Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Eph. 6 10-18

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints

This is a lot of good stuff...lets take it peice by peice but instead of taking each verse and breaking it down I am just going to disect what Paul is saying; This is all about putting on our amour that God gives us at our brith Rising up and fighting. Sounds like a retreat song we had this past year rise up.

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

I want you to do what Sister Therese Marie,TOR said to do down in stuby read this part 3 times
1st pick out a word
2nd a verse/phrase
3rd put your self in the story, in this case Think about what Paul is discribing, putting on the armor of God...

then do it with this part:

14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints

Now This is a very spelled out what Paul is writing, trying to get across, he uses great discription and it makes it easy to visualize, but it is simple.
TEMPTATION IS COMING, SIN IS GOING TO BE THERE BUT EQUIPT YOUR SELF WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD DONOT PUT IN ON THE SHELF, USE IT!

~Bobby :)

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