Victory in Spiritual Warfare Session 7: Sword of the Spirit Session 4 11/01/2019 Victory in Session 7: Sword of the Spirit Dr Tony Evans Spiritual Warfare Bishop's Itchington Homegroup

WELCOME & NOTICES Comfort Notices Toilets Refreshments Times Church Notices (See the “Tiddler”) March 22 - Worsumba April 22 – AGM 20,21&23 – Deeper 2018 Group Notices March 24 – LHoP Training Day - Reading 26 – Easter break – No HG April 09 – HG starts again

TESTIMONY TIME Specific Answers to Prayer Personal Blessings, or notable Progress with 5’s, or other Church Local Community … little things that has cheered us up, or made us think!

RESPONSE TIME

COURSE CONTENT The War Revealed, Belt of Truth, Breastplate of Righteousness, Shoes of The Gospel of Peace, Shield of Faith, Helmet of Salvation, Sword of The Spirit Full Armour In Real Life.

GETTING STARTED Share one particular insight you gained through your personal devotions this week? Did your perspective on daily life and interactions change as you dwelt, this week, on the fullness of salvation? How so? The Sword of the Spirit (the Word of God: Why do you think that this is the only offensive weapon?

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RESPONSE TIME

GROUP DISCUSSION Why is it important to understand the progression from Graphe to Logos to Rhema? What happens to your ability to take up this Sword if you stop at Graphe, or even Logos? What is one practice you might incorporate in to your life this week in order to more consistently take up the Sword of the Spirit? GRAPHE: Written Word (66 Books), LOGOS: Message/meaning of the word, RHEMA: Utterance/spoken word/declared.

CONCLUSION WORD OF GOD Graphe: The written word; Logos, The message of the Graphe. Neither words are used here. SPIRIT The Holy Spirit uses it, not you. It is not an earthly device. TAKING UP THE SWORD We like Jesus should use Rhema. – “Resist the devil and he will flee” James 4:7 WHAT IS THE SWORD? Gladius, the short sword, double-edged and sharp. For close combat, the only offensive weapon in the armoury. RHEMA The word Paul uses here, and means the specific declaration concerning the message (Logos).

GET IN THE FIGHT MEMORY VERSE “For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than a double-edged sword, penetrating as far the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 Down load a plan to read the Bible in a year: www.readthebibleforlife.com Set up a Scripture Memory Accountability group, to continue to memorise the Bible after this study.

LET’S PRAY Ephesians 6:18 James 5:13 “Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere..” NLT Specific situations, Prayer 5’s, Local Situations, International News. James 5:13 “Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises...” NLT