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TITLE: Fight For Life | Previous Challenge Entry
By Marlene Bonney
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Each day, under the sun,
Fighting for truth and freedom;
Our souls, victors’ aimed guns.
Powers around us churning;
Unseen, sand-lines are drawn.
Darkness and light are jousting,
They plunge at break of dawn.
Knights for the truth on one side
Draw swords, Spirit-controlled;
Soldiers of Satan’s army
Use darts, fiery but cold.
Strong in the Lord, if armored,
His saints, standing secure;
Thwarted, the Devil struggles
To win, casting out lures.
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun . . .
Belts of the truth are fastened
With faith blazing clear rays,
Trouncing the Prince of Liars;
God’s Word, staying the fray.
Czars of the dark are ruling;
With glee, marching us on;
Righteousness, truth’s unveiling:
Believers’ lexicon.
Life, and then death, awaits us;
From dust, sins are chastised.
Girded with trusty helmets,
We’re saved, landing the prize!
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun . . .
Hidden agendas flying
With hate, seldom perceived.
Selling our souls to Satan,
Our guilt never appeased.
Little temptations surround us,
With pride spurring our greed;
Lucifer is empowered
With spite, goading bad deeds.
God’s mighty power holds us
Against Liar’s true schemes;
Standing our ground immortal,
Our souls staying redeemed.
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun . . .
Camouflaged vices lure us
To snares, blinding our eyes;
Ethics and morals fading,
We run, sin still disguised.
Wake to The Serpent’s ruses,
When Truth opens closed minds;
Running the race with patience
That’s strong, wholly refined.
Tangibles overrated,
Concealed afterlife scorned?
Death to our present bodies
Begins life evermore!
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun . . .
Hell is as real as Heaven,
God’s Word sounding its threat:
Sins we now are committing
Decide—paying our debts.
Throw off all that entangles,
Persist, fight some more.
Fixing our eyes on Jesus,
We WILL conquer this war.
Ardently then, go forward
To pray, trusting the Lord.
Fleeing from sin’s seductions
To Love’s final reward.
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun . . .
Earth is a winding staircase
To climb, or to descend;
What we do here, or don’t do
Decrees: Will we transcend?
May we be ever ready,
With swords drawn to defend
Peace coming from God’s Gospel
Declares, “Stand to the end!”
All of us fight a battle
Each day, under the sun,
Fighting for truth and freedom;
Our souls, victors’ aimed guns.
THE BIBLE, NIV Translation:
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
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"Fixing our eyes on Jesus,
We WILL conquer this war."
Amen. God Bless~