[please see 'Opener' for Part 1 items 1-4. Sorry to say but I missed #5 :( ]
6. Village never gets old.
- Takes a village to raise a child.
- Takes a villages to rescue a village, earth being the village being in need of rescue.
- God's village resounding in our bones.
- The world is not an even playing field, so it our responsibility to the reach the impoverished end of the scale.
- The intention of the church is to bring order back.
7. *** Our greatest weapon of warfare, against all that is unjust and wrong, prayer never gets old.
- Fervent and effective prayer affects much.
- Allow prayer do the the work (not by might, nor power, but by Your Spirit Lord).
- Let prayer do the heavy lifting.
- Prayer that changes the atmosphere, changes the world.
- Psalm 10: the Spirit prays (intercedes) when we don't know what to pray.
One directive from Bobbie.
Stir up the fight within the girls. Make the church a House of prayer. In Isaiah when Jesus goes into the temple, He declares that My house shall be known as a House of prayer, for all mankind.
Ephesians 6, tells us how to pray and to put on the full armour of God, and it's powerful so I've [editor] copied below.
The Armor of God
10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. 11 Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. 13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious]. 14 So stand firm and hold your ground, having [b]tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), 15 and having [c]strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness produced by the good news]. 16 Above all, lift up the [protective] [d]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [e]God’s people. 19 And pray for me, that words may be given to me when I open my mouth, to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news [of salvation], 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. And pray that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly and courageously, as I should.
21 Now, so that you may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are, and that he may comfort and encourage and strengthen your hearts.
23 Peace be to the [f]brothers and sisters, and love joined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying and incorruptible love.
FINALLY; Bobbie exhorts us to: fly instinctively in tune with His spirit when there is danger on the earth, so that we can affect change. Change for His glory and for the betterment of His children.
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