Sword of the Spirit
To use the Sword of the Spirit you have to have God’s Word in your heart and mind. Be ready to be called into action to combat the attacks of the enemy. To do this you have to be in God’s Word daily and commit it to your heart. Here are some verses and tips to get you going.
John 8:31-32 “31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Start a daily routine. Do you think you can become proficient in something without investing any time in it? If you put zero to very little effort into learning what God says about how we are to act and react to the situations and people we encounter each day, then why are you surprised when your life has not changed?
Jesus came to show us “The Way”; how to live. If you are looking for comfort in worldly ways, they will only be temporary. Many try to suppress their afflictions with addictions like Alcohol, Drugs, Porn, Work, Money. These, too, are temporary and will lead you to further misery. True healing comes from a relationship with God our Father through His son Jesus Christ. Start reading the Bible. The bible is God’s Word to us. You will start growing in your relationship with your Father who can give you true healing. Through His Word you will be able to combat the enemy. The Bible is God’s love story to YOU! You are His most prized possession and He loves you. So much that he sacrificed his only son Jesus so we could have an everlasting relationship with Him.
Jesus’s message was a simple message with a lot of detail.
Matthew 11:28-29 “28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
John 16:33 “33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
James 4:7-8 “7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.”
Romans 6:23 “23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.
Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 14:1-31 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” …
John 11:25 “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live”,
John 10:9 “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture”.
John 14:7 “If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 6:35 “Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst”.
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”.
John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him”.
1 John 5:20 “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life”.
John 8:32 “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:12 “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 3:3 “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.