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Spiritual Warfare is Real Book Review by Jeff Bush

By Jim Cymbala 

  • Satan is the cause of evil and the originator of evil. He is just as real as the Lord is. 
  • When you became a Christian, you entered in the spiritual war. 
  • Satan is not omniscient, omnipresent, or omnipotent.
  • Satan is originally from heaven, God’s beautiful creation. But he fell from Heaven and is against God and all that has to do with God. 
  • The devil looks for weakness, that’s why we are told to be strong in the Lord. 
  • The kingdom of darkness is only defeated by the Kingdom of Light. 
  • We have many things prepared for us and at our disposal, but faith is what will turn the key. 1 John 5:4. 
        • Jesus was never amazed at anything in this world except for someone’s faith. 
        • Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of God. 
  • God says believe, while Satan says don’t believe. 
  • Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Faith is sure of the future though can’t see it. Faith gives assurance about future. 
  • Faith says look at the future, Satan says look at the now. 
  • We can be victorious today through faith. 
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Seasons of Sorrow Book Review by Jeff Bush

By Tim Challies 

  • When a child of God dies, he does not go away, rather goes ahead. 
  • The Bible uses the example of sleep for death. Sleep is a time to rest, but it is not an end. 
  • God is good all the time. There’s no laps in God’s sovereignty. 
  • Who are we to deem something as evil if God has deemed it as good. 
  • Bless God in the giving and in the taking. 
  • Our children are more God’s creation than our procreation. 
  • Be careful to distinguish the purpose from the results – why God did something and how God will use it.
  • You can accept something by faith as God‘s will, and God‘s will is always perfect. 
  • Do not charge God with wrong. 
  • You can receive something as a trial to steward instead of a punishment to endure.
  • Things may scar you but they do not have to define you. 
  • God was, is, and will be with you at all times. 
  • We can decide to bow our will to God’s throne.
  • God’s actions are always good and His timing is always perfect.
  • God gave talents: to one servant, one; to another, two; and to another, five. He never asked who wanted what/how many talents, and He doesn’t ask us what He will give or take from us. 
  • A perfect God with with perfect character will display His perfect Will. 
  • God begins every life, has authority over every life, and ultimately ends every life. 
  • Death is the great interruptor. It is also the great redirector. 
  • You do not have to spend the rest of your life incapacitated by sorrow, you can allow it to motivate you to serve God greater. 
  • God owes you no answer, and you would be wrong to demand one.