I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.
I've been to war, and I know the consequences and sacrifice it takes. If we must fight, we fight to win.
Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.