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I remember singing that song in VBS...years and years ago...lol
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
stand in his strength alone;
the arm of flesh will fail you,
ye dare not trust your own:
put on the gospel armor,
each piece put on with pray'r;
where duty calls, or danger,
be never wanting there.
I had the same problem of not knowing what to say when I was going through a bad patch. I had been praying earnestly for weeks, maybe months and nothing happened. Eventually I simply said, "not my will but thy will be done" and within a week everything got sorted. It just happened. I think what it was, is that I submitted to the will of God, instead of my way. His ways are better. We may not think so at the time but looking back over my life, I can see how things have worked out without me doing anything except going through doors as and when they opened, or simply not doing anything at all, but leaving it in His hands. God bless.
I just went back and read through again what you posted....and this struck me as a very profound hidden wisdom as to the importance of cleansing our heart of all unrighteousness...because wearing the breastplate of righteousness is counterproductive to our faith and love if our heart isn't pure.Exo 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exo 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
Exo 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Isa 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
What was to be placed in Aaron's breastplate that he bore before the Lord continually?
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Aaron bore the judgement of the children upon himself. Their names were set in it. And righteous Judgement was set in it.
And he stood before the Lord clothed in this breatplate of faith and love continually.
What are the Urim and the Thummim?
Exo 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
There are also stones that are set in the breatplate.
There are stones throughout the OT that represent the names of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Righteousness represents the breastplate of faith and love and the stones/names
Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
The breatplate that was made for Aaron had Onyx stones in it.
From Onyx to White....
Just thinking..
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And that is where all answers to prayers happen....pray His Will be Done not ours....good Word!
So in post 156 I posed this next question concerning faith...
One of my favorite scriptures but it is missing 8:31....the semicolon at the end of 31 indicates 32 ties in with it.
You can start a thread to discuss John 8:31-32...there are some great students of the Word here and they offer excellent input to the topic at hand.
Well first off, I would like to say that, leave it to Heart2Soul to take a perfect analogy of a knight as it reflects the Christian walk....
Leave it to the great mentor in my world to simplify it so that even a child could understand it's context!
The average person might say that grace is a favour done for a friend out of the spontaneous generosity of the heart with no expectation of a return favour or payment of any kind. This is what you did for your son and neither did you expect anything in return when you cleaned your son's room.
