A YEAR OF PRAYER
GET UP, DRESS UP, SHOW UP…FOR THE BATTLE
11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines.
12 But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.
13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. —2 Samuel 23:11 - 13a
1. We stand firm in the battle…HOW?
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore… —Ephesians 6:10 - 14a
WE STAND IN GRACE
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. —Romans 5:1 - 2
WE STAND IN THE GOSPEL.
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. —1 Corinthians 16:13
WE STAND IN COURAGE AND STRENGTH
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. —1 Corinthians 16:13
WE STAND IN FAITH.
Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. —2 Corinthians 1:24
WE STAND IN FREEDOM.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. —Galatians 5:1
WE STAND TOGETHER.
Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. —Philippians 4:1
WE STAND IN CHRIST.
Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. —Philippians 4:1
WE STAND PERFECT AND COMPLETE IN THE WILL OF GOD.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. —Colossians 4:12
WE STAND IN HIS PRESENCE.
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now and
forever. Amen. —Jude 1:25 (NASB)
2. Shammah stood and defended being true to himself because it was the right thing to do.
But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory. —2 Samuel 23:12
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place. —Ephesians 6:14
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. —Isaiah 11:5
For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. —Isaiah 59:17
“Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. —Luke 12:35 - 36He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? —Micah 6:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. —Philippians 4:8
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. —James 1:27
5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.
6 God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. —Psalms 68:5 - 6And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith. —Philippians 3:9
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. —2 Corinthians 5:21
3. Shammah stood and defended because he was at peace “in the middle.”
And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; —Ephesians 6:15
For by You I can run against a troop; by my God I can leap over a wall. —2 Samuel 22:30
He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. —2 Samuel 22:34
You enlarged my path under me;
so my feet did not slip. —2 Samuel 22:3713 Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. —Colossians 3:13 - 15
4. Shammah stood in faith, defended, and killed the enemies of God, and The Lord brought about a great victory.
But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory. —2 Samuel 23:12
Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. —Ephesians 6:16
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. —Hebrews 11:1
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. —Hebrews 11:6
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; my Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 “When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. —2 Samuel 22:1 - 5Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, —Ephesians 1:15
And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power —Ephesians 1:19
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift
of God. —Ephesians 2:8In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. —Ephesians 3:12
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded
in love. —Ephesians 3:17