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Turning the Tables on Evil 0:00 Have a Bible, I want you to hold a spot in Ephesians chapter 6. We are going to do a deep dive in that chapter of the Bible today. If you're joining us for the first time, we're in a series called Turning the Tables.0:12 Now the meaning of that is really simple and it is just like it sounds. You see something going in the wrong direction and you wanna get the advantage back, you turn the tables, you get the advantage going in your0:23 direction, right? You see something going in the wrong direction? Recognize it. Confront it. That's the key word. Right? And then turn it the other way. Now we're talking about that in the context0:35 of our love for God and our identity in God. You see, God will call god's man to healthy confrontation in some dimensions of his life.0:47 And and in part 1, we learned, you know, we're gonna have to confront ourselves. Right? Sometimes that's the hardest of all, look in the mirror and to confront that guy. Right? Sometimes we're gonna have to confront0:58 others, other brothers, other believers, and and and that's a healthy thing. That's a loving thing. It's not a judging thing. Sometimes we have to confront injustice. We see people suffering1:10 and their due protection, compassion. Right? We have to enter into that, and we have to confront that because God loves righteousness and justice. In part 4, last time, we learned that God's gonna call us to1:22 confront lies. Why? Because lies come from a liar and a murderer, the devil. And truth versus lies is epic1:34 spiritual battle. And in today's session, we're gonna see us, see how God calls us to confront evil. And and and it's a kind of that next1:46 level of spiritual warfare. Last week, we talked about truth versus lies. That's epic spiritual warfare. But now, we're talking about confronting evil itself. Evil, the1:58 evil 1, expressions of evil. Just in 2 dimensions. How do we engage it, and what weapons do we have to fight it? And then2:10 getting intimate and training with those mess with those weapons. So I want us to turn to scripture. I want us to turn to Ephesians chapter 6, and we're gonna look at a a2:22 key passage, and we're gonna really unpack it. Alright? So we're gonna camp here in Ephesians 6. I think we only have 1 other passage today, but I want us to see2:34 how the Bible talks about you and I turning the tables on evil. Alright? Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10 through 12. Let's start there. The Bible says,2:46 finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of god so that you could take your stand against the devil's schemes.2:58 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly3:10 realms. So you see how the bible says that we gotta suit up, we gotta gear up, we gotta show up, and we need to turn the3:22 tables against evil, the strategies of evil, the evil 1, and the whole organization, the dark powers and forces3:35 of this world. So let's talk for a second about what turning the tables on evil involves. Number 1, it involves engaging the fight spiritually versus what?3:47 Naturally. Right? In this short passage, it says that you need spiritual strength. You need spiritual power. You need spiritual armor to fight a spiritual3:59 battle. Again, versus what? Natural or human strength. Natural or human power. Natural or human armor4:11 or strength. Right? It's like you can't show up to a fight, with a machine gun with a bow and arrow. Right? Face to4:23 face, mano a mano, machine gun wins. Right? Same if you're at sea. You you don't show up to a battle with a4:36 destroyer, with a pleasure boat, but yet that's kinda our attitude sometimes. We don't take evil seriously, and we engage circumstances, and we perceive everything naturally, like, oh, this4:48 just bad things happen to good people. When many times, there is an evil scheme behind some of the things that are going down. So, turning the tables on evil involves, number 1, from the scripture,5:00 engaging the fight spiritually. Secondly, it involves engaging the fight personally versus what? Impersonally. I don't know if you've ever seen those Liam Neeson,5:13 movies, where he is trained and he has special skills, and I have a special set of skills. You do not want for him to make this5:24 personal. Right? And isn't that the the the the thrust and energy of any good, you know, movie where there's bad guys and good guys is, you know, the bad guys either kidnap or5:36 take hostage or harm somebody that the person with special special skills loves. And all of a sudden, that drive well, listen. This fight with evil,5:49 it's personal, and that's why we engage it. But the scripture says, put on the armor so you can take your stand. You see, I6:00 have my context. I'm alive. I'm in a certain part of the planet. I'm in a certain profession, in certain set of relationships, certain family members, certain6:12 friends, a certain neighborhood. And I'm there placed by God so that I can take my stand in my moments, in my context. Guess what,6:24 guys? So are you. God placed you on the planet. You're alive right now. You're in a certain part of the globe. You are in a certain set of relationships, certain networks, certain companies, organizations, certain6:36 family situations. Why? So that you can take your stand. And if not you, in that specific context, then who? Right? So we6:47 gotta take this personally. We put on armor so that we personally can take our individual stand. K? Third,6:59 turning the tables on evil involves engaging the fight territorially versus what? Neutrally. When the when the Bible says that we take a stand, that means7:11 no more and no further. Enough. That's what that means. You plant your back foot, you hold your position, and you say, what's behind7:23 me? You're not gonna get. The territory behind me, you're not gonna get. In fact, I might even advance the fight. I might even take territory back that you've7:35 taken. Alright? That's the scale and scope of spiritual warfare. It's about territory. When when the Bible talks about the kingdom of God, it says the7:47 kingdom of God is is advancing forcefully, and forceful men lay hold of it. Alright? So you got a king, a kingdom, a realm, and you7:58 have an evil realm and an evil ruler that wants to hold on and keep people in bondage. And Jesus said, the gates or the agenda of hell will8:10 not prevail against God's people or God's man. So we gotta engage the fight territorially. We're in it to win it. Fourth, we gotta engage the fight supernaturally. Right?8:22 Versus what? Humanly. Right? The Bible says in this passage, for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against supernatural8:34 beings, supernatural forces, supernatural schemes and strategies. Right? But a lot of times, we filter our what's happening to us or the challenges in8:46 front of us or the obstacles put in front of us as God's men or God's people, and we make it about people versus make it about the real8:58 forces behind it. Now can people be agents of expression? Can people be agents of evil? Certainly. But that's not the source.9:10 Right? Especially when it comes to the plans and will of God going forward. You run into a stoppage there, man, and and and people are involved, look past the people.9:22 Right? Even like Jesus would look past, like, even looked past Peter 1 time. He said, get behind me, Satan. Well, who was standing in front of him? It was Peter. But Jesus saw the lying and the the9:34 fear that Satan was causing, and he said, get behind me, Satan. Wow. Alright. So sometimes circumstances are circumstances, but with discernment, a lot of times circumstances are evil9:45 attacks against God's people. And so we have to engage the fight and see supernaturally what's going on in that dimension. Alright? So there's kind of a9:57 foundation where we gotta engage the fight spiritually, personally, territorially, saying no more, no further, and engage it supernaturally. Right?10:09 When our battle's not against flesh and blood. Don't make it about people. There's forces in play. Lying to people, people believing those lies, and behaving out of those lies. They're just they're10:21 just soldiers in the battle taking orders. Right? So a big question for every man listening to this global live stream and listening to me wherever you are is are you10:33 in it to win it? Because the Bible, very clearly in this passage, it's not like there's kinda spiritual warfare or there's sorta spiritual warfare. Right10:45 now, all around you and coming against your life is spiritual warfare. Right? Earth is war. There's world, flesh, devil. That's the10:57 unholy trinity. There's father, son, and holy spirit. Each camp has its its agenda that it wants to advance and god's kingdom is going into the territory11:09 of the devil, operating in the territory of the devil. So, the question is, are you in it to win it? Do you believe in spiritual warfare? Do you believe in evil? Do you believe in the devil? Well, if you believe in a11:19 personal Jesus, you gotta believe in a personal devil because a personal Jesus believed in a personal devil and he called him out. We're gonna see about that in a sec. Now just to get our minds11:31 right and thinking about this, because for some of you, it might be like a whole new thing. It's like, is this Harry Potter? Is this Star Wars? Is this, you know, Darth Vader? Is this, Voldemort? No. It's not. That's11:41 fantasy. This is reality. This is what god says. And so if we're gonna fight it, we gotta have the right mindset. And this passage, next on your downloaded notes, will11:53 give you the right mindset. Second Corinthians 10 3 and 4, it says, though we live in the world, that's our theater of battle, we do not wage war as the world does. Right? The12:05 weapons we fight with, god's man, are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they are divine. They have divine power to demolish12:17 strongholds. You catch that language? Oh my gosh. It's it's it's supernatural. It's powerful. Right? It's territorial. It's all the things that we were talking about at the outset of12:29 this session. So you're in the world, but you're not of the world. You're on mission. You're special forces. You're you you you love the king, and you're a son of the king, and you're on mission for the king.12:41 And in in in in this world, we don't fight the spiritual battle with natural weapons. We've got supernatural weapons. Alright? And now let's12:52 go back to that Ephesians passage. We're going to pick up where we left off when we started today's study talking about spiritual warfare. We first readThe Full Armor of God 13:04 verses 10 through 12 of Ephesians 6. Now, we're gonna pick up in verse 13 and it and verse 13 follows on that whole idea of be strong in the lord.13:17 Put on the full armor. Take your stand. Your battle's not against flesh and blood. Let's pick up now the the action statement based on the reality of13:28 spiritual warfare and learn how we can turn the tables on evil. Says therefore, put on the full armor of god so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your13:40 ground. And after you've done everything, to stand. Stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of13:52 righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this,14:04 take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil 1. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the14:15 spirit, which is the word of God. And so you see this picture of a soldier gearing up. Right? He's going into battle. He has to get14:27 his gear on. Alright? And we're gonna unpack what we, as men of God, must must possess to fight battles for14:39 God and in god and through the power of god against evil. Number 1, we must possess truth. Alright? Now in the bible, it talks14:51 about the belt of truth. And on a Roman soldier's body, that that belt was sort of the key component on which other things were15:02 fastened to. Right? It held everything that he would put on next up. Right, and kit was connected. But it's it was sort of like the core piece. Alright? And in the spiritual battle,15:14 we have to possess truth. Why? Because if you're gonna fight evil, you have to fight lies. And in part 4, we really went in-depth on truth15:26 versus lies. The greatest spiritual weapon that you have to fight the spiritual battle is truth. Right? God's truth. It says right there on your15:38 notes, stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist. Alright? You ever cinched a belt? Have you ever, like, pulled it15:50 tight so that it held up stuff? Truth holds up your life in God. Truths helps you take your stand against evil. It helps you stand firm. It gives you confidence.16:02 If you're if you you train in truth, right, the person of Jesus Christ, and we're gonna talk a little bit about later, the sword of the spirit, you train with truth, you're gonna16:14 win spiritual battles. That means you're comfortable and intimate and familiar with truth and reality versus what? Lies and wishing and hoping and16:26 and opinions and that type of thing. That's not gonna get you anywhere, and that's not gonna win any spiritual battles for you. So the first thing you must possess is you must16:38 possess truth. You gotta train in truth, train in reality. Right? Secondly, I must possess righteousness. And the picture after the belt is16:50 of, a breastplate or vest of righteousness. The Bible says, with the breastplate of righteousness in place. Alright?17:02 So to give you an image, just think of police officer, think bulletproof vest, think about by nature of his profession and17:14 identity. Right? A bulletproof vest for a sheriff or police officer is a must have. It's not, you know, an accessory that is arbitrary.17:26 Those guys gotta wear bulletproof vest. So in battle, a Roman soldier, same idea. Right? A Roman soldier has to put on his breastplate. Right? Because it protects, you17:38 know, the vital organs. Right? He doesn't have the breastplate on just to, you know, a 3 inch penetration of the flesh can nick and cut his heart. He's dead. Right? But17:50 with the breastplate, it might deflect. It'll save him from blows, arrows hitting him. He's going into battle, right, with the cord, the belt of truce on which a lot of this stuff is attached18:02 to. He's going in with the breastplate of righteousness. Now, what does that look like? How do I possess righteousness? Well, to kinda bring it down to the low18:13 shelf, righteousness is simply living God's way. We train with truth. Alright? We live God's way. That's our18:25 core protection of our heart. Right? In the battle against evil, training in truth, living God's way. You're gonna win against evil, but it doesn't stop there. Number 3, you18:37 gotta possess the gospel of peace. You gotta possess the gospel. I must possess the gospel. That is, I have to have a very intimate,18:49 simple, but strong understanding of the gospel. Well, what does that involve? The person of Christ and the work of Christ. Let's say that out loud wherever you are. Say, the19:01 person of Christ. Now say, the work of Christ. If you understand the person of Christ and the work of Christ, you'll understand the gospel. You'll have the solid foundation of19:13 that. Right? The person of Christ, he's God. Right? The work of Christ is that he died on a cross to forgive us of our all our sins and create19:25 that that path, that access to God through his death on the cross. And what do we receive when we receive Christ? We receive him as Lord.19:36 He's God, and we receive him as savior. He's the person who died in our place and took our punishment so we could have our sins washed away so19:48 that we could relate to a holy god. And we say yes to those 2 things. We say yes to Jesus as lord, and we say yes to his work for us as savior. And when we20:00 say yes to that, we receive the gospel. Now when we understand that, the Bible compares that knowledge of the person and work of Christ, the gospel,20:12 right, as like like shoes. Okay? And when you think about shoes and soldiers, you know, for a Roman soldier, he had to have had to20:24 have those little leather shoes on, and they had little spikes in the bottom, little kind of they're kind of like mini cleats, but that would allow him to fight and get grip. Right? I mean, grip is20:35 always better than slip when you're when you're fighting hand to hand. And in the battle with evil, what gives you grip is knowing who Jesus is, he's lord, and20:47 know what he did, right, to create a relationship with god so we could experience the plan of god and experience eternity with god. Alright? He died on a cross for our sins.20:59 He was the punishment. He took our punishment. He shed his blood. Right? He died. He rose again. Right? And validated that he's lord by rising from the21:10 dead. And so when we think of the gospel, think, man, that's our sure footing. Okay? Also, when you are when you are equipped with an21:22 intimate knowledge of what the gospel is in a simple and strong way, it's about confidence in the midst of anything. You know, shoes let you walk on terrain that you can't walk on21:34 in bare feet. Right? You put it's like, you know, your parents, you say, hey, put your shoes on. Why? Why? Because you were going outside or maybe you were going for a hike or whatever. It's a lot easier to walk on21:43 certain terrain with a good set of shoes. Right? In life, knowing the gospel, when you're walking through the the broken glass of loss or the rocky21:55 road of difficulty or temptation or loss, man, the gospel keeps your feet short, keeps you on the path, keeps you from slipping. Right? And it definitely allows you22:07 to engage and turn the tables on evil. Alright? Now let's go down to the next part of our armor. I must possess faith. So22:18 we have truth, righteousness, the gospel. And then it says in the bible, in addition to all this, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil 1.22:30 Now this is a a first century thing. Right? It's a it's a it's a picture of battle. Right? And, you know, you have advancing armies, and then you have archers, and22:42 they have, a ball of flame, and they dip their arrow in the the oil, they light the flame, and then they all pull it back, and then they send these flaming arrows22:55 onto the enemy. And what does, a Roman phalanx do or a Roman troop do? They get next to each other and they raise shields. Right?23:07 The arrows hit now flaming arrows are a little more scary than regular arrows because then they can set the shield on fire, especially if it is23:19 made of wood versus metal. And so what the Romans used to do is they used to coat their shields in leather, and then they would wet the leather.23:31 So you go in and here come the flaming arrows. The shields go up. They're coated in wet leather. The flaming arrow hits the wet leather and it extinguishes. Alright? Now, got the23:43 picture? Listen to God's word 1 more time. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil23:55 1. Okay? So, you know, a suggestion, a lie, a temptation comes your way, you raise your shield. Right? Your faith rises. Right? The24:07 faith that is in you, the faith that defines you, your faith in Christ is like a shield. Your faith in God. And we see Jesus raise his shield and belief in God24:19 when he's in battle against the devil in Luke 4 and Matthew 4. Right? See, Jesus how what does it look like? He says, it is written. Right?24:30 His faith in God is raised through speaking the word of God. Right? And that suggestion of the devil when Jesus was24:42 tempted, you know, turn the stone into bread. The shield comes up. His faith rises. And his faith in God is represented by the word of God. Right? And when he speaks the word of God,24:54 it extinguishes the missiles of the devil. Right? And the devil has to move on, and then devil fires again. And Jesus' faith rises in him. He25:06 raises his shield of faith, his belief in God, his belief in what God says, and that extinguishes the flaming missile of the enemy. Maybe you're in a situation where you don't know what to do. You gotta raise your25:18 shield of faith. You can sense something's going wrong, or you sense you're going in a direction. Your faith in you has to rise, and the way it looks, if we look at the model of Jesus, is he25:30 speaks God's truth. There are some of you right now listening to me. You're in a situation, you don't know what to do, or you're headed down the wrong path. Your shield of faith needs to come up. What's it look like?25:41 Well, I'm gonna go to the word of God. I'm gonna find the truth of God. I'm gonna raise that truth, and the lie is going to be extinguished against my shield of faith, which is the25:53 word of God. Alright? So we must possess truth. We must possess righteousness. We must possess a simple and strong understanding of the gospel, the person and work of Christ.26:05 We must possess faith, and that faith must rise in the moment. K? And then next, we must possess a good helmet. Notice what the scripture says.26:16 It says, take the helmet of salvation. Can you imagine a Roman soldier going into hand to hand combat and not taking his helmet? Oh, it's like a helmet, good helmet, gives you confidence.26:29 Right? Now, I was just reading recently about an 11 year old who had a helmet on. And by a freak accident, there was a car backing up and26:40 her head got got under a tire and got ran over, but she had a helmet on. The helmet worked perfectly. Guess what she came out of that encounter with? Right? A bruised26:52 face and a bruised elbow. Then, juxtaposed, and they're talking about the value of helmets, there's an adult guy. He's just in his driveway, and he is riding a skateboard, but he doesn't he's not27:04 wearing a helmet. He falls off the skateboard, major trauma to his head because cement is harder than your skull, and he dies. So think about that. Got27:16 an 11 year old head run over by a car, seems so but good helmet saves her. And then you have a guy who's just messing around on a skateboard, no helmet. Guys,27:28 are you wearing your helmet? And it's this isn't a safety speech. This is life or death. Right? You're going into battle without a helmet on, and and in the spiritual fight,27:41 you gotta take the helmet of salvation. Right? What does that helmet represent? Gives you confidence in the battle. A Roman soldier had a helmet on,27:53 confidence. Alright? We have a helmet on when we have confidence that, you know, if our hit our head hits something hard, at least we'll have a chance. Right? And we can get up and and keep fighting. So28:04 how does salvation act like a helmet? Well, in Psalm 27 1, not on your notes, make a note out to the side, Psalm 27 1, the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall28:16 I fear? When you go into battle, do you think that fear is a good thing? Well, it might be in some situations. We all have a certain level of fear, but when you28:28 have salvation in the spiritual fight, guess what? Nothing can touch you, man. Sorry. I'm going to heaven. I'm spending forever with God. So you can kill the body, but you can't28:40 fill kill the soul. In fact, Jesus said to a group of guys, he said, don't fear those who can kill the body. Right? But fear the 1 who can kill both body and28:52 soul in hell. Woah. Right? Salvation remedies that. You fear the Lord, you come to Christ. You say yes to the person and work of29:04 Jesus, the gospel. Right? You get a helmet of salvation when that comes out. Right? You're going to heaven. So there's no fear of death. Oh, death, where is your sting? You know? I'm not gonna fear29:16 what's gonna happen to me. I'm okay. I will be eternally okay after this vapor of a life is over. Right? Lot of confidence in that. Alright. Let's look at our next our next29:27 weapon. Second to the last 1. I must possess a spiritual sword. Right? So take the helmet of salvation in the same sentence. It says take the29:39 sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Right? So you gotta you got an offensive weapon. Right? Sword can be defense29:51 can be defensive. You can use a sword to parry a blow. But then a sword can defeat your opponent.30:03 Now in Hebrews, in the book of Hebrews, Hebrews 4 12, it's not in your notes, but make a little note. Hebrews 4 12. Alright? Says this about your sword. The30:15 word of god is living and active and sharper than any 2 edged sword. Piercing as far as30:27 joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Now, the background on that, where it talks about this living30:39 supernatural sword, which is God's word. Right? When you penetrate, right, with a thrust penetrates. Right?30:51 That point, that tip, it's sharper than if if a soldier is gonna graze you with the edge of the sword because you have large bone, shields,31:03 that edge of the sword isn't going to fall your opponent. Alright? Especially 1 that's armored up. But in in the first century, what a Roman soldier31:15 trained with was a they they had a little lighter sword, not a long 1. And they would use heavy swords, you know, and train with heavier ones so that when they they pulled their sword,31:27 which was a little shorter, but man, it was deadly because they trained to to thrust, not graze on the side. And and and just like a Roman soldier knew that if he could just31:39 get through, to that chest or that area, 2, 3 inches, it's over. Render the judgment. A living person would now die. In the same way,31:51 in Hebrews 4 12, it says that the word of God is living and active and sharper than any 2 edged sword. It penetrates. Why does it penetrate to make a judgment?32:03 It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. It gives you an answer inside when we read god's word. And so when we're attacked by evil and we have the word of God, we can thrust the word32:14 of God right back at a lie from the devil, and it's gonna make a judgment. Alright? We're not gonna graze the situation. We want evil to fall,32:27 evil thoughts, evil strategies, evil schemes, evil missiles, right, evil people. Boom. With the word of God. You thrust the word of God. That's why it's so32:39 important. Even as Roman soldiers would train with their swords over and over and over again, get really good at trusting. We gotta be in this book. We gotta know this book. Why? So we could take it out of the scabbard32:50 of our heart and thrust it right into the heart of that liar. Right? A rationalization, a justification. There are some of you where you you avoid training with the word of God because33:02 you don't wanna confront the lie. But I'm just telling you right now as your brother in Christ, you gotta bring this into your battle right now. Go find God's mind33:14 on what you're struggling with. Look at it, internalize it, write it down several times, commit it to memory, and then, here it is, guys, speak it.33:26 Especially when that temptation comes in that area that you struggle in. Speak God's mind in that. Right? I know a lot of us struggle with sexual stuff. Right? That's33:38 every man. I certainly did did and still do, you know, guarding my mind, guarding my eyes. And I remember there was a season of my life where I wouldn't go take a shower without quoting Galatians 5 16. I brought33:50 my sword. Where? Into the shower. Can you believe it? I would say Galatians 5 16 until at the beginning, during the middle, I have shampoo, soap, wash rag, rinse. I'd be saying Galatians34:02 5 16. Why? Because I didn't wanna give in to the flesh. Right? I was I was battling evil. Right? I would say, so I say, live by the spirit. You will not34:14 carry out the desire of the flesh. Boom. Just putting god's word, thrusting god's word into the heart of the lie that would say, hey, you're by yourself. Hey, you34:26 can you you can do whatever you wanna do. And here, nobody's here. It doesn't hurt anybody. Alright? You're not sleeping with a girl. Yeah. But I'm training myself to indulge my flesh. That's not God's plan.34:38 Alright? So I'm giving you a real raw example, Okay? That guys understand that you can bring the sword of the spirit into34:49 any situation, any relationship, any temptation. Lastly, I must possess a a praying spirit, alright? And this is35:01 this is a new passage of scriptures. It's just the extension from verse 17 which we just read. Ephesians 6 18 to 20 says this, and pray in the spirit when on all35:13 occasions. Alright? With all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. Pray also for me that whenever I35:25 speak, words may be given me that so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare35:37 it fearlessly as I should. Now there's a territory taker. There's Paul, and he's just like, hey, man. I feel like a special forces35:48 guy in a kill box. And I'm I'm combat controlling. Alright? And I need close air support. What does that look like? Prayer.36:00 Suppression fire. Prayer. Right? You know? A gunship flying above. Right? Prayer36:12 is the equivalent of comms in worship. My friend, Damon Damon Friedman, he is a Air Force combat controller, man. He talks about being in a kill box and36:25 being responsible for calling in fire to defeat a ton of bad guys. Outnumbered. And just having a a moment36:37 where it all just wraps the battle, bullets are flying, and then he just with clarity, Man, he he calls it in. It's just36:53 he starts getting, but he had to call it in. There are some of you right now. You need god's supernatural37:04 close air support. You need to call it in. You say, lord, I need help. I need you to to take out, Lord,37:16 this this situation. I need you. I can't do it. I'm not able. But from heaven, I need power to flow toward me from heaven so that I can love37:28 my wife. I need power to flow toward me, to keep certain forces out of my life. I need power from heaven to love37:40 my my kids. I need power from heaven, right, not to hang around a certain set of guys and say no to hanging out with those37:52 guys because they're they're doing stuff that just takes me to a dark place and into dark actions. There are guys listening. You need to call it in. You need to have a praying38:04 spirit. Right? And that's the beauty. As we walk Earth, we have comms. We have access to the father. The Bible says, we can approach the throne of grace boldly. What's that? Calms. How do we38:15 exercise calms? How do we access our seat, our being seated with Christ and access and authority now? We pray. What's going on in your life that requires prayer? Where do you wanna38:27 see God's blessing? That requires prayer. Have a praying spirit. Now, if you haven't gotten this yet, we're in a fist fight and a phone booth. We're in aShow more In this video 0:00 Turning the Tables on Evil13:00 The Full Armor of God38:33 Fight: Intimate, Train, and Use Your Weapons5:34
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