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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (don't write about the song) (05/14/15)
Often we talk to other Christians about what they are doing to serve our gracious and loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Some say they are on the battlefield for the Lord and will serve Him till they die. That is a broad area of service and may be full time service as a Pastor, missionary or part time as a Sunday School teacher or deacon.

There are so many ways to service the Lord, we find in the Bible this verse, as the Lord is speaking, John 12:26 " If any man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall also my servants be, if any man serve me, him will my Father honor."

The Lord's servant as a missionary in a far distant country may be on a battlefield, as many places in the world now are hostile to Christians. We pray for their protection and guidance that the Lord provides them from day to day.

We also pray that the Lord will give everyone serving the Lord in our area, power and boldness to reach out to spread the Good Word to those we come in contact. We gather in our churches to worship the Lord and I am reminded of a sign in a country church in Michigan , where my family attended. It read " Enter To Worship-- Leave To Serve.

All though out the Bible there are references telling us how we should serve our Lord . Whatever way we use our God given talents we should pray about them, so we can walk in the footsteps of our Lord. It is a great feeling, we as Christians have in our hearts, when we are doing something to serve the Lord.

Our Lord tells us in Psalm 10-23, " Serve the Lord with gladness, come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord is God, It is he that has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture."

An old Pastor used to sing, "It's a battlefield brother not a recreation room, It's a fight and not a game, run if you want, run if you will, ---but I have come here to stay".

Praise the Lord in all we do and let us serve him on the battlefield till he calls us home. What a wonderful day that will be, a home lasting for eternity with the Lord , when we hear him say, that our work is completed here on earth.
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Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
05/28/15
I enjoyed this message. I could easily see it be the basis for a good sermon. It's wonderful how God spreads the gifts around. Each of us has a gift that God handpicked for us.

I noticed you left out some hyphens in words like full-time or part-time and that you started some common nouns with a capital letter like pastor. Unless it's being used as part of a name (Thank you, Pastor, for a great sermon. The pastor felt tired.) it should start with a lowercase letter.

Those are tiny details though and don't distract from the great message. I also liked how you showed praying is also a gift, and we should arm ourselves with the powerful weapon of prayer for we can do great things in God's name by praying.