In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one Ephesians 6:15

What is the Shield of FAITH that Paul is talking about?

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram.     I am your shield,     your very great reward.” Genesis 15:1

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2

Take Up… On one hand… JESUS!- not us We cannot Change Him

Take Up… In addition to ‘having’ - ie. Baseball player But… we are involved In addition to ‘having’ - ie. Baseball player

Take Up… Door - openned/Closed But… we are involved In addition to ‘having’ Door - openned/Closed - Wall

Take Up… Submission - 1 John 5:4 In addition to ‘having’ Door -Sons of Sceva

4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 5:4

Take Up… Submission - 1 John 5:4 In addition to ‘having’ Door -Sons of Sceva Acts 19

Temptation Lust Greed Pride Despair Fear

Quench the arrows with submission to His… Presence

In the cover of your presence you hide them     from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter     from the strife of tongues Psalm 31:20

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually Seek the Lord and his strength;     seek his presence continually! 5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,     his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant,     children of Jacob, his chosen ones! Psalm 105:4

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17

Doubt In God In His Word In who you are

Trust and Hope Quench the arrows with submission to… After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram.     I am your shield,     your very great reward.” Genesis 15:1

Trust and Hope By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. Hebrews 11:17-18

Doubt In God In His Word In who you are