It is so wonderful to be writing to you at this early morning hour before the sun rises. (At least here in America it is early.) I pray that you are all well and prospering in every aspect of your lives. I pray over your lives: 3 JOHN 1:2 “Beloved, I pray above all things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.” I pray that you are safe and healthy. I pray that whatever your need is, in any aspect of your life, that you believe that it can be fulfilled in HIM-Jesus Christ. I pray that you know that you are never, ever alone. God is always with us. (He is Emmanuel, God with us. ) He will never leave us nor forsake us as He says in His WORD, the Bible. DEUTERONOMY 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” I pray that whatever hardships you may be enduring, wherever you are that you have God’s Holy Spirit, (The Comforter, the Paraklete,) abiding in you and you are abiding in Him and that God’s angels are encamped all around you and ministering to you. I pray this all in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Thank You Lord! Amen! Glory!
There was a previous time that I wrote to you and I said that I was going to expound upon the “Armor of God” that we are to take up and put on daily. This is found in Ephesians 6:10-18.
I wanted to share this with you all now. I may need to paraphrase some of this so I can explain it also. In verse 10, we are told to draw our strength from the Lord and His mighty power.(Even when we are not strong in and of ourselves-HE is strong! He gives us His Dunamis Power.) In Verse 11 and 12 , God tells us to put on the armor of God so that we are able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. (This is a spiritual battle, the enemy of our souls has tactics, we need to get instruction from the Holy Spirit regarding the tactics that we can employ to be Victorious in Christ!)
In Verse 13 and 14, God tells us: Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything to stand, STAND! We are to stand with our loins girded in truth, and clothed with righteousness as a breastplate. (This means that we must know the TRUTH, the Truth is Jesus. Jesus says in the scripture that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. We are to have His righteousness as our breastplate-first and foremost to walk in His righteousness. It should be forever before us. God says in another scripture that we are the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
In Verse 15, God tells us that our feet should be shod in readiness for the Gospel of peace. (This means that we should always be ready to tell someone the wonderful news of Jesus, His life, His death on the cross for the remission of our sins and His resurrection. He lives! All of those who believe in Him and accept Him as Lord and Savior will live with Him in Heaven for all eternity.)
In Verse 16, In all circumstances we are to hold faith as a shield to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (This means we are to have faith in God, In Jesus the Lord, In His Living All Powerful WORD and in His Holy Spirit. When we stand on God’s Word, speak His Word against the enemy and use our words to come to our Lord in prayer with faith we win, we fight off all attacks.)
In Verse 17, We are to take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. (The helmet of salvation is us accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior. The Sword is the WORD of God. This is our offensive weapon. The other weapons are our defensive weapons. When speaking the Word of God we have our power in Him. I can testify all through my life to the power of God’s Word and speaking it into the atmosphere. Another scripture says that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
In Verse 18, With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. Be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all of the saints. (These are fellow Christians, we are to pray for each other.)
We need to wear our “Armor of God” daily. We are thus empowered. Then we need to go forth in the pure love of Jesus Christ and win souls. It is time for REVIVAL! The time is now. We are all specifically placed here in this generation now with purpose and destiny. We need to tell the whole world about Jesus. The Scripture says that Jesus will be preached throughout the world and then the end will come. Lets bring as many precious souls to God and to Heaven for eternity as we can. Lets make Heaven really “crowed for Christ”. (Seriously it can never be crowded because God’s Word says also that He has gone ahead and prepared our mansions for us. Praise God! Thank You Jesus! )
Well I need to go for now. Until we get to talk again, God bless you all always. I love you and Jesus loves you!