Warrior of The Word - Armor of Light

 

WARRIOR OF THE WORD

Romans 13:12

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: 

let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,

and let us put on 

The Armor of Light.

(cf) Ephesians 6:11

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    Every piece of our Armor of Light is The Christ of God, Jesus, Who is The Light of Salvation to all who believe that He is Who He says He is. And has done what He came to do. 

    Only the wearer of The Armor of Light can overcome the rulers of darkness and their cohorts [Ephesians 6:11-13]. Every piece of The Armor of Light must be worn in our lifetime, that we may be able to overcome the temptations which evil presents us with. 

    We must believe that Jesus Christ Is Lord, because without this belief, no armor is available to anyone. For Christ is our Armor of Light [Isaiah 42:6; John 1:9; 8:12; 9:11]. The Armor of Light is the holiness of Christ, which adorns the wearer. [1 Peter 1:15,16; Leviticus 20:26; 1 John 3:3]. 

    The unholy and the blasphemous cannot wear this Armor: they are defenseless against the forces of the enemy until they believe that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. Once we were without Strength, without Love, without Life, without Hope. Until we saw the Truth of God's Love in the face of Jesus Christ. So we pray for those who still walk in darkness that they, too, may soon see Jesus and be clothed with His Armor. 

   STRENGTH IN THE LORD: The Righteousness of Christ is our tunic. This is applied before any piece of armor can be worn [Romans 13:14]. Having become new creatures in Christ, we allow His Holy Spirit to change our minds regarding what is wrong and what is right. We learn daily when Christ remains that near to us. We behave different. We talk different. We live different. Not because we have to, but because we want to.

    BELT: The Word of God is our belt. He wraps Himself around our circumference with Strength, for our breastplate will need to be anchored, but still give us room to move. Covenant Faithfulness, adhering to what is fact and not believing what is fiction; knowing the truth of a matter and refusing to believe the lies which surround it. God is True [Romans 3:4; Titus 1:2]. Therefore, The Son of God Is True [John 14:6]. Anyone else declaring himself or herself to be God and God's Son is a liar and a thief. 

    BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE: The Lord is our Righteousness [Psalm 119:137; 145:17; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 3:21,22]. The Lord is The Love of God revealed to us who believe [Romans 8:39; 1 John 4:9,10]. 

    SHOES: The Word of God is wrapped around my feet and up my legs: every Promise of God encircles my calves, and the promises of God are many. I step out in faith to do that which I have been called to do. Preach the gospel message of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. [Romans 10:15; Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15; 2 Timothy 4:2; Mark 16:15]. And my feet are beautiful because Christ is beautiful. [Psalm 29:2; 96:9; Revelation 4:8].

    HEADCOVERING: The Salvation of The Lord is our helmet. He is our Crown of Glory, our Crown of Life, our Crown of Righteousness, our Crown of Wisdom, and many more. He is our Covenant, covering us with Himself as our Intercessor and Mediator with God.

    SHIELD: The Lord is My Shield [Genesis 15:1; Psalm 28:7; 84:11]. My faith in Him cannot be seen, only felt and known. It is not fully invisible, for when I bring my shield in front of me, the enemy's darts merely bounce off and fall to the ground. 

    SWORD: The Word of God is My Sword, for He is The Double-Edged Sword which divides soul from body [Hebrews 4:12]. This Sword is in His Mouth [Revelation 19:15]. It is The Sword of The Spirit of God. [2 Peter 1:21]. And as His servant, This Sword is the mouths of His prophets [Isaiah 59:21; Jeremiah 1:9; Deuteronomy 18:18] and in the mouths of His followers/disciples [1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16; John 14:6; 1 Peter 4:11]. 

    COMMUNICATION: Prayer is the vital source of communication between the believer and The One In Whom We Believe, God our heavenly Father. When we pray, we are addressing a Holy God Who is our Father [Luke 11:2]. The lines of communication are open to the person who not only believes in God's existence, but that God's WORD is True, and that God's Promises are Yes in Christ. [Hebrews 11:6; Psalm 119:160; 2 Corinthians 1:20]. 

    We have put on the righteousness of Christ when we choose to believe that He is God's Only Begotten Son Who died on the cross so that we wouldn't have to suffer and die for our sins against God. Though there are many of us, the decision to believe and follow Christ must be made individually. Each of us must make a decision whether or not we will believe God and believe on The Name of God's Only Begotten Son for our salvation and deliverance.

    Without this Armor of Light upon our souls, we are surely lost. For without Christ there is no salvation. No other god, no other name anywhere on this planet or another, can purchase our souls from the devil. For that is whom you belong to when you refuse God and His Christ. 

    Romans 13:10-12

10. Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. 11. And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 

12. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on The Armor of Light.

Warrior of The Word - Feet Like Hinds' Feet

2 Samuel 22:34

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

From The Topical Lexicon:

Natural Characteristics of the Doe

The doe embodies agility, grace, alertness, lightness of step, and maternal instinct. In the rugged hills of ancient Israel these traits were easily observed, making the animal an apt metaphor for eloquence, sure-footed security, gentle beauty, and the mysterious timing of birth. 

    This, too, should be the description of a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. 

    We are to walk in agility. Our steps cannot falter, nor be hesitant: we walk by faith in The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ. We doubt not,nor do we waiver in our faith. 

    We walk in grace, God's merciful grace given through Jesus Christ. We walk in The Spirit of God, Who leads us up the mountains we must climb and through the valleys in which we journey, and at time rest in. 

    Our senses are alert to our surroundings at all times. The predator of our souls is always looking for ways to bring us down and take us out. Because we have faith in our Lord we trust where He leads us. Our feet walk in the Light of His Love. 

    And we raise our children to follow Jesus. We want them to know this wonderful grace which God has given us. We encourage them to seek out God in His Word and believe for themselves this wonderful Name of Jesus which has filled us with such Joy and wonder in His Salvation. The thrill of leading our children to Christ and seeing them believe and be baptized is unlike any thrill you will ever have known before. 

    Fortunate are we to see hinds' feet in our mentors. The elders we have cherished and loved through the years have walked these valleys and mountains before us. Their collective wisdom and gracious words have led us to Christ, Whom we have believed for ourselves. Now, many of us are the elders, for most of mine have gone to their eternal rest. 

    We must make sure that our hinds' feet walk where Jesus walks. Our words must be gracious and saturated with the love of God. We speak tactfully, but truthfully. We respond to the seeker who seeks The Truth of God's Word with the wisdom we have acquired through our years of walking closely with our Savior. That they, too, might choose to step out in their faith and stroll across life's journey with us. 

    Have you ever read the book "Hinds' Feet in High Places"? I might still have a worn copy on my bookshelf. But I highly recommend it. It's a good read. 

    

Warrior of The Word - You Teach My Hands to War

 

Psalm 144:1

Blessed be The Lord,

My Strength, [My Rock],

Who teaches my hands to war,

and my fingers to fight.

    The LORD MY Strength. He is MY Rock: Immovable and Unchanging. Rock-steady, never wavering. Someone on Whom I can rely. Someone Whose Name is high above all other names. Someone I can trust, fully and faithfully. ALL GLORY, ALl HONOR, ALL PRAISE to THE LORD. 

    Strength training is the main purpose given here in this verse. Repeated exercises which strengthen the hands and the arms enable a person to raise heavy weaponry, especially for physical combat. [I have never been in the military; I've just studied it a bit.] But David learned early in his adult life how to transition from sheepherder to warrior. 

    He had to learn how to defend himself from people who wanted him dead. And when he became king, this training helped him keep Judah safe and secure. 

    2 Samuel 22:35

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

    Psalm 18:34

He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 

HE TEACHES MY HANDS

    Having surrendered my whole life to The Lord for Him to live through, my hands at this keyboard or holding a pen, have become His weapons. Instead of writing self-serving words I now write words that bring Him glory and honor. My heart belongs to The Lord, and therefore whatever The Spirit speaks to my heart, I want to write down that I may remember better The Word that has been given, whether that Word is in Bible Study or songwriting.

    Our hands, fingers, arms and shoulders are all involved in strength training. The Lord builds us up into mighty warriors through our daily obedience to His Word. The more of Him that is in us, the less there is of us in us. The weaknesses gradually leave the body as The Strength of The Lord takes hold. 

    We are able to overcome our enemies through our faith in our Lord God. We follow Him into battle willingly, ready to even lay down our lives for His Name's sake. There are many in the Bible who put their faith in action in battle. Hebrews 11:32-35 names a few of them in the Hall of Faith. And they trained for it. 

    Gideon was an unlikely defender of the faith. He was not only the youngest in his family, his clan was the weakest (poorest) of the tribes.  Like all of us, he questioned his ability to do that which The Lord is calling him to do: go into battle and defeat the enemy. "I Am with you" is all the armor any of us need. That and an obedient heart. 

    Whom The Lord calls into battle, He will arm and train. Bent knees or prostrated before The Lord in prayer and submission to His will, His call. Hands folded and fingers interlocked build an altar and recognize Him as LORD. The heart cries out when the voice cannot speak. The heart receives The Word of The Lord when the ears cannot. It is obedience and faithfulness to The Word of God that drives us to be teachable students in the art of spiritual warfare. 

    Whether we are poor in life or poor in spirit matters not when God calls us to do something. We apply the word "only" in our self-description. I am "only" this or "only" that: how can God use me to advance His kingdom? We've all said it at some point in our walk with Christ. 

    We step out in faith. That first step is the hardest to take, but the first step makes it possible to take the second, then the third, and so on and so forth. Soon we are not even aware of our walk, as it has not only become second nature, it is normal now to be obedient to The Lord. And awful to be disobedient. Doubt not. Fear not. Get up, mighty warrior, and rise above the enemy of your faith. 

    THE LORD MY STRENGTH

    Without the strength of The Lord, there would be no battle, for we would have lost before we had even begun. Therefore, the strength of The Lord is vital before every combat begins. We need Jesus living in us, His Holy Spirit living in us, to be our Strength. It is faith in Christ, believing that what God says is absolute Truth, that causes us to bring our hands together to clap in worship, to advance in prayer. 

    Exodus 15:2

"The LORD is My Strength and Song, and He is become My Salvation: He is My God, and I will prepare Him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt Him."

    Psalm 28:7

"The LORD is My Strength and My Shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him."

    Our strength is rooted securely in The Lord. It does not waver (doubt), nor does our faith bend to include other religions or religious factors in it. The Strength of The Lord in the believer's life is the joy we have in the shared, intimate, personal relationship we have with our LORD (YHWH {The Creator of The Covenant Relationship]) and SAVIOR (Redeemer {The One Who Redeems our souls from the hands of the enemy of our souls}). 

    Christians who are faithful in their walk with Christ are only able to do so because they (we) believe God when He speaks, even The Written Word of God in our Bibles. His Word if Faithful and True because He is Faithful and True. God is the first promise-keeper, whether the promises of God are for blessing or for condemnation, His promises are never compromise, but always righteous.

    THE LORD MY ROCK

    Psalm 18:2

"The LORD is My Rock, and My Fortress, and My Deliverer; My God, My strength, in Whom I will trust; My Buckler, and The Horn of My Salvation, and My High Tower."

    The Lord is a personal God. Before we can join together in His community, each of us must make a decision to believe God and follow God's Son Jesus Christ. If you can say that The Lord God is your God, then you know that He is already your Rock, your Fortress, your Deliverer, your God, your strength, The One you trust, your buckler, The Horn of your salvation, and your High Tower. 

    The Lord My Rock is a Mighty Fortress, The One on Whom we rely, The One we turn to when trouble is overwhelming. The One we run to when calamity strikes. The One Who saves us, delivers us, shields us, surrounds us, stabilizes us. He is immovable.

    With such a Rock-Steady foundation under us, around us, above us and within arm's reach of us, we are able to remain within His embrace, yet still go forth and conquer with these hand and fingers He has given us. 

    We are prayer warriors and we fight our battles on our knees with our Lord and Savior doing the heavy work in this battle. After all, the victory is already ours and the way through is The Way of the cross, The Way of the empty grave, The Way of Holiness. I've read the end of The Book and we win. Victory in Jesus is ours!

TAKE MY LIFE  by Scott Underwood

     

    

     

Warrior of The Word - The Tongue of Discipleship

 

Isaiah 50:4 (ESV)

The Lord GOD has given Me 

the tongue of those who are taught,

that I may know how to sustain with 

a Word him who is weary. 

Morning by morning He awakens Me; 

He awakens My ear to hear 

as those who are taught.

    Though the prophet Isaiah is speaking here, it is Christ who speaks through him. That's prophecy, The Word foretold through the writings of one of God's faithful servants and friend, Isaiah. Because Isaiah was willing to learn what God had to say. 

    Are we in a place where we are willing to learn what God wants to say to us? The word 'disciple' means learner, one who learns what is being taught. In other words, disciple is student. 

    A disciple listens to the teacher, taking in the words of wisdom and instruction, as a thirsty man slakes his thirst at a cool spring. The thirsty never get their fill of godly instruction. The hungry are never satisfied with just the crumbs. The true disciple goes back to the teacher for more instruction, more learning, more learning to apply what is being learned. 

    Here Jesus Christ is telling us that He is learning the tongue of discipleship. The tongue that He will speak to the weary soul, calling that soul to strengthen it and give it rest, true rest. Rest in Christ Himself. 

    Matthew 11:28

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

     Just as Isaiah learned to listen to God, to hear what He had to say through Isaiah's mouth and writing, so, too does Jesus listen to God that He may speak what The Father would have us to know.

    John 12:49, 50

“I have not spoken on My own, but The Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what The Father has told Me to say.”

    Hebrews 4:9, 10

There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

    The  tongue of discipleship has a learning ear. Instruction enters it when morning awakens the listening soul. O soul, are you eager to rise when the voice of The Lord enters your hearing? Slumber falls into the shadows of dawn and the listening heart rejoices to hear its Master's voice.

    But too many hear The Word of The Lord without hearing The Word of The Lord. Their ears are deaf and their hearts are hardened. They receive about as much instruction from The Word as a wooden idol. A pebble hears better than they do. 

    The tongue of discipleship drips like honey. Each Word that The Teacher speaks enters sweetly into the ear of the learner. Proverbs 16:24 says it best. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. 

    The Law of The Lord comes from The Lord GOD. For He it is Who gave us The Law to begin with. And note, it is ONE LAW. One Law composed of many regulations. And this Law of The Lord GOD is sweet and desirable to the faithful disciple. The Law is The Word, and The Word is Jesus Christ. One Law, One Word, One Savior.

    Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

    Psalm 119:72

The Law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 

    How can The Law come from The Lord's mouth unless that Law is spoken. In order for that Law to be spoken, The Words must be orated. And The Word accomplishes Itself, for It does not return to The Father without having done so. 

    Isaiah 55:11

So shall My Word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But It shall accomplish what I please, And It shall prosper in the thing for which I sent It.

   John 19:30

 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

    Mark 16:19

After The Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

    We praise You, God, for all that You speak to Your disciples. O Lord, help us to be able learners of Your Word, applying it to our daily lives. Open our ears and our hearts to receive Your instruction, that we might become holy vessels of honor for Your use. Fill us with Your precious Holy Spirit right now, O Lord, that You may find us faithful servants and friends. You have made us Your sons and Your daughters through the precious blood of Your Son Jesus Christ. We have received Your Word knowing the consequences of such obedient faith and we long to see Your face when we have run our course. 

    To You be all the glory and honor and praise! Amen. 

     

    

Warrior of The Word - Your Word In My Heart

 

Deuteronomy 11:18

Fix these Words of Mine in your hearts and minds; tie Them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 6:6

These Words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

Psalm 37:31

The Law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart. (both statement of actual fact at that time AND prophetic statement revealed in Christ [Hebrews 10:1-18])

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares The LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Psalm 119:16, 24, 47, 92

I will delight myself in Thy Statutes: I will not forget Thy Word. [Testimonies (v24), Commandments (v47), Law (v92)]

    Memories take place in that part of the body that is separate from the flesh and bones frame which is formed with touch, smell, taste, hearing, and sight. But there is another part of us that has a heart and a mind which also contain memory. It is our souls and our souls are eternal. Which means that even after these bodies of flesh and bone that die and decay, our soul will continue beyond the grave. 

    Now is the time to strengthen our souls that we may live beyond the grave. We do this when we exercise The Word of God in our hearts by trusting in His Word; by being obedient to His Word. First we take in His Word by hearing It, which causes our faith to grow. It is both Sun and Rain to the Seed of Faith which has been planted in our soul hearts. 

    Secondly, we take in His Word when we read It. Reading our Bibles every day is a privilege, for many are still without a whole Bible or a Bible written in their language. Some have memorized chapters of Scripture because a single page is all they ever had. The Word is precious, and even a small amount can do wonders: For The Word of God is Living and Enduring. The Living Word changes the Seed of Faith within our soul hearts, causing us to grow in Him and He in us. 

    Thirdly, we take in His Word when we dream Him. There are places where His Word is not allowed, yet He reveals Himself to men and women there to bring them into Himself and His kingdom. Dreams which reveal that Jesus Christ is The Messiah, The Only Begotten Son of God, are revelatory dreams, revealing God's great Love for them, filling them with wonder and urgency. 

    The more of God's Law, God's Word, that is in us, the more we want. [Matthew 5:6]

We are never satisfied with just a little bit of godly knowledge: we are always hungry for more. Yet there must be moments of rest, as well. So we rest in The Lord, while our souls digest what we have already taken in. In this we are content. 

    While we are taking in God's Word, Law, Commandments, and Statutes, The Holy Spirit of God is writing these things on our hearts. As The Finger of God wrote on the wall in Daniel 5:5, so, too, does He write on our hearts [Ezekiel 36:26, 27]. The verse in Daniel is both a warning and a promise of destruction [Daniel 5:6-28]. The verses in Ezekiel are a promise for the believer; not just for that time of our salvation, but for our continued walk with God by His Spirit. 

    Fifty days after Christ ascended into heaven to be seated at the right hand of God, God sent His Holy Spirit first to those who were waiting together [Acts 2:1-4], then to all who believed [Acts 2:38, 39; 4:31; 10:44-48; 11:1-18; 13:52; 19:6; Ephesians 5:18; Joel 2:28, 29 (Spirit poured out on all the people who return to The Lord with repentant hearts [Joel 2:12-17]); Isaiah 44:3 (Spirit poured out on seed)].

    We who are alive today are some of the people to whom The Holy Spirit had been promised. We who have repented of our sins, turning our backs on worldly pleasures and giving our minds and hearts to heavenly treasures, are receiving God's Holy Spirit, Who reveals godly wisdom to us through our faith in Jesus Christ. 

    We rise up in prayer to our God and He empowers us to go outward into the world to preach the gospel message of salvation through Jesus Christ. He empowers us to walk upright before The Lord. He empowers us to speak in other languages that we might more readily share, bear witness of, The Testimony we have seen and heard. 

    We are Warriors of The Word and His Word is in our hearts. 

Warrior of The Word - Ephesians 6:20

 

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am an 

ambassador in chains:

that therein I may 

speak boldly,

as I ought to speak.

    "Lord, help us to speak boldly, to proclaim Your Name and Your gospel fearlessly. Not pridefully, nor even tauntingly, for both of those would be evil and not only would we lose our hearers and damn their souls to hell, we would be right there with them. 

    "You give us words to speak when we need to speak them. Unless You open our mouths to share Your gospel, let our words be few. Amen."

    Speaking the gospel message of salvation requires faithfulness and obedience on our part:

     Faithfulness in prayer, whether we are alone or amongst friends. [Matthew 6:6; Acts 4:29-31].

     Faithfulness in joyful service to our God. [Ephesians 6:7]

    Obedience to God's Word, knowing that our obedience brings fruitfulness in our works for God. [Proverbs 21:3] 

    In 1 Samuel 15:22, disobedience cut down King Saul's spiritual tree, causing him to be unfruitful for God. He disobeyed God's Word regarding the captivity of oxen and cattle during a battle. With this understanding we can see the opposite side of this example: obedience brings fruitfulness. 

    Speaking the gospel message of salvation requires stamina: enduring strength and perseverance. We are able to speak boldly this message of love and grace through Christ because we are not alone: we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses [Hebrews 12:1]. Some of these have gone before us, walking this same fearless path, who now watch from the other side of eternity, and some walk among us even now. 

    We are not afraid to speak boldly because we are not alone. We are never alone; therefore, we are never afraid. As Scripture reminds us, "God is with us. We will not be afraid." [Hebrews 13:5, 6] So, we speak boldly this gospel message of hope and peace. 

    We speak to you because we can't help ourselves. We want you to know Jesus Christ for yourselves: we want you to know there's a better way to live this life we have been given. We are compelled by God's Holy Spirit to urge you to give your hearts and lives to His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ.

    WHO WAS:

Genesis 3:15

Foretold to break the power of sin 

Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6/Luke 2:1-7

Born in a manger in Bethlehem

 Matthew 4:17            

Preaching the gospel of repentance

Isaiah 53; Philippians 2:7, 8; John 19:1-37

Tortured and killed

John 19:38-42; John 20; Matthew 28:1-15                    

Buried and Risen

Acts 1:3; Luke 24:36; John 20:19, 20; 27-29; 1 Corinthians 15:1-7; Luke 24:13-49

Alive after death for forty days 

    WHO IS:

Revelation 1:18

Alive forevermore  

Acts 1:6-11

Ascended to heaven

Mark 14:62; Psalm 110:1; Luke 22:69; Hebrews 1:3 & 12:2; Ephesians 1:18-23

Seated at God's right hand  

John 14:2, 3; Matthew 25:34

Preparing a place for us 

    WHO IS TO COME:

Matthew 25:31 

Sign of The Son of Man seen

Revelation 1:7; Mark 13:26

Coming in glory

Daniel 7:13, 14

Everlasting Kingdom

Revelation 22:12

Coming quickly

    Have I not spoken boldly the gospel message of salvation through Jesus Christ, the Only One Who can save souls by such a foundation as faith in His Name? I do not speak The Name of Christ to scare you into salvation, but to love you into salvation in His Name. Because God is Love and desires you and I to love Him in return. God sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross in our place, to give us new life in Him, for He is The Resurrection and The Life Eternal, Whom God has sent to save all who will believe. 

    Do you believe?

      

                                             

Warrior of The Word - Ephesians 6:19

 

Ephesians 6:19

And pray for me, that words may be given to me,

that I may open my mouth boldly,

to make known the mystery of the gospel.

    That words may be given to me. Which words? Words of hope. Words of grace. Words of mercy. Words of love. Words of wisdom. Words of Truth. Words of Peace.  Words of Life. Words that will be heard, and, hopefully, received. Words which The Spirit of God places within the hearts of the speakers: To make known the mystery of the gospel.

    WORDS OF HOPE

     Philippians 1:20, 21

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

    Titus 2:13

We await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

    WORDS OF GRACE

    Titus 2:11, 12

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. 

    Romans 5:15

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!

    WORDS OF MERCY

    Luke 1:50

His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

    Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

    WORDS OF LOVE

    1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 

    John 3:16, 17

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

    WORDS OF WISDOM

    Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

    Proverbs 2:1-22

The Benefits of Wisdom

    WORDS OF TRUTH

    Psalm 85:11

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and Righteousness shall look down from heaven.

    John 3:14, 15

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so The Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

    John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to The Father except through Me."

    WORDS OF PEACE

    Colossians 3:15

And let The Peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

    John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

    WORDS OF LIFE

    1 John 5:11, 12

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  Whoever has The Son has life; whoever does not have The Son of God does not have life.

    John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I Am The Resurrection, and The Life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."

    

    WORDS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

    2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like so many others, who peddle The Word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God. 

    Colossians 1:25-27

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you The Word of God, the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 

    Matthew 10:20

For it will not be you speaking, but The Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

    2 Samuel 23:2

The Spirit of The LORD spoke through me; His Word was on my tongue. 

    Revelation 22:17

And The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whosoever desires, let him take The Water of Life freely.

    

    

     

     

Warrior of The Word - Ephesians 6:18

 

Ephesians 6:18

Praying always with all prayer and

supplication in The Spirit,

and watching thereunto with all 

perseverance and supplications for all saints.

PRAYING ALWAYS

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

ALL PRAYER & SUPPLICATION

Philippians 4:6

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication (request, petition) with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

IN THE SPIRIT

Romans 8:26

In the same way, The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but The Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

WATCHING THEREUNTO

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

ALL PERSEVERANCE

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

SUPPLICATIONS FOR ALL SAINTS

2 Thessalonians 1:11

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith.

Ephesians 1:16-21

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, That The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Father of glory, may give unto you The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of Him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is The Hope of His Calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. 

    This last passage in Ephesians 1:16-21 is an ideal prayer to pray over all of God's lost sheep. Praying the Scriptures over our families and churches and everyone else is easier than you think. When praying for one person at a time, just use their name. When praying for multiple, I just use the group names: family unto the millennial generations, friends, acquaintances, strangers and enemies. For example, beginning in verse 16 the prayer could read, "I have not stopped praying for ______, remembering him or her in my prayers. That The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Father of glory, may give _______ The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of Him." 

    So what have I prayed for this person (or people) here? I'm praying for their salvation, that they would be rooted and grounded in The Word of God so steadfastly, that they would be immovable when push comes to shove in their relationship with Christ. 

    I am praying that this person (or people(, would understand what they are learning about God and Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit. That they would know The Hope of His Calling (salvation and faith in The Name Jesus Christ) and the riches of His glory, His inheritance: 2 Timothy 1:9 "He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began."

    I am praying that this person (or people) would know the great power of God in sending His Son to die on the cross bearing the weight of every sin across His shoulders, in effect becoming sin and then, taking the punishment for the sins upon Him. Though He Himself had never sinned, He chose to take our punishing torturous death that we might have forgiveness and newness of Life Eternal in Him. 

    ~If the one reading this study is not saved, born again through faith in Christ Jesus, these prayers are being prayed over you. ~

    This is my weapon, wielded in the Love of God, which I have raised against all ungodliness, unrighteousness, unholiness, unloving, unmerciful, ungrateful, evil spirits who attack God's people and the people God is calling back to Him. Prayer like this takes hold of the throne of mercy and intercedes on these people's behalf for their salvation, them to be Spirit-filled, and joining we who believe on The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation, in the service of our God in His kingdom. 

    Let us pray together even now for every lost sheep to come home; for every saint to be resolved and resolute in taking a stand for Christ; for the love of God to be evident in our daily lives, that our witness of The Testimony might be believed by those whom we interact with.