 Good afternoon Pastor David. Hi John. Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered. You know Pastor I was able to see your notes for tomorrow's Wednesday night service and and I was looking through it and it's really interesting how you'll be speaking on the helmet of salvation which is a piece of the armor that you've been taken us through as we've been studying the armor of God in Ephesians chapter 6 and I started thinking about the name helmet of salvation and wondering why it wasn't the breastplate of salvation or the shield of salvation why did Paul particularly use the helmet to describe salvation? You know one of the things that our flesh conspires with the enemy about is how we have received salvation what salvation means and things that pertain to the mind is their thoughts and intentions and motives and all that's hidden within us and so with the helmet of salvation it's speaking about guarding your mind it's a picture of of taking care of your head and and so the soldier would wear a helmet that could be made out of leather and and some metal because in actual combat you know the enemy would not only go after your vital organs in terms of your heart your kidneys and and and all of that but he wanted to take your head off and and so you had to guard your head in battle and so the picture that we have in the helmet of salvation is the understanding that you are saved you know and the thoughts that pertain to that and the things that go into your mind that ultimately find expression in the way that you act and so when you're in spiritual warfare one of the things that the enemy does is he calls into question or causes you to begin to call into question your own salvation where you stand with God whether your sins have been truly forgiven whether you're you know are you capable of qualified to are you good enough you know to present the gospel and things of that nature so he bombards us with without and confusion and and he's attempting to wound us and so the picture of the helmet of salvation is a picture of guarding your thoughts guarding your mind guarding the things that that that go into it and and and from the mind the things that you begin to learn to do I'm thinking just today how many times I've changed my mind and a lot of things which also causes indecisiveness and a lot of things and the enemy I was just speaking with the brother this morning how the enemy attacks the mind to allow us to think something that's not there or to doubt God's word and how everything because once a soldier is hit in the head that's a fatal blow and I like how you illustrated the three weapons that we're speaking of are more of the offensive weapons like we had you talked about the shield of faith the helmet of salvation and now the sort of the spirit will be coming up soon so how important pastor is it to daily put on that well that's the whole point right I mean what do you do to cleanse your mind what do you do to change your mind you know what do you do to form the way that you are how you think it it's very important you you're to don it for individual and particular battles the first three articles of weaponry that we have we we sink into and we're wearing constantly but the next that he begins to speak about are things that we use for particular combat or particular fights and stuff it's like when a boxer is going to go out and they have to tape their hands and they put on the gloves they're preparing for that particular moment of combat and so for us we're supposed to be ready at any time prepared at any time and the way that we are prepared is by spending time in in the word of God spending time in the very basic things that that help us to be overcomers you know number one thing is is a word along with that is is prayer those are two basic things that we do but with also an awareness that we we have brothers and sisters that can be sources of inspiration and encouragement but were to be always prepared because the enemy is constantly bombarding us with images and things I mean you know that they've here in California there have been ordinances and things passed so that there's a restriction on the amount of commercials that you'll see on billboards and things for example because when you're driving down a freeway there would be billboard after billboard after billboard or you know sign after sign after sign and that's bombarding you like oh look at this this particular drink or this particular place to gamble or this particular place to to to see you know a certain kind of show or what I mean you see that those are the things that come in the eye gate constantly constantly and and you know you have your ear you know you hear things you know so your eyes are here you're hearing they're constantly absorbing and being influenced by whatever you see whatever you're looking at or whatever you take time to meditate on all of that is influencing you and so how do you guard your mind well you guard your mind with the word of God you guard your mind by being aware of those things are around you by remembering those things that have stumbled you and you know simply being aware of the fact that that the enemy the enemy does want to take you down you know it's not as if we're paranoid and we make up you know all there is a devil in every doorknob you know that kind of thing it's simply being aware that the subtleties and devices of the enemy are so well thought out and well planned out that you need to be aware of your own weaknesses and you need to be aware of who God is and so in wearing your helmet yours you're aware you're aware of I've been born again you're aware of I have a newness of life I have the power the Holy Spirit I am capable of resisting the devil for the word tells me he will flee from me I can I can engage in which I have to regardless of whether I want to I can engage in spiritual warfare comes in various ways comes from different directions but I can be victorious because in Christ he never loses and in Christ I am victorious and and I will look at that in some detail tomorrow and I want to invite you guys to come out and join us on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. we have a great time in worship and then we have a time in God's word matter of fact tomorrow our Kentucky team is going to come up and share just a little bit about the blessing that was going out there and doing some relief work so we do want to invite you guys to come out and join us Wednesday night at 7 p.m. COVID restrictions have lifted have been lifted come join us and come to the house of God in worship with us then we do have our services on Sunday at 8 30 and 10 45 and men you can get your tickets for the men's gathering in November you can actually get tickets now and you know we're just talking about Israel and I've been thinking about it ever since and if you guys ever have the opportunity to come to Israel I mean I've seen those pictures up there pastor and Getty Temple Mount the tomb if you guys ever have the opportunity to come this is the time to come join the church family and come in as you and Marie invite the church family come out and join us you can actually go to our website to register Pastor David thank you so much thank you guys for tuning in we look forward to see you tomorrow evening 7 p.m. for our midweek service Wednesday and God bless you guys and Pastor David thank you and God bless you of course