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    Friendly Fire: Fighting in the Wrong Battle and Losing the War
    Friendly Fire: Fighting in the Wrong Battle and Losing the War
    Friendly Fire: Fighting in the Wrong Battle and Losing the War
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    Friendly Fire: Fighting in the Wrong Battle and Losing the War

    By Joveeta Seals

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    This book was written to encourage those who work in the local church and have been abused so badly they are ready to give up the work the Lord has given them. It is also written to the ones who may be abusers and do not realize it. One can get so caught up in the work that losing site of who gets the glory is easily done. As I was praying one day in the spirit I heard these words, "Tell my people they are fighting in the wrong battles and losing the war." This is my attempt to obey the voice of the Holy Spirit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 12, 2011
    ISBN9781456715663
    Friendly Fire: Fighting in the Wrong Battle and Losing the War
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    Joveeta Seals

    Joveeta Seals is an active member of New Outreach COGIC where she is the coordinator of the women department and prayer warriors. She is a conference speaker, and she would love to hear from her readers. Email address: sisterJoveeta@aol.com. This is her first book. Joveeta lives with her mother and two sons in Mc Kinney, TX

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      Friendly Fire - Joveeta Seals

      Contents

      Friendly Fire

      Love, What Is It?

      Check Yourself

      Rules of Engagement

      When Under Attack

      This is What you do

      The Battle Lost and Won

      May You Dance

      Friendly Fire

      Lynn leaned back on the hard chair, tired after praying all night. In her heart, she knew God had heard her prayers, and she just wanted to get a few minutes to herself before she spoke to the very angry president of the choir. She had missed rehearsal to pray for a very ill baby, but the president could not understand why she missed another rehearsal. Lynn felt a call to pray, but the choir president’s heart was with the choir.

      The president yelled Lynn’s name for the second time. Lynn jumped, looking into the glaring eyes of Sister Hynes. She fumed, What are you doing? You think you are so much! You are nothing if you do not keep your word! You have fooled some of the church people but not me! Sister Hynes screamed, If you are so holy, why do you spend hours speaking in tongues and praying?

      Lynn’s eyes filled with tears, and she said, I give up. I am no longer in the choir. I can’t take this! She grabbed her oversized black bag from the floor and walked briskly toward the door. Lynn flung the door open and ran down the steps and to her car. The president watched Lynn as she sped out of the church parking lot. She turned herself around to meet the disapproving eyes of the other choir members.

      The president stomped her foot, pushed past the choir members, and marched to the choir stand. The church was divided over the conflict between the prayer warrior and the choir president. Some felt the president had a right to be angry, while others thought prayer was more important than singing.

      Lynn’s husband was not pleased to see his unhappy wife. He thought real church folks were kind and always got along with one another. To him, Lynn had more salvation in her left toe than all the other church members had in their whole bodies, so he decided not to go back to the church.

      And some are like the seed that land in the gravel. When they first hear the Word they respond with great enthusiasm. But there is such shallow soil of character that when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it (Mark 4:16–17 MSG).

      Lynn’s husband (a new convert) was not well grounded in the word, so his actions were understandable. Lynn should have had control over her emotions, so she could have explained to the president her actions. Yes, the president was out of order. She may have been stressed out, which may have been caused by the pastor asking her to produce a heavenly sound. We do not know what others are thinking or what they are going through, so it is good whenever possible to live at peace with them by placing ourselves in their shoes. Church work is important, but we must remember that the work we do is to glorify God, not ourselves.

      Why does the church submit to conflict? The apostle James gives several reasons why we have conflicts (Jas. 4).

      He asked the church folks, What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? His answer:

      They come from evil desires at war within.

      They come from jealousy, wanting what you do not have.

      They come from fighting to get what others have.

      They come from a need to take it away from them.

      The reason:

      You do not have because you do not ask for it.

      Or, if you do ask, you ask with the wrong motive.

      Do not think it is easy to please God.

      You do it for selfish reasons—to make yourself look good

      You do it for pleasure of self.

      Fighting in the church is not new. It’s a recurring problem, but we do not have to take part in the wrong battle.

      Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up (Jas. 4:7–10).

      Submit to God (present, put forward, surrender, give in, accept, resign yourself to).

      Resist the devil (oppose, refuse to accept, defy, stand firm, refuse to go along with).

      He will flee from you (run away, escape, take flight, run off).

      Come near to God (praise and pray, listen for the Holy Spirit to direct you).

      Wash your hands (repent to God and others).

      Grieve, mourn, and wail (cry).

      Humble yourself (meek, modest, self-effacing, and subservient).

      God will raise you up.

      "For it is God in you to will and

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