The Divine Weapons of Warfare – The Belt of Truth

FATHER, please remind ____ to rehearse continually the necessity to take up Your divine weapons of warfare (2 Cor 10:4)—Your weapons that war against rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places (Eph 6:12). Let (him/her) meditate on the weapons You provide so that (he/she) may stand, fully invincible (Eph 6:13).

LORD, prompt ____ to consciously tighten the belt of truth around (his/her) waist (Eph 6:14). Give (him/her) the diligence to rightly divide the Word of truth (2 Tim 2:15). Prevail upon (him/her) to buy truth, considering it more important than possessing anything worldly. Urge (him/her) to long after wisdom, instruction and understanding (Prov 23:23).

Assist ____ in (his/her) witnesses directing (him/her) as (he/she) connects truth with JESUS. He, Himself is the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). He came into the world to bear witness to the truth (John 18:37). Beseech ____, FATHER, to bind truth around (his/her) so that (he/she) never forsakes mercy and truth (Prov 3:3).

GOD of All Comfort

FATHER, ____ is heavy on my heart. (He/She) needs Your comfort. You, FATHER, comfort ____ by putting to death all (his/her) comfort that doesn’t pertain to Yourself (ref#134, p64).

You give (him/her) eternal comfort and hope through grace; CHRIST comforts (his/her) heart (2 Thes 2:16-17). CHRIST says, “…I am with you always, even to the end of the age’” (Matt 28:20 NASB). You have imparted every comfort of
Yours to Your Son. He alone is ____’s consolation (ref#134, p62). He is (his/her) comfort and the HOLY SPIRIT is (his/her) Comforter (ref#134, p62).

FATHER, clue ____ that (his/her) troubles You send for one purpose—so that (he/she) might acquaint (himself/herself) with You (ref#134, p63). You allure (him/her) by bringing (him/her) into this affliction just for the opportunity to speak comfort to (him/her) (Hos 2:14). I thank You, FATHER, that ____ can find comfort in You.

The HOLY SPIRIT Withdrawing His Sensible Presence

FATHER, save me from being content with a little measure of the SPIRIT, thinking that is all I am expected to have. So often I feel His absence and act using my own human spirit. Grow in me a desire for the power of His presence all the time (ref#76, p29).

“The Holy Spirit is no temporary gift; He abides with the saints. We have but to seek Him aright, and He will be found by us. He is jealous, but He is compassionate. If He leaves in anger, He returns in mercy. Gracious and tender, He does not weary of us, but He waits to be merciful still” (ref#34, Feb 12th PM).

Through sin and worldliness I lose the consciousness of the SPIRIT’s presence. I don’t lose You, SPIRIT, but You are behind my conscious awareness (ref#30, p115). For instance, no matter how eager or clever I am in sharing the Gospel, it is insufficient without Your presence. What I need is to experience continual power to be obedient to You, SPIRIT, Who alone truly teaches me (ref#33, p86).

“God is determined to have His child as pure and clean and white as driven snow, and as long as there is disobedience in any point of His teaching, He will prevent none of the working of His spirit” (ref#7, June 30th).

FATHER, sensitize me to watch for the SPIRIT. In Him is the only way I can remain spiritual (ref#101, p28).