The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ephesians 6:13-20, “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

14 Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

15 and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;

16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to 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 at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

There’s a lot that goes into sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ! It’s not a wimpy type of work. You have to always be on guard and steadfastly resistant to all evil that comes your way. You must be alert and prepared at all times to share the Good News of Jesus while simultaneously shielding yourself with faith against the arrows of opposition that come against you from areas you could never imagine!

Within the resistance required, you must be consistently, prayerfully focused and guided by the Holy Spirit. You can never relax offensively or defensively because Satanic opposition never relaxes. It’s a constant battle, day and night. Satan feeds you wrong and disguised information in the effort to forestall your thrusts of Biblical truth. Oh, the battle is hardly for the weak of mind or weak of heart!

Still, you are a born-again believer – a fearless foe of the Great Deceiver! You are undefeatable as long as you stick with Biblical Truth and counteract evil with the Word of the Living God! One day, the LORD will reward your faithfulness with “Well done, thou good and faithful servant!” The battle will then be credited to the LORD Jesus Christ and viewed by all as more than worth it.

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

We will never know that Christ is all we need, Until He becomes all that we have. – Corrie ten Boom