{"id":3531,"date":"2024-10-23T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2024-10-21T01:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T01:06:29","slug":"divine-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/divine-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, October 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Divine Protection <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes. <strong>Ephesians 6:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spiritual battle we face requires divine protection. Paul calls us to \u201cput on\u201d God\u2019s armor because we cannot stand firm in our own strength. Paul continues in Ephesians 6:11, urging us to &#8220;put on the full armor of God, <strong>so that<\/strong> you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes&#8221; (emphasis added). Here, the metaphor of armor reminds us that we are in a battle\u2014a spiritual battle.<\/p>\n<p>We must be prepared, fully equipped, and vigilant. The devil is strategic, laying traps and temptations to draw us away from God&#8217;s truth. We can&#8217;t afford to be partially armored; every piece matters. Think about the areas of your life where you might be vulnerable. Are you fully clothed in God\u2019s armor? Today, reflect on the importance of spiritual preparation. What parts of God\u2019s armor have you been neglecting? Once you identify it, why don\u2019t you commit to putting on the full armor of God, recognizing that each part is crucial for standing firm against the enemy&#8217;s attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> All commanding Father, help me to be vigilant and to put on every piece of Your armor daily, so I may stand firm in You. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, October 23 Divine Protection Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 The spiritual battle we face requires divine protection. Paul calls us to \u201cput on\u201d God\u2019s armor because we cannot stand firm in our own strength. Paul continues in Ephesians 6:11, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3538,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions\/3538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}