Keep The Faith

When Power, Poverty, and God’s Light Meet There is something we rarely stop to consider: In every war, every conflict, every struggle — who gains the most, and who pays the highest price? Those at the top gain power, wealth, and influence. Those at the bottom do the fighting, the bleeding, and the dying. This pattern is as old as history itself. Long ago, nations sent slaves into battle first. They were given the weakest weapons and the most dangerous tasks. Only after the slaves were “used up” did the trained soldiers enter the fight. Those in power rarely risked themselves. And in many ways, the pattern hasn’t changed. Seeing the Pattern in History You can look at almost any war. Take the American Civil War. The wealthy plantation owners — the ones who benefited most from slavery — rarely fought. It was the poor farmers, many of whom owned no slaves at all, who died defending a...

Cleaned Version Do you like it when someone tries to deceive you, manipulate you, or use you? I don’t like that one bit, and I doubt any of you do either. Yet there is someone who is doing exactly that to all of us, all the time. Satan is constantly working to deceive humanity, and most of the time we don’t even recognize it. Jesus warned us that deception would become extremely severe in the end times: Matthew 24:24 (CEB) “False christs and false prophets will appear, and they will offer great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even those whom God has chosen.” I’ve already mentioned some of the ways I’ve personally experienced Satan’s interference—my internet suddenly going down, all my email accounts being disabled, my cursor jumping around or disappearing, writings vanishing right before I could send or post them, and many other things. Through all of this, I’ve learned that I can always rely on God to fix the problem. Sometimes the Lord gives me an idea to work ...