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given life. Breathe upon us Father. Fill us with Your Spirit. May Your anointing carry
us through all the trials of life and bring us safely to Your side.

Our Strength and Shield

In the preceding chapters I shared some events in which the Spirit of God has called
my family to step out in faith and to lean totally upon Him. Some who have read of
the victories and miraculous provision we have seen in our lives as we looked to Him
have thought that we must be a different type of person than they are. Satan would
like to convince those who read these things that it is only some type of elite saint
who can experience such victories and perform exploits in the name of Christ, and
that only a few are given faith to experience such a walk. This is merely one more lie
of the enemy to keep the saints from having the confidence to believe that they too
can experience the overcoming power of God in their lives. Let me tell you the truth
of this matter.

I think that God has chosen me to walk in places of faith, and to write about them,
in order that the church might know that Yahweh is capable of taking the weakest,
most fearful, and anxiety prone man, and through His power and love He is able to
make such a one stand. Some saints after having read of some of our experiences
have written to comment that I must possess a powerful faith, and this makes it
sound like the power to walk this path of faith is something that is in me. Such ones
have formed the exact wrong conclusion, for I am exceedingly weak in myself, and
it is only the strength and grace of God that keeps me standing. Paul expressed this
beautifully.

II Corinthians 12:9
And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in
weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that
the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Paul has also described the type of people God has primarily chosen to do His works.

I Corinthians 1:26-29
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the
world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame
the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God
has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that