Soldier

Read this! It is soooooo deep. I felt really inspired after listening to this, so I'm sharing it with you. :)

"I am a soldier of the living God.

 

I am going to claim my Canaan. I am claiming my Canaan because the Lord Jesus Christ is my commanding officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct. Faith, prayer, and The Word are weapons of my warfare. I have been called by the Holy Spirit. I have been trained by experience. I have been tried by adversity and I have been tested by fire. I am a volunteer in this army and I have enlisted for all of eternity. I will retire either in this army at the rapture or I will die in this army. But I will not get out, I will not sell out, or I will not be talked out. I am going to be faithful. I am going to be capable, dependable by his might. And if my God needs me, I’m going to be there.

 

I am a soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

I don’t have to be pampered, paid, primed up, picked up, pumped up or pepped up because I am a soldier! No one has to call me, remind me, invite me, visit me, entice me or lure me.

 

I am a soldier.

 

I’m in my place saluting my king, obeying his orders, praising his name, and building his kingdom up.

 

I am a soldier.

 

No one has to send me flowers, no one has to send me gifts, cards, food, candy, or give me handouts. I don’t need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt enough to turn me around.  I can not be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit. And when Jesus called me into this army I had noting, and if I end with nothing, I will still come out even. But I’m going to win! My God’s going to supply all my needs!  I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph in Christ Jesus because I can do all things through Him.

 

 I am a soldier.

 

Devils cannot defeat me, people cannot dissolution me, weather cannot weary me, sickness cannot stop me, battles cannot beat me, money cannot buy me, Governments cannot outsize me, and hell can’t handle me! I am a child of the king! I am claiming my Canaan. I am a soldier. Death cannot destroy me! For when my commanding officer calls me from this battlefield, he’s going to promote me to a captain and bring me back to rule this world with him! I am a soldier in the army of my living God.  I’m going to be marching and claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier pursuing my potential. I am claiming my Canaan. 

Who will stand with me? Here I stand!"

                                                                                   - Ricky Wood

Here is the video that goes with this speech-

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=43a6818312ed20304475