![]() ![]() However, talking about faith is not the same as having it. Session 5: The Shield of Faith (35:50)-Faith is one of the most overused and yet underutilized expressions in Christian circles. But we can still move forward when our feet are fitted with the preparation of the gospel of peace. We can't always control the kind of ground we're forced to march across. ![]() Anywhere peace is lacking, the enemy is at work. Session 4: The Shoes of Peace (41:06)-Of all the things the enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy in your life, peace is almost always at or near the top of his list. What the breastplate did for the Roman soldier's physical heart, righteousness does for your spiritual heart. Wearing the breastplate could mean the difference between life and death. Session 3: The Breastplate of Righteousness (38:23)-Roman soldiers wore the breastplate to protect the upper body and especially the heart. When you're standing firm on the truth of God as revealed in His Word-when His truth is at the core of your existence-strength flows into every other area of your life. It provides the essential backing you need when you're in the midst of spiritual war. Session 2: The Belt of Truth (41:22)-The belt of truth is your core support. Prayer is the divinely authorized method that activates our spiritual armor and makes it effective. We often give the enemy too much credit for being impossible to defend or defeat. Session 1: Sizing Up the Enemy (43:26)-Everything that occurs in the visible, physical world is directly connected to the wrestling match being waged in the invisible, spiritual world. Grow spiritually as you dig deeper into Scripture and expand your understanding of prayer.ĭevelop and implement practical, purposeful prayer strategies. Turn challenges and discouragement into opportunities for prayer. Leader material (guides to questions and discussion with small group)ħ teaching videos, approximately 18–45 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in Bible study book for individual streaming accessĮquip women to get serious, specific, and strategic in their discipline of prayer. Includes perforated prayer cards that can be used to develop a prayer strategy The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer's inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory.Ħ weeks of personal study to be completed between 7 group sessions The enemy always fails miserably when he meets a woman dressed for the occasion. If you're tired of being pushed around and caught with your guard down, this study is for you. A devoted, devilish enemy seeks to wreak havoc on everything that matters to you: your heart, your mind, your marriage, your children, your relationships, your resilience, your dreams, your destiny.īut his battle plan depends on catching you unaware and unarmed. Hope that helps.All day, every day, an invisible war rages around you - unseen, unheard, yet felt throughout every aspect of your life. In actual combat against an enemy though, they wouldn't have wasted their time trying to be precise against a soldier or even a couple soldiers, but mainly targeted flammable objects. The Romans did not actually shoot flaming arrows themselves, but often had Assyrian archers in their army from Lebanon and North of Damascus. Additionally the only flaming arrows in Paul's time was only in siege warfare from fortresses and on the siege weapons which would be covered in animals skins then drenched to protect them, but then removed the animal skins from the siege machines. To protect them from getting wet in rain, they had leather shield covers that could go over the wood to protect them. The shields were covered in linen and sometimes calfskin then painted with a milk paint. Plus, if they would have soaked the wood, it would have destroyed the glue and the shield. A.D., and wanted to bring to your attention that the shields were never made of hide or layers of hide, but were actually made from layers of wood, and put together often with hide glue to create the equivalent of our plywood. Just as one point to bring out however, as a historian and my husband with a doctorate in ancient / classical history with a special emphasis on Roman history, and even works as a living history reeenactor of the 1st-3rd C. I particularly liked your fiery darts game. I love a lot of your info here and resources and it is always good to see someone referencing the true armor of God Paul would have seen in his time, rather than the medieval armor. ![]()
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