Attaining Your Potential

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• Attaining Your Potential
• The redemption of your purpose
• Complete in Christ
• A dwelling of God
• Ephesians 610-20 a final word regarding
  spiritual warfare

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Photizo Illumination With An Image of Your
Purpose
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Spiritual Victory

• Attaining Your Potential

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I. Warfare in the Unseen Realm vs. 10-12

• Imitate God (51)
• Gods power
• Gods armor
• Gods weapons

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• Stand firm against all strategies
• 2 Corinthians 211
• Satan cannot outsmart us
• Not ignorant of his schemes

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• Not flesh and blood enemies
• People are not your enemy
• Evil spirits in the unseen world (spiritual
  realm)
• 2 Corinthians 103-4
• We dont wage war as humans
• We use Gods mighty weapons
• Knock down the strongholds of human reasoning

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• Discernment into the unseen
• Between spiritual struggles and other social,
  personal and political difficulties
• 1 Corinthians 215 Those who are spiritual can
  evaluate all things

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II. The Armor of God vs. 13-17

• Able to resist the enemy in the time of evil
• Revelation 1212 But terror will come on the
  earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to
  you in great anger, knowing that he has little
  time.
• After the battle still standing firm

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• Belt of Truth
• Belt holding things together attach weapons
• Jesus, the way, the truth, the life (John 146)
• Truth brings freedom (John 832)

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• Body armor of righteousness
• Body armor protecting vital organs
• Made right with God
• 2 Corinthians 519 For God was in Christ,
  reconciling the world to himself, no longer
  counting peoples sins against them. And he gave
  us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 

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• Shoes the peace that comes from the Good News
• Shoes for stability and mobility
• Colossians 123 But you must continue to believe
  this truth and stand firmly in it. Dont drift
  away from the assurance you received when you
  heard the Good News. The Good News has been
  preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have
  been appointed as Gods servant to proclaim it. 

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• Shield of Faith
• Shield defensive against enemy weapons
• Extinguish flaming missiles
• Faith trust
• 1 Peter 58 - 9 8Stay alert! Watch out for your
  great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a
  roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 
  9Stand firm against him, and be strong in your
  faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and
  sisters all over the world are going through the
  same kind of suffering you are. 

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• Salvation as your helmet
• Helmet protect brain/mind
• Salvation born of the Spirit
• 1 Peter 113 "Therefore, gird your minds for
  action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope
  completely on the grace to be brought to you at
  the revelation of Jesus Christ."

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• The sword of the Spirit the word of God
• Sword offensive weapon
• It is written Jesus offensive weapon of
  warfare against the temptations of the devil
• How important is it that you know the word?
• 2 Timothy 215 "Be diligent to present yourself
  approved to God as a workman who does not need to
  be ashamed, handling accurately the word of
  truth."

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III. Power Weapon of Prayer vs. 18-20

• Armor protects but believers must advance
• Gods battle strategy for spiritual victory -
  Prayer

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• Pray in the Spirit
• Other tongues
• Our spirit prays with help of the Holy Spirit
• At all times
• Stay alert
• Matthew 2641 Keep watch and pray, so that you
  will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is
  willing, but the body is weak!
• Be persistent
• For all believers everywhere

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• Prayer for bold explanation of the Good News
• 2 Corinthians 43 - 4 3If the Good News we preach
  is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from
  people who are perishing.  4Satan, who is the god
  of this world, has blinded the minds of those who
  dont believe. They are unable to see the
  glorious light of the Good News. They dont
  understand this message about the glory of
  Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. 

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Interaction Time

• Why is it that if Jesus has conquered Satan we
  still have spiritual warfare?
• How does the idea that we do not wrestle against
  flesh and blood conflict with your concept of
  fighting the world system?
• How has an overall understanding of Ephesians
  changed your understanding of the place of the
  church in Gods plan for the world?

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