Keeping Your Armor Shined and Ready!

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Ephesians 6:18

We have finished getting dressed! Preparation

We put on the undergarment that will protect the very core of our being! Loin Cloth of Truth

Then the breastplate to protect our heart! Breastplate of Righteousness

We put on our shoes, so we can always follow His guidance! Shoes of peace

Strapped on our shield! We will need it every day! Shield of Faith

We put on our helmet to protect our mind! Helmet of Salvation

We have picked up our sword. Did you notice our shoes and our sword are both the WORD? Sword of the Spirit

Know God's Word so the enemy cannot twist it! Now use it against the enemy!

Now after all that we have to keep our armor clean, shined, and be ready to fight! (Wouldn't it be a disgrace if we showed up for battle dirty and tarnished)

Prayer Don't make it something you do, make it part of who you are! ~~~~~

Best example possible! - The Empty Chair

A man's daughter had asked the local pastor to come and pray with her father. When the pastor arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows and an empty chair beside his bed. The pastor assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit.

"I guess you were expecting me," he said.

"No, who are you?"

"I'm the new associate at your local church," the pastor replied. "When I saw the empty chair, I figured you knew I was going to show up."

"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man. "Would you mind closing the door?"

Puzzled, the pastor shut the door.

"I've never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said the man. But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it always went right over my head."

"I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man continued, "until one day about four years ago my best friend said: "Joe, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here's what I suggest. Sit down on a chair, place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because He promised, 'I'll be with you always.' Then just speak to him and listen in the same way you're doing with me right now."

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful, though. If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm."

The pastor was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old guy to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with him, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the pastor that her daddy had died that afternoon.

"Did he seem to die in peace?" he asked.

"Yes, when I left the house around two o'clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me one of his corny jokes, and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him dead.

"But there was something strange, In fact, beyond strange - kinda weird. Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on a chair beside the bed."

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