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against him. There will come times when we may lose a few battles, but at the end of the day people WE WILL WIN THE WAR! Prayer Thought: Today as we pray let’s pray for one another, that we would be exemplary soldiers in the army of God; unafraid of battle, willing to pay the price and, above all, faithful to our Commander. As you go intothe day today, I will be praying for God’s supernatural protection over you and ask Him to helpus fight a good fight so that, when we stand before God one day, we too will hear the words, “Well done good and faithful servant." FRIDAY Revelation 2 v 1 – 7 Yesterday we highlighted the fact that the Christian experience can be likened to warfare, where we have an enemy (the world, the flesh and the devil) who are out to take away our effectiveness as Christians. I find it interesting, however, to note that “the church” has an incredibly good track record when it comes to persecution from without. If you look back over history you will see this to be true; whenever the world has risen up against the church in persecution, the church has always bounced back that much the stronger. It is sad, however, that this is not true as it relates to ???????????????????????????Q?????????????)?????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????????? ??????????????)???? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????$?????????????M????$????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????????????)????'?e???????????????Q???????????????????? ????????????????????????????????) ?????????????)%?????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????)????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????q???$?????????????t????q???$?????????????????$?????????t??????????q???$?????)??????????????????????t?$????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????((0