While driving home from church last night, a cd by the Epleys was playing. As the song \u201cStand By Me\u201d played, the Lord just seemed to magnify the following words in my heart –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThou Who never lost a battle\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Folks, let that sink in – God has NEVER lost a battle – EVER!!
As His children, we have a choice of fighting our own battles – and experiencing defeat.
OR
Letting GOD fight our battles for us and claiming victory! ??
The choice is crystal-clear, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the song to which I was referring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When the world is tossing me
Like a ship upon the sea
Thou who rulest wind and water,
Stand by me (stand by me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of tribulation,
Stand by me (stand by me);
In the midst of tribulation,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When the hosts of hell assail,
And my strength begins to fail,
\u2764\ufe0fThou who never lost a battle,\u2764\ufe0f
Stand by me (stand by me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of faults and failures,
Stand by me (stand by me);
In the midst of faults and failures,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When I do the best I can,
And my friends misunderstand,
Thou who knowest all about me,
Stand by me (stand by me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of persecution,
Stand by me (stand by me);
In the midst of persecution,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When my foes in battle array
Undertake to stop my way,
Thou who sav\u00e8d Paul and Silas,
Stand by me (stand by me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I\u2019m growing old and feeble,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When I\u2019m growing old and feeble,
Stand by me (stand by me);
When my life becomes a burden,
And I\u2019m nearing chilly Jordan,
O Thou Lily of the Valley,
Stand by me (stand by me).
~ Charles A. Tindley<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.\u201d While driving home from church last night, a cd by the Epleys was playing. As the song \u201cStand By Me\u201d played, the Lord just seemed to magnify the following words in my heart – \u201cThou Who never lost a battle\u201d Folks, let that sink in – God has NEVER lost a battle – EVER!!As His children, we have a choice of fighting our own battles – and experiencing defeat.ORLetting GOD fight our battles for us and claiming victory! ??The choice is crystal-clear, isn\u2019t it? Here is the song to which I was referring: When the storms of life are raging,Stand by me (stand by me);When the storms of life are raging,Stand by me (stand by me);When the world is tossing meLike a ship upon the seaThou who rulest wind and water,Stand by me (stand by me). In the midst of tribulation,Stand by me (stand by me);In the midst of tribulation,Stand by me (stand by me);When the hosts of hell assail,And my strength begins to fail,\u2764\ufe0fThou who never lost a battle,\u2764\ufe0fStand by me (stand by me). In the midst of faults and failures,Stand by me (stand by me);In the midst of faults and failures,Stand by me (stand by me);When I do the best I can,And my friends misunderstand,Thou who knowest all about me,Stand by me (stand by me). In the midst of persecution,Stand by me (stand by me);In the midst of persecution,Stand by me (stand by me);When my foes in battle arrayUndertake to stop my way,Thou who sav\u00e8d Paul and Silas,Stand by me (stand by me). When I\u2019m growing old and feeble,Stand by me (stand by me);When I\u2019m growing old and feeble,Stand by me (stand by me);When my life becomes a burden,And I\u2019m nearing chilly Jordan,O Thou Lily of the Valley,Stand by me (stand by me).~ Charles A. Tindley \u201c…Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.\u201d\u202d\u202d2 Chronicles\u202c \u202d20:15\u202c \u202dKJV\u202c\u202c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,4,42,50,58,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-gods-promises","category-hope","category-persecution","category-protection","category-song","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-2LQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11251,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10654\/revisions\/11251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u202d\u202d2 Chronicles\u202c \u202d20:15\u202c \u202dKJV\u202c\u202c<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"