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Where Our Strength Lies Has anything like this happened in your days, or even in
the days of your fathers? (3) Tell your children about it,
The Word of God indicates the enemy’s tactics are to Let your children tell their children, and their children
“divide and conquer.” The Holy Spirit took me to another another generation. He tells them of the Chewing locust, the
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dimension with this message. When we become too busy to Swarming locust, the Crawling locust, and the Consuming
communicate, it opens doors, giving the enemy free reign locust. He warns of locusts, each leaving leftovers that are
with our lack of communication. This allows him to start consumed by the next: Chewing, then Swarming, followed
putting thought bombs of false imaginations in our minds by Crawling and finally, Consuming locusts. When I
to cause division. Could this be one of the reasons Jesus considered each one’s form of tactics, I saw this: If something
instructs us for battle to Cast down every false imagination, is Chewing, it might be gnawing at our thoughts, probably
and every high thing that would exalt itself against the with untruth, to distort Who and Whose We Are. Now,
knowledge of God, and bring it into captivity… (2 Cor the Swarming locust comes in causing confusion, where
10:5)? He knew these thoughts could cause division in our we are disoriented, with distorted, constant thoughts from
heart and confusion in our mind. We know who the father the lies being cultivated. Then, there is the Crawling locust,
of confusion is. The enemy is described as prowling around which I see prowling around for the right opportunity to
like a roaring lion, waiting to pounce upon his prey. 2 pounce, in a weak moment of doubt, confusion, depression
We are called to be one in Him, to communicate and share or even suicide. For the finale, the Consuming locust takes
His vision and prophetic revelation. God called us together the rest of our power, stealing all the Knowledge which Is
to be one body with multiple talents and knowledge, that is Our Strength. The formidable door has now been opened to
why I don’t believe any one of us have the full knowledge of the enemy’s deception. We need to be wise as serpents and
God, but as we come together we are the fullness of Christ harmless as doves, on guard always for the tactics of the
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and have the full knowledge of God… We are designed to enemy are daily, to destroy those called to be God’s Vessels.
work together as a vessel of Christ united, working in unity The army is called to rise up, to be together in His strength.
for the greater good, as one body with the Holy Spirit as Deuteronomy 32:30 indicates one cast out a thousand, and
our guide. No wonder the enemy strives to divide us. He two cast out ten thousand. This is yet another Scripture that
is determined to weaken us, to leave us powerless. God’s reveals to us, our power is in working together through Him.
Word Is Clear: As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens Our strength lies in our relationship. God created us in
another (Proverbs 27:17). We Are Called to Work Together His image, and we are beautiful in His sight. Are we to
as One Body In Christ for a Purpose in this day and this question Him? We are All of one lineage, One Blood, One
Season! Father, with One Savior, through the Father, Son, and Holy
You are Powerful, and I am Powerful. Through Christ Spirit. We were Created to Have Relationship with God, to
together, We Can Do All Things. We are Called to Walk Love Him and One Another, as One Body, to be the Bride of
In The Impossible and be Unstoppable. With Him We Are Christ. I Believe those who are Called by God were called
Limitless and a Force to be Reckoned With, For Good and for a time like this. Selah: Together We Stand, Divided
Not evil. We Fall! Let’s learn to love one another as Christ loves us
The book of Joel 1:2-4 references the locust – It must be unconditionally and look beyond the flaws because we all
important, as he seems to sound the alarm: (2) Hear this, fall short, as we are All flawed. Let us pray for peace and
you elders, and give ear, all the inhabitants of the land! unity in our land, as we press into our Father in Heaven,
repenting for our sins and complacency to get where we are
today. We must ask for His direction through all the lies and
deception in the name of Jesus Christ.

Sincerely,
LuAnne Anderson

Publisher

1 Mark 3:25
2 1 Peter 5:8
3 Matthew 10:16
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