THE CHALLENGE DOES NOT END ON THE TRAIL

THE REAL CHALLENGE IS AT HOME

RULES OF THE CHALLENGE:

1.       Speak out loud all of the ARMOR OF GOD Statements every day for 30 days to develop a habit of renewing your mind.

2.       After Putting on God’s Armor for the day, text the group, “Today’s Date, ARMOR ON!”. Ex: DEC. 1, ARMOR ON!

3.       Remember it does not count unless it is spoken out loud. Faith comes by hearing and hearing of the Word of God.

4.       Make this a daily habit and let the Word of God transform your life!

THE ARMOR OF GOD STATEMENTS

Belt of Truth

• Thank You Father, that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and that I come to you through him. (John 14:6)

• Thank You Father that I know the Truth and the Truth has set me free. (John 8:32)

• Thank You Father that I worship You in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:23-24)

• Thank You Father that I put on the new self, which is created in God’s imag in the righteousness and holiness of the truth. (Eph. 4:24)

• Thank You Father that you sent the Holy Spirit of Truth to guide me to all truth and to tell me what is yet to come. (John 16:13)

• Thank You Father that the Holy Spirit of Truth lives in me. (John 14:17)

• Thank You Father that I have an advocate, the Spirit of Truth.  (John 15:26)

• Thank You Father that I am chosen for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and faith in truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:13)

• Thank You Father that I have been given the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)

• Thank You Father that I am being transformed into the likeness of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Breastplate Of Righteousness

• Thank You Father that Christ Himself is in me. (Colossians 1:27)

• Thank You Father that You made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for me, so that in Him I have been made the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

• Thank You Father that Christ has reconciled me in His physical body through His death to present me holy and blameless in Your sight and free from accusation. (Col. 1:22)

• Thank You Father that I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been cancelled. (Colossians 1:14)

• Thank You Father that I have been justified through faith…completely forgiven and made righteous. (Romans 5:1)

• Thank You Father that I have the right to come boldly before Your throne to find mercy and grace in a time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

• Thank You Father that through faith in Him, I may approach You with boldness, freedom, and confidence. (Ephesian 3:12)

• Thank You Father that I am free forever from condemnation because I am in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)

• Thank You Father that in Him I have been redeemed through His blood and forgiven of my sins according to the riches of His grace. (Ephesians 1:7)

• Thank You Father that I have been placed into Christ, who has become my righteousness, my holiness, and my redemption. (1 Cor. 1:30)

Readiness of The Gospel of Peace

• Thank You Father that I am the salt of the earth. (Matt. 5:13)

• Thank You Father that I am the light of the world. (Matt, 5:14)

• Thank You Father that I am commissioned to make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:19,20)

• Thank You Father that I have been given peace and I will not be afraid. (John 14:27)

• Thank You Father that I am a branch of the true vine. I remain in Christ and He remains in me, and I will bear His fruit. (John 15:5)

• Thank You Father that I am led by You in triumphal procession. (2 Cor. 2:14)

• Thank You Father that Jesus died for me and therefore I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ who was raised again. (2 Cor. 5:14,15)

• Thank You Father that I am Your workmanship…Your handiwork…born anew in Christ to do Your work. (Ephesians. 2:10)

• Thank You Father that I am reconciled to You, and I am a minister of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18,19)

• Thank You Father that I am called. (1 Corinthians 7:17)

Shield of Faith

• Thank You Father that I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by You by which I am a partaker of Your divine nature. (2 Peter 1:4)

• Thank You Father that I have been given faith. (Romans 12:3)

• Thank You Father that I have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. (Colossians 2:10)

• Thank You Father that I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit-fruit that will last-and so whatever I ask in Jesus name You, my Father will give me. (John 15:16)

• Thank You Father that my old self was crucified with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life and I am no longer a slave to sin. (Romans 6:6)

• Thank You Father that I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him. (Romans 8:17)

• Thank You Father that I am more than a conqueror through Christ, who loves me.  (Rom. 8:37)

• Thank You Father that I am victorious through Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:57)

• Thank You Father that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

• Thank You Father that I am given strength in exchange for weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Helmet of Salvation

• Thank You Father that you sent the Spirit of your Son to live in my heart, the Spirit that calls out Father, and I am Your child and Your heir since I am Your son/daughter. (Gal.4:6,7)

• Thank You Father that I died with Christ, and I have been raised up with Christ and seated where Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father. (Col. 3:1-4)

• Thank You Father that I have been buried with Christ in baptism, raised with Him through faith in the power of God, and made alive with Christ. (Col. 2:12,13)

• Thank You Father that I have been rescued from the dominion of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. (Col. 1:13)

• Thank You Father that I am a new creation in Christ: The old has passed away, all things are new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

• Thank You Father that I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I am now living in the body, I live by faith in Your Son who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

• Thank You Father that when I believed in Christ, I was marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13)

• Thank You Father that through faith I am Your son/daughter and one in Christ. (Gal. 3:26-28)

• Thank You Father that in Christ I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. (Eph 1:3)

• Thank You Father that I have eternal life, I can never perish; neither can anyone snatch me out of Your hand. (John 10:28)

Sword of The Spirit

• Thank You Father that I have received Your Spirit into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by You. (1 Cor. 2:12)

• Thank You Father that I am a temple…a dwelling place…of God. Your Spirit and Your life dwell in me. (1 Corinthians 3:16)

• Thank You Father that I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17)

• Thank You Father that I am a son/daughter of light and not of darkness. (1 Thess. 5:5)

• Thank You Father that I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline, not fear and timidity. (2 Timothy. 1:7)

• Thank You Father that through your Spirit I am Your son/daughter; You are my adopted Father. (Rom 8: 15)

• Thank You Father that through Him I have direct access to You by the Holy Spirit. (Eph. 2:18)

• Thank You Father that I have been established, anointed & sealed by You in Christ, and I have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come. (Eph. 1:13,14)

• Thank You Father that I am anointed by Christ and in Him. (1 John 2:27)

• Thank You Father that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in me, who I received from You and I am not my own. (1