![]() It was like the only way out of the dark room was a light that led to a window, and that window was only a breath and prayer away. Needless to say, it was all reason to get “down, grouchy, defeated and exhausted.” God reminded me, however, to press into Him as the pressures of the physical got heavier… and interesting thing happened, the physical circumstances got so heavy that I had to focus on the spiritual so that the physical wouldn’t thwart me, take me out, and render me helpless. Shortly after His reminder, I was attacked with falling short of academic demands put on me in the doctorate program, bombarded with sickness, financial issues, followed by emergency dental work that had to be done on my right lower gum area – further followed by pain for a week that made it hard to sleep. Recently, God reminded me that I must walk in the Spirit if I am to withstand the physical obstacles, if I am to not be thwarted by the limitations found within the physical. It is God who gives us victory, and it is God who enables us to endure through the sacrifice and strength of His Son today, tomorrow and for eternity. As we know, but sometimes we forget, it is God who fights our battles. Let us look to Him and ask Him to help us with His armor and ask Him to put us on His shoulders and carry us to victory. ![]() Let us contemplate the spiritual tenacity of the Armor of God and let us envision the spiritual vigor of our Savior who, ultimately, fights the battles for us. Let us not consider our armor that heavy metal stuff from the dark-ages. And let us not forget our shoes of peace and our sword of the Spirit, but when we are laid out flat in need of a nap, it’s hard to raise all that heavy armor and continue to fight. In the moments of physical exhaustion, we can forget to wear our spiritual armor of God because we are too tired to lift our arms up to place the helmet of salvation on our heads, and raise our shield of faith, let alone remember to fasten our belt of Truth and put in place our breastplate of righteousness. It appears that arrows keep flying, illnesses, physical limitations and/or injuries, tired limbs and weak knees threatens to disarm us. In the music video the sign that Pursey, the rest of Sham 69 and a young boy are sitting next to is the sign for Hersham Road.It has come to my attention (looking in the mirror this morning and noticing fellow Warriors who are weary from battle) that there are some weary warriors out there who need encouragement. Two live tracks, "I Don't Wanna (live)" and "Tell Us The Truth (live)" appear as b-sides on this single, recorded in 1978. The song is included on live and compilation albums. As empty self-satisfied a record as anything they supposedly set out to replace". This success was despite the song's poor review in pop magazine Smash Hits music journalist David Hepworth described the song as "A tired, hollow effort struggling between weary attempts at rabble-rousing and blush-making pseudo-Springsteen 'street' songs that reek of desperation and contract fulfilling. It was the band's biggest and most well-known hit, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and at nine on the Irish Singles Chart. " Hersham Boys" is a single released by English punk rock band Sham 69 in 1979 from their third studio album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. "I Don't Wanna (live)"/"Tell Us The Truth (live)" From the album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
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