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So, we’ve been talking about the Pleasures Forevermore that God has for us according to Psalm 16:11, ‘at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.’ Grab your bible and read Psalm 16:11 for yourselves right now. God is there… wherever you are. Physically? Mentally? Spiritually? He’s there… don’t worry.

Now why do I say all of this. Well, as we’ve pondered and picked at Psalm 16:11 and saw that these Pleasures God has for us are found at His right hand and at His right hand is none other than the Savior King. You see, if you believe what you’ve read in these last few devos then you’ve begun a life of prayer. You’ve started simply getting alone and closing your eyes and meeting and conversating with your Heavenly Father. God may have made our part extremely simple…(the simplicity of it is for a reason) but don’t get confused, simple doesn’t mean without power. Usually the simplest things are the most powerful. Think about it… a small metal object when the trigger is pulled can mean the end of a life when the bullet penetrates. Don’t get confused the simplicity of your obedience to whatever it is God says to you… especially when it comes to prayer is most certainly a deathblow to your enemy.

Enemy??? You might say. What enemy? Don’t miss the fact that there is the most vicious, cruel, uncaring of beings out there who will stop at nothing including boldfaced lies… to bring about the destruction of you and the destruction of me.

1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

Now, there are a few things about that verse that I want to point out to you.

1. Every reference to Satan in this verse and in every verse of the bible [except when we use his name because in the English language proper nouns are uppercase] is not in uppercase but in lower case. Why? Only God, the one and only creator is worthy to have HIS NAME CAPITALIZED. There’s more. He alone is God. He has no equal… No one that is even close. Either human being i.e. Bill Gates or spiritual being i.e. Satan [Bill, if you are reading this I'm not putting you on the same level as Satan, yeah right as if Bill Gates is actually reading this]. You see, your God and creator who would rather be refered to as your Father than as your God or you Master is THE MAN. In your terms, He really would kick Satan’s butt and don’t be fooled, He will :0) Revelation 20:1-10.

The other thing is that the one whom desires to devour you like a lion… is, well, how do I say it… he’s toothless, harmless, how do you say it, He’s already been owned by Jesus. He’s not in charge of your life anymore and you no longer belong to him. (Ephesians 2:1-10). Do you get it… it’s hard to understand becasue it’s so simple and you basically have nothing to with it, your Dad Jesus, already fought the devil and kicked his slimy rotten butt. And becasue He’s your Dad… no really, He is; as long as your with good Old Dad you’ve got nothing to worry about. Don’t get me wrong, Satan will yell at you all kinds of lies of the horrid things he’s going to do to you or maybe the opposite; tell you that if you leave your Dad’s side boy does he have some great things in store for your life. Just know this… all he is trying to do is get you to not stay close to your Dad. Hmm. I wonder why that is? Maybe because its next to your Heavenly Father that all the blessings that he passed up by rebeling against God, it’s there where they will flow none stop and overwhelm you until you can only respond and say to your Dad…. “THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU….”

Do you get it… WE WIN…WON…ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE VICTORIOUS!!!

Don’t take this the wrong way, but why would you ever not want to be on your Heavenly Dad’s side. Do you know what it means to not be on His side… A LOSER. Do you understand. He is the winner so if your not on his side… not on His team, THEN YOU LOSE.

You want to know the end of the story. This isn’t where Jesus won, He did that at the cross. This is where He comes and claims His prize for winning once and for all. When Satan throws lies at you you can remind him about this.

Revelation 20:10 “The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever…’and ever.’ [I added the one extra ever becasue he really frustrates me at times. :0)

And the winner is by unanimous decision and the worst knock out blow in history… Jesus Christ!!! Our Dad.

I love you guys and know this, WE WIN because we’re on HIS TEAM.

Pastor Billy

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Pleasures Forevermore!!!

So, check out this verse.

Grab your bible real quick and open it to Psalm 16:11. Psalms is an incredible group of what are basically artistic songs from a dude who may have been the most passionate artistic brother ever.

Psalms 16:11 starts out, “For you Lord have shown me the paths of life…” Where have you been looking for life?

Bethany, my 1 year old is incredible. Recently, she learned this amazing trick. When she was eating her cheerios snack the other day I went to her and opened my mouth to her as if to say, ‘Bethany, can I have some?’ She looked at me with a mix between a smile and a full blown laugh and then she did the oddest thing. She stuck her hand in her mouth and pulled out some partially chewed cheerio bites. (Many of you would say ewww but if you’ve seen how cute she is you would understand) She pulls them out of her mouth and offers them to me. Now I was amazed. My little girl is so generous I thought. As she brought the pre-chewed cheerios to my mouth, as I opened my mouth to receive it, she let out a little chuckle and then, vooopp, she brought it right beack to her mouth and just laughed at me. Wow!!! I couldn’t believe hat she had just done to me. DID A ONE YEAR OLD JUST TOTALLY GET ME LIKE THAT? I was definitely in shock.

Now, why did I just tell you that story? I had just asked you a question, Where have you been looking for life?

Bethany offered me what was precious to her but then pulled it back. Jesus, He doesn’t do that ever. He says come to me and you’ll find life, my son, my daughter, I’ll show you what life is, what it’s all about.

Next we’ll talk about the rest of this incredible verse, Psalm 16:11,

I’ll show you the paths of life. -Jesus