When we try to do God's work, when we try to encourage. build up something to help others, we face so much spiritual battle.. The voices that tells us to give up, stop what we're doing and just do our daily activities, the voices in our heads that tempts us to stop building ministries, to stop reaching out to others. The things that dont go our way, the difficulties that we face, the troubles that we face when we try to do something right.

Recently i watched a sermon given during the hillsong conference that really impacted me. Talking about spiritual battles, talking about preaching to yourself and telling yourself that you are NOT ALONE.

The 3 pointers:

1) You are not alone, Jesus is with you

2)Jesus is at the bottom

3) You have Faith for This

It talks about not being along in your times of trouble. When things go awy, when things dont turn out the way you thought it will be. No matter how well you've planned something, sometimes it just go your way. When you feel so lost, so lonely with no one to depend on, with no one to talk to, with no one to help you out. JESUS IS WITH YOU.

When you feel God has deserted you, when you feel you're falling into a bottomless pit, when you feel that no one has gone through so much pain that you are going through, when you feel like giving up, remember that Jesus is at the bottom carrying you through it.

How many times have we told ourselves that "no, we can't do it.." " its impossible to complete it in time.." " we dont have enough resources to complete it.." How many times have we questioned ourselves and questioned about our Faith in God? When the sun is shining, when everthing is going your way, so often we tend to forget about God and only remember Him in times of trouble and trial.

Took the next few line from my devotional book- Streams in the Desert

"Faith grows during storms... The strongest trees are found not in the thick shelters of the forest, but out in the open, where winds from every direction bear down upon them. The fierce winds bend and twist them until they become giant in stature." "It is the same in the spiritual world.. When you see a person of great spiritual stature, the road you must travel.. is not one where the sun always shines and wildflowers always bloom. Instead, the way is steep, rocky, and narrow path, where the winds of hell will try to knock you off your feet, and where sharp rocks will cut you, prickly thorns will scratch your face, and poisonous snakes slither and hiss around you. The path of Faith is one of sorrow and joy, suffering and healing comfort, tears and smiles, trials and victories, conflicts and triumphs, and also hardships, dangers, beatings, persecutions, misunderstanding, trouble, and distress." ".. And it is in this atmosphere of conflict that Faith finds its most fertile soil and grows most rapidly to maturity."