{"id":19262,"date":"2018-08-24T01:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T06:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=19262"},"modified":"2018-08-18T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:16:50","slug":"word-god-secret-winning-spiritual-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2018\/08\/24\/word-god-secret-winning-spiritual-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word of God is the secret to winning in spiritual combat"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Word of God we find the truth that sets us free.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Father Roger Luis<\/span> 
\nPhoto: Gustavo Borges \/ cancaonova.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

God is love and mercy, but He is just and shows us the way of truth.<\/span> Christ Himself has taught us that only through the truth will we be delivered.<\/span> He is the way, the truth and the life.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the text we read, the Pharisees approached Jesus to tempt Him.<\/span> I remembered that after His baptism Christ went into the wilderness and was tempted by the devil there.<\/span>But, He overcame temptation by the power of the Word of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Word of God is a source of salvation<\/span><\/h3>\n

This fact shows us that if we absorb the teachings of the Lord, we will have the strength to overcome the temptations.<\/span>The problem is that we do not often absorb the Word.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are living a great challenge in our generation.<\/span> The Word of God is often used for self-interest.<\/span> And evil propagates only with human help;<\/span> by means of human freedom the devil acts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The human being always wants to give a way to circumvent the Law of God .<\/span><\/p>\n

The danger of sin in our life<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sometimes we make a ‘way’ and we think that we are not doing ‘wrong things’.<\/span> It is necessary to be very careful with the false teachings that are often present in the Church.<\/span> For many men have “authorized” sin because of the improper interpretation of the Law of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

We need men and women who have the courage to shed their blood for the truth of the Gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n

:: Read more:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Word of God has a liberating force<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

How can we get close to the Word of God?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Why dedicate a month to the Bible?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Links to computer generated translations via Google Translate of material originally in Portuguese.<\/p>\n

Faithfulness in the life of prayer<\/span><\/h3>\n

We must understand that it is the will of God that must prevail.<\/span> When we want to do our will, we always find holes in situations and make mistakes.<\/span> And that prevents God’s action in us.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we are to enter into the fight of prayer we can not give the devil a break.<\/span> If we seek to do our will and set aside the will of the Lord, there will be no victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our enemy is the devil, and to overcome him we must take the Word of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are in constant spiritual combat.<\/span> Our struggle is to renounce our will to do God’s will.<\/span> We need to take up our cross and fight!<\/span><\/p>\n

Transcription and adaptation: Let\u00edcia Barbosa<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Word of God we find the truth that sets us free. Father Roger Luis  Photo: Gustavo Borges \/ cancaonova.com God is love and mercy, but He is just and shows us the way of truth. Christ Himself has taught…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110202,18230],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19264,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19262\/revisions\/19264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}