<h1>April 30,&nbsp;2025 - &nbsp;Stay Over the Target! -&nbsp;Karen Hardin</h1>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">(NOTE: The message that Karen posted for our www.CityByCityPrayer.org email on Monday, was so powerful, we felt to share it with our Destiny Builders Ministries contacts as well. For those that are on both lists, we apologize for this repeated content.)<br /><br /><strong>DON'T&nbsp; BACK DOWN</strong><br /> The Bible instructs us not to grow weary in doing what He has called us to do. It is followed by the encouragement that in due season we <em>will</em> reap if we faint not. Many have felt like fainting as the battles you are facing seem unrelenting.&nbsp;If that is you, I encourage you,<strong> don’t back down</strong>!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If we look back through the Bible,&nbsp;we can see a pattern that the more intense the battle/spiritual warfare, it is an indicator that not only are you right over the target, but breakthrough is near—if you don’t quit.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> The Old Testament accounts give us a great first hand view of that principle how God can and does intervene in our lives. Over and over in those accounts, we see that people who put their trust in God, came out on top—against all odds. And it was always because of the God factor.</p>
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<li>Elijah vs Jezebel</li>
<li>Nehemiah vs Sanballot</li>
<li>Mordecai vs Hamon</li>
<li>David vs Goliath</li>
<li>David vs King Saul</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">What did all of those scenarios have in common? The Enemy wanted to destroy them! They weren’t small battles, but intense life and death battles.</p>
