me and the illusion of “my kingdom” rather than God’s kingdom. Today’s featured song is called Enough. The first verse starts out with… The enemy says THAT choice is no big deal Just do what you want, do what you feel LAUGHABLE And sometimes, it’s laughable the blatant tactics the enemy uses. Sometimes so predictable, so obvious, I just have to laugh. You can think of any particular situation that you want, something that you perhaps struggle with and you want to have a victory over it. So you pray and ask God for strength and then the enemy puts that thing right in your path, sometimes almost immediately, whatever you’re seeking to overcome. There’s times when I’ve actually had the laugh out loud and hopefully, right in the enemies face at the things that he’s trying to put in front of me that go against what God wants for me. I’m telling you, this happens all the time. And it’s just laughable when I recognize it. It’s not laughable when I fall for it. Well, the enemy is laughing for sure. NO BIG DEAL How many times have you heard that little voice saying things like, “other Christians are doing it”, “no one will get hurt” or “God understands” and you feel justified doing what you want, what you feel? How laughable that the same enemy who tells us “THAT choice is no big deal” is the same one that immediately condemns us for giving in, calling us losers and unworthy. What a weird cycle to keep falling into. DOES IT REALLY MATTER The verse continues: He says there’s nothing we can do or say that can change this world anyway and he says what a waste of time it is to pray. If we don’t fall for the “no big deal” trick, our enemy might try to disarm us by raising doubts about prayer. I love the quote by Samuel Chadwick that says, “Satan dreads nothing but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, he mocks our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.” Sometimes we feel like praying and feel like prayer works; other times it’s an act of faith and obedience! But trust me, it works! The song continues… Then God reminds me of who I am! I say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! This is powerful! GOD REMINDS US OF WHO WE ARE We come to our senses when God reminds us of who we are. We need to wake up and say, “enough”! Many years ago, Cindy and I went with our kids, my sister and her two kids to Disney World. In the hotel lobby, we saw a sign about “free tickets to Epicot Center”. Considering our tight budget, that sounded awesome! All we had to do was attend a breakfast and short presentation about fabulous Florida vacations. Sounded like a no-brainer. Cindy, my sister and I made a pac we would NOT buy anything but just listen long...