Live a new life

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Live a new life! Be Strong in the
Lord Ephesians 6 10 - 23
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New Life in Christ Rooted and established in
love Bearing with one another Children Family Work
Anger Marriage Sex Spiritual Warfare!
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Had a bad day
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• Who is it we are we battling
• against?
• How can the battle be won?
• Where is the chink in the
• armour?

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• Who is it we are we battling
• against?

take your stand against the devils schemes.
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. Ephesians 610-11
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• Who is it we are we battling
• against?

a raging lion 1 Peter 58
an angel of light 2 Cor 1114
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• Who is it we are we battling
• against?

This is no afternoon athletic contest that well
walk away from in a couple of hours. This is for
keeps. A life or death fight against the devil
and all his angels
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chosen by God and yet..
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SIGNING WITH THE CROSS Christ claims you for his
own. Receive the sign of his cross. Do not be
ashamed to confess the faith of Christ
crucified. All Fight valiantly as a disciple
of Christ against sin, the world and the devil,
and remain faithful to Christ to the end of your
life.
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• How can the battle be won?

for though we live in the world we do not wage
war as the world does. The weapons we fight with
are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary
they have divine power to demolish
strongholds. 2 Cor 103-4
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• Belt of truth
• Breastplate of righteousness
• Feet shod with the gospel of peace
• Shield of faith
• Helmet of salvation
• Sword of the spirit

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions
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Where is the chink in the armour?
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do battle alongside fellow soldiers
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Consequently you are no longer foreigners and
aliens but fellow citizens in Gods
householdwith Christ Jesus himself as the chief
cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined
together and rises to become a holy temple in the
Lord. And in him you too are being built together
to become a dwelling in which God lives by his
Spirit. Eph 219-22