Mark Flattery

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #10 Care for Others Ephesians 6:18b   Ephesians 6:18b. “With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”    Introduction             Welcome back to our final episode in our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  For weeks now, we recognize that there are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  The Apostle Paul taught us that we can stand firm as the storms of life rage around us by following his primary directive found in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”             The Victory Actions in Paul’s strategy to winning life’s battles are to put on the armor of God, to stand firm, to live in truth, righteousness, the Gospel of peace, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and to pray in the Spirit.  Our final victory action is fou

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #9 Pray in the Spirit Ephesians 6:18a   Ephesians 6:18a. “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.”    Introduction             Welcome back to our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  There are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  The Apostle Paul taught us that we can stand firm as the storms of life rage around us following his primary directive found in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”              You can be strong in the Lord by putting on the armor of God and standing firm as we discussed in previous episodes.  Today, Paul teaches us Victory Action #9 and that is to pray in the Spirit.  When you align yourself with the Holy Spirit you are on the winning side, God’s side, and you will discover power

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #8 Live in the Word of God Ephesians 6:17b   Ephesians 6:17b. “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”    Introduction             Welcome back to our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  There are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  It is in the midst of the most difficult seasons that we must apply Victory Action #8 Live in the Word of God.  The Apostle Paul instructed us to take “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:17).  God’s Word is our anchor in life’s storms.  God’s Word breathes life into us in those seasons of life when we struggle just to survive the day.  God’s Word is like a sword to us in that it will be our weapon of defense against our spiritual enemies and an offensive weapon as we take control o

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #7 Live In Salvation Ephesians 6:17a   Ephesians 6:17a. “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”    Introduction             Welcome back to our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  There are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  The question then becomes, “how are we to respond?”  Paul’s primary directive is found in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”              Thankfully, he teaches us how to be strong in the Lord.  He instructed us with Victory Action #1-#6. Today, we will consider Victory Action #7 Live in Salvation.             As we mentioned in our last time together, our enemy, the devil, will attack you with every weapon in his arsenal.  He will lie to you, attempt to cause you to doubt, try

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #6 Live In Faith Ephesians 6:16   Ephesians 6:16. “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”    Introduction             Welcome back to our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  There are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  The question then becomes, “how are we to respond?”  Paul’s primary directive is found in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”              Thankfully, he teaches us how to be strong in the Lord.  He instructed us with Victory Action #1-#5; Put on the Armor of God, Stand Firm, Live in Truth, Live in Righteousness, and Live in The Gospel of Peace.  Today, we will consider Victory Action #6 Live in Faith.             Our enemy, the devil, will atta

The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles Victory Action #5 Live In The Gospel of Peace Ephesians 6:15   Ephesians 6:15. “and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.”   Introduction             Welcome back to our study called, “The Apostle Paul’s Strategy to Winning Life’s Battles.”  There are times in life when we face severe temptations and even when life’s problems seem to knock us down.  Bad things do happen to good people.  The question then becomes, “how are we to respond?”  Paul’s primary directive is found in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”              Thankfully, he teaches us how to be strong in the Lord.  He instructed us with Victory Action #1 Put on the Armor of God, Victory Action #2 Stand Firm, Victory Action #3 Live in Truth, and Victory Action #4 Live in Righteousness.  Today, we will consider Victory Action #5 Live in The Gospel of Peace.             Our enemy, the devil, wan