{"id":15520,"date":"2025-08-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devotions.billwinston.org\/?p=15520"},"modified":"2025-08-04T04:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:29:42","slug":"the-battle-is-the-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devotions.billwinston.org\/es\/the-battle-is-the-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle Is the Lord\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCRIPTURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This day will the\u00a0Lord\u00a0deliver thee into mine hand; \u2026 that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel&#8230;And all this assembly shall know that the\u00a0Lord\u00a0saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u2019s, and he will give you into our hands. (1 Samuel 17: 46\u201347)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEVOTIONAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David speaking to Goliath says, \u201cThis day will the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel&#8230;And all this assembly shall know that the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lord\u2019s, and he will give you into our hands\u201d (1 Samuel 17:46\u201347).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you see that? David declared what he was going to do to Goliath before he ever go to the front line. Don\u2019t wait till you get in the fight to declare something. Start declaring it before the fight ever takes place. And you\u2019ll find that your declaration is at least seventy percent of the battle that you\u2019re going to fight. Your declaration really is the most important part of your victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRAYER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father in Heaven, I declare that I and my family have overcome every attack of the enemy. The devil has been defeated. Thank you that You have given us the victory! In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston\u2019s book,\u00a0<em>Training for Reigning<\/em>. 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