helen,
Thanks for sending this.  We all need that reminder of this truth.
Vinny
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:07 AM
Subject: [Infinite Supply] Thursday, August 11, 2005


> Thursday, August 11, 2005
>
> THE SECRET OF SPIRITUAL POWER
> by Chip Brogden
>
> "God resists the proud" (James 4:6ff).
>
> The automatic assumption is that anything which resists us or hinders
> us is of satanic origin. That is, if we encounter difficulty in our
> spiritual walk, our first reaction is to rebuke the devil, or ask the
> saints to pray for us to have a clear way. Certainly the devil will
> attempt to hinder us from anything we undertake that glorifies God
> and threatens the darkness. Yet we learn from James 4:6 that there is
> Someone else who can resist us. There is Another Who carefully
> watches what we do, and frequently hinders us from making progress.
>
> It comes as a shock and surprise to some Christians to see one day
> that God, not the devil, is resisting them. The Lord Himself resists
> us, closes doors, causes things to be unfruitful, and spoils all our
> plans. How so? Because "God resists the proud." This resistance from
> God is insurmountable. It is a fearful thing to fight the Lord. We
> spend most of our lives wrestling with God instead of cooperating
> with God, and in the end we have nothing to show for it. So much time
> and effort is wasted because we proceed in our own, stubborn way. We
> attribute all difficulties to the devil, or to other people, or our
> circumstances, or our environment, and fail to recognize that the
> Lord Himself is resisting us.
>