Sauron
has regained much of his former strength.
He
cannot yet take physical form but his spirit
has
lost none of its potency.
Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all.
His
gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh.
A
great eye, lidless, wreathed in flame.
The
Eye of Sauron.
He is gathering all evil to him.
Very
soon he will summon an army great enough
to
launch an assault upon middle earth.
"For
our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against
the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and
against
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
"For
though we live in the world, we do not wage
war
as the world does."
"The
weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world.
On
the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We
demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up
against
the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought
to
make it obedient to Christ."
"I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have perfect
peace
and confidence."
"In the world you will have troubles and trials."
"But take heart, take courage - be of good cheer -"
"I have overcome the world."
"I
have already conquered it for you."
"Little
children, you are of God - you belong to Him -
and
you have already defeated and overcome them,
because
the one who is in you is greater and mightier
than
the one who is in the world."
