Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. NKJV

How did the week go? Did you print your free pdf of the verse of the week last week and look at it throughout the week? I want to change locations of my verse each week to see where I like it best. Would love your input if you have a great location!

This verse explains more of the why we need to know Scripture.

I think we first have to ask ourselves whether or not we believe that the Bible is completely God’s word in its entirety. I think it’s important to believe the Word 100% in regards to its authenticity of being God’s Word – otherwise what good is it? How would you know what is truth and what isn’t?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 – “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. NKJV

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Isaiah 40:8 – “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” NIV

Matthew 24:35 – “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” NKJV

We have to settle in and know that everything we read in the Bible is truth. Man’s interpretation or mere opinion needs to be held in the light of what is said in the Bible so we aren’t believing something that isn’t true. We can entertain theories when something isn’t clear cut – black and white – but recognize it as just that – a theory.

On a very serious level, Jenny and I want you to know that we understand how serious what we bring to you in regard to God and His word is. It’s a big responsibility and we are checking each other against the Word to make sure we are as accurate as humanly possible. When it’s our opinion we will say just that. We will say, “I speculate, I think, possibly….” You get the idea. We are going to straight to the Word of God and studying reputable sources as misleading you is the absolute last thing we want to do.

So do you believe it is all true? All of it? Do you believe that the Word is inspired by God? I love the emphasis on living and powerful being the first part of how the Word is described. But right after that it speaks to being sharper than a two-edged sword? That’s exactly what last week compared the Word of God to – Ephesians 6:17 – And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. There it is! The Word of God is a sword.

Now that we know the Word of God is a sword – alive, powerful and true how do we use it?

We have to know what the Bible says in order to fight our spiritual battles. Paul goes into detail on our fight in 2 Corinthians chapter 10. He mentions our weapons of warfare are to bring down strongholds and cast down arguments and every high thing that pushes against and exalts itself above God (v.4-5a). We are to bring our thoughts into captivity (v. 5b) to the obedience of Christ. So a sword or a weapon of some kind is what brings hu

 Welcome to week 1 of our Truth of the Week series! This week we are talking about winning mind battles.  We hear about victories in people’s lives and how Christ has made such a difference in their world but what takes people from merely surviving and struggling to victory? It is in huge part to taking control of the mind. Do we just will it better or do we have specific tools to use for this victory?

We can break chains, have victory in our thought life and through that – our physical life. We can learn truth and live accordingly the best we can. That’s why Jenny and I felt led to start our content about truth to you all to help you fight the good fight we are all fighting until we see Jesus face to face.

Explaining the context behind our verses: Context keeps us from singling out verses and changing their meaning based on what we want to see – interpreting verses any way we want is a dangerous game. So with each verse we discuss we will cover some background so we don’t grossly misinterpret. Context is critical, just ask politicians.

(Actual Context) Paul writes to the church as a whole in Ephesus and the main theme of Ephesians is about salvation by faith alone and not by works, how spiritual truths should be evident in our conduct and also how spiritual conflict is to be handled.

The setting around Ephesians 6:17 is talking about the entire armor of God. I love how God uses analogies and parables so they make sense and we remember them better. I know I use analogies all the time to help me remember and learn new things. In verses 10-20 Paul urges us to be strong in the Lord and in His might. In order to do this we have to follow the human body armor analogy. Putting this spiritual armor on we can withstand and even fight back in the spiritual realm. Both pieces are equally important. We don’t just sit on knowledge and truth but we hurl our weapons back at evil to have victory over the battle for our minds. Our minds have so much control over our lives so this aspect of putting on everything given to us to withstand and fight is crucial to our faith – our lives – everything really.

Verse 12 says we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood but principalities, evil powers and spiritual hosts of darkness and says that’s all done in the heavenly places. Begs one to reason that everything going on in our minds is subject to the observation and left available to the heavenly arenas. So that mind thing you and I struggle with everyday? That’s happening to everyone all of the time and we are all fighting or just plain getting our butts kicked and it can swing all over the place – have ebs and flows but hopefully always trending up. You aren’t alone is what I’m saying. We are all in this mighty big mental game that is really very spiritual and we need to treat it as such.

So how do we fight? That’s exactly what the armor of God is all about. It lays it out for us. But it requires action on our part. Not to save us, we are already saved when we call upon the name of Jesus, but to win our mind wars. Verse 14 tells us to stand. Stand as in realize you need to be in ready position. When we stand we have the ability to react and understand we need to be ready for whatever is coming our way. Stand as in recognizing each day that you have to be in r

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