{"id":4513,"date":"2012-11-28T00:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T06:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2013-01-25T00:14:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T05:14:30","slug":"winning-him-without-wordskeep-your-armor-on-youre-at-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/28\/winning-him-without-wordskeep-your-armor-on-youre-at-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Him Without Words: The Helmet of Salvation – The Sword of the Spirit – Don’t be a Martyr be a Missionary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 10:5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As\u00a0I was reading these parts of the chapter today, a song came to mind:<\/p>\n

“Put on the garment of praise<\/em><\/p>\n

for the spirit of heaviness<\/em><\/p>\n

lift up your voice to God<\/em><\/p>\n

Praise with the Spirit<\/em><\/p>\n

and with understanding<\/em><\/p>\n

O magnify the Lord!”<\/em><\/p>\n

I find that music will lift me up and put me in the right frame of mind when I’m battling something. It also blocks out thoughts that the enemy puts in my head by replacing them with scripture to build me up. It reminds me who always wins the battle!<\/p>\n

Our thoughts can be a real battle for us at times. I know I’m guilty of this. A thought creeps in and I go with it instead of giving it to God. When we do this, the enemy can fly! Then one thought leads to another, invading our mind, and before you know it, we’re having our own little pity party! Why am I in this marriage with an unsaved husband? Why do I have to be Christs representative to this man? I’m not equipped to handle this! I’m not spiritual enough, I’m not good enough! Sound familiar?<\/p>\n

That’s why it’s so important to put on the Helmet of Salvation and take up the Sword of the Spirit on a very regular basis.<\/em> <\/strong>The Helmet and the Sword are our protection from ungodly thoughts that we let enter our minds. We do choose to let them in, because we have the power to reject them immediately by equipping ourselves. We need the Armor everyday in order to face the battle, and the liar,\u00a0 head on! Letting these thoughts come in says we are in control. We become martyrs for the cause! But we don’t<\/strong> need to live like this!\u00a0 God’s got this for us if we only put that Armor on and yield it to Him. And we can, just by asking.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine our Bible heroes saying in defeat; “I can’t do this”?\u00a0 How about Daniel, when they said he must bow? He followed his God and put on his armor and went into the battle equipped.\u00a0 How about Esther? She also followed what she felt God was telling her to do. She fasted and prayed and said “if I perish, I perish”!\u00a0 How about the ULTIMATE sacrifice? Christ, when he went to the cross? He went into the garden to pray first-to put on his Armor. He told the Father, “not my will but yours be done”\u00a0 then he followed through with the plan of Salvation for us all!<\/p>\n

I believe all of these were examples to us, they set a pattern for us. Especially Christ, who was God and didn’t have to, but He prayed first, putting on the Armor for the battle ahead of Him. He had the power to say no and not go through with his crucifixion, but he gave it all up for us.<\/p>\n

I agree with Dineen when she says ” the key is to change our perception and quit seeing ourselves as martyrs in our marriage, but instead put on the label of missionaries” We are not alone. We can help each other stand in the gap when someone goes down, or we can fight the battle on our own. But first, and foremost, we must remember to put on that Armor everyday and not go into the battle unprotected.<\/p>\n

It’s our choice, get up and put on the Armor and start fighting for our husbands until God intervenes and saves him or go into the battle unprepared and unprotected and feel like all is lost. I choose the winning side, I choose to fully equip myself with the weapons of mass destruction that the Lord has provided for me, if only I ask.<\/p>\n

Here I am, Lord, asking………<\/p>\n

God bless,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna<\/p>\n

_____________________<\/p>\n

Lets pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord we choose the full armor of you for our battles today. You promised that you’d be there with us when we ask. Clothe us with your armor for the battle for the glory of winning our husbands for you! Thank you Lord for providing this for us.\u00a0 In Jesus name we pray-Amen<\/p>\n

Your Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is holding you back from putting on that armor every day? Let’s name them and then pray for each other, that we can rid ourselves of these hindrances and be victorious in our battles.<\/p>\n

____________________<\/p>\n

For the \u201cWinning Him Without Words\u201d Bible Study, you will need the book, your Bible, pen or pencil, a highlighter and a quiet place. You can order the book right through our website by clicking the \u201csign-up here\u201d button at the top of our webpage; which is also where you can sign up to participate in this awesome bible study!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 As\u00a0I was reading these parts of the chapter today, a song came to mind: “Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness lift […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[147,218,315,326,365,394,425,436,634,648,723,791,879,1126,1135],"class_list":["post-4513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-womens","tag-bible-study","tag-christianity","tag-dineen-miller","tag-donna-day","tag-faith","tag-friendship","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god","tag-lynn-donovan","tag-marriage","tag-online-bible-studies","tag-prayer","tag-relationships","tag-winning-him-without-words","tag-womens-bible-studies","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-1aN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8374,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513\/revisions\/8374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}