Hello Beloved,
I am reading a book right now called " Prayer for Victory in Spiritual Warfare , by Dr. Tony Evans. I have just finished the Introduction and as I read it one person jumped into mind. Her name is
LeeAnne and she is in a very personal, very real battle for her health.
The text comes from Ephesians 6: 13-18 on The Armor of God.
1.) The Belt of Truth: " Truth must be accepted internally and then acted on externally"
2.) The Breastplate of Righteousness : " wearing the breastplate of righteousness involves walking securely in your imputed ( assigned) righteousness by virtue of the cross coming clean with God in your practice of righteousness and feeding your spirit with the Word of God so that the Spirit will produce the natural outgrowth of right living from within you,"
3.) The Shoes of Peace: " God offers us a peace that reaches beyond what we can comprehend, when we receive and walk in that peace, it settles in as a guard over our hearts and minds"
4.) The Shield of Faith: " Faith is critical in achieving victory in Spiritual Warfare. " Faith accesses what God has already done or what God plans to do." Faith is a function of the mind that shows up in your reactions , responses, and choices to life." " Faith is an action word."
5.) The Helmet of Salvation: " wearing the Helmet of Salvation , means living in that reality now, securely.
6.) The Sword of the Spirit: " your additional weapon with which you can attack and advance." " It is not your sword , not the church's sword, , nor good works, religion, or even the preacher's sword. It is the only weapon used in the spiritual world, The Sword of the Spirit.. the Word of God.
I have used direct quotes from this book here. The words in bold print. Some have been paraphrased. In each one of these quotes I saw LeeAnne.. I see this young woman each Sunday in church and I watch her come in like she is on top of the world when in fact her world has started to crumble... BUT like it says in # 4 . Faith is a function of the mind, that shows up in your reactions, responses, and choices to life,, and Faith is ACTION word.. LeeAnne shows that each and every time I see her.... She is wearing the FULL Armor of God in this time of her troubles..
God Bless you LeeAnne.
