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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
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Church in Easton, MA. 
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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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So we are in Ephesians chapter 
#6 you'll remember that last 

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week we looked at First Timothy 
chapter #1 and in that message 

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we looked at the reality of war.
We saw that there is a war. 

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It's not a question of whether a
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spiritually, that it just is a 
matter of the Christian faith 

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that there is going to be a 
clash between the flesh and the 

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spirit. 
There's going to be a clash 

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between God and Satan. 
Now, listen, we already know who

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has the victory, Amen. 
But yet there are still battles.

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And we'll talk about that in 
just a moment. 

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The reality of warfare. 
We saw the quality of war that 

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we were to war. 
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A good warfare that we were to 
make sure that we were to fight 

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what we could even call a 
beautiful warfare. 

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Not that it's not a very 
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there can't be some very 
difficult moments in it, but the

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fact of the clash between the 
good and the evil and that good 

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overcomes, there's a beautiful 
quality to that. 

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And that we need to fight that 
good fight that we need to war 

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that good warfare. 
And then we saw the tools of 

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warfare and we saw the very 
basic ones that were given to us

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in first Timothy chapter #1 that
we were to fight the war with 

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faith. 
I mean, how are you going to 

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fight against the spiritual 
darkness that's in this world 

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without faith? 
I mean, faith is the substance 

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of things hoped for, the 
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it of those of the Old 
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It says in Hebrews Chapter 11 
obtained a good report, and by 

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it today we are saved just as 
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Testament. 
So we've all saw faith, but then

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also have a good conscience as 
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To be able to have a good 
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good conscience. 
That you can't fight pretty, 

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could we put it that way? 
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some spiritual tools. 
And we're going to be looking at

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that tonight. 
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the war were this, that there 
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there in First Corinthians, or 
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who had gone shipwreck. 
They'd gone off the rails 

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because they did not war that 
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That they ought to. 
They didn't lose their 

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salvation. 
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They lost everything else. 
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yet we wouldn't look back at 
their life and see that there 

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was a lot that was there to be 
meaningful. 

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And if we don't fight that 
fight, sure, your salvation will

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not be taken away, but your 
peace, your joy, your 

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effectiveness, your testimony. 
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All of it could be taken away in
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Why? 
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fight the good fight of faith, 
as we were told in First Timothy

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chapter #1 Well, we're. 
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At some principles this evening 
of warring that good warfare and

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listen, it is is real. 
It is important for us to fight.

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You know, my mind goes back to 
the War of 1812 and there's a 

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very decisive battle in the War 
of 1812 called the Battle of New

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Orleans. 
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on it, Andrew Jackson was the 
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the American troops. 
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time, you know, they they still 
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warfare in the well, not the 
colonies anymore, but in the 

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United States wilderness and 
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They were so different than 
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You know, on Europe, they would 
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to the square in the middle of 
town and they, you know, shoot 

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at each other for a few minutes 
and probably, you know, go to 

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the pub afterwards and grab 
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That's the kind of way that they
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America, it was a lot different,
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Well, they would be in the 
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They were still war for the 
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way that was, well, very 
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They would line up in beautiful 
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They would walk forward 
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And it was said that they had 
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red stripes across going just 
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Well, it looked like a real big 
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the chest. 
And so Andrew Jackson would tell

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them with their muskets, he'd 
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fire. 
Wait until they come close. 

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In fact, he said this. 
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whites of their eyes. 
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unloaded everything that they 
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And the Battle of New Orleans 
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Americans. 
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here's a footnote of history 
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the Battle of New Orleans that 
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The War of 1812 was already 
done. 18 days earlier, the peace

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treaty had been signed between 
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Britain and the battle the war 
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But guess what? 
The word hadn't gone from the 

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peace treaty that was signed to 
New Orleans. 

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And they were fighting and the 
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I guess nobody looked online to 
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You know, nobody checked 
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whatever it is called nowadays. 
They didn't know. 

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What I'm saying is this is they,
the fight was already, oh, 

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listen, the battle had already 
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Victory had already been 
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And I kind of think about the 
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that. 
Listen, understand, this victory

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has already been secured through
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The victory was done. 
You say, when was that taken 

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care of? 
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And it was authenticated at the 
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First Corinthians chapter 15 
talks about that at length, that

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the, the, the resurrection of 
Christ authenticated upon that 

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upon which Jesus Christ did on 
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But that's not to say that there
aren't still battles and 

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skirmishes. 
They're going to take place. 

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Listen, the victory's already 
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We live in a place of victory, 
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As Christians, everybody ought 
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We live in a place nobody did, 
but that's OK. 

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Everybody ought to because we 
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Christians, because Jesus Christ
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But there are still battles and 
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place just like, well, the 
battle of New Orleans, well, had

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to happen. 
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make sure that we are going to 
fight that good fight of faith 

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because the adversary, even 
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up. 
He's in his death throes like 

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some animals. 
You know, snakes can be cut in 

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half and still will be alive for
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That's why I believe they're all
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them, because they could still 
latch on to you even though 

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they're in the midst of dying 
and even though they're cut in 

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half. 
And Satan, listen, that old 

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serpent, his back has been 
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Genesis 315 talks about the fact
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But at the same time, we know 
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that will take place for a 
little while, and he can still 

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cause great destruction to your 
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So what we need to war this good
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Ephesians chapter #6 Why don't 
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If you will. 
We're going to read Ephesians 

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chapter #6 beginning in verse 
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And tonight, I want to give you 
12 principles for fighting the 

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spiritual fight. 
Now, as soon as you heard that 

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number 12, your mind just went, 
whoa, like, this isn't good. 

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Pastor, how long are we going to
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No, no, it's going to be a 
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Ish type of message, all right, 
but I do want to give you some 

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very basic, some very helpful 
principles to fight the fight 

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that God has called us to fight 
when it comes to spiritual 

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warfare. 
Now look with me in Ephesians 6 

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verse 10. 
It says this. 

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Finally, my brethren, be strong 
in the Lord and the power of his

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might. 
Put on the whole armor of God 

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that you may be able to stand 
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For we wrestle not against flesh
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principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of the 

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darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high 

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places. 
Wherefore take unto you the 

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whole armor of God, that you may
be able to withstand in the evil

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day, and having done all to 
stand. 

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Stand therefore, having your 
loins gird about with truth, 

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having on the breastplate of 
righteousness, and your feet 

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shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace. 

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Above all, taking the shield of 
faith, wherewith ye shall be 

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able to quench all the fiery 
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the helmet of salvation and the 
sword of the Spirit, which is 

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the Word of God. 
Praying always with all prayer 

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and supplication in the Spirit, 
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perseverance and supplication 
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In this text we see the armor of
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And listen, we can preach a 
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God. 
We had a Sunday school series 

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years ago that went over the 
armor of God in very great 

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detail. 
We're not going to do that here 

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tonight, but I wanted this to be
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evening to look at some of the 
realities of spiritual warfare 

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and how you can win through the 
victory that's already been 

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secured by Jesus Christ. 
So why don't you sit down this 

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evening and we'll pray together?
Heavenly Father, we do thank you

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for this night and we thank you 
for your word and what it 

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teaches us, how it helps us. 
I pray that was received here 

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this evening will be helpful to 
each and every believer. 

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Lord, I know it's been helpful 
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Or help us not to just hear 
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them into action. 
Help us to make sure that we 

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prepare the armor of God within 
our own life. 

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We thank you for what we have 
here tonight in front of us. 

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Let us learn from it and we do 
ask it in Jesus name, Amen. 

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Tells us here in our text that 
we are to be strong in the Lord 

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and the power of his might and 
this is really where it starts 

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isn't it? 
Are we to be strong in our own 

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power You know we're to be 
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We're to be strong in the Lord 
and in my Bible I have in the 

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Lord circled and his might 
circle Why because the reminder 

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that if you are going to fight 
within your own power and your 

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own name you are going to lose 
in the name of Adam, I lose in 

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the power of Adam I lose but in 
the name of the Lord and the 

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power of his might. 
Listen, you can't lose when you 

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avail yourself to the power of 
God, which is greater than any 

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of the power that Satan can 
muster up. 

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Even having the knowledge and 
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Book of Revelation says that he 
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Satan will still try to usurp 
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And Jesus will just utter words 
and Satan will collapse and he 

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will be defeated and all of his 
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armies, even God telling him 
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He can't avoid it. 
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will try to fight, he can't get 
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Satan has no power. 
That's why we need to fight in 

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the Lord's power and in the 
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And it says just put on the 
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That word hole in the Greek 
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Yeah, you said that's why I came
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tonight. 
Yes, that's what you came to 

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Liberty for. 
Hole meaning this, the whole 

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armor of God is necessary. 
Each piece is. 

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Important. 
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to go out to the battle if they 
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Listen, that could be very 
devastating. 

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You could have devastating 
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You don't say, well, at least 
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armor on. 
I must be doing pretty well, no?

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their own way, and each of them 
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our weekly or our monthly or in 
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Each of these we need every day 
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the flesh, and not the flesh and
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powers, the rulers of darkness 
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wickedness in high places. 
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devil and having done all to 
stand in verse #13 but then it 

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gives us what this armor of God 
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The next verses. 
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your Bible, I would circle these
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with having your loins girt 
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With what? 
With truth. 

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Listen, everything starts with 
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Being able to understand the 
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Listen, you must equip yourself 
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loins, meaning this in the very 
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You must be acquainted with the 
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Why do we talk about, and we'll 
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moment, why it's so important to
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Listen, you have to know the 
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You have to understand the 
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pastor gives you the truth on 
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give you the truth and 
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pulpit, but you need to know the
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are in the Word of God yourself.
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Sunday morning and a Sunday 
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equip you with the truth for the
entire week. 

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Listen, it's a daily fight. 
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And by the way, it shouldn't 
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the Word of God for you. 
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Spirit to teach you things in 
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that you know, here's the thing,
you have the same Holy Spirit 

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that I do. 
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to Bible college. 
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Pastor, you commit your life to 
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have books and all these 
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important part of all of that is
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you. 
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with that truth, and it 
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of righteousness. 
Listen, holy living is important

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of being able to live a life 
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no, I don't want to do right. 
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wicked one within the camp even 
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And that I need to make sure 
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worm his evil head in is able to
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Because I need to live a life of
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I need to be able to think 
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I need to be able to speak 
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I need to be able to act 
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Everything within me should be 
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none. 
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ourselves with? 
The very righteousness of God? 

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The blessed, the breastplate of 
the righteousness, covering the 

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heart, making sure the very 
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righteousness. 
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preparation of the gospel of 
peace, that it's not just about 

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ourselves. 
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We're protecting our feet as our
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Give the gospel to other people.
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those that preach the gospel. 
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When it comes to people's feet, 
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about that anymore. 
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All right, But the idea of this,
the feed of someone who is going

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to give the gospel, that's a 
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the Lord. 
You cover your feet. 

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Why are you covering your feet? 
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out and giving the gospel to 
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We'll be talking more about that
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here at the church as well. 
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shield of faith, you say, why is
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We just saw that last week. 
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This is what we need in the 
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Above all, faith. 
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To quench the fiery darts of the
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At those times they would take 
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would try to take them and try 
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Shields of those who were on the
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Side and a lot of times. 
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made of something like wood. 
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they weren't always something 
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carry. 
We see metal Shields in the Word

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of God, and when they we do see 
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precious, like the metal Shields
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temple. 
And so by and large soldiers 

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would have wooden Shields 
because, well, that would be 

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enough to be able to prevent the
darts and the arrows to be able 

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to hit them. 
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firing darts? 
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But what do we see that we have 
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precarious shield like others 
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faith is able to withstand the 
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Lord's when he when the faith 
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strong and it's what he is. 
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it's it's a a a spiritual gift. 
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that we see through the Holy 
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What do we find that he is the 
one that will help us through 

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those things to quench the fiery
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here's the thing he's going to 
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Satan will every day he is going
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every single day and that's why 
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Faith is part of the fruit of 
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Why because the spirit 
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commit ourselves to Christ as we
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we allow him to be able to do 
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And then it says and take the 
helmet of salvation and the 

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sword of the Spirit, which is 
the word of God, Your head, your

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mind protected with what 
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That decision that you have made
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behavior and the sword of the 
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God. 
Ironically, this is the only 

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offensive piece of weaponry we 
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Everything else is defensive, 
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What offensive weapon do we 
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Listen, all you need is the Word
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That's what Jesus used against 
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That's what Jesus used when he 
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because he needed to speak the 
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but because he was showing us, 
as I've said before, the pattern

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of which we are able to conquer 
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but with the Word of God. 
And so if I was to give you some

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practical preparations here 
tonight for spiritual warfare #1

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is this prepare yourselves for 
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Well, we see the preparations 
right here that we are to take 

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each of these pieces and that we
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How do we know we're doing and 
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Well, verse 18 says praying 
always with all prayer and 

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supplication in the Spirit and 
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perseverance and supplication 
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Pray and supplication. 
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behalf of others as well, not 
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as we pray for one another, as 
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so and we persevere. 
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Don't give up because you had a 
bad day. 

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Don't give up because you made a
bad decision. 

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Don't give up because you fell. 
Get up, dust yourself off the, 

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the, the man who is, is 
righteous may fall down, but 

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seven times he will get back up 
and do that. 

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What you should do. 
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Prepare ourselves for the 
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That's number one. 
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Ephesians chapter #6 #2 how are 
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fight? 
And again, these are very 

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practical things that I want to 
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guard your heart? 
Guard your heart. 

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Proverbs chapter 4, verse 23 
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Keep thy heart with all 
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issues of life. 
The greatest possession of which

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God has given you is not your 
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not your car, it's not anything 
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It's the heart that he has given
you, the heart that we have that

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we are to keep with all 
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On its own, it's evil, it's 
desperately wicked. 

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Who can know it but yeah, when 
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heart, listen, we still in our 
flesh need to make sure that we 

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are keeping it with all 
diligence, like a gardener who 

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has a beautiful. 
Garden. 

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I don't. 
Understand anything about 

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gardens. 
We've been lifelong renters, all

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right? 
I don't understand anything 

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about it. 
The best we can do with the 

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garden is have like a few potted
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those two, all right? 
So we don't even do so well with

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those. 
But I do know this way from 

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watching people that have 
gardens listen. 

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They're very meticulous about 
them. 

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They take great care of them. 
In fact, if you ask somebody 

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about their garden, get ready 
because you're about to start a 

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30 minute conversation. 
With them, because they're going

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to tell you everything about 
that garden, they can tell you 

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everything they planted, they're
going to tell you exactly what 

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they're. 
Used in the soil, how often they

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water it, what the yield will be
from what they're getting, 

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they'll tell you about their 
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And by the way, there's like a 
tomato coming from a garden, you

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know what I'm saying? 
Compared to the store. 

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But still, you'll have these 
conversations. 

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Nothing wrong with it, but 
people are proud of their 

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gardens and it takes a lot of 
work. 

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In fact, if you want to get 
cheap tomatoes, here's what you 

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do. 
Don't start a garden, all right,

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because you have to get cheap 
tomatoes. 

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It's going to cost you a lot to 
take care of it. 

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They'll be better than what you 
find in the store. 

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But you say, why would you say 
that, pastor? 

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Because there's a lot of tilling
and tending of that soil that's 

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necessary to get a good yield. 
You're going to have to make 

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sure you pull out those weeds. 
Why are you going to pull out 

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those weeds? 
Well, because those weeds will 

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steal the water and the 
nutrients that the good we'll 

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receive, they won't get it if 
you make sure that if you leave 

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them there. 
So you're constantly tending the

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soil, you're tilling the soil, 
you're making sure that you're 

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watering, you're checking for 
pests, you're doing all these 

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different things. 
If you don't do it, your garden 

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is not going to be what it ought
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If that's true for a garden, how
much more true is that for the 

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heart that we constantly need be
tending? 

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The heart listen, because out of
it flows everything in our life.

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Proverbs 2826 says he that 
trusted in his own heart is a 

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fool, but he that walketh 
wisely, he shall be delivered. 

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The Bible says out of the 
abundance of the heart, the 

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mouth. 
Speak it, listen if you are 

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having. 
Trouble with your words. 

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If you have trouble with the 
words that come out of your 

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mouth, that they are not good 
and healthful and that which is 

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edifying to other people, 
listen. 

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That means there's a problem 
deeper in your heart. 

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Listen, things don't just come 
out of your mouth that you don't

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know where they came from. 
You ever heard somebody say 

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that? 
Well, I don't know where that 

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came from. 
Well, I got an idea where it 

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came from. 
It came from your heart. 

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This is where it comes. 
This is why it's so important 

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00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,440
that Christians use good sound 
speech. 

453
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,680
This is why we don't curse. 
This is why we don't take God's 

454
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,440
name in vain. 
This is why we don't laugh at 

455
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,280
dirty jokes or tell dirty jokes.
Why is that? 

456
00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,400
One of the reasons why is 
because if we do, it's a sign of

457
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,120
a heart that's really not 
exactly where the Lord wants us 

458
00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:04,680
to be. 
So we want to make sure that 

459
00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,400
we're using speech that's 
healthful and that's right. 

460
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,720
Which means this. 
We don't just change the speech.

461
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,800
We go all the way down to the 
heart and check where's the 

462
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,200
heart problem and go from there.
So #2 Guard your heart number. 

463
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,600
Or three, don't ignore the 
battlefield of the mind. 

464
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,120
Don't ignore the battlefield of 
the mind. 

465
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:25,160
Listen, you want to know where a
lot of spiritual warfare takes 

466
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,240
place? 
Are you ready for this between 

467
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:31,360
your two ears? 
Almost all the spiritual warfare

468
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,200
that takes place comes right 
between these two ears. 

469
00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:40,080
I'll tell you I found this to be
my observation as a pastor from 

470
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,760
pastoring for 12 years and of 
course being a youth director 

471
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,800
for seven years before that. 
Particular as a pastor, 

472
00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,520
especially in the digital age we
live in with the podcast, we 

473
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,320
have music. 
I mean, you realize on your 

474
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,040
phone you have pretty much all 
the music that has ever been 

475
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,560
created for all time within like
two or three clicks on your 

476
00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,160
phone at any given time. 
You have Spotify, Apple Music, 

477
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,000
Amazon Music, whatever you might
have on your phone. 

478
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,640
We have all of these things. 
We have Audible, we have 

479
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,120
YouTube, we have all these 
different things of not even 

480
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,560
counting the television and 
streaming and all these things. 

481
00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,680
I have found that a lot of 
people have these noisemakers on

482
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,040
all the time. 
You know why? 

483
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,160
Because they don't want to think
about what's going on between 

484
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,600
their ears. 
I've counseled people before 

485
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,640
that say something like this, so
I rule out a bed about. 6:00 or 

486
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,000
7:00 Pastor. 
As soon as I do, I turn on the 

487
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,760
television and I'll just kind of
have it on the background during

488
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,200
the morning. 
And then when I start going to 

489
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,800
work, you know, I turn on the 
podcast or I turn on the. 

490
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,160
The the, the audio book and then
I go to work and then of course 

491
00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,320
you have things going on at 
work. 

492
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,360
And then I go home and I go to 
the gym and I'm listening. 

493
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,240
I'm not saying there's anything 
wrong listening to music. 

494
00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,720
I'm not saying there's anything 
anything wrong with a good 

495
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,840
podcast or a good audio book. 
In fact, I happen to enjoy all 

496
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,320
of those if they are things that
are honoring and edifying to the

497
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,680
Lord. 
But I will say this, if you are 

498
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,960
constantly. 
Listening to noise, it could 

499
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,520
very well be because you don't 
actually want to pay attention 

500
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,720
to what's going on between your 
ears and Satan has lulled you to

501
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,760
sleep. 
One of the things that we often 

502
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,240
don't talk about as believers is
this meditation. 

503
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,280
And no, I'm not talking about 
crossing your legs and wearing 

504
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,960
some kind of weird outfit and 
going on for a while. 

505
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,360
I'm talking about meditating on 
the Word of God. 

506
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,160
Listen, having your devotions is
great. 

507
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,040
I hope you have your devotions 
in the morning whenever you 

508
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,040
happen to have them during the 
day. 

509
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,680
We're going to look more at that
in just a moment. 

510
00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,080
But I will say this, if you are 
not regularly just taking time 

511
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,480
to not just read your Bible, but
think about what you just read 

512
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,280
for a while, you've got a 
problem. 

513
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,480
Lord has been convicting me 
about this and I'm trying to 

514
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,400
work on this and I feel like I 
go in cycles with this where I 

515
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,960
will be on my phone not even 
constantly but just more than I 

516
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,040
need to be and I'm reading about
stuff I don't even care about. 

517
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,360
I'm reading about stuff like. 
Why? 

518
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,400
Why am I reading about what's 
going on? 

519
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,720
You know, with, with, you know 
the harvest in Rwanda, you say? 

520
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,200
Well, what does that have to do?
With things I don't know, I just

521
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,920
pulled it up right here, so I'm 
going to read about it for about

522
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,400
5 or 10 minutes. 
What do I care about what, 

523
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,080
what's going on? 
You know, with the Russian ruble

524
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,560
in contrast with the euro, in 
contrast with the American 

525
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,840
dollar. 
I never even thought about it 

526
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,720
till it came up on my phone. 
But now I'm really interested in

527
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,040
it. 
I'm going to scroll for 10 or 15

528
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,680
minutes and reading something 
that has nothing to do with 

529
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,360
anything that deals with my 
life. 

530
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,680
But I haven't thought about the 
Bible all day. 

531
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,120
Well, how are we going to win a 
spiritual warfare if we're not 

532
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,680
even really paying attention to 
the fact it's going on in our 

533
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,080
mind? 
What is Satan try to do? 

534
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,360
He tries to build up strongholds
within our mind. 

535
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,120
That's why it says in 2nd 
Corinthians 10 versus 4 and 5, 

536
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,280
for the weapons of our warfare 
are not carnal. 

537
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,040
But mighty through God to the 
pulling down of strongholds, 

538
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,520
casting down imaginations and 
every high thing that exalted 

539
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,680
itself against the knowledge of 
God and bringing into captivity 

540
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,600
every thought, every thought to 
the obedience of Christ, that is

541
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,000
a sobering verse that we're to 
bring every thought into 

542
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,440
captivity. 
That lustful thought has to be 

543
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,880
brought into captivity. 
That angry thought has to be 

544
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,320
gotten to captivity. 
That bitter thought has to be 

545
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,960
gotten to captivity. 
That selfish thought has to be 

546
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,440
brought into captivity. 
Every single thought has to be 

547
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,160
brought into captivity. 
We're not to allow our minds to 

548
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,320
just run away with themselves. 
Now listen, I understand that 

549
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,680
there are times when that does 
happen, but what does the Bible 

550
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,800
say when it starts to happen? 
What do you do? 

551
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,080
You got to bring it back in. 
In fact, first Peter chapter one

552
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,160
verse 13 says this. 
Wherefore gird up the loins of 

553
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,640
your mind, be sober and hope to 
the end for the grace that is to

554
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,680
be brought unto you at the 
revelation of Jesus Christ 

555
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,800
girding up the loins of your 
mind. 

556
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,040
You may understand that during 
this time that that men would 

557
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,920
have wore robes, and those robes
were long and flowing, but if 

558
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,480
they had to run and they get 
somewhere quickly, they had to. 

559
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,760
Gird their loins, meaning this 
again, the loins, that 

560
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,560
midsection, they would take that
belt that they have around them 

561
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,600
and they would wrap that long 
flowing robe around them. 

562
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,600
In such a way that they would 
cinch it up and all of a sudden 

563
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,080
they could run and there was 
nothing that was encumbering 

564
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,080
them. 
There was nothing that was 

565
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,280
flowing freely. 
And all of a sudden, same 

566
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,320
outfit. 
But now that it's been cinched 

567
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,880
up, now that they've been girded
up, he can run and nothings in 

568
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,800
his way. 
And what do we need to do when 

569
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,160
our minds get a little bit that 
things are flapping? 

570
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,240
In the wind, what do we need to 
do? 

571
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,800
Gird up the loins of our mind 
and cinch things up and ask the 

572
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,600
Lord to help us. 
Lord, my mind is going out of 

573
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,840
control. 
I've got these thoughts of fear.

574
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,480
I've got these thoughts of 
anxiety. 

575
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,920
I've got these thoughts of 
anger. 

576
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,760
And I I can't get rid of him and
listen. 

577
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:24,040
Sometimes the thoughts, even of 
themselves, are not sinful 

578
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,960
because they're temptations from
Satan. 

579
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,520
He's putting those in your mind.
He's putting them in your mind. 

580
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,600
He wants you to be able to dwell
on this. 

581
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,920
In fact, sometimes maybe even 
say where did that thought come 

582
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,520
from? 
Why do I feel angry all of a 

583
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,680
sudden? 
I was just sitting here and now 

584
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,240
I'm angry. 
Listen, that thought that came 

585
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,840
into your mind in and of itself 
is not sinful. 

586
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,960
Here's the question. 
What you do with it is going to 

587
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,760
be sinful if you dwell on it. 
Just as if there was a an 

588
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,400
immodest woman that was to walk 
past me and I happened to see 

589
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,760
her in my line of sight. 
Just seeing her wouldn't be lust

590
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,520
because, well, I wasn't looking 
for. 

591
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,640
But if I turned my head and 
looked again, what I do with it 

592
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,000
would end up being lustful. 
It's the same thought with those

593
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,400
emotions that bubble up. 
Listen as it bubbles up in and 

594
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,600
of itself. 
You don't even know where they 

595
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,520
come from. 
Now, we know the originator 

596
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,040
comes from Satan, but you don't 
know from left field how it came

597
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,240
into your mind. 
But here's the question. 

598
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,920
What are you going to do with it
when it gets there? 

599
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,600
You know, dwell on it for a 
while, like a like a tooth that 

600
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,120
sore that you just kind of bite 
on a little bit just to make 

601
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,920
sure it still hurts like that 
don't make a lot of sense. 

602
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,480
You know, people do stuff like 
that all the time. 

603
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,280
Does this still hurt? 
Yep, it still hurts. 

604
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,640
Satan loves to have you do that 
and dwell on things that hurt 

605
00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:42,680
and things that aren't good. 
Cast them down. 

606
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,200
You say, well, how? 
How do I do that? 

607
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,320
Well, it seems like we have some
tools here in Ephesians chapter 

608
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,960
6 that will help you look 
committed to prayer. 

609
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,000
Give it to the Lord every single
time it comes into your mind. 

610
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,240
Stop what you're doing. 
If you're driving, keep driving.

611
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,080
But I'm just saying stop what 
you're doing and say I'm not 

612
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,600
thinking about anything else 
until I give this to the Lord. 

613
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,080
You know, you could have two or 
three days where you feel like 

614
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,360
you're not doing anything 
because you keep praying on it 

615
00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,480
over and over again. 
But do you trust that God can 

616
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,280
give you the victory if he 
promises he can in his word? 

617
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,720
Yeah. 
That you're able to take those 

618
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,840
mental ruts that you have and to
fill those ruts in and replace 

619
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,360
them with trenches of truth to. 
We'll look at this in a moment. 

620
00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:24,920
Memorize Scripture that can help
you with those issues. 

621
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,160
Praise God for that. 
Don't, don't ignore the 

622
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,920
battlefield of the mind #3 #4 
know the rules of engagement. 

623
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,960
Know the rules of engagement. 
Now, again, not understanding 

624
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,080
about warfare, not understanding
about the military. 

625
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,400
I do understand that the rules 
of engagement are the guidance 

626
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,680
that is given for warfare. 
It's the way that you know you 

627
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,640
can wage a good fight. 
It's the way you go to war. 

628
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,440
A good warfare. 
If we're to war a good warfare 

629
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,200
listen, then we got to know the.
Rules. 

630
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,320
We got to know how to fight 
fairly. 

631
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,920
We have to know how to fight 
with a good conscience. 

632
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,280
I heard it said before that you 
could take the word Bible if you

633
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,640
could make it as do an acronym 
and look at it as basic 

634
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,480
instructions before leaving 
Earth Bible. 

635
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,120
And there's a lot of truth to 
that, isn't it? 

636
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,120
And that's why knowing the rules
of engagement, going back to 

637
00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:15,080
what's said here in Ephesians 
chapter 6, you need to know the 

638
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,680
word of God. 
You need to understand what is 

639
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,680
in the word of God. 
A Christian who is negligent in 

640
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,960
their study of the Bible will 
not be able to properly really 

641
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,000
engage in spiritual warfare. 
I just want to put this to you 

642
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,200
at the most basic level I 
possibly can. 

643
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,880
You cannot wage spiritual 
warfare. 

644
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,160
You cannot win against the 
forces of evil that try to 

645
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,640
prevail against you if you're 
not in your Bible every day. 

646
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,160
I don't know a plainer way to 
say that to you tonight than to 

647
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,360
say that you must be in your 
Bible every single day. 

648
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,320
Say well, tell me what I should 
read, pastor. 

649
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,280
Tell me where I should read. 
Tell me how many chapters I 

650
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,320
should read. 
Listen, Start somewhere, but be 

651
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:53,760
in the Word of God. 
Listen. 

652
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,520
Start small as I've said before,
so that you can at least start 

653
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,480
the habit and grow longer later,
but you would be better. 

654
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,080
To at least. 
Just start the habit. 

655
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,120
But if you're not in your Bible 
every day, then you're not able 

656
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,680
to have the word of God be able 
to penetrate your mind as you 

657
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,960
want to. 
Now listen, I understand that 

658
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,080
there are times when things are 
hard, there's difficulties, 

659
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,600
you're sick, you got up late, 
you're going to work and those 

660
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,880
kind of different things and and
you're not able to read your 

661
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,760
Bible like you ought to. 
But I'll tell you, here's a 

662
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,960
temptation and many of you are 
probably like me. 

663
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,760
I have my Bible reading time in 
the morning. 

664
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,800
That's what I find. 
To be the best time to be able 

665
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,200
to read my Bible. 
Because as the day goes on, at 

666
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,640
least in our home, it seems like
the responsibilities of the 

667
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,840
home, the family increase. 
So by the night, it's very much 

668
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,360
more difficult to read the Bible
than it is in the morning when 

669
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,560
it's quiet and you got a cup of 
coffee and the world just feels 

670
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,120
quiet. 
Nobody's texting you, nobody's 

671
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,080
calling you, nothing like that. 
It's a really good time and I'm 

672
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,440
not saying you have to. 
I've heard people from this 

673
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,160
pulpit say that the Bible says 
you have to read your Bible in 

674
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,240
the morning. 
The Bible talks about people 

675
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,440
meeting with the Lord in the 
morning, but there's no command 

676
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,800
in the Bible to read the Bible 
in the morning. 

677
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,120
Listen, whenever you read it, 
praise God for it. 

678
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,400
But I will say for many of us 
who do read our Bible in the 

679
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,040
morning, I do know this and 
Satan gets us here. 

680
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,960
You get up late, something goes 
goes wrong and you don't read 

681
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,760
your Bible. 
And then just for the rest of 

682
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,680
the day, you don't read it, but 
you watch 3 episodes of a show. 

683
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,720
If you listen to a podcast to 
and from work, listen. 

684
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,840
Wouldn't it be better for you at
least to listen to your Bible 

685
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,720
reading on your on the road than
to not have the Bible at all? 

686
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,760
Now, I much prefer to read my 
Bible with the Bible in front of

687
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,120
me, but I would rather hear it 
being read to me on my phone 

688
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,000
than I would by than to not have
it at all. 

689
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,960
Because here's the thing, I have
30 minutes. 

690
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,880
I could have an hour in the car.
I could listen to an hour of 

691
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,880
podcast, well, because they say,
well, I got to read my Bible. 

692
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:40,880
I've got to have it in front of 
me. 

693
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,920
No, what you need to do is you 
need to have the word of God 

694
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,600
penetrate your heart. 
And that means that it's such a 

695
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,400
priority that you say this, if I
miss in the morning, something 

696
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,360
else has got to go later in the 
day so I can read it later. 

697
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,440
And again, I know that things 
happen. 

698
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,920
And listen, if you miss your 
Bible reading for a day, I'm not

699
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,760
saying that you're a failure. 
I'm not saying that all of a 

700
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,840
sudden your spiritual life is 
going to collapse like a House 

701
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,680
of Cards if you miss it for one 
day. 

702
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,640
What I am saying is this is it 
that much of A priority in your 

703
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,000
life that is a priority that 
Trump's almost every other 

704
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,640
priority? 
I mean, what other priority 

705
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,080
could be? 
I mean, we know there's some 

706
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,200
things of the physical that 
sometimes have to take place 

707
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,560
sometimes if you're so I'll 
that. 

708
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,080
You can't even read. 
The Bible, I understand that 

709
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,880
those things that happen, but 
under normal circumstances it 

710
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,480
should be your highest priority.
Why? 

711
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,880
Because it is the rules of 
engagement. 

712
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,640
It tells us how we are to wage 
the war. 

713
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,160
Listen, if you are tempted in a 
certain area and you have 

714
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,680
difficulties in certain areas, 
which by the way, you know who 

715
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:38,240
I'm talking to, everybody, as 
I've mentioned you before, all 

716
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,280
of our temptations can be 
different, but we all are 

717
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,520
tempted in different areas and 
Satan knows what buttons to 

718
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,440
push. 
Have you ever even tried to 

719
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,920
memorize Scripture that deals 
with your area of temptation? 

720
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,360
Do you have them on note cards? 
Do you have them written down? 

721
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,200
Do you, do you have it on an app
on your phone? 

722
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,080
You know, there are Bible apps 
that can actually help you with 

723
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,680
Scripture memorization, that can
help you on a daily basis to be 

724
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,640
able to learn and memorize 
Scripture. 

725
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,040
And oftentimes I hear people say
things like this to me. 

726
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,920
Pastor, I have trouble 
memorizing things and I want to 

727
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,560
help you with something. 
I don't want to be unkind. 

728
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,080
Well, I want to be a little bit 
unkind. 

729
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,560
All right, no, I don't want to 
be unkind, but I do want to be 

730
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,280
very clear about this. 
Everyone can memorize what they 

731
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:22,440
want to memorize, OK, Unless you
are very elderly and have issues

732
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,200
that are mentally like 
Alzheimer's, dementia, those 

733
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,160
kind of things. 
What I'm saying is a lot of us 

734
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,080
can memorize a lot more than we 
want or that we think we can 

735
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,000
memorize. 
You memorize the way to work. 

736
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,400
You memorize. 
You don't. 

737
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,680
The things that we memorize, 
it's the things that we do often

738
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,560
and a lot of times say, well, I 
can't memorize this Bible. 

739
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,680
Well, you read it three times in
a week. 

740
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,560
Well, you're not going to 
memorize it. 

741
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,000
Why don't you take one verse and
say three times a day I'm having

742
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,800
an alarm go off on my phone and 
I'm going to study that for two 

743
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,840
or three minutes. 
You know what you'd say? 

744
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,880
I'll memorize one verse a week. 
You might find you could 

745
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,320
memorize more than one verse a 
week that way. 

746
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,160
You know why? 
Because you're around it. 

747
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,960
And it's amazing that people can
tell me all the stats of 

748
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,520
baseball teams. 
They can tell me about how many 

749
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,720
episodes of their favorite 
television show there were and 

750
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,320
what characters were written on 
and died in the show and what 

751
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,440
seasons and what episode. 
And they can tell me about the 

752
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,280
dialogue and different things 
like that. 

753
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,200
What do you ask about the Bible?
You got a deer in the 

754
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,880
headlights. 
Look, listen, if you want to 

755
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,600
memorize the Bible, you can 
memorize the Bible. 

756
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,640
I don't know another easier way 
to say it than that. 

757
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,280
Take time to memorize. 
Write it on note cards, put them

758
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,000
around your house. 
Do different things like that. 

759
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,760
Say I struggle with certain 
sins. 

760
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,320
Well, it seems like God's given 
us the answer for those things. 

761
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,240
Everything that pertains to life
and godliness is in this book. 

762
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,800
And so will you take the Word of
God and use it? 

763
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,440
It is the rules of engagement. 
Well, how do I fight against the

764
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:47,720
lust? 
What does the Bible say? 

765
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,120
How do I fight against the 
bitterness in my heart? 

766
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,400
What does the Bible say? 
How do I fight with this angry 

767
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,000
spirit I deal with all the time?
What does the Bible say? 

768
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,600
How do I deal with the the fact 
that I'm more motivated by self 

769
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:00,840
than by anything else? 
What? 

770
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,120
What does the Bible say? 
And if you don't know what it 

771
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,800
says, find it. 
And once you find it, commit it 

772
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,639
to memory. 
That's what it comes down to. 

773
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:15,159
Know the rules of engagement #5 
cling tightly. 

774
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,199
To the truth. 
This is a combination of #3 and 

775
00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:21,000
4 three is don't ignore the 
battlefield of mine #4 know the 

776
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,920
rules of engagement. 
Cling tightly to the truth. 

777
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:26,480
You know the fog of war. 
You ever hear of that? 

778
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,840
The fog of war. 
The fog of war leads to a lot of

779
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,800
mistakes. 
You know, sometimes we don't 

780
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,159
even see that necessarily 
warfare. 

781
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:36,000
We see it in sometimes very 
difficult circumstances, 

782
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,159
tragedies. 
I think of the Boston bombing, 

783
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:43,040
the Boston Marathon bombing, you
know, several years ago, some of

784
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,360
the reporting that came out the 
first few hours afterwards was 

785
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,920
completely false. 
No. 

786
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,639
Why? 
Because they're reporters and 

787
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,199
they're the media. 
No, no, that wasn't reason why, 

788
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:55,480
although that doesn't help but. 
Because in the fog of war, if 

789
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,120
you will, those first couple 
hours. 

790
00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,720
People are hearing people swap 
stories and tell stories, and 

791
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,360
some of them are not true or 
some of them is what maybe what 

792
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,960
people perceive to happen and 
not what actually happened. 

793
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,880
And so it takes a while to 
understand exactly what happens.

794
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,960
And I've heard that in warfare 
that can be even more so the 

795
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,040
case, the fog of war, you think 
you know what's going on, but 

796
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,800
you don't exactly know what goes
on. 

797
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,640
And because of that, there can 
be grave mistakes if you're not 

798
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,120
careful. 
In our battle with Satan, he'll 

799
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,880
attempt to divert your attention
with many half. 

800
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,120
Truths. 
And sometimes outright 

801
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,640
falsehoods. 
That's why it says this casting 

802
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,720
down imaginations. 
There are often times I've had 

803
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:37,480
difficulties with other people 
and that I have got riled up in 

804
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,000
my heart and I'll have to go to 
that person and say, listen, I 

805
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,520
want to talk to you about the 
situation. 

806
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,320
I'm not even saying this is 
about you, but the Bible says 

807
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,480
casting down imaginations. 
I'm afraid that maybe I have 

808
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,640
thought something about you 
that's not right. 

809
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,560
Can we just talk about the 
situation? 

810
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,880
You know what I've found nine 
times out of 10 when I do 

811
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,480
something like that, I found out
there really was no issue in the

812
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,760
1st place and it was just 
something that Satan had built 

813
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,960
up in my mind. 
And by talking to that person, 

814
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,920
you know what I've done? 
I've casted that down, an 

815
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,880
imagination that I built up in 
my mind. 

816
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,680
You say, well, that would be 
awkward to do. 

817
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,560
Well, that's why we don't do 
that, because it's awkward. 

818
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,080
We don't feel good about that. 
But I would tell you this, the 

819
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,960
peaceable fruit of righteousness
that comes afterwards when your 

820
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,840
mind is cleared of that which 
Satan has built up in your mind 

821
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,040
is such a wonderful thing. 
Listen, Revelations chapter 12. 

822
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,080
Revelation chapter 12, verse 10.
He is the accuser. 

823
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,640
Of the brethren, he will lie to 
your face. 

824
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,080
He creates this fog of war in 
the midst of the spiritual 

825
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,200
battle that we're in. 
John 844 We just read this this 

826
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,160
morning. 
Year of your father, the devil, 

827
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,320
the lusts of your father. 
He will do. 

828
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,080
He was a murderer from the 
beginning and abode not in the 

829
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,800
truth, because there is no truth
in him. 

830
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,840
When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own, for he is a

831
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:52,560
liar and the father of it. 
Listen, don't trust what Satan 

832
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,120
is trying to whisper in your 
ear. 

833
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:57,960
He's trying to cause confusion. 
This is why you need to be in 

834
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,160
the Word of God. 
And one of the greatest 

835
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,200
deceivers are your emotions. 
One of your greatest deceivers 

836
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,080
are your feelings. 
Your emotions and your feelings 

837
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,760
will often lie to you. 
Now, are we thankful for 

838
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,000
emotions? 
We are. 

839
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,120
Are we thankful for feelings? 
We are. 

840
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,320
Listen, God is the one who gave 
us emotions and feelings. 

841
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,280
I'm glad that when I deal with 
people that I'm not dealing 

842
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,720
with, you know, like AI, like 
I'm dealing with real people 

843
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,880
with real emotions. 
You understand what I'm saying? 

844
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,560
I'm thankful for that. 
It's what makes life worth 

845
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,280
living in a lot of ways, these 
emotions that God has given us. 

846
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,640
But listen, you are to govern 
emotions and emotions are not to

847
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,840
govern you. 
That's why when you might feel 

848
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,520
on a Sunday morning, I don't 
feel like going to church. 

849
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,160
Well, who said your feelings had
any control over that? 

850
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,680
Well, there's a lot of times I 
don't, you know, I would say a 

851
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,080
lot of times. 
There are times I don't feel 

852
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,960
like going to church. 
Be careful, I say. 

853
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:49,760
I've never. 
Feel like going to church? 

854
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,200
No, There are times that even as
a pastor, it's a Sunday morning.

855
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,440
I think, oh boy, you say, well, 
that's not very spiritual. 

856
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,000
I know that's what we're talking
about. 

857
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,320
I know it's not. 
But I'm talking about the fact 

858
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,240
that I'm a real person and I 
deal with this and listen, my 

859
00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,640
feelings don't really have any 
say in it. 

860
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,120
I'm going. 
I better get it right with the 

861
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,000
Lord before I go. 
That's why I tell parents, you 

862
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,200
know, don't ask your children if
they feel like going to church 

863
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:15,920
or not. 
Listen, they need to be in the 

864
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,960
House of God. 
That's why we made a decision 

865
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,960
even before we were full time in
the ministry. 

866
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,320
Our kids were going to be in the
church Sunday morning, Sunday 

867
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,520
night, and Wednesday night. 
Why? 

868
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,480
Because I want them to get more 
of this and they're getting 

869
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,240
anywhere else in the world. 
I'm going to give them as much 

870
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,240
of this as I possibly can. 
I don't want the school 

871
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:32,520
downloading into them. 
I don't want the. 

872
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:33,840
Television. 
Downloading into them. 

873
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,200
I want the Word of God to be in 
them more than anything else, 

874
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,640
but Satan doesn't like that. 
And our emotions get to this 

875
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:42,520
place where I'm. 
Like I don't. 

876
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:46,200
Feel like doing this or I don't 
know if I'm Listen, what does 

877
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,960
the word of God tell you to do? 
That's what you need to do #6 be

878
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,960
willing to train. 
Be willing to train. 

879
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,360
I think we're going to stop here
tonight in just a few moments 

880
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:02,560
because I got six more and we're
not going to make it. 

881
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,560
But that's not the point is The 
point is to get what we need to 

882
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,280
be, not to necessarily get 
through the list that I have 

883
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,000
here tonight. 
I want, I want to be a help to 

884
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,560
you tonight. 
I hope this is a help, but be 

885
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,920
willing to train again. 
There's so many things about 

886
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,360
this that go with warfare, but 
I've heard this said before. 

887
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,320
The more you sweat in boot camp,
the less you bleed in war. 

888
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,000
The more you sweat in boot camp,
the less you bleed in war, the 

889
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,600
more that you get when the 
stakes are low. 

890
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,640
The better you will do. 
When the stakes are high, and 

891
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,520
listen. 
Why do we have? 

892
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:40,080
Sunday school and Sunday morning
and Sunday night. 

893
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,760
And Wednesday night and then 
last month we had a missions 

894
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,760
conference, which is also a 
Thursday night. 

895
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,800
And a Friday night. 
And then we have outreach on a 

896
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,080
Saturday and don't, don't you? 
Don't you think we have lives, 

897
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,240
pastor? 
And now listen. 

898
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,400
I want to be careful about this 
because there was a time in our 

899
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,440
independent Baptist movement 
where I feel like the thought 

900
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,320
was that you need to be in 
church 7 nights out of the week,

901
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,840
4 weeks out of the month. 
And if you weren't seven nights 

902
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,920
out of the week and four weeks 
out of the month, then you 

903
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,000
weren't even a spiritual person.
And what ended up happening, 

904
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,920
there was a generation, if not 
more, of people who were in 

905
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,600
church a lot, but they lost 
their families when their kids 

906
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,360
got older because they're never 
even around their families. 

907
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,680
So I want to. 
Be careful at Liberty Baptist 

908
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,400
Church so we don't over program 
here. 

909
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,600
I try to be very careful about 
that. 

910
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,160
Try to be sensitive about that 
in the very best of way to know 

911
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,920
that we're not here so much that
you don't have, that you block 

912
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,480
out the life that you have and 
the other responsibilities that 

913
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:33,760
God has. 
Listen, even if you don't have a

914
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,320
family, God has responsibilities
for you that you need to take 

915
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,440
care of. 
You want to be careful about 

916
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,320
that. 
But I will say this church is a 

917
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:44,120
boot camp, and the reason we're 
here so much is this, and the 

918
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,040
reason we want you to be here so
much is this. 

919
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,520
Because the more you sweat in 
boot camp, the less you believe 

920
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,160
in war. 
Why do I do want our family to 

921
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:54,640
be here every time the doors are
open? 

922
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,320
It's a sacrifice, absolutely. 
It's a sacrifice, but it's a 

923
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:02,400
sacrifice that is worthy of the 
time and the effort. 

924
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,680
Because I know this, when I come
in contact with all the forces 

925
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,400
of evil outside of this 
building, I know that I'm better

926
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,480
prepared because of what I've 
learned while I'm here. 

927
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,720
I want my children to be here 
because I want them to grow up 

928
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:15,880
in the nurture, the admonition 
of the Lord to hear those 

929
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,560
things. 
I'm thankful that I have two 

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00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,400
adult children who love the 
Lord, who love Jesus Christ, who

931
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love souls. 
And listen, I understand when 

932
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,400
children become adults, all bets
are off. 

933
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,880
Listen, everyone has to come to 
the Lord their own way. 

934
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,440
But I do know this, I want to do
everything that I could. 

935
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,400
My wife and I, it was a 
conscious decision by both of us

936
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,320
that we want to do everything 
that we could to make sure that 

937
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,240
they had as much of the Bible in
them so they could make the best

938
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:43,080
choices possible. 
And I would tell you this, it's 

939
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:44,840
not convenient to bring your 
kids to church. 

940
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,320
It's not easy to bring your kids
to church, especially like when 

941
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,160
the kids start throwing their 
shoes at people. 

942
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:52,920
I won't mention what his name 
is. 

943
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,200
It's not convenient. 
It's not easy. 

944
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,960
But I look at two daughters that
I have and I say this every 

945
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,880
minute of every hour of every 
day was worth it. 

946
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,280
It was worth it. 
And listen, the glory goes to 

947
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,000
the Lord because we've got a lot
of things in our life that we 

948
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,680
said, you know what, we would 
love to have started over again 

949
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,480
with what we know now. 
Actually, let me be clear, we 

950
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,240
don't want to start over again. 
But I'm just saying, like you 

951
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:21,040
said, you want another child. 
No, I'm not saying that. 

952
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,800
I'm just saying if I could with 
them again. 

953
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,080
Anyway, what I'm saying is I've 
learned a lot since then. 

954
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,160
We have learned a lot. 
And I wish we could, you know, 

955
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,960
correct the mistakes that we 
made, and God and His 

956
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,840
graciousness filled in the gaps 
where we missed. 

957
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,720
But I'll say this. 
Listen, you want to be in the 

958
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,440
House of God. 
It's not well, the pastor wants 

959
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,840
the attendance to be really high
for who nobody cares. 

960
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,080
And I mean, this is the very 
without being weird, it's all I 

961
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:51,920
can go around saying. 
You know how many people we had 

962
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,120
at church? 
We had 60 people at church. 

963
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,680
Nobody cares out there. 
There's not a person on earth 

964
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,680
that cares. 
I don't go call another 

965
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,080
passenger of the week. 
How many people do you have at 

966
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:02,960
church? 
I went to how many people? 

967
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,600
We had church. 
So if I did that, somebody said 

968
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:07,040
we had 200 say well, well, we 
had 60. 

969
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:09,400
Never mind. 
It doesn't matter. 

970
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,320
You know why I want you here? 
Not so I can brag to the town or

971
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,920
brag to other pastors. 
I want you here because I know 

972
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:21,040
what church will do for you and 
your family when church is done 

973
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,280
right as I believe it is here at
Liberty Baptist Church. 

974
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,160
Not just because of me, but 
because of the great Spirit 

975
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,360
that's here. 
It's a great fellowship that's 

976
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,000
here. 
When it's done right, it ought 

977
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,880
to strengthen each and every one
of us. 

978
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:37,080
You don't want to miss that. 
All the other things that people

979
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,840
make priority of. 
Listen, make the House of God a 

980
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,680
priority. 
Last Sunday, about 70,000 people

981
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,880
gathered at Gillette Stadium. 
There were three inches of snow.

982
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,800
It was just three inches. 
Us Hardy New Englanders, we 

983
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,680
don't mind 3 inches. 
But I will say it's amazing that

984
00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:01,640
3 inches people still get to 
work 3 inches, 70,000 people and

985
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,320
all the employees will make it 
to Gillette. 

986
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,800
But there's a lot of people and 
I'm talking generally speaking, 

987
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,600
not specifically will say this. 
I don't want to go to church 

988
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:11,760
now. 
Thank the Lord at liberty. 

989
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,480
We had a great attendance last 
week despite it. 

990
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,920
So that's a wonderful thing. 
What I'm saying is this, don't 

991
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:22,120
allow anything other than the 
things that God prevents you 

992
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,320
from being in the House of God 
to be in the House of God. 

993
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,120
I say this with people at home 
tonight and I'm not looking at 

994
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:28,200
you. 
This isn't romper room. 

995
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:30,440
I'm not calling you out looking 
at you tonight, but say some of 

996
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,560
you, you have illness, you have 
difficult things in your life 

997
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,560
and you can't help not being 
here tonight. 

998
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,680
I understand that the Lord 
understands that because the 

999
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,240
Lord has brought these things 
into your life for a particular 

1000
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:43,640
time, a particular purpose. 
But I will say, unless you're 

1001
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:47,440
providentially hindered, this is
the word that we use often, be 

1002
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,200
in the House of God. 
Why? 

1003
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,760
Because there's a real fight out
there and you got to train and 

1004
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,400
this is our training ground. 
There's so much more I want to 

1005
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,240
talk to you about, but we're 
just going to stop here and 

1006
00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:58,360
we'll pick it up again next 
week. 

1007
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,440
Thank you for listening to the 
sermon from the pulpit of 

1008
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,360
Liberty Baptist Church. 
If this message was a blessing 

1009
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,840
to you, or if there's any way we
can serve you, please let us 

1010
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:12,400
know by contacting us at 
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 

1011
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:17,240
Or you can visit us this Sunday 
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,

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00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,080
MA. 
May the Lord bless you as you 

1013
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:21,280
grow in His Word.