Passage of the Day - March 1, 2013

Ephesians 6:10-20

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
¹⁸ With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, ¹⁹ and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

So, after hammering on this passage for eight days, what does this mean for me and the issues of orphan care and human/sex trafficking?

I have begun the process of adding to my list of facebook/twitter friends/likes/followings to include different churches and organizations dedicated to these causes.  I have also done the same with a few U.S. ambassadors in this regard, as well.  This way, I can learn more and more about what is going on and where God might be blazing a trail for me to finally walk down.

I am going to prayerfully consider a few options during the month of March.  Some are small and some are big.  I will inform you to them as we go along and/or they come to fruition.

Overall, I am going to begin to put on the full armor of God and make decisions based upon Spirit-given wisdom through prayer and scripture as opposed to other reasons like fear, being overwhelmed, and ignorance.

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