Today is Friday 8 July 2022 and the Ukrainian people have already been holding back for the 135th day the full-scale invasion by Russia, which has stepped with its foot upon, and with its murderous hand is touching, the Ukrainian land.

We thank the Lord God and the Armed Forces of Ukraine that we survived until this morning, that we can be together, that we can stand before God, that we can live and serve God and Ukraine. This night, during the last day, again many people died in Ukraine, many were injured. The enemy continues to advance, in particular on the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, storming the cities of Kramatorsk, Slovyansk, and Bakhmut, subjecting our cities and villages to devastating rocket attacks. Again, Kharkiv suffered from rocket attacks, as did the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the south of Ukraine. Dozens of people were injured as a result of these brutal enemy attacks. But Ukraine is standing. Ukraine is fighting. Ukraine is praying. And Ukraine is overcoming, first of all overcoming the evil in its own heart. Today, I would like us to start learning together with you, the study of how to overcome. For the last few days we have contemplated the rules of this invisible spiritual warfare, we have seen what harm sin brings to a person's life,

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