A Friend Should Be Radical

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Lord, i put on the helmet of salvation to protect what i think. You take away and You giveth.  These are again the days of Noah.  i put on the breastplate of righteousness that You and only You can grant me to protect my emotions.  Today there is spiritual complacency.  With Your hand nudge us awake and out of our dormant stupor.  We are all zombie-like, mesmerized by the devil's gadgets and gizmos.  i gird my loins with truth, so that i might produce and create in truth, not error.  We praise You, YAH.  You are the Master of the Universe and cosmos.  It is with Your Voice, Word, and Hand the world shall be put back together. 


i put on the sandals of the preparation of the gospel of peace, so i might be a messenger of Your love and mercy.  The same Voice and Hands and Word could tear this world apart again.  i pick up the Sword of the Spirit so that Your Word might work in me and through me today.  If we didn't fear You before then we need to wake up today!  i carry the total body shield of faith You've granted me to protect me against all temptations, accusations and assaults that the devil may use against me.  My mind, my life, my heart.  It's time to shake in Your presence, as You are here in the presence of rockets and bombs that can do the damage of an earthquake.

i need radical, fanatical, mathematical friends and i need to be this kind of friend to others.  A friend should be radical.  He should love one who's unlovable, hug one who's unhuggable.  Bear with one who's unbearable.  Is it only a Christian who would say that what's happening now in Israel is only a way we could know that You, YAH, are in control and that all the nations should know who You are!  i need to be a friend who would cheer one while the whole world boos at me.

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