Salvation Lifestyle

 

    The helmet of salvation is a critical piece of the armor.  It protects your mind as you go live life in the world.  There is no reason to go out unprotected.  Use your Bible and prayer to use your mind for spiritual warfare.  You have a mind that can focus on what God has done, is doing, and promised to do or you can focus on the attack and be weakened.  It is your choice on how useful your salvation is to your lifestyle.

    Salvation should build your confidence because God is telling you that you are a part of His family now.  Jesus paid for your helmet, so all you have to do it put it on and use it.  Using the helmet of salvation in your lifestyle is fighting negative thoughts or doubts with God's truth.  When you feel unworthy, unloved, incapable, unwanted, unforgiveable, invisible, insignificant, or lost then remember what God has already declared over you.  God says you are holy, blameless, cherished, wanted, forgiven, seen, have purpose, chosen, and eternal.  

    Live out your salvation in boldness and courage because you know God is protecting you.  Take strength in God's promises, so Satan can't tear you down.  Speak truth to your mind and you will live a fuller life.  Allow Satan's toxicity into your mind and you limit what your life can be.  How you think affects your body and lifestyle.  The helmet of salvation can transform your mind to see God more clearly enabling a powerful life.

    Satan can't make you do anything, but he has the power to influence you.  You have the power to reject him and send him away in the name of Jesus.  The more you allow the victim mentality the more deficient your life becomes.  The more take responsibility and accountability over your life the more you can see the truth.  God can remove your doubt, fear, insecurity, spiraling thoughts, and victim mentality to replace them with life, love, joy, kindness, and faith.

    You have to take responsibility to dismantle the negative thought patterns and put in the work to change how you think.  The Holy Spirit is there to lead the way, but you have to put in the work to remove all mental strongholds.  You do this by replacing the lie with the truth.  You may have to repeat it over and over until it really sinks in, but it is done by taking every thought captive to be holy.  As you choose the way you think everyday it become your lifestyle.  God's truth is meant to be lived, a part of your life, and strong enough to cut away the lies.  The truth allows you to live in freedom.

Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, Ephesians 1:3-14, 2:1-10, 6:13-17, & Philippians 4:8-9

Salvation Strategy

 

    The helmet of salvation protects your mind from Satan.  It's function is to remind you who you belong to and what your inheritance.  The strategy of salvation in spiritual warfare is for you not fall for Satan's lies.  It was gift that you did not earn and are not worthy to have, but it makes you a child of God.  You are inheriting eternity with Him.  Satan can't take that away, but he can mess with your mind if you are not prepared for his attacks.

    When you become a Christian you become an inheritor of heaven.  There is plenty of room and grandeur, so sharing it with thousands of other Christians doesn't hurt your inheritance at all.  You get the full love of God as His adopted child.  His love redeems you when you accept His offer to be a part of His family and walk through life with Jesus.  Jesus leads to way in how to accept your inheritance while you are still living.

    Your strategy using salvation is to keep your mind on the eternal and not be brought down by the world's problems.  Knowing your salvation is eternal is enough to keep you from being crippled by a head blow from Satan.  He can mess with your mind, but he can't destroy it.  Your protection comes from your mindset about salvation, your lifestyle in how you live out your salvation, and choices that you make.

    Your will face spiritual battle.  It will be intense at times, but you can face your enemy.  You have God fighting for you, so who can possibly destroy you?  No one and nothing.  Your salvation protects your mind.  You are highly valued to God.  You are Jesus' representation in the world.  Your are strong with the Holy Spirit.  This means that Satan will attack you to hurt God.  Do not leave your mind exposed to him.  An unprotected mind will go through hell.  Your mind is important and if hurt it can take a long time to be healed.

    Satan's strategy is to aim for the weak points or exposed areas.  Keep your helmet on firmly where it can't shift by you losing focus or doubting that your salvation will do what God promised it would do.  Use your helmet as comprehensive coverage.  You know you have it.  Build up your faith, so that you never doubt it is protecting your mind.  Doubt leaves you weak and vulnerable for attack.  Satan still can't destroy you, but he can hurt you if your helmet is not securely protecting you.  

    Your mind is your control center.  You can be a Christian, but not utilizing your salvation to protect your biggest asset in life, your mind.  When you work with the Holy Spirit then the mind is healthy and strategic.  It can see Satan's attacks coming and prepare.  A healthy mind protects your emotions and enables to you to behave Christlike.  

    If Satan gets a few good blows in, then your mind becomes toxic and needs healing.  He is poison to interrupts discernment, wisdom, and ability to grow well with Jesus.  If you believe Satan's lies, then you hurt the way you think and weaken the power of your salvation.  You have to pray to see the truth and how to remove the poison from your mind.  Place your salvation securely in your mind to keep from being vulnerable to Satan's attacks.  Have everything you do be done with purpose.

Job 1:20-22, Luke 6:43-45, Romans 8:15-25, 1 Corinthians 4:18-21, 9:24-27, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Ephesians 1:9-14, 6:13-17, Hebrews 6:13-20, 8:7-13, & 1 Peter 1:13-16

Helmet of Salvation

 

    The helmet of salvation protects your mind.  It allows you to hold onto the promises of God when in spiritual warfare.  When Satan tells you you are unloved, unwanted, unneeded, then you have your salvation to remind you that God loves you, wants you, and has given you a purpose personalized for you.  It is your salvation that battles and  can destroy the strongholds that allows Satan access to your mind.  

    Salvation is what allows you to have eternity in heaven, but it is meant to be lived out now.  Live like a victorious child of God because that is who you are.  The helmet of salvation works on your mind as you spend time in God's Word and pray.  It transforms it into a strategic weapon against the enemy and provides the wisdom to know not to fight him on your own.  Allow the light of God keep you clearheaded and confident in your salvation.

    Salvation is what gives your life hope to live a full life without regret.  Salvation is your redemption, protection, and restoration.  You are able to live in hope because you are justified with God.  Jesus paid for your sins and now you can live free from guilt.  You now sanctified which gives you control over your sinful nature.  

    As you learn God's voice you can hear Satan's lies more clearly.  His lies align with God's truth, but twist them to manipulate you into falling for his plan for you.  God helps you see the lies for what they are and the Holy Spirit helps you avoid falling into Satan's traps.  If you walk with Jesus then you can have an abundant life in light that reveals truth.  

    The helmet of salvation is your defense against Satan and his dark forces.  It shields your mind from his attacks.  It protects your mind from his schemes.  Salvation keeps you from being as vulnerable to Satan's manipulations, but you do have to learn how to use it in life and not just hold onto it for the afterlife.  Use what you know and grow in your relationship with God to become more confident and bold for spiritual warfare.  

Isaiah 59:16-19, Romans 5:6-11, 8:18-25, 12:1-2, Galatians 5:1, Ephesians 6:13-17, Philippians 2:12-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8, & James 1:19-21

How to use Faith

 

    Faith is trusting God in real time.  It is an action plan that keeps you in step with Jesus.  You listen to the directions of the Holy Spirit and move in confidence.  You start with building daily habits that grow you closer to God.

    You use your faith by spending time in God's word to know what His standards are.  You find a quiet place to pray over what you are reading and what is happening in your life.  Then you meditate while you wait to listen to how the Holy Spirit responds or look for how God has answered your prayers.  You step out into the world thinking about what you studied and how to use it personally today.  Your faith is built up over time.

    When life gets challenging speak God's truth to yourself, but also out loud.  It is a part of your testimony.  It makes you strong.  Sometimes you are doing it in a prayer.  This is good.  It gives your prayer power.  The more you trust God the more powerful your words and actions will have in the world around you.

    When you read God's Word replace all the pronouns with me and I.  It personalizes the Bible for you to be aware that it was written for you and not just people from long ago.  Use whatever method that works for you to memorize Bible versus and focus on their context so that you do not misuse them later.  

    Speak God's truth and promises out loud so that they are enforced in how you believe in God.  When you pray over scriptures it also helps take away the fear, anxiety, and worry the world gave you with faith.  You are not as stuck as you may think.  You do have options that can make you confident to live in this world with no regrets or shame.

    God is loyal, faithful, creator, and miracle worker.  He can be trusted.  Write down or record His promises as you come across them.  Use His promises as your shield of faith.  The will diffuse whatever lies Satan is throwing at you.  God loves you and is with you.  He will not leave you to fight alone.

Deuteronomy 7:7-11, Psalms 118:5-9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 41:8-10, Romans 8:26-30, 10:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Ephesians 6:13-16, & Hebrews 10:23-25

Faith Application

 

    You apply faith onto your armor of God when you believe that what God says and does is true.  It is simple, but it takes practice.  Demons believe, but do not follow Jesus.  You have to believe and follow Jesus to have the protection of faith.  It is not words.  Faith applied to your life is choosing to act on the truth daily.

    God is  truth.  When you walk in faith in His truth you embrace the power that He provides in protection for yourself and the church.  Walking in faith helps you recover from disappointment.  You have the ability to see setbacks as building blocks or protection.  Your perception changes in a way that gives you life instead of draining you. 

    Applying faith every day is using your feelings, but not allowing your feelings to control you.  They are indicators to help you with direction, but they were never meant to be your driving force.  That power belongs to God.  When you allow feelings to lead you will get yourself in kinds of trouble.  If you use your feelings to pray for direction and perspective, then you move forward with a confident strategy.

    You need to know God's voice to be able to walk in faith.  That is why you have to put on the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, and shoes of peace first.  They prepare you to follow God's directions.  God's Word and character never change; however, the Holy Spirit personalized how you need to use it in your life.  You have to listen to Him to act wisely.  The Holy Spirit will convict, enlighten God's Word, guide, and lead you based on Biblical principles.

    To be a Christian is a privilege.  Anyone can have it, but only a few accept His gift of salvation and walking in faith.  A lifestyle of faith requires change from your old lifestyle.  You have to learn how to forgive, watch your words, choose gratitude over anxiety, be a part of the church, tithe, fast, pray, and submit to authority.  You have to flee from sexual immorality and watch over your relationships with discernment.  You have to believe that God is with you even when you don't feel Him.  Faithful obedience removes your fear, so you can be bold, strong, and courageous.  This is the truth that you live out in self-discipline, joy, and faith.  

Deuteronomy 31:4-6, Malachi 3:8-12, Matthew 4:1-2, Luke 5:1-11, John 10:25-30, 16:5-15, Romans 13:1-5, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, 2 Corinthians 2:5-8, 6:14-18, Ephesians 4:28-29, 6:13-16, Philippians 4:6-7, 2 Timothy 1:5-7, Hebrews 10:23-25, & 1 John 2:26-27

Practicing Faith

 

     Practicing your faith is how you prepare for spiritual warfare.  You have to exercise and workout what you believe to be able to stand firm when it matters.  You have to know what the Bible says to be convicted to stand true to it.  You are investing your time and energy into your relationship with God.  This may cost you sleep, free time, or in some other way, but it makes you stronger in the long run.

    Faith is a commitment signed at salvation in the blood of Jesus and you admitting you need him.  You declaring your faith makes a statement of where you stand in the world and who you belong to.  It is the beginning of building your foundation in faith.  It goes deep and is strong.  You can be confident that it will hold up against any enemy if you do it God's way.  If you build it on your own without God it will crumble to dust.

    The shield of faith is heavy, but not nearly as heavy to fight the eternal battle without it.  It's barrier is your trust in God.  The more you pick it up the easier it becomes because your faith is getting stronger.  God will prove Himself consistent.  It is you that has to prove it to yourself to be faithful.  

    Your faith does not control God, but it gives you self-control and clarity in how God is directing you.  Faith simply gives you access to God.  He is the one in control.  You can get with His program or you can walk away and loose grace.  Having faith is about God, not you.  It is you submitting to His authority and trusting that it is right.  You become loyal to your eternal family.

    Your faith allows you to be in God's presence to know Him better.  The better you know Him the more you understand.  Change comes with understanding, but you are the one who changes not God.  Your faith becomes stronger with understanding that turns into wisdom.  It enables you to carry the weight of faith.  

    A key factor to faith is forgiveness.  The weight of faith becomes a lot easier to carry when you are able to forgive.  Bitterness, anger, and hatred are heavy loads that deplete your endurance and ability to love.  They will make it where you are unable to move forward or hold the shield of faith for any battle.  Forgiveness is essential to be able to carry the shield of faith.  Let go of grudges and hurt feelings to be strong.  It doesn't make you a pushover.  It makes you are warrior whom mind will not be muddled by negative feelings.  It helps you from succumbing to fear, doubt, or evil thoughts.

    You only need a little faith.  It goes a long way.  A little faith can move mountains, but you do have to believe.  Faith in God in all things is good faith.  When you are struggling to move forward you only need to lean on God more.  You don't need more faith you need more dependance.  Practicing your faith is practicing in changing your perspective on situations and who God is.  Challenge your focus to understand Jesus better.  This is how anything becomes possible.

Deuteronomy 7:7-11, Psalm 36:5-9, 100, Isaiah 25:1-3, Matthew 6:28-30, 8:26, 16:7-11, Luke 17:5-6, 1 Corinthians 10:12-13, Ephesians 2:8-10, 6:13-16, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, & 2 Timothy 2:11-13

Faith Strategy

 

    Faith is your action strategy for spiritual warfare.  It is your shield from Satan's fiery arrows.  When you enter into spiritual warfare it is a risk, but with a wise strategy, sound direction, and clarity it is a lot less risky than doing nothing.  You can be secure in your actions instead of acting impulsively.  

    When Satan is shooting his arrows, they are meant to kill your testimony, drive, or even your life.  If they hit and get past your armor then he causes doubt, insecurity, temptation, guilt, depression, and more things that steal your ability to live abundantly.  Every arrow that hits is a short win for Satan.  He knows your habits, attitude, how you think, fears, and weaknesses.  He will use what he knows to make a strategic plan.  He is not stupid, but he is not too creative either.  

    Satan's main strategy is to keep you busy, distracted, or confused.  All of these will keep you from serving God's plan for your life.  He will cause chaos in your life to try to keep you away from God.  Your Shield of faith is your defense against Satan.  Your strategy is to stay close to God and listen to the Holy Spirit.  You do this by spending time in God's Word and prayer.  

    The shield of faith has benefits which are found in God's Word.  You can find many of them in the hall of faith found in Hebrews 11.  The belt, breastplate, and shoes are on a Christian at all times even if you do not know how to use them well.  Faith on the other hand you can put down.  There are times in your life that your faith is stronger than other times.  It is not a linear timetable.  You have to choose to take up your faith for battle every day.

    Walking in faith is you being prepared for spiritual battle.  You walk with urgency and intention.  You choose to face the demonic attacks instead of trying to hide or ignore.  You push past your insecurities, doubt, and fear to walk with Jesus.  Walking with Jesus will make you bold, confident, and hopeful.  He is not intimidates, so when you are with him it is easier to feel courageous.  

    You may have to walk with Jesus for a while before you feel it, but after a few victories you see how powerful God is and it rubs off on you.  You also need to walk into battle with your fellow believers.  You are stronger together than when each trying to fight an army on your own.  The strategy is simple link shields in Bible study, walk out together, and place scripture on your shield to put out the fires.  Walk in confidence because you have God and other Christians fighting with you.  

    Alone you are easy to pick off.  At the same time if you do not join the fight you make God's army a little weaker.  He made it where we need each other for a reason.  You are stronger together.  You may not like everyone, but you can still be united.  

    Your faith strategy is choosing to believe in God's Word.  Then walk into the world prepared and confident that He is protecting you.  Walk in truth and ignores all of Satan's lies.  Trust in God's power over what may be visible in front of you. Trust in God's plan.

Proverbs 3:5-6, Ecclesiastes 4:4-12, Jeremiah 29:10-14, Mark 11:22-26, Romans 10:16-19, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Ephesians 2:1-10, 6:13-16, Philippians 4:10-14, Hebrews 11:7-31, & 1 John 5:1-5