Like a Chainmailed Pomegranate... continued...

Blessed friends, I hold in my hands the first printed copies of my second book, Like a Chainmailed Pomegranate.

For those of you who missed the original study that prompted it, this is a book that combines the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians with the armor of God in Ephesians, asking the question of how we protect that which is most important: our character.  Each of us, in character, is defined by certain aspects of how we are to determine who we are.  Think about it for a moment, and ponder on whether or not you are filled with love... joy... peace... patience... and all the rest of the components of the fruit.  This builds your character.  It helps to determine how you will respond to a given situation. 

Likewise, think for a moment about what the enemy seeks in Spiritual Warfare.  The primary goal is to have you and me and all of us give up on our convictions... to change our disposition... to lose our character.  The aim is not at our flesh, although the attacks usually serve some purpose of the flesh.  No, friend, the aim is to rattle your love for each other... your joy... your peace... your patience, etc.  Once those are shaken, your responses change.  And then, when you are snapping at everyone and have no solid foundation underneath you, are you showing the fruit of the Spirit?  No.

Therefore, we armor ourselves with Heavenly armor, and we guard our fruit in this same manner.  No arrow of the enemy can pierce our shield of faith, because it is OF faith, and it is FROM God, and the enemy cannot overcome it.  And, as he cannot succeed in that attack, he cannot reach our kindness, our goodness, our faith, our self-control, etc.  We cannot be turned against ourselves and each other by him.

Prayerfully consider contacting me for a copy, so that you can cover these two important passages on your own, or with a small group or Sunday School class.  This warfare is real, and it happens every day in every way.  

And, as always, I pray grace and peace over you and yours, my blessed friends.

God bless you all!!!