Good morning everyone and welcome back to another morning with the Masters. We're

devoted ourselves to the Lord, daily with you. Good morning guys. Good morning indeed. We're

picking up part two of our modern warfare devotional and the Bible app, this is actually day

four. I started mentioning that and there's a link to that in the description if you guys

want to follow along with us. Yeah. And as always, I'm going to read the scripture

then Tori's going to pick it with the D.vo. Let's do it. The scripture is Ephesians chapter

six verse 16 and it says this, in addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith

to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. The devotional is titled shield of faith. And it

says this, our understanding of the word faith is imperative to using our shield correctly.

Faith is a verb, an action, not a belief. In order to truly have faith, an action must accompany

it. Faith is evident by our actions. Faith has to be in motion in order for our shield

to be raised up in defense. A Roman soldier understood the importance their shield played

in protecting themselves and the soldiers to their right and left. If one shield went

down in an attack, the entire army could be compromised. Every single shield mattered.

The same is true for our shield of faith. It's not only for our protection, but those close

to us. I hope you realize that your shield matters. There is a gaping hole on the battlefield

when you're not holding your shield up. God created you with unique gifts and talents.

You have an irreplaceable role in the war. Every single person brings something unique

and incredibly necessary to the battlefield to not only fight our enemy, but encourage

those who are fighting alongside of you. Our enemy is the father of lies and will work

around the clock to poison your self-image, worth and value. He will try to convince you

that you have nothing to offer because you are not worthy of anything of significance.

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