Words of the Warrior

One must not lay still in battle, nor a time of peace.
For while he sleeps or wakes,
His foe is forever plotting an attack of defeat.

One must always be fit for battle,
for after a fight there will be another attack to catch him off guard.
He should build his defenses big and strong,
so the enemy cannot easily get through.

One must protect the temple of The Most High,
for that is the very heart of the kingdom.
Without the temple, Hope does not exist.

One should always pursue his enemy, for his foe will not rest,
so neither should he.
The prince of darkness is always on the move,
destroying anything in his path.
That is why we must fight for the Glory of God.

......This is what makes us a Warrior......

Sword of The Spirit

The only weapon of choice you have in your spiritual battle is the Sword of the Spirit. This is the only item that you can use against Satan, himself. You must keep this weapon with you at all times, or you have nothing to fight back with. Now we just need to know what the Sword of the Spirit truly is....

Ephesians 6:17 says ," ...the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

So now we know what it is, and now we know how to build up and strengthen our sword, but I want you to take a closer look at this verse. Most people would read this verse and think that the "entire" Bible is the Sword, but the original Greek word that Paul used in this verse was "Hrema" which means "word, as in utterance" or the english definition "saying".

What I believe Paul was trying to say is that EVERY SINGLE VERSE is a sword in itself! Everything verse we read and speak out of the Bible is a sword that can defeat Satan and his demons. You must always read the word to keep your "swords" ready to attack and win the battles that Satan puts against you.

Before we continue I want you to know that, along with every kind of sword, there are also different kinds of verses that are designed for different battles. For example: Psalms 91:5 would be great for dealing with fear, but would be useless for dealing with stealing. You just can't use any verse to deal with everything, but you must know what verse to use and when to use it. That is why we must daily indulge ourselves in the precious Word everyday.

With the full armor of God covering you, and the precious Sword of the Spirit in your hand, you have nothing to fear, for when God is with you, who can be against you? Romans 8:31

I pray that you continue to strengthen up yourself and walk out into the battlefield with your chest held high, and your spirit higher. With God by your side, you will have nothing to fear. Walk boldly and declare the good news, and start defeating the Darkness and the one who controls it, in Jesus' name!!!!

Have a blessed week and start using your sword to the best of it's ability!!!! Amen!!!

Shield of Faith

The Shield of Faith! It is a powerful defender!!! The shield defends you from any attacks from arrows in the sky or the swords and spears from below. No matter what happens in the heat of battle, you will fall without your shield to protect you.

Those arrows, swords, and spears are not real, physical attacks towards you. They are attacks of doubt, worry, fear, and sin. Their main purpose is to weaken your will to fight and fall to evil. After all, we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual darkness of the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12)

Our Shield will allow us to protect ourselves from these arrows of doubt or the swords of fear, but we have to know what we're dealing with before we can protect ourselves. How do you expect to use your shield when you can't see what you're using it for? We have to know what we're going against so we can raise our shield and brace ourselves for the attack.

That's why many Christians fall. They don't know what they're going against in the battle, and they get attacked from the side unexpectedly. They get a fatal blow to the side, and they fall. Thank goodness God's grace saves us from the deathly grasp of death, and He lifts us up and we keep going. This is all spiritually speaking, but you must realize that our lives are always a constant battle to stay clean and holy for the Lord. Always expect an attack from satan. He will never rest.

Also realize that in order to properly use your "Shield of Faith" you must have what? Faith!!!! Without faith, you have no shield and you will be falling left and right. Keep your faith strong so you can boldly stand with your shield held high and ready to defend yourself.

I want to finish with this. Keep your faith strong, and stay on guard for anything that might want to destroy your spirit. Your shield of faith is valuable, so keep it with you at all times.

I pray that you have a blessed week, and that you will proudly keep your faith strong. Amen!

Shoes of Peace

Sorry for the delay in this next piece of armor. I've been quite busy, and I finally found some time to write today, so thank goodness.

The Shoes of Peace protect your feet from hurting when you walk on gravel or anything else that gets in your way. You know how bad your feet hurt when you walk outside and you step on a sharp rock. That rock represents the pain you will endure during your walk with God. The sharp rock will still hurt with your shoes on, but it will not hurt as bad.

We will always get hurt during our walk with God, but we have to keep our shoes on to protect our feet from the painful stab from the devil.

Peace.......... That's what the shoes are made of. We should be leaving peace everywhere we go. Let me put it in this analogy.

When you walk on the beach near the water where the sand is wet, you look back and see your footprints in the sand, right? When we walk with our Shoes of Peace, we should be leaving our "footprints" of peace all over the places we walk through.

Psalms 23:6 says ," Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

Let's start bringing peace to the places we go to with our Shoes of Peace.

You have a blessed week and wear the Shoes of Peace during your walk with God. Amen

Belt of Truth

You may have all of the armor of God, but how do you plan on keeping it all together without the Belt of Truth? Without the Belt of Truth, we have nothing to hold up our armor.

You've seen those teenaged boys walking around with their pants just below their butt, right? Everytime I see that, I just want to go over there and pull their pants down. Then I can run away laughing, because they can't catch me. You know why? Because their pants are down.

Put us in the boy's shoes. How do we think we can fight if our pants are on the floor? We'll be tripping over ourselves, while satan laughs at us, because he pulled our pants down with his lies. Satan's goal is to bring us down. His main weapon is deceitfulness. Of course he's going to lie to us. Then we'll be to worried about what he said, and eventually trip over ourselves, instead of getting a " Belt of Truth" to keep our pants up.

Truth is the base of the word. Without the Truth, our lives will fall apart. Anytime someone hits us, we'll break into pieces. We must know what the truth is, so we can stand up for what we believe in.

John 17:17 says, "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."

Our words of truth will help other people find the right way, and be lead to the Lord.

The truth will also guide us.

John 16:13 " But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come"

For us to put on the Belt of Truth, we must read the Word, and speak it aloud, so it becomes real in our hearts. Stand on the Rock of Truth, which is the Word. Then you can keep your clothes on. Ha ha

Have a blessed week, and wear the Belt of Truth. Amen

Breastplate of Righteousness

The Breastplate is the next piece of armor I will talk about. It allows us to walk boldly in the battlefield to fight. Having the Breastplate protects the main part of our body. Our torso consists of the muscles, vital organs, as well as the heart. Losing any of these parts would be life threatening.

I looked up the word for righteousness, and the definition was this : To be without sin; guiltless.

I thought about that, and after some research, I realized that there were two different types of righteousness. The first type was given to us from Jesus, and the second type is Jesus working in and with us.

Romans 4:6-7 says ," Just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: Blessed [are those] whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered."

The Bible says that God gave us righteousness, even though we didn't do anything to deserve it. How cool is that?

The next kind of righteousness is the process of God working through us.

Jeremiah 31:33-34 says ,"But this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

God put His law into our minds and wrote it in our hearts. He gave part of Himself to us, so we could call upon His name and He would willingly come into our life and change us.

Before this lesson ends, I want to give you something to scratch your heads while you go about your day. You understand that the Breastplate is for the front part of the body, right? The purpose of the Breastplate was not to protect your back, but for the front.

What I'm trying to say here is that we are not supposed to turn our exposed "back" to the enemy, for he will attack our unarmored area. We are called to keep ourselves facing the enemy. Only if we run, will we be in true danger.

To put on the Breastplate of Righteousness, we must keep ourselves from sin at all costs. If we fall, though, we don't walk away. Instead we ask for forgiveness and keep fighting.

Try to find a time in your day to read Romans 8:1-11, and you will have a better understanding about God's righteousness.

Have a blessed week, and put on the Breastplate of Righteousness. Amen.

Helmet Of Salvation

I will first start this series with the Helmet of Salvation. When you ask God to live in your heart, you automatically receive this gift. The Helmet protects any attacks and blows that are directed toward your head.

You don't need much convincing to know how important it is to keep your head protected. You can survive a broken arm or a leg, but a broken head can lead to devastating results. The Helmet is a very important piece of armor for you to carry at all times.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 tells us that the helmet is the " Hope of Salvation".

Interesting, isn't it? Last Sunday, my pastor gave us a very real analogy. He said that a man can survive 40 days without food, 3 days without water, 8 minutes without air, but not even a second without Hope.

That passage right there really puts a perspective on our life. Here's the question, though. What do we put our hope in?

Titus 1:2-3 says, " A faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, "

The Bible says that we put our hope in eternal life. Knowing that we have eternal life in God gives us the strength and courage to move forward.

In order to put on this helmet and to strengthen it up, we must put our hope in the Lord. The more hope we put in the Lord, the stronger and more durable our helmet becomes. Therefore, give hope in the Lord and His promises for us in our lives.

Have a blessed week, and always wear your Helmet of Salvation. Amen.