Day 5: Standing against the gates of hell

1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
— Psalm 24

It is an established fact that the earth in which we live belongs to our God. It is also an established fact that the enemy wants us to think otherwise. This places us in the battle field daily because the enemy is contending with that which is rightly ours. We must never forget the truth; we have been given the victory found only in Christ Jesus through our faith in the completed work on the cross.

Today, our focus is to challenge every force of wickedness that is contending with the establishment and growth of the church in the Worcester County.