BETHEL FELLOWSHIP MEN’S MINISTRY NEWSLETTER # 5   OCTOBER 2006

      DUE TO THE EVENTS OF THE DAY, THERE IS A TEMPTATION TO ACT IN A WAY UNBECOMING OF THE LORD. BECAUSE THE ENEMY ATTACKS OUR HOMES, LEADS OTHERS COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST OUR FAMILIES, WE HAVE A TENDANCY TO RESORT TO OTHER METHODS TO REAP THE SATISFACTION OF REVENGE. OUTSIDE INFLUENCES EXORT YOU TO MAKE THAT EXTRA STEP BECAUSE FALSE PRIDE TEACHES YOU THAT YOU ARE A MAN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS. THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HANDLED. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SEEK SATISFACTION BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY. GIVING IN TO THIS WAY OF THINKING WILL LEAD YOU DOWN THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR EXAMPLE CAN CAUSE OTHERS TO SELF-DESTRUCT AS WELL.

     IN EPHESIANS 6, PAUL TEACHES US THAT THE WAR WE ARE FACING IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD BUT AGAINST THE DEMONIC FORCES OF THIS WORLD. YOU MUST BE PREPARED FOR BATTLE WEARING THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD. ONLY THEN CAN YOU WITHSTAND THE LIES OF THE ENEMY THAT ARE DISGUISED AS THE TRUTH. THE WORD TELLS US THAT WE NEED THE ENTIRE ARMOUR TO SHIELD US FROM THE ENEMY’S ATTACK. ONLY THEN CAN WE REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE BATTLE. WE NEED THE STRONG BELT OF TRUTH AND THE BREASTPLATE OF GOD’S APPROVAL. WE MUST WEAR SHOES THAT ARE ABLE TO SPEED YOU ON AS YOU SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE WITH GOD. YOU WILL NEED FAITH AS YOUR SHIELD TO STOP THE FIERY ARROWS OF SATAN THAT ARE AIMED AT YOU. AND YOU WILL NEED THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. MOST OF ALL LET YOUR PRAYER LIFE BE AS IMPORTANT TO YOU AS THE VERY AIR YOU BREATHE. DO NOTHING WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO GUIDE YOU.

   THOUGH IT MAY SEEM TO BE UNFAIR AT TIMES NOT TO SURRENDER TO YOUR OWN ACTIONS REGARDING TO THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING EVENTS SURROUNDING OUR LIVES, REST ASSURED THAT THE LORD SEES THE WHOLE PICTURE AND HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU. BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE FOR CHRIST. THE LORD GOD GAVE HIS BEST FOR US.

SCRIPTURE READINGS   EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 : 10-24

                                                                                                                              MARCH ON !!!!

                                                                                                                  MINISTER ROBERT GLASS