Australia, The Great Adventure

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Carla said today (and I have said many times in recent days), “ok, I understand about this spiritual warfare, and that I have to fight. I know that I have to submit myself to God daily, and claim his victory, and put on the whole armour of God, and tell the devil to get lost. But what do I actually have to DO? Throughout the day? Where is the fight? What is the fight?”

My sister faxed me through something from her morning devotionals today. It was about holding on to God, using waterskiing (!!) as an example.

"Let the boat pull you up!" and "Be strong!". These seemingly contradictory statements made all the difference. I did both - I trusted the boat to do its job, and I hung on with all my strength. ...

When life has you down ... my friend's advice can help. First, let God pull you up by His power (Ps. 54:1-4). Then, hold on to His hand. Cling to Him and “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Eph 6:10).

Given my situation of having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and able to work a bit, but not quite enough to support us, we are having to rely heavily on God to ensure that we can keep going. And this trip, although we feel very strongly that we are called by God to head out “into the unknown”, we have no idea how we are going to fund it - either to get all the things we need to get started, or to have an ongoing income along the way.