Image by Defence-Imagery from Pixabay We’ve really begun to gain momentum in understanding the principles of spiritual warfare in the spiritual realm. There’s so much to cover and we’re still just getting started. But every principle we learn helps us to understand how to wage war in the spiritual realm.…
Image by Godsgirl_madi from Pixabay I’ve always been fascinated by game changers. One of them is a secret weapon. The thing about a secret weapon is that the enemy never expects it. Whether it is concealed on your person or it is an unexpected surprise, a secret weapon changes the…
Image by azboomer from Pixabay No matter what war a soldier is involved in, he or she never knows how to react until the battle has begun. There are a lot of tactics to learn. You can prepare and study war all you want. But until you are on the…
Image by Alexander Lesnitsky from Pixabay I think people who jump out of planes, walk tight ropes, perform daredevil stunts, and all other types of dangerous activities are out of their minds. At least for most activities they wear protective equipment. For everything from seatbelts to helmets, we try to…
Image by Gerhard Janson from Pixabay Everybody has faith. It’s acting on our expectations. When you sit down in a chair, you expect that chair to hold your weight. When you turn on the light switch, you expect that the light will turn on. If it doesn’t, you begin to…
If the Israelites never put their swords down to always defend themselves while building the wall, is there teaching about never putting the sword of the Spirit down? We are taught to put it on regularly but does it ever get taken off? This was the next question after talking…
Image by Torulus from Pixabay How do we use the sword of the Spirit, our Bibles? Ephesians, where Paul mentions the sword of the Spirit, clarifying that it is the Word of God, is a prison epistle. It was written when Paul was imprisoned under house arrest in Rome from…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Everyone wants justice in our world, even convicted criminals. It’s a common joke on all the TV shows that if you are in prison and ask anyone what they did, they say, “I didn’t do it.” But standing in the prison yard with the fence…
If only we had the clarity to face every situation. But every story has at least two sides. Not everyone demonstrates godly wisdom. And we only have this human perspective, finite and imperfect. We don’t always make the right decisions. Throughout history, we have seen Christians make mistakes. The biggest…
Image by Devanath from Pixabay It may not look like it when you wake up every morning, but you are in the middle of a war zone. We don’t think of this world like that as Christians. But according to the Bible, there is an unseen war, a battle for…