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AMEN OHIO AND AMEN ALL!
GRACE TO YOU BRETHREN!

Ps 39:1 To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me."
2 I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.
7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.
10 Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah
12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."
(NKJV)

Job 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD and said:
2 "I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
5 "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
(NKJV)

"Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels."
- Revelation 12:7

War always will rage between the two great sovereignties until one or
other be crushed. Peace between good and evil is an impossibility; the
very pretence of it would, in fact, be the triumph of the powers of
darkness. Michael will always fight; his holy soul is vexed with sin, and
will not endure it. Jesus will always be the dragon's foe, and that not in
a quiet sense, but actively, vigorously, with full determination to
exterminate evil.
All his servants, whether angels in heaven or messengers on earth, will
and must fight; they are born to be warriors-at the cross they enter into
covenant never to make truce with evil; they are a warlike company, firm
in defence and fierce in attack.
The duty of every soldier in the army of the Lord is daily, with all his
heart, and soul, and strength, to fight against the dragon.

The dragon and his angels will not decline the affray; they are incessant
in their onslaughts, sparing no weapon, fair or foul. We are foolish to
expect to serve God without opposition: the more zealous we are, the more
sure are we to be assailed by the myrmidons of hell. The church may become
slothful, but not so her great antagonist; his restless spirit never
suffers the war to pause; he hates the woman's seed, and would fain devour
the church if he could.
The servants of Satan partake much of the old dragon's energy, and are
usually an active race.
War rages all around, and to dream of peace is dangerous and futile.

Glory be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall be
cast out and for ever destroyed, while Jesus and they who are with him
shall receive the crown.
Let us sharpen our swords to-night, and pray the Holy Spirit to nerve our
arms for the conflict.
Never battle so important, never crown so glorious.
Every man to his post, ye warriors of the cross, and may the Lord tread
Satan under your feet shortly!

C.H.SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!