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Doulos started up again today. We're starting to wrap up our examination of the armor of God as laid out in Ephesians 5. In particular, we learned about the sword of the Spirit, which is the Worx of God. We learned how Jesus skillfully used the Word to combat satanic temptation in Matthew 4 and 16. In battling temptation, we ought to articulate what the temptation is, that we may be able to effectively combat it throughout the use of Scripture, be it specific verses or biblically-grounded idea. It's a motivation for us to stay in our Bibles and to keep searching them; it definitely is for me.
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We received an unexpected blessing. My cousins brought us some groceries, which we haven't been able to get for a while. God has been meeting needs in a number of unexpected ways. It has taught me that while I appreciate being a blessing to others, I need to learn to be gracious when receiving blessings. I haven't always been as I should. The truth is I probably have rarely ever been as gracious as I should be.
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I almost didn't write a post today. I'm noticing that it's starting to get harder to get started writing. I'm thinking about maybe cutting back to posting less often. Of course, I've talked before about doing just that and it proved to be a lot of hot air.
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