“Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.” Nehemiah 4:20

“When you die to self, when you surrender to God, to do His work, to let the light that He has given you shine forth in good works, you will not labour alone. God’s grace stands forth to cooperate with every effort to enlighten the ignorant and those who do not know that the end of all things is at hand. But God will not do your work. Light may shine in abundance, but the grace given will convert your soul only as it arouses you to cooperate with divine agencies. You are called upon to put on the Christian armour and enter the Lord’s service as active soldiers. Divine power is to cooperate with human effort to break the spell of worldly enchantment that the enemy has cast upon souls.

The Lord has honoured us by choosing us as His soldiers. Let us fight bravely for Him, maintaining the right in every transaction. Rectitude in all things is essential to the warfare of the soul. As you strive for the victory over your own inclinations, He will help you by His Holy Spirit to be circumspect in every action, that you may give no occasion for the enemy to speak evil of the truth.

We are soldiers of Christ. He is the Captain of our salvation, and we are under His orders and rules. We are to wear His armour; we are to be marshalled only under His banner…. We are to keep on the whole armour of God, and work as in view of the universe of heaven.” God’s Amazing Grace 37.4, 5, 6