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The Winning Warfare

#6 - The Shield of Faith

Pastor Lowell Perkins - 05/20/2007

Outline:

The DIRECTIONS of Faith

• faith looks above to God's PERSON

• faith looks around at God's PRESENCE and POWER

• faith looks ahead to God's PROMISES

The DIMENSIONS of Faith

• INVISIBLE - HE. 11:27 - "By faith...Moses saw him who is invisible..."

• INCOMPREHENSIBLE - HE. 11:3 - "By faith we understand...universe...formed..."

• INAUDIBLE - HE. 11:7-8 - "Noah, when warned..." - "Abraham, when called..."

• INTANGIBLE - HE. 11:33-34 - "Through faith...weakness was turned to strength..."

• IMPOSSIBLE - HE. 11:19 - "Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead..."

• IMPERISHABLE - HE. 11:16 - "They were longing for a better country..."

The DEFENSE of Faith

• faith defends against attacks of DISCOURAGEMENT and DESPAIR

• faith defends against attacks of DISTRACTION and DIVERSION

• faith defends against attacks of DISILLUSIONMENT and DISORIENTATION

The DEVELOPMENT of Faith

• faith grows by FEASTING on the SCRIPTURES - RO. 10:17

• faith grows by FULLNESS of the SPIRIT - GA. 5:22

The DEFLECTION of Faith

• faith must be ALERT -- IDENTIFYING spiritual attacks

• faith must be ACTIVE -- INTERCEPTING spiritual attacks