God provides the body of Christ with a comprehensive communications network. He includes strategies on how to use it.

Understanding the motivation for prayer is even more profound when we realize that God made it possible for us to approach Him.

Prayer is the communications network through which the Lord orchestrates His guidance to the body of Christ.

Roman solders used messengers, flags, and trumpets as a tactical battlefield communications network.

There is one other area to consider in our journey as Christians. That’s listening for what God is trying to say to us through His word.

To make a long story short, the Lord eventually showed me that I was being stubborn about it.

The Roman soldier used the sword as a weapon to defend against or to attack their enemy.

The principle we need to understand is that the Lord chooses how He relates to us, not the other way around.

The Bible describes how we are saved, and it is very clear; we are saved by grace!

Knowledge of God’s grace and unmerited favor toward us to save us, and to forgive us, is our helmet.

As we study God’s word and fellowship with other believers, we strengthen our faith through what we learn and experience.

If the soldier trusted their leaders the soldier would then use the shield as instructed.

We put our faith in the Lord and trust Him to guide and direct our steps in truth and righteousness.

Our faith is strengthened as we accept the truths we learn from the word of God and grow in our relationship with Him.

Good News is intended to be shared to give others hope and should not be used as a club to beat others with when they don’t agree with us.

We must study God's word to learn about Him, but we must also fellowship with other believers to grow in every way that God intended for us.

It takes a commitment of time, energy, and discipline to study God's word and learn about Him.

So why did God bother to give us His word? Because He wants us to know Him better.

As our loving Father, God has a plan for us.

As we contemplate the Good News, we should see that God is a loving Father.