One of my favorite things since I've been home is going to Institute. At first I was a little hesitant to go, because I abhor driving down to FSU, but Institute has become one of the highlights of my week. What's nice about Institute apposed to a religion class is that I can spend more time learning from the spirit, rather than worrying about a grade.
Today we were studying in Galatians and Ephesians, and my favorite section of this reading was Ephesians 6, where we talked about the armour of God. To be honest, the last time I remember really thinking about the armour of God was when I was in Primary, which was dang near close to an eternity ago. Really.
Anyways, I think some of my favorite scriptures in this section were verses eleven and twelve, which says:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
These verses stood out to me because the majority of us aren't fighting temporal battles. All of us, however, are fighting these internal battles against temptations, and right now, Satan is trying his darndest to persuade us to do what we shouldn't be doing. We live in a time where good looks bad and bad looks good. That's why it is SO IMPORTANT for people to have strength to stand up for what is right, even if that means you have to stand alone.
Today we were studying in Galatians and Ephesians, and my favorite section of this reading was Ephesians 6, where we talked about the armour of God. To be honest, the last time I remember really thinking about the armour of God was when I was in Primary, which was dang near close to an eternity ago. Really.
Anyways, I think some of my favorite scriptures in this section were verses eleven and twelve, which says:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
These verses stood out to me because the majority of us aren't fighting temporal battles. All of us, however, are fighting these internal battles against temptations, and right now, Satan is trying his darndest to persuade us to do what we shouldn't be doing. We live in a time where good looks bad and bad looks good. That's why it is SO IMPORTANT for people to have strength to stand up for what is right, even if that means you have to stand alone.