Message Notes
The Puck Stops Here: Protecting Your Family Zone
1) With God’s help, be ready to BLOCK the shots!
Ephesians 6:10-18 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the
devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of
evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done
everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth
buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of
peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with
which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take
the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and
requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the
saints.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A prayer to begin a relationship with Christ: “Dear Jesus, I need You in my life. I want to have a real relationship with You. Today, I have realized that you created me to know you. I also realize today that I have sinned against you. Please forgive me. I turn to you and ask you to be the leader of my life. I give you my heart, my soul, my life, my past, and my future. Thank you for dying for me. Help me to live for you, now and forever. Amen.
2) With God’s help, block the “DIVIDE AND CONQUER” shots!
1 Peter 5:8-9 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist
him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout
the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
3) With God’s help, block the “NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPS” shots!
1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Luke 15:2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man
welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
4) With God’s help, block the “NEGATIVE MEDIA INTAKE” shots!
Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15a The man without the Spirit does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot
understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The
spiritual man makes judgments about all things...