July 15. A lovely morning. Thankful to be able to go outside early and walk around. In the first meeting this morning, Pastor Ogle started preaching on spiritual warfare and how it pertains to the spirit-filled family. Ephesians 6:10-14a, We are at war. “We must defend, and prepare our family to defend, against the enemy in spiritual warfare, or we will become a casualty.” The endowment: You and I cannot fight this battle in our own strength. We cannot fight the battle apart from the strength of the Lord or the power of His mighty power. The equipping: Put on the armor, the whole armor. That you may be able to stand—an urgency, to resist the enemy, the cunning craftiness of the devil. When you least expect it is when Satan will attack you, and that from your most vulnerable position. The devil will hit the hinder parts—the weak and sickly, the children and elderly, the women. Therefore, men, you must protect your family by putting on the whole armor of God and standing against these wiles of the devil. We are at war. The war is real. We need to put on ALL of the armor EVERY single day. Next week, he will look at the enemy and the equipment. The second meeting the sermon was from I Peter. I Peter 5:1-4, Accountability to the Flock. Three reasons to preach this text: 1) You and I need to be accountable to each other. 2) Peter addressed this passage to everyone. 3) There are some here who will some day be pastors. Ezekiel 34:1-10 shows how OT shepherds abused the flock. NT pastors must recognize to whom the flock belongs and that they will be accountable for how they cared for the flock. It was 2:30 before we got to nap and 3:30 when I got up. Since I’m still having a hard time using my eye today, I thought I’d try working on the next painting I would like to do. Didn’t actually get started painting, but drew the outlines of the birds. That in itself was a big little task. Right after supper I did the dishes. Then shortly after that, we had family time—sharing time tonight. “23Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 23:23,24 There is no distance to which a man can go and be hidden from God’s eyes. There is no secret place where the LORD will not see him. God is so great that He fills heaven and earth.
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