Upon arriving at the New World in 1519 and seeing the sheer scale of the blood thirsty Aztec armies, the Conquistador Hernan Cortes, having only 600 men, gave his most infamous order to them upon their arrival at those hostile shores.

"Burn the ships." Cortes understood that if the war was to be won, it would require absolute commitment without even the option of surrender or escape.

My brothers in Christ, our Lord demands this same devotion of us.

My grandfather escaped Poland in '39, shortly before the invasion. Once occupied, the Polish puppet govt was established to serve the Nazi regime. Their soldiers patrolled the streets, while the Polish infrastructure and its money served the Germans needs.

🧵 The occupiers disarmed the citizenry, dismantled what little was left of the military, and demoralized the population as a whole.

Not much has changed in this next generation of warfare, the principles remain the same.

It's funny the conversations you have with yourself when you've committed to ice cold showers at 0545, but you made that decision from the warmth of your bed the night before.

Maybe for you, it's eating cleaner, working out regularly, or overcoming an addiction.

🧵 We've all experienced the fear, the doubt, and the Saboteur that is constantly battling our good intentions.

It's a clear indication that the spirit and the flesh are seperate entities within you, and there's an important lesson from scripture to be learned in this realization.