Trust: The Key to Perseverance: the film Legend of the Guardian
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Whether flashy or humdrum, evil has the propensity to discourage us, to deter us from following the direction of Christ's Spirit. Steadfastness is only possible if we keep our mind rooted and grounded in His truth, and persevere with the strength of his love and the encouragement of his presence.
Legend of the Guardian provides wonderful examples of the what can happen when we don't believe the lie of evil.
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Spiritual warfare is something that few Christians, regardless of their denomination, are accustomed to thinking about, let alone engaging in. It is as if Satan disappeared shortly after Christ rose from the dead. But, the same Satan, the identical evil that was in the garden of Eden and tempted Christ in the desert is alive and well. Greater is he who is in us than he who is in the world is true, but Paul did not exhort the church at Ephesus to put on the whole armor of God to protect them against the Romans. Jim Hugerich’s sermon provides an excellent description of what spiritual warfare is and how we can avoid becoming one of its casualties. Below is an outline for Jim’s sermon.
This 1995 thought provoking movie is based on a true story about Matthew Poncelet, a convicted rapist/murderer on death row, and his spiritual advisor, Sister Helen Prejean.
From the poem Invictus, Latin for unconquered, by Victorian poet William Ernest Henley and a favorite of Nelson Mandela’s, this movie characterizes the process of achieving reconciliation and forgiveness.
