1. 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

2. 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

3. 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!

4. RESPONSE TIME

5. 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.

6. 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?

7. PLAY THE VIDEO!
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8. RESPONSE TIME

9. 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.

10. 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).

11. 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:
Set up a Scripture Memory Accountability group, to continue to memorise the Bible after this study.

12. 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