Love you all, praying for you.
I recently spoke with a Godly young woman who shared what God was revealing to her. Proverbs 21:31 – The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the LORD. God gives the victory – but we prepare the horse for battle. What has God told you to do today – to prepare for the battle? If the battle comes – and you don’t even have your armor on, the breastplate of righteousness, you can’t find your other shoe, or your sword – it’s around here somewhere… you will not likely do well in the heat of battle. Ephesians 6:11 – Put on the whole armor of God so that you can stand firm against all the strategies of the devil... v13 Therefore put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil, and after you have done everything, to stand. You're fully persuaded that the LORD will bring you the victory. So how do you prepare for the day of battle? The first thing that new recruits learn in boot camp – is how to obey orders. Sir, yes sir. It may seem meaningless in training, but one day your life will depend on - how quickly and completely you obey. PiVAT is how you walk in righteousness – blameless - when you’re walking in His plans for you today – not your own. He will reveal the times He has assigned for you today for PRISM – those 5 things you can do in His Word – the Sword of the Spirit – so you gain wisdom, discernment, understanding, and skill. So His Word can confirm the plans that He just gave you last night before dinner for today. Romans 12:1, and Romans 12:2. Your Daily Call has you overcoming every day with your testimony – just like God specifically commanded you in Hebrews 3:13: to exhort one another daily – so you will never become hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. And your PiVAT Small Group – each weekend – sharing His plans that He revealed for you this coming week, and the wonderful things He did and revealed last week while you were learning to obey. It’s where you get counsel and encouragement from others who are preparing for the battle just like you! What’s the point of the battle? Overcoming. How did God say to overcome: Your Daily Call – exhorting one another daily. Daily Obeyers – overcoming with your testimony – full of the Word of God and the Spirit of the Almighty – who share the incredible things that God is doing even in the preparation, and in the midst of the battle. Praying that you will know what God has told you to do today to prepare for the battle, and that you would always know the joy – of doing what He told you! Stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist. That's PRISM – putting on the belt of truth. And the breastplate of righteousness. That’s PiVAT – not just hearing the Word – doing what He told you – when He told you to do it. With your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. PiVAT trains your feet – you are so used to getting and doing His plans for you today – that your feet are always ready to go where He sends you at a moment’s notice. In addition, take up the shield of faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the WORD. Your PRISM every day is faith building – your shield of faith, by which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit – which is the word of God. This is PRISM – those five things you do every day in His Word – you never forget where your sword is, it’s always with you – you keep using it all day long! And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests - praying the complete will of God for you. And keep on praying for the LORD’s people. This is your Daily Call and PiVAT Small Group – praying for each other in the preparation and in the battle – and praying for the body of Christ with your PiVAT Prayer List – those things that He was put on your heart to pray – His prayers for you, not yours. That seems like so much – it’s nothing, it’s easy, it’s just habit, just getting ready for battle. God not only gives you victory in the battle, He gives, direction, joy and victory in the preparation. The greatest players love practice. Because they know it translates to Super Bowl victories. Praying that you will love the preparation – so you know the love of God, the heart of God, and the Good that He Has for you. Love you all, dad
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