JOURNAL/EVIL

JOURNAL/EVIL




“DRAW YOUR STRENGTH from the Lord and from HIS mighty POWER-PUT on the ARMOR of God.....that you may be able to RESIST on the evil day and.....HOLD YOUR GROUND”
Ephesians 6:10-11, 13


WHEN we PRAY-we are ARMING ourselves against evil-EACH DAY-we ask God to PROTECT us and HELP US to RESIST our temptations-bur we MUST always remember to be DELIBERATE and INTENTIONAL about prayer


It is a GREAT DAY yo be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us and a great day to CHOOSE GOD over EVIL














EVIL IS REAL


ONE THING that I am sure of
Is that
There is REAL evil
In this world


Bad can be many things
But evil is SOMETHING more
Some kind of motive
BEYOND bad
There is something sinister
About it


And while we
May break through some bad things
And bad people
By doing good
By being good


I think it takes
Something TRULY DIVINE
Something heavenly inspired
To break through evil


Evil is SATAN
Evil is sin
And it has been around
Since the beginning
Of time


SINCE Adam and Eve


“And the Lord God said,
'The man has now become
Like one of us
Knowing good and evil


He must
NOT be allowed
To reach out his hand
And take also
From the tree of life
And eat and live forever'


So the Lord BANISHED him
From the Garden of Eden
To work the ground
From which he had taken” Genesis 3:21-22


Thus evil
Became present
In the world


And CONTINUED
To be present
In ALL of humanity
UNTIL one man-CONQUERED evil
Of every kind


Conquered the cruel events
Bringing his life
To its final destination


Conquered the cross
And CONQUERED DEATH


Setting up a DIVINE STANDARD
That we can
ALL aspire to
Yet never reach


And if we
LOVE the Lord
We will turn from evil
And do good


“Let those who love the Lord
HATE evil


For he guards the lives
Of his faithful ones” Psalm 97:10


“TURN from evil and do good
SEEK PEACE and pursue it” Psalm 34:14


For we KNOW
IF we are truly
Pursuing God
In our lives
UNITING our crosses with God and Christ
We can do-NO EVIL


“WHEN tempted
No one should say
'God is tempting me'


For God cannot be tempted
By evil
Nor does he tempt anyone” James 1:13


And evil is STILL PRESENT
In today's world
Maybe more so than ever


But we know
God will DELIVER us
From evil
If we are
LIVING IN FAITH


“EVEN though I walk
Through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I will fear NO EVIL


For you are with me
Your rod and staff
Comfort me” Psalm 23:4


For evil
Has no power over us


As it had
NO POWER over Jesus


WE BELONG TO GOD


Robert P. Wallman
July 10^th, 2014





10-30-14