SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Train (the mind) to not be distracted. Detraction can become a sharp weapon slicing apart focus. God is the head of creation. All creation, especially man, expresses God’s spirit uniquely through his soul. At times Faith seems empty-especially if you haven’t thought, prayed, researched or reflected on G-d. Either G-d’s will or His adversary’s will moves your soul on a certain course.
“We are not struggling against human beings but against the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.”
Totally submit to G-d’s will. Observing His laws and order. Death and separation away from G-d’s presence happens through disobedience. Accept G-d’s gift of salvation.
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Bruce Lee - The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Into a soul absolutely free
From thoughts and emotion,
Even the tiger finds no room
To insert its fierce claws.
One and the same breeze passes
Over the pines on the mountain
And the oak trees in the valley;
And why do they give different notes?
No thinking, no reflecting,
Perfect emptiness;
Yet therein something moves,
Following its own course.
The eye sees it,
But no hands can take hold of it
The moon in the stream.
Clouds and mists,
They are mid-air transformations;
Above them eternally shine the sun and the moon.
Victory is for the one,
Even before the combat,
Who has no thought of himself,
Abiding in the no-mind-ness of Great Origin. |
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 Sha'ul (Paul)-Ephesians 6: 10-18
10 Finally, grow powerful in union with the Lord, in union with his mighty strength!
11 Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.
12 For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.
13 So take up every piece of war equipment God provides; so that when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist; and when the battle is won, you will still be standing.
14 Therefore, stand! Have the belt of truth buckled around your waist, put on righteousness for a breastplate,
15 and wear on your feet the readiness that comes from the Good News of shalom.
16 Always carry the shield of trust, with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
17 And take the helmet of deliverance; along with the sword given by the Spirit, that is, the Word of God;
18 as you pray at all times, with all kinds of prayers and requests, in the Spirit, vigilantly and persistently, for all God's people.
Scriptures quotations taken from The Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 615, Clarksville, Maryland 21029. www.messianicjewish.net/jntp. Used by permission. |
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