The War Rages On!President Bush at Whitehouse Press Conference

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Today the President passionately defended himself against the liberal critics in the press. When Helen Thomas, the dean of the White House press corps, asked why he wanted to go to war, The president responded passionately that no president wants war! He never wanted war, but he was force to defend our nation after 911 when thousands of innocent Americans were attacked in an act of war. The liberal press needed to to be put in it's place, and in a bold and passionate way, President Bush obliged.

The fact is that the war rages on. This war on terror is an ugly one. Terrorist never play fair, and the president has taken on this horribly wicked enemy. How long must we battle against terrorism? There will be terror as long as evil exists, and those who are just will boldly stand against evil and injustice.

While this costly war rages in Iraq, another war rages on here. The Bible describes our adversary as a roaring lion in 1 Peter 5:8-9.

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know
that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing
the same kind of sufferings.

There is definitely a spiritual war that rages on. You must know that your enemy wants to devour you. In fact, John describes our enemy as a thief, in John 10:10.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

As long as there is evil in the world there will be a battle raging for your soul, but John also tells us in 1 John 3:8,

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

Today you may be in the heat of the battle. You may even feel sometimes as though you are suffering some heavy losses. I want you to remember this promise from 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war
as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not
the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have
divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish
arguments and every pretension that sets itself up
against the knowledge of God, and we take captive
every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

The war rages on, but we are on the right side, and we will prevail, Christ Jesus Himself is the Captain of our salvation. We will overcome! Have a blessed day.