{"id":5143,"date":"2019-09-30T03:47:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T03:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchedge.com\/illustrations\/index.php\/2019\/09\/30\/spiritual-weapons-for-spiritual-warfare\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T03:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T03:47:14","slug":"spiritual-weapons-for-spiritual-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/spiritual-weapons-for-spiritual-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Weapons For Spiritual Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood \u2026 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God. \u2014 Ephesians 6:12, 13.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors know the necessity of proper arms if victory is to be gained.  \u201cThe children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.\u201d  Sometimes God\u2019s people try to be victors with carnal weapons.  We are no match \u201cagainst principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.\u201d  Such fighting takes special equipment.  God provides it from head to toe, armour tried and true.  \u201cThe weapons of our warfare are not carnal\u201d for the enemy is spiritual.  If we put on the whole armour of God He will lead us in triumph. \u2014 C. F.  Bundy.<\/p>\n<p>   To keep your armor bright,<br \/>\n      attend with constant care;<br \/>\n   Still walking in your Captain\u2019s sight,<br \/>\n      and watching unto prayer.<br \/>\n   From strength to strength go on;<br \/>\n      wrestle and fight and pray;<br \/>\n   Tread all the powers of darkness down,<br \/>\n      and win the well-fought day. \u2014 Charles Wesley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood \u2026 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God. \u2014 Ephesians 6:12, 13. Warriors know the necessity of proper arms if victory is to be gained. \u201cThe children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.\u201d Sometimes God\u2019s people try to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[187,4548,139],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}