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Step One: What’s really going on?
What is this fight actually about? The Devil’s main weapon against us are lies that cause division. As I said yesterday, conflict isn’t a bad thing, in fact the absence of conflict can sometimes be like a cancer. Napoleon Bonaparte said: “The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.” Proverbs 27:17 says: As iron sharpens iron,so one man sharpens another. I love this picture because the only way for iron to sharpen iron is for friction to wear away the part that is blunt. Conflict helps sharpen me. But it is important to step back…
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Hope
Hope is one of the most precious things in the world. As a leader I am challenged by the words of Napoleon Bonaparte who said “A leader is a dealer in hope”. I am also challenged by the book of Proverbs: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12)
