I have just returned from CEF's Childrens camp last night, exhausted with dark circles and a smelly shirt from all the sweat. It was an amazing experience. This was my 3rd time volunteering as a counselor and I've learned so much every year. This year's theme was "God's Warriors" and was found to be very relevant today. God is raising up warriors that would hold firmly to His word. We must abide in him in order to stay alive. We must abide in Christ to be alive. There were many evident attacks from the enemy that helped us as staff and volunteers know that this camp's theme was perfect for the situation we were constantly having to prayerfully overcome. Many kids were sick, had bloody noses, a counselor fainted, and many got sick including I, and some were under the influence of something demonic. For a couple of weeks now, I've been listening to sermons on 99.5 and 107.9, and many were found to be about the armor of God. (Ephesians 6:11-18). Couple of other staff went to churches in NY and the messages were on the Armor of God. I feel strongly that this is the message that people of the Church must hear because the enemy is building up strongholds against us.. which we must be ready for. We must stay awake and know truth. I was in charge of 8 little girls from the ages of 7- 12 and many did not know how to flip to certain books in the bible. Many did not know the stories in the bible. Many did not know how to even look up chapters and verses! We must as adults, parents, teachers, workman approved to God.. handle accurately the word of truth and teach the bible in our churches because that's the only weapon we have against the enemy. The word of God is our sword. We must use it as the body of Christ. The enemy is constantly shooting fiery arrows at the church. The church must have a shield in order to protect herself. Many churches are dying from these arrows of the enemy. We must hold up the shield of faith and stand firm and fight for truth.
Memory Verses during the Camp.
Ephesians 6:11
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take a stand against the devil's schemes."
Ephesians 6:14
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place."
Psalm 119:11
"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
Ephesians 6:15
"and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of Peace."
Ephesians 6:16
"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one."
1 Corinthians 15:57
"But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Ephesians 6:17
"Take the helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."
Ephesians 6:18
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests."
What I've learned in Daniel Elliot JDSN's sermons.
1. That it is through the seed of Adam that sin has come into the world. Adam was told by God not to eat the fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil but when Eve was tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent, he asked , " Did God REALLY say, "you must not to eat from any tree in the garden?" Eve told the devil that we must not eat of it or even TOUCH it or we will surely die. Eve did not know what God has said but Adam did. God specifically told Adam before he created Eve. Adam was with Eve while she was tempted but did not stop the devil by fighting for what God really said. He started to get confused himself.. causing him to fall. Sin has entered through man. That is why it is also prophecied that the son of God will come from a woman. Meaning Jesus would be without sin.
2. Satan was created before Adam and Eve were created.
3. The Shield of the Roman soldiers were soaked in water in order to extinguish their enemy's fiery arrows. The shoes had steel cleats underneath which helped them to stand firm whenever their enemy would use their strengths against them. The sword of the Spirit is actually the spoken word. Greek translation is not the logas, graphes or scriptura,.. but remma? which is the spoken word of God. Breastplate of Righteousness is Christ because man cannot gain righteousness on their own. Belt of truth is the word of God.
4. The importance of prayer and the word of God are our weapons.
I have recieved this email from David Wilkerson this morning and found it to confirm what the spirit is telling the churches.
Dealing with our Strongholds.
Many Christians quote 2 Corinthians 10:3–4: “We do not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” Most of us think of strongholds as bondages such as sexual trespasses, drug addictions, alcoholism—outward sins we put at the top of a worst-sins list. But Paul is referring here to something much worse than our human measuring of sins.
First of all, he isn’t speaking of demonic possession. In my opinion, the devil cannot enter the heart of any overcoming Christian and claim a place in that person. Rather, the figurative meaning of Paul’s word stronghold in Greek here is “holding firmly to an argument.” A stronghold is an accusation planted firmly in your mind. Satan establishes strongholds in God’s people by implanting in their minds lies, falsehoods and misconceptions, especially regarding God’s nature.
For instance, the enemy may plant in your mind the lie that you’re unspiritual, totally unworthy of God’s grace. He may whisper to you repeatedly, “You’ll never be free of your besetting sin. You haven’t tried hard enough. You haven’t changed. And now God has lost patience with you because of your continual ups and downs.”
Or the devil may try to convince you that you have a right to hold on to bitterness because you’ve been wronged. If you keep listening to his lies, you’ll begin to believe them after a while.
Satan is the accuser of the brethren, coming against us time after time with his army of accusers, planting demonic lies in our minds. These lies are his stronghold—and if we don’t resist them by God’s Word, they will turn into imbedded fears in our minds.
The only weapon that scares the devil is the same one that scared him in the wilderness temptations of Jesus. That weapon is the truth of the living Word of God. According to Micah, here is the promise we are to cling to: “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:18–19). In Hebrew, the word subdue means “he will trample on them.” We do not subdue our sins; he will subdue them through repentance and faith.
-DAVID WILKERSON
Memory Verses during the Camp.
Ephesians 6:11
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take a stand against the devil's schemes."
Ephesians 6:14
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place."
Psalm 119:11
"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
Ephesians 6:15
"and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of Peace."
Ephesians 6:16
"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one."
1 Corinthians 15:57
"But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Ephesians 6:17
"Take the helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."
Ephesians 6:18
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests."
What I've learned in Daniel Elliot JDSN's sermons.
1. That it is through the seed of Adam that sin has come into the world. Adam was told by God not to eat the fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil but when Eve was tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent, he asked , " Did God REALLY say, "you must not to eat from any tree in the garden?" Eve told the devil that we must not eat of it or even TOUCH it or we will surely die. Eve did not know what God has said but Adam did. God specifically told Adam before he created Eve. Adam was with Eve while she was tempted but did not stop the devil by fighting for what God really said. He started to get confused himself.. causing him to fall. Sin has entered through man. That is why it is also prophecied that the son of God will come from a woman. Meaning Jesus would be without sin.
2. Satan was created before Adam and Eve were created.
3. The Shield of the Roman soldiers were soaked in water in order to extinguish their enemy's fiery arrows. The shoes had steel cleats underneath which helped them to stand firm whenever their enemy would use their strengths against them. The sword of the Spirit is actually the spoken word. Greek translation is not the logas, graphes or scriptura,.. but remma? which is the spoken word of God. Breastplate of Righteousness is Christ because man cannot gain righteousness on their own. Belt of truth is the word of God.
4. The importance of prayer and the word of God are our weapons.
I have recieved this email from David Wilkerson this morning and found it to confirm what the spirit is telling the churches.
Dealing with our Strongholds.
Many Christians quote 2 Corinthians 10:3–4: “We do not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” Most of us think of strongholds as bondages such as sexual trespasses, drug addictions, alcoholism—outward sins we put at the top of a worst-sins list. But Paul is referring here to something much worse than our human measuring of sins.
First of all, he isn’t speaking of demonic possession. In my opinion, the devil cannot enter the heart of any overcoming Christian and claim a place in that person. Rather, the figurative meaning of Paul’s word stronghold in Greek here is “holding firmly to an argument.” A stronghold is an accusation planted firmly in your mind. Satan establishes strongholds in God’s people by implanting in their minds lies, falsehoods and misconceptions, especially regarding God’s nature.
For instance, the enemy may plant in your mind the lie that you’re unspiritual, totally unworthy of God’s grace. He may whisper to you repeatedly, “You’ll never be free of your besetting sin. You haven’t tried hard enough. You haven’t changed. And now God has lost patience with you because of your continual ups and downs.”
Or the devil may try to convince you that you have a right to hold on to bitterness because you’ve been wronged. If you keep listening to his lies, you’ll begin to believe them after a while.
Satan is the accuser of the brethren, coming against us time after time with his army of accusers, planting demonic lies in our minds. These lies are his stronghold—and if we don’t resist them by God’s Word, they will turn into imbedded fears in our minds.
The only weapon that scares the devil is the same one that scared him in the wilderness temptations of Jesus. That weapon is the truth of the living Word of God. According to Micah, here is the promise we are to cling to: “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:18–19). In Hebrew, the word subdue means “he will trample on them.” We do not subdue our sins; he will subdue them through repentance and faith.
-DAVID WILKERSON
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