It feels as though it has been a very long time since I sat down to write. In the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a funeral, some teenage rebellion, a birthday party, gallons and gallons of rain, another birthday, Mother’s Day, swimming lessons, Daddy left for sea and the cherry on top was a…
Tweet tweet, chirp, trilllll…. Each morning for the last few weeks this is what I have woken up hearing. Rain or shine the birds in the trees behind my house are celebrating each new day. So, do I? Every single day I hear those birds. Every day do I sing out? Do I proclaim the…
Ephesians 6:17 Take … the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. In the beginning of this series, we talked about the ‘belt of truth’ and how it carried the scabbard that sheathed the ‘sword of the Spirit’. God’s word is the sword of the spirit. Contained in its pages are descriptions…
Ephesians 6:17a Take the helmet of salvation “Verb” sentences, ones that begin with verbs, can be both thrilling and terrifying in God’s Word. They require action. Take the helmet of salvation means that before anything else happens, we have to do something. Luke 19:10“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save…
Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. We were at a funeral yesterday. The gentleman who passed away was part of my husband’s life as he was growing up and has been an extra grandfather for…
Stand firm then, … with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. Yesterday was Easter Sunday. A special time for family and friends to gather together. For Christians, it is often marked as a day of remembrance (even if it doesn’t technically agree with the calendar). As part of…
Ephesians 6:14b Stand firm then… with the breastplate of righteousness in place, In the account of the wicked King Ahab, 1 Kings 22:31 – 35, the armies of the the king of Aram were instructed to only fight the king of Israel. The mistakenly pursued Jehoshaphat but as soon as they realized their mistake, they…
Ephesians 6:14a Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist Paul wrote this with the perspective of the Roman army. For Roman soldiers, the belt was used not only to drape leather strips protecting the lower body, but even more importantly, the belt held the scabbard which sheathed the sword. The…
The Armor of God – Ephesians 6:10 – 13 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against…
Joshua 6 1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. 2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all…