"Each time your spirit goes under and faints in the testing & trials which come to you, you lose mastery over the powers of darkness, i.e. you get below them instead of abiding above them in God. Every time you take the earth standpoint - think as men think, talk as men talk, look as men look - you take a place below the powers of darkness. The mastery of them depends upon your spirit abiding in the place above them, and the place above them means knowing God's outlook, God's view, God's thought, God's plan, God's ways, by abiding with Christ in God."

The above is an entry in the journal of James Fraser missionary to China, I have found it a really helpful reminder of the things we know yet so easily forget. In the context of our missional journey this struggle to remain in Jesus and not under the influence of the powers of darkness is a daily one - holding on to faith, prayer & patience is not that easy. Thank you to those of you who are journeying with us in prayer. Please Pray that we will remain in Jesus, both for our own sanity, and for the sake of the breakthrough that only he can release.