INTRODUCTION

Since the Christian warfare is a "fight of faith" (1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
See All...) against spiritual foes (Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Learn your Bible and use it as a sword (Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  See All...a) either to attack or defend. For example, if someone says you don't have to go to church, quote Hebrews 10:25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
  See All...a or Psalm 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
  See All.... If someone says a bad word, quote Psalm 34:13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
  See All...a or Ephesians 4:29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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• What does this teach us about the wars of the past that have been fought with physical weaponry in the name of Christianity with the purpose of converting the enemy?
• How can believers have more success with spiritual weaponry than with physical weaponry? How can this also apply to those who seek worldly methods in converting sinners?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to show you the strength of spiritual weaponry.
• Ask the Lord to help you be faithful in battle.

HYMN

Hold the Fort

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