There are those dry seasons, days, moments, hours in LIFE when things GET unbearably TOUGH. So tough, it’s suffocating. So suffocating, you wonder, what’s the point of living anymore? Why am I going through this? Why do I have to live in misery? God I don’t want to do this anymore! Take me now!

You KNOW what I MEAN. And I KNOW you know what I MEAN because TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS are the INHERITANCE of every BELIEVER (1 Cor. 10:13; 1 Peter 4:12,13) — but for GOOD REASON.

Jesus came to give us a BETTER QUALITY of LIFE (John 10:10) but we’re ALSO destined to CARRY our CROSSES too. (Matt 10:38)

So part of the REASSURANCE here, is that ALL believers go through THESE tumultuous times in some way, shape, or form. Whatever you’re GOING THROUGH on any GIVE DAY, another BELIEVER on the OTHER SIDE of the WORLD is experiencing the SAME kinda thing.

ALL believers are SENTENCED to PAIN & AGONY in LIFE, but it is, to the GLORY of GOD. If we didn’t go through these STORMS, and we managed well on our own, how would we DRAW CLOSER to God? How would we DEPEND MORE on HIM?

How would we get to the NEXT LEVEL of FAITH, being able to SHARE our TESTIMONIES to exhort OTHERS?

It’s all PART of HIS PLAN. The divine METRICS! God has good PLANS for us.  But be COGNIZANT that his GOOD PLANS DO involve some PAIN and SUFFERING to get to the manifestation of those PLANS!

Our divine destinies and assignments won’t always FEEL GOOD. But that doesn’t mean we’re not EN ROUTE to the fulfilment of HIS WILL for our LIVES.

Jesus is the ULTIMATE example. Why did the KING of KINGS, the SON of the FATHER, the CHRIST, have to SUFFER so? Why did God MAKE it that WAY?

PAIN is PROCESS. It is a SMALL piece of a BIGGER puzzle. You KNOW our God, his WAYS and THOUGHTS are NOT as our OWN. (Isaiah 55:8)

But to RECEIVE our heavenly TRUST FUND, we MUST endure, we MUST go THROUGH the FIRE. There is NO other WAY to get to the FATHER. (John 14:6).

And just like the GLORY & MAJESTY Jesus RECEIVED on the OTHER SIDE of the SUFFERING, there is something WONDERFUL for us on the OTHER SIDE as well.

But it’s NOT easy to ENDURE is it? It isn’t EASY to SUCK it UP, brush our SHOULDERS off, and PAINT a SMILE on our FACE. That’s because we can’t do it ALONE. WE  need to DRAW on the strength of the FATHER.

In the HEAT of the MOMENT, the RAGING EMOTIONS, the SEA of TEARS, nothing is EASY — so we NEED him DESPERATELY!

You KNOW what you NEED to do. Your PASTORS and LEADERS have told you a 1000 times. Continue to Praise. Continue to Pray. Continue to be thankful. Continue to worship the LORD.

But in the LOWNESS of your VALLEY, you’re STONE COLD. Your HEART is HARDENED — even towards God. You’re  FEELING SORRY for yourself thinking… POOR ME.

But if we could JUST let out a BATTLE CRY…

A battle cry from the DEEP DARK pit of DESPAIR. A BATTLE CRY from the MUSTY & MOLDY trenches.

It can be a LOUD and AGGRESSIVE CRY, but it DOESN’T HAVE to BE. We’re NOT dealing with SOMETHING or SOMEONE  in the NATURAL:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Eph. 6:12)

Our BATTLE CRY can be nothing more than a soft whisper of SCRIPTURE…

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)

Our BATTLE CRY can be nothing more than a few sweetly inspired WORDS from the Holy Spirit to the FATHER:

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. (Rom. 8:26,27)

If we COULD just let out a BATTLE CRY — one battle cry, any battle cry — we’ve REGAINED our GROUND, MARKED our TERRITORY, and RE POSITIONED ourselves as VICTORS.

God will do the REST. His GRACE is ENOUGH!

Here are at least 50 BATTLE CRIES to get you out of the TRENCHES:

1. Thank you Jesus

2. God is Good

3. Greater is HE that is in ME

4. I will BLESS the Lord at all times/I will CONTINUE to SPEAK his PRAISES

5. Hallelujah!

6. The LORD rebuke you SATAN!

7. Help Lord!

8. My BODY is a LIVING SACRIFICE

9. Bless you/God bless you

10. I NEED you Jesus

11. God is in Control

12. It won’t work

13. I won’t allow it to happen

14. The BLOOD of Jesus!

15. I can do this thing through Christ

16. With God this thing is possible

17. Your will be done Lord not my own

18. LORD, I trust you’re working this OUT

19. I still TRUST you LORD

20. Lord you did not give me the Spirit of Fear

21. LORD I’m asking…

22. In JESUS name

23. There is more going on that I can’t see/know

24. I am HEALED in Jesus Name

25. Jehovah Rapha you will HEAL

25. Jehovah Jireh you will PROVIDE

26. This is WORKING OUT for my GOOD/ for the BEST

27. My JOY comes from the LORD

28. The LORD is my SHEPHERD he’ll LEAD the WAY

29. I will REJOICE in this DAY.

30. Help me HOLY SPIRIT

31. Only God can Judge Me

32. I don’t RECEIVE that!

33. I  don’t believe that!

34. Lord you promised… so it will come to pass

35. Lord your WORD says …. so it will come to pass

36. I RECEIVE the PEACE of the LORD

37. I RECEIVE the JOY of the LORD

38. Lord I leave this in your HANDS

39. LORD I cast this CARE to YOU

40. LORD help me to MOVE on from THIS

41. LORD remove this from my MEMORY

42. No weapon will prosper against me & my family

43. The LORD is my rock, strong tower, buckler/shield

44. The LORD is my SALVATION

44. The LORD is my DELIVERER

45. The Lord is my REDEEMER

46. The Lord won’t PERMIT that to HAPPEN

47. I will DWELL in your SECRET PLACE

48. Lord FIGHT this BATTLE

49. I know you’re WATCHING over ME

50. You’re the ONE & ONLY true GOD

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