Review: The Armor Of God By Priscilla Shirer

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Today as I write my column I am so filled with an outpouring of emotion from our latest Bible study, The Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer. I wish I could start at Day 1 and do it again. The Women’s Ministry prayerfully selects these studies and they are all wonderful, but this one I feel really spoke to us as Christians facing an unsaved world. The study is based on Eph.6:10-19; Vs. 11, Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. The author took us weekly through the armor that we have been given as our heritage from God, the Belt of Truth, the Breastplate of Righteousness, the Shoes of Peace, the Shield of Faith, the Helmet of Salvation, the Sword of the Spirit and Prayer. We can

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