{"id":4153,"date":"2020-04-22T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2020-04-22T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:41:36","slug":"the-armorof-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/22\/the-armorof-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Armor:Of God~"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4154\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/750_1910-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> Picture taken by: Bob O&#8217;Neill, (toy soldier mine)<\/h6>\n<h6>\nPutting on the mind of Christ, as my <em>Helmet of Salvation<\/em>, I take every thought captive\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\nWearing His <em>Breastplate of Righteousness<\/em>, it guards my heart as it\u2019s purified by Him\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\nI stand active\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\nHis <em>Shield of Faith<\/em> protects me from all the fiery darts of the enemy, he will not defeat me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\nIn fighting stance, I lift the Sword of the Spirit, and speak His word; My ears are opened and I hear it\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\n<em>Wearing the Belt of Truth<\/em>, I will not believe the devil\u2019s lies\u2026for he is merely a buzzing fly<\/h6>\n<h6>\nAnd with my <em>Shoes of the Gospel of Peace<\/em>, I\u2019ll cast him far away\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\nAnd with each living breath I take,<\/h6>\n<h6>\nI\u2019ll open my mouth and <em>Pray<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\n\u201cOur Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name<br \/>\nThy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven<br \/>\nGive us this day our daily bread\u2026<br \/>\nAnd forgive us our debts as we forgive are debtors<br \/>\nLead us not into temptation,<br \/>\nBut deliver us from evil,<br \/>\nFor thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and Glory, forever Amen!\u201d (Matthew 6:9-13)<\/h6>\n<h6>\nNow fully clothed in the Armor of God; I\u2019ll live my life this way.<\/h6>\n<h6>\nFor all the rulers in high places; the darkened hosts of hell, will not prevail, against the name of Jesus, for his children, will wear His Armor well!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\n~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 22, 2020<\/h6>\n<h6>\n<strong><em>Ephesians 6:10-18 New International Version (NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>\n<em>Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes. 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. Therefore, put on the <strong>full armor of God<\/strong>, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the <strong>belt of truth buckled<\/strong> around your waist, with the <strong>breastplate of righteousness<\/strong> in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the <strong>gospel of peace<\/strong>. In addition to all this, take up the <strong>shield of faith<\/strong>, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the <strong>helmet of salvation<\/strong> and <strong>the sword of the Spirit<\/strong>, which is the word of God.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And <strong>pray in the Spirit<\/strong> on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on <strong>praying<\/strong> for all the Lord\u2019s people.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture taken by: Bob O&#8217;Neill, (toy soldier mine) Putting on the mind of Christ, as my Helmet of Salvation, I take every thought captive\u2026 Wearing His Breastplate of Righteousness, it guards my heart as it\u2019s purified by Him\u2026 I stand active\u2026 His Shield of Faith protects me from all the fiery darts of the enemy,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-14Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4155,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions\/4155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}