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How do you as a believer in Christ handle worry and anxiety? We should be using our shield of faith to extinguish all the fiery arrows that come our way. For many worry and anxiety are arrows that are being constantly shot at them. How exactly do we use our shield to extinguish them? God has given us His Word on how to do it. Do you believe it and are you willing to put it into practice?

The next piece of armor for the believer is the shield of faith. (Ephesians 6:16) As believers we are to be using the shield to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the evil one. What is this shield of faith? How does the believer in Christ use it? Even more important what exactly is faith? God and His Word are essential to being able to take refuge in, but how exactly does the believer do that?

As we learn that the Christian life is a battle we realize that we are to take up the spiritual armor the Lord provides for us. The shoes that the Christian is to be putting on is suppose to allow him we to stand firm against the attacks of the Gospel. But how exactly do we put on these Gospel shoes? Is the Gospel for a one time use only for the Christian?

It’s absolutely imperative in order to have a strong footing in the battle against Satan, that we use the shoes of the Gospel of peace. Why do we need the shoes of the Gospel? Because it is the Gospel that is under attack. So as christians in God’s army we must clearly understand the gospel so that we can defend it against attack.

For fathers day we had a few men in our fellowship share what God, the Scriptures and experience has taught them about being a father.

We are in a spiritual battle and we need to ready ourselves with the armor of God so that we may stand strong in the evil day, having done all that we could do to stand. Paul calls us to put on the breastplate of righteousness. This breastplate will protect the Christian from the relentless attacks from Satan and the spiritual evil forces that are at work.

We now come to the actual armor that the Lord has provided for us. When the apostle Paul tells us how to stand firm against the evil spiritual forces, he lists six pieces of spiritual armor to put on. The first piece of armor mentioned is the belt of truth. Why is this mentioned first? Why is truth so important? This belt of truth stands in opposition to the so called "truth" of our society today.

Paul told us earlier in vs 10-11 that we are engaged in spiritual warfare and that we need to use His strength and His armor. In these next two verses vs 12-13, Paul is going to tell us why we need His strength and armor. Remember Paul is summing up who we are in Christ and how we are to live the Christian life and we are to know that if we live godly in Christ Jesus, and if we are light and live...

JC Ryle a pastor in the 19th century wrote: “The saddest symptom about many so-called Christians is the utter absence of anything like conflict and fight in their Christianity.” In Ephesians, Paul has just shown how the Spirit-filled home is a glorious picture of the loving relationship between Christ and the church (5:18-33). But he continues by telling us that the Christian life is nothing less...

Not everybody can celebrate Mothers Day. Think of the women whose had an abortion. What does Mothers day mean to her? Think of the women who has wanted to have a child but yet has not been able to have one. What does Mothers Day mean to her? What does it mean to someone whose Mother was abusive, abandoned them or greatly immoral? Can those who are pained with the thoughts of Mothers Day or any oth...

Have you ever been at a job where you had a problem with your boss, or another employee? How did you handle it? Was it spirit filled? In this last part of this passage in Ephesians 6:5-9, Paul writes to show how Christian workers and bosses should treat each other. Granted, it is addressed to slaves and masters, not to employees and employers, but the principles are still the same.

When we look at the Gospel, it does not end with just what Christ did, but it continues in our lives. We should be rehearsing the gospel everyday in our life as that will keep us humble, enable us to walk in the Spirit, and have victory over the flesh. Christ calls every one of His followers to take up their cross and follow Him. Have you been crucified with Christ?

Does the resurrection matter? The Apostle Paul certainly thought so. Paul gave a whole thesis on why the resurrection matters in I Corinthians 15. The facts of the resurrection are irrefutable. It is, indeed, one of the best attested facts of ancient history. Jesus Christ arose from the dead, but why does it matter? In this message we will examine the reasons why the resurrection matters.

As we look at the message of the Gospel, we are forced to take a hard look at ourselves. Jesus died for sinners. Jesus was punished for our sin. What does that mean? Without the fundamental truth that man is sinful there is no good news of the Gospel.

What does it mean that God is Holy? In this message we lay the groundwork for the Gospel message. The Gospel begins with the Holiness of God. When we get an accurate view of what it means that God is Holy we then can begin to understand that there is more to the Gospel than just Jesus dying and resurrecting.

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