Baskadia

CHAPTER 1

EVERYBODY RUNS

"NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS, THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US"

ROMANS 8: 37

" BEING CHALLENGED IN LIFE IS INEVITABLE, BEING DEFEATED IS OPTIONAL"

ROGER CRAWFORD

BEHIND EVERY SMILE WAS ONCE A TEARDROP, A FROWN, A SIGH OF FRUSTRATION, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. THE MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINES OBSTACLES AS SOMETHING THAT IMPEDES PROGRESS OR ACHIEVEMENT. THAT COULD LITERALLY BE ANYTHING, INCLUDING YOURSELF. FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I USED TO BE MY BIGGEST OBSTACLE BUT I MADE THE MISTAKE OF BLAMING IT ON OTHER FACTORS

WHEN I SAY EVERYBODY RUNS, I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN RUNNING IN PHYSICAL TERMS BUT IN SPIRITUAL TERMS. WE ALL HAVE OR HAD SOMETHING WHICH WE HID FROM THE WORLD, BATTLES WE FIGHT IN SECRET , THESE ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DEMONS. DEMONS AREN'T NECESSARILY CELESTIAL BEINGS WITH HORNS AND POINTY TAILS, THEY COME IN VARIOUS FORMS SUCH AS; ADDICTIONS, DEPRESSION, BAD ATTITUDES, SETBACKS E.T.C AND IT TAKES A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST IDENTIFY THEM BUT TO ALSO OVERCOME THEM

" IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH YOUR DEMONS, THEY WILL DEAL WITH YOU AND IT'S GONNA HURT"

NIKKI SIXX

FIGHTING DEMONS

JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER WAR, WEAPONS ARE REQUIRED. IN THIS CASE, YOUR PRIMARY WEAPON IS THE GOSPEL. WHEN I LOOK AROUND, JUST BY THE THINGS GOING ON AROUND ME, I KNOW THAT I AM LOVED BY GOD AND I AM HIGHLY FAVORED. GOD IS A FATHER WHO WOULD GO ALL LENGTHS TO PROTECT HIS CHILDREN, MOST ESPECIALLY FROM FORCES OF DARKNESS. ASIDES THE WORD, YOU ALSO HAVE COMPANIONS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, SPIRITUAL LEADERS BUT YOUR PRIMARY ALLY IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.

RECOMMENDED TEXT: THE UPWARD SPIRAL BY ALEX KORB