Daniel, Chapter 10, Verse 11-14
11“Daniel,
beloved,” he said to me, “Understand the words which I am speaking to you;
stand up, for my mission now is to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up
trembling. 12“Do
not fear, Daniel,” he continued;
“from the first day you made up your mind to acquire understanding and humble
yourself before God, your prayer was heard. Because of it I started out, 13but
the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood in my way for twenty-one days, until finally Michael, one
of the chief princes, came to help me. I left him there with the prince of the
kingdom of Persia,
14and
came to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the last days;
for there is yet a vision concerning those days.”
Yet, when I read this
verse I hear the Lord saying this to us all-Stay with me-do not be afraid. Today go to the Blessed
Sacrament and spend some time with the Lord. There our Lord will pull us to
Himself and transform us into warriors and conquerors. Daniel’s vision charges
him with engaging him is spiritual warfare; as are we by Christ. Daniel learns
the lessons every leader who confronts evil in the world must master.[1]
1.
Spiritual leaders lead not only God’s family, but God’s
army.
2.
Prayer ignites spiritual warfare invisible to us.
3.
Both spiritual kingdoms seem to have princes.
4.
Spiritual warfare can delay victories.
5.
We must not fear
spiritual warfare.
6.
Understanding warfare enables us to cooperate with God’s
purposes.
Wisely face an invisible
spiritual world around you. Draw near to Christ and He will transform your
disenchantment with the world and help you along the road to holiness and
sainthood.
Our lives are songs; God writes the
words and we set them to music at pleasure; and the song grows glad, or sweet
or sad, as we choose to fashion the measure.
Ella
Wheeler Wilcox.
Weed Day
April 20 has become a counterculture holiday
in North America, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. Some
events have a political nature to them, advocating for the legalization of
cannabis. North American observances have been held at Hippie Hill in San
Francisco's Golden Gate Park near the Haight-Ashbury district, the University
of Colorado's Boulder campus, Ottawa, Ontario, at Parliament Hill
and Major's Hill Park, Montreal, Quebec at Mount Royal monument, Edmonton, Alberta
at the Alberta Legislature Building, as well as Vancouver, British
Columbia at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The growing size of the
unofficial event at UC Santa Cruz caused the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
to send an e-mail to parents in 2009 stating: "The growth in scale of this
activity has become a concern for both the university and surrounding
community."[2]
This video presents to mindset in which we are spiritually engaged to combat.
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