Facing ‘Dry-Bone’ Situations
Published by angelcasiano
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director. While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog. In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot. In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona. View all posts by angelcasiano
Soldiers of Christ Arise
Soldiers of Christ arise,
and put your armor on,
strong in the strength which God
supplies thru his eternal Son;
Strong in the Lord of Hosts,
and in his mighty power,
who in the strength of Jesus
trusts is more than conqueror.
Stand then in his great might,
with all his strength endued,
but take to arm you for the fight
the panoply of God;
That having all things done,
and all your conflicts passed,
ye may o’ercome thru Christ alone
and stand entire at last.
Pray without ceasing, pray,
(your Captain gives the word)
his summons cheerfully obey
and call upon the Lord;
To God your every want
in instant prayer display,
pray always, pray and never faint,
pray, without ceasing pray.
From strength to strength go on,
wrestle and fight and pray,
tread all the powers of darkness down
and win the well-fought day.
Still let the Spirit cry
in all his soldiers, “Come!”
till Christ the Lord, descends from high
and takes the conquerors home.
Charles Wesley, Character of a Methodist, 1741
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Simply amazing!
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Excellent bit of writing. I mean that – the wording is fantastic.
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Hey Kelly; after a devotional at home; my son and I both felt like writing about this and we both did and decided to put the information together. Praise the Lord!
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