You are in the army of the Lord. You have been equipped for victory.

“Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house” (Gen 14:14)

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (Eph 6:11)

“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” (2Tim 2:3)

“No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” (2Tim 2:4)

“because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome [nikao] the wicked one.” (1Jn 2:14)

“Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection” (1Cor 9:26,27)

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matt 11:12)

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” (1Tim 6:12)

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2Tim 4:7)

“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.” (1Cor 9:24)

“So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.” (Gen 14:16)

“so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus” (Acts 20:24)

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Cor 15:57)

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Rom 8:37)

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1Jn 5:4)

“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy” (Lk 10:19)

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?…nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom 8:35,38)

Reading: Gen 13-15; Lk 15