Shoes of Peace
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The Armor of God
The Armor of God
Belt of truth
Breastplate of Righteousness
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians
The Shoes of Peace
The Shoes of Peace
sandals that fit tightly
hobs on the bottom for traction
hard sole for protection from below
shoes for standing firm
shoes for standing firm
we need to be able to stand firm on the Gospel
stand firm on Gods word not compromise
The fish
The early Christians formed an acrostic from these letters as follows: I= Iesous (Jesus); CH=Christos (Christ); TH=Theous (God); U= UIOS (Son); SOTER (Savior).
today songs to “you”
ending prayers to “your name”
ending letters “in Him”
we are substituting the name of Jesus with pronouns to whoever the listener or reader wants it to be
standing firm on key themes of the Bible
standing firm on what the Church is...
Gideon
Gideon
So he brought down the troops to the water, and Yahweh said to Gideon, “You must separate everyone who laps up the water to drink with his tongue like a dog from those who kneel.” The number of those lapping up the water with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; all the rest of the troops kneeled to drink the water.
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only the ones standing did God use
the others compromised their defence by kneeling
Shoes to move gracefully
Shoes to move gracefully
Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with body armor. Then David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire, but he tried in vain to walk around, for he was not trained to use them. So David said to Saul, “I am not able to walk with these, because I am not trained to use them.” So David removed them. Then he took his staff in his hand, picked out for himself five smooth stones from the wadi, and he put them in his shepherd’s bag, in the pouch. And with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
David could not move very well in armor
God trained David to be light on his feet and to fight with a sling, and a club
Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil
because you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
we should not go outside our expertise
Shoes to advance
Shoes to advance
ways, tactics, and methods from the past not for today
Facebook ministry, share
to talk to some one face to face no, but to the camera yes
the old ways are comfortable, but Goliath was not killed the old ways
old ways going door to door
new ways social media
Shoes that give a Peaceful feeling
Shoes that give a Peaceful feeling
peace with God
Sins confessed, sure of your salvation, no doubts
how can we bring peace to someone else if we have no peace?
Conclusion
we need good shoes to protect ourselves from satan
we nought only need them but to put them on
to stand firm on Gods word
to move gracefully without hindrance
to advance with the times
to be at peace