01/09/2026
| Retreat is not an Option!
Do you have your armour on?
When we apply all of God’s precepts, we put on the full spiritual armour.
Put on the full armour of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armour of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11 (AMP)
The Breastplate of Righteousness protects our spiritual heart.
What is the Heart from a Biblical Perspective?
The Bible teaches that the heart encompasses our inner being and God vacuum (spirit) as well as our thinking, choosing and emotions (soul).
True righteousness comes from Christ alone
We are all sinners and only made righteous in God’s sight because Christ imputed His righteousness to us.
He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].
2 Corinthians 5:21 (AMP)
Although we are now made righteous, we still need to choose to live life God’s way.
We are called to live a righteous life which expresses gratitude to God for our salvation.
The opposite of righteousness is iniquity. When we continue in repeated, entrenched patterns of sinful living, we walk around with a damaged armour and give the devil a chance to attack us.
To live in righteousness is not to be perfect but to a posture of humility and live in repentance like David.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 (AMP)