19-Sept-2021_armed and fighting on
(Jesus speaking: ) Oh, darling, I know the fight has been long, tiring, and it’s hard to work up the impetus to keep whacking away yet longer. But My grace will be sufficient for you, and My strength made perfect in your weakness. When you are weak, I will be stronger in you, for you’ll need to ask for My help as the tests exceed what you feel capable of enduring.
March on, though it seems the world and satan’s minions are set out against you. 
“Ye have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin.” 
You think you have fought hard enough, and been through so much, but your brethren in days gone by have endured oh so much more, and I gave them the endurance, the faith, and the will to go through with it and not to call it quits. They wanted to see My Words come true; that if they obeyed I would reward them; that if they choose to “seek first My Kingdom” then “all these things would be added unto” them. They put Me to the test, and in many ways I was putting them to the test. We both were testing out one another. And now is laid up for them a crown of righteousness that fades not away, as the scriptures say.
In many way things are easier for you. Why? Because you, for some centuries now have been granted a very special gift, one that even the father of faith, Abraham himself, didn’t possess in the way that you do. And what is that? A library of stories declaring My faithfulness. Book after book that show how I said one thing, and then did it. It either came to pass then, before the book was bound, or it is now occurring right before your eyes. And of course, some predictions are yet to be fulfilled.
Yes, the Bible was a new weapon for the final part of the world’s history. So many promises, oh so much to build your faith. For it is faith that would be cast down and trampled on vehemently in the world, and to keep faith on the Earth, in an era were words would take over and pollute mankind, My Words needed to be passed on and preserved and readily available to as many as possible. It is both a weapon and shield; it is light for a path way, and a log book of events to refer to as written guidance, or an instruction manual. 
With every new stage of the battle for planet Earth I have equipped My people with heavier fighting gear. The trouble comes when the latest weaponry I arm them with gets used in the wrong direction—against other fighting believers. Or when the target gets confused; the aim of the weapon is on something completely different than it should be focused on.
So what do you need, besides all the latest weapons from My armory? Instructions. Commands. Guidance. 
What man going to war does so without giving out lots and lots of orders and making detailed and even wild plans—the stranger the better, as the enemy won’t be expecting it?
So you need all these things in order to win. You need the weapons of My choice—both the ones used by those in the past, as well as new fighting gear for today that will outdo the enemy’s latest tactics and stronger armies; and you need each other to fight alongside with, not against. You need faith in Me as Captain, for with faith then you’ll obey. Obey what? What you are told to do. So there needs to be a communication method in your heart and mind, and time given on your schedule to get those important commands. 
Yes, you need to hear Me as you go throughout your day, but also, when praying about specific battle plans, how to tackle and win in certain areas of resistance, it’s good to write it down so you can refer to it and obey it more accurately with attention to the finer details of the message. Often I do give cautionary clauses, or conditions to be met. These might be more easily forgotten, and only the promise of what I said I will do is more easily remembered. But these clauses and conditions might be essential to My plan bringing a long-term solution and victory in a certain area. 
So, it’s good to have a book to write specific instructions down in, to refer to, and to be inspired when you see the victories later on that came as a result of winning a battle according to My instructions. I kept a book too, with just such stories—the Bible. I’m glad you get to read it, as it gives you faith that if I won over enemy forces in the past, that listening to Me is a very good idea, as I can give you winning instructions for today.
Seek Me for the winning battle plans for today, and trust that I will work all things out for good in the end. I am fighting with you, you know. You fight not alone. And I need you too, or I wouldn’t have placed you right there. I love you, and we are really going to celebrate one day when all this mess is a thing of the past. I do like celebrating. I love joyful times of praise and rejoicing. But we don’t have to wait until then to start the rejoicing sounds and being really glad for the wins that are a daily occurrence. 
And why is that good, to keep singing out, saying out, even shouting out the good that is being done, the wins that My army of angels and Earthly saints are gaining? Because it fritzes up the enemy’s system. Mixes up his thinking. And mostly makes him tremble uncontrollably so that he can hardly keep a hand on his sword. 
When you praise and sing, it gets the enemy on the run, instead of you being run down. 
Let’s praise our way through the dungeons, out of the pit, up the mountain and right into the courts of the living God. And that, of course, is another feisty and strong weapon to be using—the weapon of praise. 
There are others, many others, and as you seek Me to show you what to use, asking Me for My battle tactics of what to use when and how, then you will keep being winners. 
What are some other weapons that I’ve given in these very last days? You’ll have to go over the written messages given over the past couple of decades to find out many of them. And then you can sit still and quiet and find out from Me what I want you to use today, what are the new weapons for your battles today. It might be something different than what I asked another to use. But that’s war for you, different methods, different ways and means, but all used according to My will as you hear fresh from Me, Your Lord, King and Commander.
What battle are you facing today? Is it stronger than you can manage? In one way, yes it is, but so it is to any unarmed man facing his opponent. He might be capable in one way, but not ready and armed. That is where I come in, I arm you, I instruct you, and yes, I heal you in the end, as there always are some wounds. But wounds are better than being a casualty. 
Some think that if they just don’t enter the fighting arena that they will stay alive longer. But the enemy, as scripture says, goes about seeking who he can devour. He’s not waiting for you to show up and fight the battles of the Lord, you are his meal he wants to get. Sitting and trying to maintain a peaceful little life won’t make it be so. You will be a casualty no matter what you do, unless you are what? Armed and ready, and full of faith. And that can only be so if you are constantly hearing My commands, and are reaching out to hold whatever I give you to use. 
It may take some practice too, I know. I might let a few little troubles come so you can learn to use the weapons of the spirit, before I send you into the bigger fights. So don’t be surprised if after reading or listening or learning about a bigger and better way to fight the enemy, that lo and behold, all of a sudden it seems he’s shown up to your quarters, with fangs and breathing out threats. That’s to get you to train, to use what I have just given you. 
If you fumble a bit at first and sustain a few blows it’s not because you are losing and should just quit, it’s because you are in training, and just need to keep trying to use the weapon I gave you. Then you’ll be more capable of fighting more than one opponent, and winning greater victories. The more fighters I have working for Me and with Me for the souls of mankind, the sooner the battle will be won, and the less casualties there will be in the camp of the ignorant who don’t know what is going on.
I’m with you. I’m fighting with you, and training you too. You fight not alone. And great will be your reward in the days and life to come.
I love you. 
Resist unto blood, though it costs you yours, and you’ll receive a crown of life.