this is my resolve...

so, it's been a while since i did the blog thing. we have had a challenging january. the enemy has been turning up the heat in the hemphill home. we all had a stomach bug that lasted almost 2 weeks. brennan got bronchitis this week. caleb is coughing this week. the last month has been non-stop sickness.

now, i don't believe that every sickness is necessarily an attack. sometimes, it is just a reality to walking in these human bodies and being broken. most of my life, though...that was all that i ever believed. i rarely, if ever, traced the enemy's hand to any sickness. well, when you look at this month and the hearts that we are fighting for...it does add up. it has satan's handwriting allover it.

this weekend, we have a living room encounter with 3 couples. the same encounter was planned for last fall...and the week prior, sickness hit. the encounter was moved to january. so, here we are in january and what hits again...sickness. now, i am no rocket scientist here...but CONNECT THE DOTS with me.

we do have an enemy and he is a sorry, defeated &*%^$#!*& . he hates this movement of bringing freedom and healing to people and marriages. he hates it.

this week, though, i hit a point of resolve. he had been wearing us down for the last 3 weeks. and i had enough. last night, i said "satan, maybe i need to be more clear with you. you have no place here. you are defeated and you are bound. i come against you in the name of jesus and by the blood of the lamb. maybe you have selective memory pal...but your past reveals something very true...you are defeated. i oppose you and i bind you, only by the power and authority of jesus christ."

so, i choose today to be a warrior shepherd for my family. i choose to fight for their hearts and do battle against the enemy who wants to take us out. This is my resolve...