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What a celebratory day this Sunday will be, as we are so thankful to celebrate our CCW moms as well as share in a child dedication service. We will join with several of our CCW families in covenant with the Lord to band together in the raising of these precious children. 

One of the most rewarding and difficult assignments on the planet has to be that of "Mom." There are countless hours spent tending to and nurturing the needs of others, giving of all available energies. A Godly mother's love is endless and an example to all. Where would we be without Mom?

We will be looking at Exodus 2 - a king’s edict threatens the newborn child of Jochebed, yet she was not afraid. She looks at her beautiful baby and decides with great resolve to hide and protect him, and it was the right thing at the right moment. Praise the Lord for that mom, and praise the Lord for our CCW moms. 

In 2021, the global brand Jordan raked in 4.8 billion dollars in revenue. Do you remember the biggest commercial campaign featuring MJ and Spike Lee with the great tagline "It's gotta be the shoes"? 

The next piece of spiritual armor is found in Ephesians 6:15: "having feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Roman soldiers wore a boot called a Caligea, usually leather with a cleated bottom, it protected feet and positioned them for battle. We are in a battle and the enemy is in hot pursuit of complete disruption of our peace; he is throwing every dart in his arsenal to keep us off our spiritual feet.

The second piece of armor for spiritual battle is the Breastplate of Righteousness. In today's world police and military often wear a bulletproof vest and, because of the vest, vital organs are protected and many lives are saved! In the spiritual realm, the breastplate of righteousness works two-fold: it guides our paths toward right actions and keeps Satan from gaining access to our hearts, luring us into sin. We will look at the example of Samson from Judges 16 to connect how best to utilize the vital protection of the breastplate of righteousness. 

It appears in the day we live in that there is much confusion as to what is the truth. Turn on your TV to the nightly news and it won't take long to see that there's one thing constant and that is disagreement about truth. Spurgeon once said, "a lie can make it halfway around the world while the truth is still getting its shoes on." There is a battle raging and on one side you have Jesus, who is the truth, and on the other, Satan, the father of lies. 

As we look at the first piece of armor prescribed by Paul for battle, it should serve as no surprise that we are called to armor up with the belt of truth. We will focus on how the belt of truth is at the very center of the armor and serves to hold the rest of our armor together. Join us this Sunday at 10 AM for Pastor Rick's sermon, "Armored with Truth."

When you think of eternity what kind of thoughts engulf your mind? As we continue our study on Armored, it is essential that we understand that the battle of spiritual warfare is rooted beyond this life and into eternity. 
  
Pew Research recently did a study and found that 72% of Americans believe in Heaven while only 58% believe in hell. Jesus actually taught more on the subject of hell than Heaven. We will be peering into Luke 16:19-31, a comparison on the rich man and Lazarus. The spiritual warfare that is ongoing in this life is much more than an earthly battle of right and wrong; it is an eternal battle for souls.

Have you ever felt like the world was throwing everything it can at you? Doubts, worries, temptations--all like fiery darts aimed to pierce your faith and peace. The Bible tells us we are not alone in this battle, and we're definitely not defenseless-Ephesians 6:10-20 shows us how we can steel ourselves with a time-tested, proven and worthy arsenal against the schemes of the enemy.

We are going to explore how God has ARMORED us with exactly what we need to STAND against all spiritual warfare.