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utmost. We must understand that a soldier’s life is one of aggressive
warfare, of perseverance and endurance. For Christ’s sake we are
to endure trials. We are not engaged in mimic battles. We have to
meet most powerful adversaries; for “we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.”
Ephesians 6:12
. We are to find our strength just where the
early disciples found their strength: “These all continued with one
accord in prayer and supplication.” “And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the
multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.”
Acts 1:14
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4:31, 32
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