What Happens When We Forget....

To put on the Belt of Truth?

To put on the Breastplate of Righteousness?

To put on our Shoes of Peace?

And to ~

Carry our Shield of Faith?

And put on our Helmet of Deliverance along with the Sword of the Spirit? 
(which is the word of G-D)

Well, when all hell breaks out against us, and it will. (for many of you reading this right now it already has)
If we do not have our spiritual armor on when the enemy sets an attack against us, not only will we not be able to withstand against it. In most cases we will not be able to discern  where the disruption in life is coming until we have hurt those in our life we love the most.

That is exactly how HaSatan works. For he has come to kill, steal and destroy.

That is why the Apostle Paul went to such great lengths to warn us about him. In this particular letter to the Ephesians, Paul not only warns us but encourages us and gives us insights and tools on how to live victoriously one step ahead of our enemy.

Praise be to Yeshua  who has given us victory over death - hell and the grave through his great LOVE for us and his great suffering that shows us such love!

It is my desire that we may all be reminded in this scripture whenever we come across divisions of any kind among the brethren.

It is not of G-d.

Let us not turn to blame each other. Instead as Paul writes lets us, again in Ephesians,
 Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.

 Always be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love, and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom.  There is one body and one Spirit, just as when you were called you were called to one hope. And there is one Lord, one trust, one immersion,  and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.

Remembering that divisions come when we let our flesh take hold.

Here is the full Ephesians ch 6 verse.

Be blessed the Passover season!!

The Armor of God

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 the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 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. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Such a GLoRiOuS thing to ponder - to LiVe!

Truly it is!

2 Corinthians 5

We know that when the tent which houses us here on earth is torn down, we have a permanent building from God, a building not made by human hands, to house us in heaven.  For in this tent, our earthly body, we groan with desire to have around us the home from heaven that will be ours.  With this around us we will not be found naked.  Yes, while we are in this body, we groan with the sense of being oppressed: it is not so much that we want to take something off, but rather to put something on over it; so that what must die may be swallowed up by the Life.

 Moreover, it is God who has prepared us for this very thing, and as a pledge he has given us his Spirit.

 So we are always confident — we know that so long as we are at home in the body, we are away from our home with the Lord;  for we live by trust, not by what we see.  We are confident, then, and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and come to our home with the Lord.

 Therefore, whether at home or away from home, we try our utmost to please him;  for we must all appear before the Messiah’s court of judgment, where everyone will receive the good or bad consequences of what he did while he was in the body.

 So it is with the fear of the Lord before us that we try to persuade people. Moreover, God knows us as we really are; and I hope that in your consciences you too know us as we really are.  We are not recommending ourselves to you again but giving you a reason to be proud of us, so that you will be able to answer those who boast about a person’s appearance rather than his inner qualities.  If we are insane, it is for God’s sake; and if we are sane, it is for your sake. 

 For the Messiah’s love has hold of us, because we are convinced that one man died on behalf of all mankind (which implies that all mankind was already dead),  and that he died on behalf of all in order that those who live should not live any longer for themselves but for the one who on their behalf died and was raised. 

So from now on, we do not look at anyone from a worldly viewpoint. Even if we once regarded the Messiah from a worldly viewpoint, we do so no longer. 

 Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation — the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and new!  And it is all from God, who through the Messiah has reconciled us to himself and has given us the work of that reconciliation,  which is that God in the Messiah was reconciling mankind to himself, not counting their sins against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors of the Messiah; in effect, God is making his appeal through us. What we do is appeal on behalf of the Messiah, “Be reconciled to God!  God made this sinless man be a sin offering on our behalf, so that in union with him we might fully share in God’s righteousness.”

2 Corinthians Complete Jewish Bible Version

Ah the rain from Heaven

There is nothing on earth like it