Tammy Hotsenpiller

The helmet of our salvation.  There are two purposes:  protection and identification.  It identifies who you are as a daughter or son of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you don’t know Him personally it doesn’t do any good to put the armor on.  If you do, then stop and thank God for your salvation.  All the promises of God are ours:  1) He will deliver us from fear. Psalm 34:4.  2) He will never leave you. Matthew 28:20.  3) He will guide us. Proverbs 3:5-6.  4) He will forgive you.  1 John 1:9.  Listen and you will hear about peace and rest and the benefits.  If you don’t know scripture, you can’t battle the enemy.

Shield of Faith.  We learn about what is faith and that we have to exercise our faith.  Faith is the shield that extinguishes the fiery darts of Satan.  We also learn about the Hall of Faith.  The Coaching Questions:  1.  We said that Faith, is saying something is so, when it is not so, in order for it to be so.  Does that definition make sense to you?  Explain in your own words.  2.  We read several stories from the Hall of Faith.  Whose faith story do you relate with the most?  Why?  3.  How have you used the Shield of Faith to extinguish Satan’s darts in your own life?

Here we learn about the Shoes of the Gospel of Peace.  The gospel is the Good News.  Then comes Peace which is wholeness and salvation.  Then is Shalom which is completeness, nothing broken, nothing missing.  Here we learn about two purposes for putting on the (Good New) shoes.  We will also find out about peace bandits.
The Coaching Questions:  1.  Are you comfortable sharing your testimony?  What would you say if someone asked you about your faith?  2.  We talked about having the mind of Christ.  Do you struggle with keeping your thoughts positive and edifying?  3.  We learned that often your mind is taken captive by Peace Bandits…those things that try to rob our joy and time.  In what way does the enemy try to capture your attention?

This is about the Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness.  The Coaching Questions:  1.  Are you walking in the truth of God’s Word?,  2.  Are you trying to please God by your works and self-righteousness?, 3.  Memorize 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has passed away;  behold, the new has come.”

This is going to be a teaching series on how to stand strong in today’s world.  If there were ever a time to stand it is today.  The bible gives us authority to stand.  It gives us the armor of God in Ephesians 6.  The enemy wants you to hide.  Don’t put your head in the sand.  It is our watch to make a difference.  Know who your enemy is.  Coaching Questions:  1.  Who are you wrestling with in the physical realm?  2.  In what ways does the enemy have a stronghold over you?  3.  What steps can you take to not react to the enemy’s strategies.  

Clay has taken up the fight for America.  Clay Clark is founder of Thrive Time.  How did Clay get into this entrepreneurship?  1.  Find a problem people have,  2.  Find a solution,  3.  Sell a solution, 4.  Scale it.  Clay Clark also says we have to rethink what we are doing.  If we aren’t diligent now we won’t win the war.  

Anne Ferrell is in the House of Delegates of Virginia.  She has a military family and grew up in a military family.  God has been in every part of her life.  When Anne Ferrell was called to run for office she ran on family, faith and freedom.  We are being attacked for standing up for the truth.  She got two words.  TRUST ME.  What will you do on your watch?