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INTRODUCTION MESSAGE The Sword of the Spirit 17 And take the helmet of salvation , and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Sword Not the long “samuri” type sword. Sword - short one for up and close hand-to-hand combat. 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged…

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against…

The sense of humor, or joy, is your defense system to maintain your senity, and love is your plan of attack. Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain gives you 3 sets of plans of attack. The first set is about spiritual plan of attack, the second set is physical plan of attack, and the third set is identity plan of attack. Each set has roughly four instructions. Let’s take a look.

8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. The devil or his demons are always…

Announcements Happy Birthday Merry Missions Thank you! Both the Catalan’s and Mrs. Kelsey have received their “packages!” I look forward to making this an annual event. Merry Christmas Card Sunday Thank you for being a blessing to our Academy families! Christmas Eve Service Usual morning services. Countdown…

The Bible does not say much about spiritual warfare; the key to understanding Paul’s words about the armor of God is to see it in the context of the entire letter of Ephesians.

One of the most difficult things anyone can face is the pain of being the target of attack by others. Especially if you have acted in good faith. You have tried to do what is right, in fact you may actually have acted with complete integrity and out of good motives in a situation, but the result is that…

Boots For Battle Intro: As we continue to study “the whole armor of God,” we continually need to be reminded why this is such an important topic. Verses 10–13 introduce the subject of spiritual warfare. We are told that the saints of God are engaged in a great spiritual battle against a powerful, relentless…

The Victorious life that God intends for you is evidence that the Spirit of God is in control.

Craig Brian Larson once said that “National Geographic ran an article about the Alaskan bull moose. The males of the species battle for dominance during the fall breeding season, literally going head-to-head with antlers crunching together as they collide. Often the antlers, their only weapon are broken.…

Please open your Bibles with me to the book of Nahum. We're in the middle of our short series on the Old Testament prophet's book. Last week we looked at the picture of punishment and the promise of peace powerfully displayed in chapter 1. Today, we will study Nahum's depiction of the destruction of…

Final Message of the series. By Way of reminder Peter is concluding the letter he has written from Rome, and even though he calls it Babylon at the end of the chapter, I hope you picked up on the sly humor in his closing. Sometimes people will call a town something and replace the town’s name with a…

Southern Israel is on fire. Israel has declared a state of war, the first such declaration since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Hamas, the Palestinian Arab terrorist organization in Gaza unleashed an attack on the general population of Southern Israel, killing over 200 and injuring more than 1,000 men,…

In Christ Alone Singing in the Victory Welcome! Welcome to 0600 Men’s Rally! Let me tell you why I’m here: Get men excited about being men. (It's good to be a man). Get men excited about following the ultimate man. Equip men with biblical tools to become better men. URGENCY Our culture is full of boys…

Welcome- Corporate Prayer Call to Worship see Psalm 67 Prayer Worship through Song Prayer T oday we will be completing looking at Paul's teaching on the armor of God. The book of Ephesians continually communicates that all aspects of the believers life is accomplished by living and abiding in Christ.…

16 In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Introduction: What is Faith Same question as with breastplate of…

Acts 21:26-36 Last week we started a series on the Truth about Our Mindset. When we talk about our mindset, we are talking about how we literally set our minds…or what we set our minds upon. Last week we saw that we need to take every thought captive, and to bring it under obedience to the Word of God.…

The Helmet of Salvation Helmets, there are all kinds of them. From bicycle to motorcycle. Sports helmet to firefighter helmet. What ever kind of helmet it is, it is ment to protect one thing, and that is your head. Your head is a very important thing to protect, there have been many a people that have…

We are doing a series on Sundays I called Facing Your Giants . So far we have looked at giants like: Fear... Guilt and Shame... Lack of Integrity... and today we will Face the Giant of Temptation. I think we all understand temptation to some degree. There was a little boy in a grocery store standing…

Intro: Tonight we are continuing with part seven of my end of days sermon series entitled the choice is yours. To provide a quick recap of the series week one was on the literal accuracy of end times prophecy and I used Daniel chapter 9 as an example. Week two my messaged entitled Caught Up examined…

Introduction It has been a couple of weeks now since we were with our Jewish friends and their plight. The last time we visited the account we were in Chapter 7 and the villain of the story had well and truly got his comeuppance, not only had he been rumbled, he had been put to death on the very instrument…

Intro: Female emu attacked me in breeding season in Manhattan Zoo because I got in the way of who she wanted to mate with. Paul believed in an unseen spiritual realm, and Jesus did too. In fact, Jesus spent a large portion of his ministry in direct conflict with the demonic forces and setting captives…

In elementary school a tornado warning was issued, and I remember getting really scared. Our teacher had taken the whole class outside so that we could either get on the bus to go home or be picked up by our parents. There wasn’t a bus that went by my house so my mom would pick me up and drop me off…

The Vulnerable Warrior Good morning warriors! We’ve been studying warriors. Scripture says that the LORD is a warrior. God came to us as a warrior wielding a sword. A sword sharper than any other sword ever made. His sword cuts between soul and spirit, joint and marrow, and exposes inner most thoughts…