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War and Victory - Part 7 - Know Your Weapons - Part 2 | Episode #369 | Encore Episode #040 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Although we walked in the flesh, we do not war
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  Speaker 2: according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare
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  Speaker 2: are not carnival, but mighty in God, for pulling down strongholds,
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  Speaker 2: casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself
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  Speaker 2: against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity
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  Speaker 2: to the obedience of Christ. Second Corinth ends chapter ten,
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  Speaker 2: verses three and five. Yesterday we had actually looked at
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  Speaker 2: this series part of the whole armor of God. We
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  Speaker 2: began a inspection a checklist, if you will, of the
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  Speaker 2: items that are provided for us in the seven parts
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  Speaker 2: of God's perfect Armor. Now, in all of that inspection,
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  Speaker 2: we described not only what the armor was, but we
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  Speaker 2: also were able to determine how God wants it to
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  Speaker 2: be used. We talked about the helmet of salvation, the
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  Speaker 2: girdle or belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and
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  Speaker 2: Gospel's shoes of peace. And now we want to talk
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  Speaker 2: about the three remaining perfect parts of God's armor, and
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  Speaker 2: we need to understand that these are all working together
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  Speaker 2: to provide for our victory. Now, why is it so
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  Speaker 2: important that we know and understand each of these perfect parts?
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  Speaker 2: Because we cannot be wholly armed until we fully understand
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  Speaker 2: and can utilize our armor, as well as being able
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  Speaker 2: to understand how our armor supports our weaponry. So we
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  Speaker 2: had looked at those four parts earlier, and now we
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  Speaker 2: come to the shield of faith. What is the purpose
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  Speaker 2: of this shield? Well, in this particular description, and let's
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  Speaker 2: look at the way a soldier advances in combat. Now,
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  Speaker 2: in the days when we were looking at this type
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  Speaker 2: of warfare or combat, we were not looking necessarily at
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  Speaker 2: some of the modern styled weaponry. What we could see
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  Speaker 2: armor plating that was being worn, and a shield that
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  Speaker 2: would be a guard that would go up in front.
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  Speaker 2: You'll notice the shield is always in front of the warrior.
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  Speaker 2: There's no rear protection and that's because he is constantly advancing.
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  Speaker 2: And when we look at this, we have to understand
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  Speaker 2: what the shield of faith is used for. It's actually
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  Speaker 2: to quench or to put out the fiery darts. Now
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  Speaker 2: what are the fiery darts? When it says above all,
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  Speaker 2: take yourself the shield of faith where you can quench
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  Speaker 2: the fiery darts of the devil. With this shield, we
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  Speaker 2: are trusting God to perform and protect us even when
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  Speaker 2: everything looks as if if the battle may be going
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  Speaker 2: the other way. It is through faith that causes us
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  Speaker 2: to believe that God will reward us with victory regardless
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  Speaker 2: of what the circumstances seem to be. We must trust
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  Speaker 2: and believe have faith in God. Now there is a difference,
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  Speaker 2: and I want to take just a moment to explain.
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  Speaker 2: The shield of faith is using that belief in God
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  Speaker 2: for victory even when everything else is turned against you.
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  Speaker 2: It's holding on to what you can't even see, so
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  Speaker 2: that you can move forward as you advance in God's kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: It is so critical for us to be able to
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  Speaker 2: see that we are actually marching by faith, not by sight,
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  Speaker 2: so in that we know that we are totally dependent
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  Speaker 2: on God's intervention, and he is working where we can't
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  Speaker 2: see him. Let's talk about the sword of the Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: We talked about it in Jesus' use as he proclaimed
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  Speaker 2: to the devil in the time of testing in the wilderness.
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  Speaker 2: He proclaimed three precious words. It is written now the
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  Speaker 2: Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. In
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  Speaker 2: Hebrews four, verse twelve, it talks about how this word
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  Speaker 2: of God is used as a weapon. It's a most
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  Speaker 2: effective form that we could ever employ. It has two
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  Speaker 2: equally sharp edges, and it penetrates deep into the very
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  Speaker 2: center of the enemy and causes devastating results. The enemy
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  Speaker 2: must either retreat or surrender. He cannot continue his stand
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  Speaker 2: against this will of his creator. And we must learn
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  Speaker 2: how to use or strike with this mighty weapon so
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  Speaker 2: that we can hit the very heart of the enemy
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  Speaker 2: and his forces. It is so important that we know
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  Speaker 2: the word of God. It is important in the battle
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  Speaker 2: that this part of our armor and weaponry is actually
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  Speaker 2: used because when it is employed, the enemy cannot stand
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  Speaker 2: against us. There's a scripture that was written in the
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  Speaker 2: Book of Matthew Jesus this when he proclaimed how he
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  Speaker 2: would build his church, and he mentioned in that statement
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  Speaker 2: that the gates of Hell, even in reference in some
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  Speaker 2: versions the gates of Hades, would not prevail against his church.
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  Speaker 2: The picture that you have is that the enemy is
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  Speaker 2: marching against the church, and the Church is backing up
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  Speaker 2: while it is defending the ground. But folks, that's the
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  Speaker 2: wrong picture. The reality is that the Church is marching
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  Speaker 2: aggressively forward right up to the very forwer chambers of hell,
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  Speaker 2: and it is there to pull out those that are
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  Speaker 2: closest to being placed in hell fire. The thing that
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  Speaker 2: we have to recognize is all of our weaponry and
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  Speaker 2: all of our armor is not just to protect us,
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  Speaker 2: but it is to provide a method by which we
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  Speaker 2: can rescue others those that are held captive by the enemy.
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  Speaker 2: Why is it so important that we complete this total
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  Speaker 2: perfect armor with prayer in the spirit. This is an
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  Speaker 2: area that many people will debate and have debated for years.
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  Speaker 2: It's God's codebook of orders and direction. If somebody were
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  Speaker 2: to ask you today, what does praying in the spirit
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  Speaker 2: mean you may have a particular representation or a answer
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  Speaker 2: for that question, But I asked that question for the
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  Speaker 2: reason of being able to be wholly armed. You see,
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  Speaker 2: if this completes the whole armor of God, it is
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  Speaker 2: probably the one item that most of us will forget
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  Speaker 2: to use, and it is what we have to have
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  Speaker 2: to know our orders. It is important for us to
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  Speaker 2: realize that praying in the spirit gives us the ability
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  Speaker 2: to communicate directly with God. It is the code transmission,
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  Speaker 2: if you will, which cannot be intercepted or jammed by
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  Speaker 2: the enemy. We receive our orders from God, and only
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  Speaker 2: he knows the code, and only he can reveal its meaning.
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  Speaker 2: Suppose that we went into battle with all the armor
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  Speaker 2: and yet lack the ability to know what to do
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  Speaker 2: and when to do it, would we be very effective soldiers?
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  Speaker 2: The answer is obvious. Satan has tried to perpetuate confusion
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  Speaker 2: and disagreement about this vital element of God's armor since
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  Speaker 2: the day of Pentecost. Since God provides the whole armor
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  Speaker 2: and we need the whole armor, then Satan will do
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  Speaker 2: everything possible to keep us from being holy armed. For years,
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  Speaker 2: he has had the Church fighting against itself over this
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  Speaker 2: one issue. Satan knows when God's wholly armed force marches
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  Speaker 2: against him, his strong olds will fall, and his captives
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  Speaker 2: will be free, and his defeat will be revealed to
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  Speaker 2: all mankind. What if David had forgotten his slingshot? Could
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  Speaker 2: he have inflicted such a disabling blow to Goliath? Can we,
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  Speaker 2: as God's army, afford to pick and choose what we
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  Speaker 2: like or not like to take into combat? And also,
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  Speaker 2: did God select only a few soldiers who would have
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  Speaker 2: the whole armor or did he mean for all of
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  Speaker 2: us to be fully armed? Remember this whole armor serves
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  Speaker 2: to make us combat ready, ready for the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: God to advance and cover the earth. Inside the temple
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  Speaker 2: or our vessel which carries the armor is the code interpreter,
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit of God, and he takes all of
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  Speaker 2: God's orders and explains them to us. He shows us
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  Speaker 2: the direction, reveals the end to me, and takes care
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  Speaker 2: of our needs even when we don't know our own needs.
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  Speaker 2: He is the Promise of Jesus for us. He alone
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  Speaker 2: can comfort us, guide us, and teach us everything we
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  Speaker 2: are supposed to know. As we become more like Christ.
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  Speaker 2: When we are totally surrendered to God's will and not
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  Speaker 2: our own. The Holy Spirit can pray for us using
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  Speaker 2: our tongue of expression. He brings the deep things of
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  Speaker 2: God into our knowledge. He can and will make intercession
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  Speaker 2: for us to our heavenly Father. We don't have to
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  Speaker 2: understand this prayer language until the Holy Spirit wants us
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  Speaker 2: to understand. Unlike many codes used by man, only God
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  Speaker 2: can interpret prayer in the spirit. Satan cannot understand the code.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't know what God is going to do. He
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have the Holy Spirit to guide him and direct
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  Speaker 2: him as we do. Now, can you see how important
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  Speaker 2: praying always, with all prayer and supplication in the spirit
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  Speaker 2: really is to the victory we are to be holy armed.
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  Speaker 2: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: And in order to be wholly armed, we have to
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  Speaker 2: take upon ourselves what God provides, not what man provides,
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  Speaker 2: and not what man states we need or we don't need.
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  Speaker 2: We need to understand that the whole armor of God
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  Speaker 2: is for all believers to be able to advance His kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: Take to yourself the whole armor of God that you
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  Speaker 2: will be able to make aggressive stand against the devices
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  Speaker 2: of the enemy. Review those parts of the armor daily.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you have your inspection up to date. Don't
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  Speaker 2: allow any of your weapons or your armor to become
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  Speaker 2: misused or abused. Remember, you are the victor because of
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  Speaker 2: what Jesus already accomplished at Calvary. When he said it
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  Speaker 2: is finished, he meant every word go in God's armor
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  Speaker 2: and power to proclaim his good news to a loss
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  Speaker 2: and dying world. And that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K or Richard Retired Team. This is Chuck Christie
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