Dear Lord; Happy Friday Father!<\/p>\n
Wow Lord\u2026 What a hectic day it\u2019s been!\u00a0 As I\u2019m sure You\u2019re aware, we had some violent thunderstorms roll through here last night which always causes a \u201csurge\u201d<\/em> (pun intended) in business the next day.\u00a0 In this instance, one of my clients took a spike which routed through their network wiring, killing off five machines and several pieces of infrastructure hardware\u2026 Not a pretty picture.\u00a0 As I was surveying and extracting the damaged equipment for repair this morning, it got me thinking that sin works very much like that surge\u2026<\/p>\n Once we allow sin to enter our lives, it runs rampant, corrupting and damaging everything else it can.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Now, in this client\u2019s case there was very little they could have done to prevent this particular hit from doing damage; we\u2019re very much the same way with regards to sin.\u00a0 While as Christians, we try to avoid sin wherever we can, we\u2019re certainly not always successful.\u00a0 It\u2019s a constant battle in our souls Father; the pull of our corrupted, sinful natures versus the righteousness of Your Spirit within us.\u00a0 Thankfully, with Jesus Christ as our \u201cSpiritual Surge Suppressor\u201d<\/em>, we have the protection we need to arrest sin\u2019s progress in us so we can best operate as You intend.<\/p>\n Heavenly Father, as we go into the weekend we thank You for all the Blessings You\u2019ve surrounded us with this week. \u00a0I pray that for all of life\u2019s \u201csurges\u201d<\/em> that present themselves, we remember to place our trust in the One that can see us through the storms safely.<\/p>\n In Jesus\u2019 Name we pray,<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n ~Phather Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Lord; Happy Friday Father! 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