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I don’t know if you realized it, but on November 23rd, the day after Thanksgiving, you entered into a battle. And it wasn’t just you folks here in GraceLife, or even just us at Grace Community Church. All Christians, across the world, entered into this battle, and they will continue in it through the next couple of days. Of course, it’s not a physical battle. It is a mental battle, an emotional battle, even a spiritual battle.
And your enemies in this struggle are not so much individual people mounted on horses and chariots or armored with tanks and helicopters. Rather, those enemies which have the potential for the greatest peril are those who look like friends—indeed, have been our friends. Things like tinsel, and ornaments, and Christmas trees; like gingerbread cookies and candy canes; like Christmas gifts and Christmas cards; even wonderful things like singing Christmas carols and enjoying family traditions can be pressed into service by our great enemy, so that their potential for harm is the greatest... |
