0052S What You Should Do After Charlie Kirks Assassination

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus, we process this Christian martyr's death and outline practical ways believers must respond with both prayer and action. 

• Martyrdom means witness - those who would rather die than deny Jesus
• Blood of martyrs has historically strengthened the church
• Victory comes through Christ's blood, our testimony, and not loving our lives even to death
• James instructs us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers
• Daily practices for seven battlefields: faith, family, fitness, fundamentals, finances, fellowship, fidelity
• Faith requires daily Scripture reading, prayer using ACTS method, catechism, and worship
• Family needs servant leadership, confession/forgiveness, hospitality
• All household members should have age-appropriate preparedness and self-defense skills
• Small daily disciplines and acts of kindness are what ultimately hold darkness at bay
• Every Christian must actively grow relationships and disciple others

Let us move forward with holy resolve, not answering blood with rage but with faithful witness and preparation, praying and posting a guard like Nehemiah, protecting the weak as Psalm 82 commands.

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Chapters

• 1:06 Introduction and Announcements
• 9:37 Christian Warrior Mission Principles
• 14:02 Martyr: The Meaning of Charlie Kirk's Death
• 20:32 Understanding Martyrdom in Scripture
• 30:27 Doers of the Word in James
• 38:22 Seven Battlefields of Christian Living
• 49:39 Communion and Final Prayer

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:27

All right, hello. And on this solemn Lord's Day, I know many of us are still processing what happened this week. I'm going to cover it in depth. It's what this sermon is about. I believe that when something that impacts everyone happens, that as responsible pastors we should drop everything we're doing to address that, because it's on everyone's mind and everyone wants to know what's the biblical thing to do. So welcome to Christian Warrior Mission, home church, community ministry and farm forging Christian warriors for today's challenges. Christian Warrior Mission forges men and families into battle-ready disciples of King Jesus, locking shields and advancing the front on every front. So Christ is honored as people are protected and his kingdom surges into every sphere of life. Advance on every front, every day. No excuses, no retreats. Some announcements I've got a sad announcement for those of you who follow our farm Dolly, our beloved pet turkey was killed by, I think, a neighborhood dog wandered into our yard last night and got hurt and got her. So you know freedom in the. You know as it's, wrinkles, warts and bruises, and it's that neighbors don't control their dogs and sometimes they wander and kill your pets or your livestock. So we will miss her. She was a special turkey. It's nothing compared to the loss of Charlie, of course, but just wanted to put that out there. Announcements also we will be having a Reformation Day costume party for Halloween Halloween's on a Friday and Lauren and I are debating do we do it on a Friday night, which is the 31st, which I think is when everyone is going to be out, or do we do it on Saturday, november 1st, which just doesn't seem right to me because that's the day after and it's not even in the same month is to not let any night be claimed by darkness, to have a great party of fun and festivities with wholesome costumes no sexy nuns, no sexy devil chicks, no monsters, goblins, any of that stuff. How about? You know? Heroes from our past, you know, and wholesome fun. So we're going to do, you know, depending on when we have it, we'll have, you know, fun games. You know bobbing for apples, you know pinatas, axe throwing, you know all that kinds of stuff. So, and a fire. So again, come on down. We're going to be serving turkeys. We're getting ready to process 10 of our turkeys and I think we're going to use one or two just for that event, and then it'll be pretty much bring whatever. So look for that. It's still over a month away. I know. I just wanted to put it out there Also in light of what we're going to talk about here. We have really bumped up some training events and really amped up the intensity of the events coming up. We're going to be announcing this week Guardian Training for Shield Brothers and Shield Maidens. This week we cover combatives striking and grappling pistol rifle, pt fundamentals, physical fitness fundamentals, situational awareness, biblical relationships and godly discipling All rolled up into a two-day event. Okay, it might end up being three. We're still working out the schedule. That's why we haven't scheduled it yet. All right, it'll be very similar to what our forging used to be. All right. So we pursue the following and I'm going to go over it in depth today Family fitness, or we believe in the seven battlefields, which are faith, family fitness, finances, fundamentals, fellowship and fidelity.

Speaker 1: 4:44

Faith fight for a relationship with your Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, by studying his word, prayer and catechism. Family fight for your family, friends, neighbors, even strangers, by servant prayer and catechism. Family fight for your family, friends, neighbors, even strangers, by servant leadership. Fitness fight to be functional, fit to fight farm, finish the race and glorify God with your body. Finances fit to rule the war chest. Do not be a slave or a debt to materialism. Fundamentals fight to be an asset to yourself, your family, fellowship and community Fellowship. Fight for godly relationships, lock shields and a warrior fights alone. And then fidelity fight to be faithful to both Jesus Christ and our spouses with our minds, eyes, bodies and ears. Warrior Catechism. We are on week six, so we'll recap the first five and then I'll repeat week six three times.

Speaker 1: 5:36

One warrior what is your life? To glorify God, honoring and exalting in him forever. Two warrior, whom do you serve? I serve the Lord of hosts, father, son and Holy Spirit, the one true God, my creator, redeemer, sustainer and eternal king. Warrior who is the father, the first person of the Trinity, god, my creator, redeemer, sustainer and eternal king. Warrior who is the father, the first person of the Trinity, eternal, unbegotten, infinite in wisdom, power and love, creator of all and source of every grace. Four warrior who is Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ is the eternal son of God, made flesh, a warrior king who conquered sin, death and the devil and now rules at the right hand of the father. Warrior who is the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who convicts us of sin, gives us new life and empowers us for battle and seals believers for the day of redemption.

Speaker 1: 6:23

Now six warrior, what is your weapon? God's word, the sword of the Spirit, sure and true. Warrior, what is your weapon? God's word, the sword of the Spirit, sure and true. Warrior, what is your weapon? God's word, the sword of the spirit, sure and true. Lastly, warrior, what is your weapon? God's word, the sword of the spirit, sure and true.

Speaker 1: 6:42

Now, because we have a lot to cover, I'm not gonna. I'm gonna pray us in and then I'm not gonna teach the Lord's prayer this week. I taught it last week. We're just gonna go over it. So let's go ahead and pray it.

Speaker 1: 6:54

In Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord, I'm the church triumphant captain of our salvation, who conquered death on the cross and seated us with Christ in the heavenly places. We bow before your throne of grace. Tonight. We come as redeemed warriors washing the blood of the Lamb, armored for the spiritual fray that contends for the minds of men and the crowns of cultures. We praise you for the faithful witness of your servant, charlie Kirk, now robed in white before the Lamb's throne, whose sacrifice echoes the Savior's own. By the power of your indwelling spirit, kindle in us the fire of gospel advance. Anchor us in the doctrines of grace that exalt Christ alone. Equip us with your sword of your new covenant word. Fortify our faith and open our ears to the call of the great commission In the victorious name of Jesus Christ, our risen and reigning Lord, amen.

Speaker 1: 7:55

Now, that's a pretty fancy prayer, you know. Some may call it fancy, or some may call it simple compared to others. We're going to teach you how to pray tonight, which is really important, but I'm not going to do it in the Lord's Prayer. We're going to do it in a simple version. Okay, but if you're looking for a great example how to pray, you can find it in the Lord's Prayer, matthew 6, 9 through 13, where the disciples asked Jesus how should we pray? And Jesus gives an example. So, when in doubt, trust what Jesus says. So here's the Lord's Prayer. Pray then in this way our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. So today's sermon is called Doers of the Word in a Day of Blood.

Speaker 1: 9:04

Before we act, let's name the moment and define the cost of what happened. On December 10, 2025, on a Utah college campus, a gentle Christian warrior, charlie Kirk, was assassinated while giving public witness To the question. Before the one he was shot, he actually was proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and defending it. Gospel of Jesus Christ and defending it. Blood has stained our soil. We will not euphemize evil or look away. A brother has been martyred. We stand as a covenant people eyes open, heart, steady, resolved to act.

Speaker 1: 9:48

So what is a martyr? Let's talk about that when we say that. That word is a very unique word. It is the highest level of believer you possibly can be. Okay, martyr means witness. A martyr bears witness to Christ and accepts death rather than denying him. These are people who would rather die than deny Jesus. Okay, we are not glorifying murder. We are honoring faithful witness. Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his holy ones Psalms 116, 15.

Speaker 1: 10:29

Martyrdom is not defeat. It is a promotion. Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life. Revelations 2.10. Promotion confirmed I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith in the future. There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award me on that day. 2 Timothy 4, 7-8. And Tertullian said the church is always known.

Speaker 1: 12:25

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. In Revelation 12, 11, 11 it says and they overcame him. They're talking about the dragon. Because which is satan? Because the blood of the lamb and because the word of their witness. And they did not love their life, even to death. We'll unpack this quickly, just because most people don't know Revelation Context.

Speaker 1: 12:56

Revelation 12 unveils the dragon's war against Christ and his church. A loud voice from heaven explains how the saints actually win. They overcame him. Real victory over the accuser, not mere survival. The saints are the victors in Christ Because of the blood of the Lamb. Christ's atoning blood cancels every charge Forgiven. People are unblackmailable and unbreakable and because of the word of their witness. The church publicly confesses Jesus. Gospel testimony advances the king's reign in history. And they did not love their life, even to death. They prized Christ above comfort in life itself, not a death wish, a refusal to betray Supreme loyalty to him. Summary our victory equals Jesus' blood on our ledger, jesus' name on our lips and Jesus' worth above our very lives. So our rule of life that Charlie lived Stand on the blood. Live each day out of Christ's finished work.

Speaker 1: 14:10

Rehearse Romans 8.1 and Revelations 12.11 in prayer, keep a public witness, weave testimony into ordinary life Neighbors, co-workers, online presence with courage and charity. You were saved, not for you, but for someone else, and someone else was saved that pulled you on For you. It's your job to turn around and pull the next person up on the raft of Christ. Charlie was doing that in the darkest place that we have in this country, which is the cesspools of our universities. Count the cost. Train hearts to prize Christ above comfort. God, do we need that? We're such a spoiled, comfortable population? Read Revelations 2.10, 2 Timothy 4, 7 and 8, and household monthly and renew your vow. So here's my message to you. Okay, I'm going to say I knew Charlie, but Charlie didn't know me. I'm going to explain that.

Speaker 1: 15:18

Anyone who has watched as much Charlie Kirk as I have, as many of you have some of you just recently when you have somebody and you're listening to them on podcasts for hours and hours and hours and hours and days, and you've been watching them for years and years and years. You know all their mannerisms. You know when they're upset, you know when they're struggling, you know when they're happy. You can see the light in them and they become familiar to you, familiar to you. They become friends that don't know they're your friends, right, they become friends that don't. You're not their friend because they don't know you, but they're your friend because what they say helps you in dark times or answers questions for you, and you spend so much time with their voice in your ears or watching them through your eyes that it has a profound impact on you. And it has a profound impact on you.

Speaker 1: 16:36

So many people, many, many, many more people than I would have believed, are absolutely crushed by this because of the graphic nature in which he was taken from us. I was actually talking to my father, who refuses to watch the footage, and I challenged him and told him he better suck it up and watch it, because it's something everyone should see, because it's so horrible. We're so used to seeing shot and we're so used to seeing movies and we're so used to seeing things where we're sterilized from the word shot or we watch John Wick or we watch these things and it doesn't mean anything. Well, I'm glad to say that watching Charlie's life get taken was not sterile, was not numbing. It was horrifying. I'm a former Navy SEAL, not somebody we're talking about one of the nicest guys out there who was fighting for the very people who killed him. To watch the graphic nature on which that unfolded scars your retina. It's there. You can't unsee it, you know. I tried to equate it to JFK and how people might watch it. It was black and white or barely color. You couldn't really see anything in HD. This was in HD from every angle. It was close and the sounds and everything it was awful. So I met him once up in Maine. Seemed like a nice guy, but I spent countless hours listening to him and he was a trusted resource for me.

Speaker 1: 18:39

The first day I was very sad, lots of tears, but I, during times like this, or 9-11 or the marathon bombing or other ones, people I haven't spoken to in 20 years call me. They're looking for an answer, they need a steady hand and I have been encouraging people since this has happened, to mourn but to take action, to take action. So I'm done grieving, I'm done crying and it's time to do something. The question is what do we do? Everyone wants to know what to do on how can I make a difference? And people have these grand ideas and all these things that will peter out like that.

Speaker 1: 19:45

My goal for today's sermon is to give you things to do every day that will make a difference. So we have wept, but we do not grieve like those, without hope. We have prayed, we have mourned and now it is past time to act. Lord Jesus, we receive this wound as a summons to fidelity to you, to courage and to preparation. We will not answer blood with rage, but with holy resolve. We will pray and we will post a guard, like in Nehemiah 4.9. We will protect the weak, as in Psalms 82.4. And we will be doers of the word and not hearers only, as in James. Amen, because a Christian warrior has fallen. We will not drop the banner. Church lock shields. Here are your orders for today.

Speaker 1: 20:50

I'm going to be in 1st James and I'm going to jump around a little bit in it, but let us start at verse 2 through 4. Consider it all. Joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance. And let perseverance have its perfect work so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Dropping down to verse 12. Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial. For once he has been approved. He will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him. Forging crown Trials are the forge where God tempers his people. Perseverance matures us to lack in nothing. The finish line is not mere survival, but a crown of life promised to those who love him. Joy in trials is not denial of the struggle, it is trust in the outcome and the awarder.

Speaker 1: 22:15

Dropping down to James 19 through 26, some of my favorite words in the Bible Know this, my beloved brothers. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger, for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness and gentleness, receive the implanted word which is able to save your souls, but become doers of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves, for if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in the mirror. And once he looked at himself and he has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was, but one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides by it. Not having become forgetful hearer but a doer of the work. This man will be blessed in what he does. And in verse 26,. If anyone thinks himself to be religious, while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Some of the hardest words in the Bible Be doers of the word. Doers the word is a mirror. Hearers who do not act forget who they are. Doers look intently, continue and are blessed in their doing. In a day of blood. This means training, ordering households, protecting the weak and public witness, not just nodding along to another sermon.

Speaker 1: 24:39

The man who wrote those words not the part I just added on there was James the Just, who was martyred himself in 62 AD. Who was he? He was called James the Just. He was Jesus' brother, a pillar of the Jerusalem church renowned for his righteousness and prayer. He was a good man, a great man. Why he matters. He wrote James 1. Trials equals perseverance, equals maturity, equals crown of life. And then sealed that exact teaching with his own blood. He believed it unto death.

Speaker 1: 25:28

Martyrdom Ancient sources reported that hostile leaders condemned him. Josephus notes he was stoned by an unlawful Sanhedrin. Notes he was stoned by an unlawful Sanhedrin. And Gassipis, if I said that right adds. He was thrown to the temple, from the temple and beaten with a club while praying for his killers. Either way faithful unto death, james preached joyful endurance in doing and then died doing A pattern for Christian warriors. Today, charlie Kirk did much the same.

Speaker 1: 26:09

Some quotes on James the Just. His knees became like a camel. Those of you who don't know camels have to kneel for people to get on them, so they develop big calluses on their knees. His knees became like a camel's because he was always kneeling and praying for the people. They cast him down, they began to stone him, a fuller struck his head with a club and so he suffered martyrdom.

Speaker 1: 26:36

Warriors, this is not a memorial but a muster. We will grieve and we will act. Heavenly Father, lord of hosts, turn sorrow into steadfastness. Give us strong hands, clear heads and courageous hearts. Amen. I want to frame four quick verses for you here, what we're going to get into. Nehemiah 4.9,. But we prayed to our God and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night. Proverbs 24.11-12,. Deliver those who are being taken away to death. Revelation 12.11,. They overcame him with the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their witness In Psalm 110.1-3,. Christ reigns now. His people volunteer in the day of his power.

Speaker 1: 27:31

Jrr Tolkien said I have found that it is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love. That's why he chose hobbits to be the hero of Lord of the Rings. Gandalf said that that it's the small deeds that we do, that echo for eternity, that hold everything at bay the smile, the laugh, the kind word, the kind deed, the service. That's what keeps massive evil in check. It can't stomach it. And william woodsworth, a poet from the with the 1800s 9, 17, 1800s put the best portion of a good man's life his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

Speaker 1: 28:43

When people ask me what they need to do, how should they move on? The answer is simple Do the next right thing. Some of the stuff I'm going to say today is review, but I am going to go into a lot of detail On what you should be doing every day. You can't do them all every day, but you should do most of them every day. You want to do something right now. You feel sick to your stomach. You want to do something. You have to get yourself right and then your family right first, before you go charging off and trying to tell other people how to do stuff. Get yourself right and your family right first.

Speaker 1: 29:30

So let's start with faith. Daily scripture reading with comprehension. Read the Bible every day and answer three questions what does it say, what does it mean and how do I apply it to my slash, our lives? If you don't do that, you're wasting your time. If you don't do that, you're wasting your time. If you're just running your finger over words and you're not thinking about it and you're not trying to see what does God want you to do with this and try to discern, you're wasting your time. Daily prayer daily prayer we have to.

Speaker 1: 30:22

Prayer was the thing that came to me the hardest morning and evening prayers. I'm going to teach you how to pray today using acts adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication. I'll unpack that in a moment. If you're just praying for yourself, you're doing it wrong. It's called intercessory prayer. When you're praying for someone else and those are the most powerful prayers you have, because you're not getting anything from them. It's not your Christmas list. You're praying for people who are suffering, people who you love, and you're praying things that are aligned to the kingdom. It's not, oh, let Jason get that new Ferrari. It's let Jason be able to pay his mortgage.

Speaker 1: 31:23

Keep an intercessory roster of your family, church, civil leaders, even enemies that you pray for. Aim for 10 to 20 minutes. Here's one that I'm going to ask you to do with me Fast for 24 hours on Wednesdays with me, make your last meal dinner on Tuesday night, and then you won't eat again until Friday. I'm sorry, friday. Holy smokes Wednesday night, and that's the day when we ask for all of our big stuff and we're fasting and we're putting that horsepower behind it. So we'll put it out what we're praying for. We ask you to join us for our nation, for big things, for our church, for others, not wants and comforts.

Speaker 1: 32:18

Daily Catechism. You should learn Catechism a week, as I've been talking about now for beyond six weeks know what you believe and be able to defend it. That's what Charlie did. Every day, all day, daily worship, singing and listening doesn't have to be a song or a hymn. Put on some Christian music. It'll lighten your mood and it will bring you closer to him.

Speaker 1: 32:50

Instead of singing about sex, drugs and rock and roll and depression, why not sing about God, his glory, love, kindness. Why not sing about God, his glory, love, kindness? What we watch and what we listen to is what we are. Think about that. What you watch and what you listen to is what you are. That's where your heart is. If it's filth, then you're nothing but filth. Get a nice, curated playlist. You know that when you're in trouble, when you're struggling with sin, that's what you put on. That's what lifts you up. We got those songs and do the Lord's Day worship, which is Sunday's worship here for us, and communion, which we will do.

Speaker 1: 33:50

So how do we pray? Okay, this is a guide on how to pray. A, the synonym or acronym, whatever acronym is, acts, a adoration. Begin by praising who God is, his attributes and works, not what you need. Example Yahweh, you are holy, just, merciful and faithful. Your steadfast love endures forever. Okay, you can also read or paraphrase from Psalms if you want, or you can just tell him how great he is. Adoration, you're adoring him.

Speaker 1: 34:29

Confession Agree with God about specific sins, thought, thoughts, words, deeds, sins of omission. Commission name them plainly. Ask for cleansing in Christ, receive assurance. Parents, we must model this with brevity and honesty for our children. Then, after we've confessed, we give thanks. Name concrete graces in the last 24 hours Answer prayers, people protection, lessons learned and daily bread. Gratitude trains the heart for courage and, lastly, supplication. This is when we are doing intervening for someone else. Ask boldly for kingdom first needs, holiness, wisdom, protection, provision, justice, conversions.

Speaker 1: 35:29

Pray through your intercessory roster family by name elders, pastors, classmates, coworkers, missionaries, civil leaders, the persecuted and enemies. Now, that sounds like a lot, but sometimes it can be done in 60 seconds. Ready, one sentence means God, you are awesome. I confess my anger. Thank you for the check that came in the mail the other day that we weren't expecting. Please help my mother and her struggles. In Jesus' name, amen, done. Okay. So it sounds like a lot, but once you get it down, you'll be fine. As somebody who struggled with prayer, the most struggles with prayer, the most struggles with prayer, the most I need it spelled out for me. So maybe that'll help you. I hope it does.

Speaker 1: 36:37

Households, fathers and mothers lead, others rotate. You can allow the children to add supplications. Adorations close with the Lord's prayer. Keep a small prayer and accessory roster. So you're like, oh man, all these people who told me asked me to pray for them and trust me, I get a lot of them and I don't remember them. And sometimes I pray all the ones and, like Lord, you know who needs my prayers. You know who asked me for prayers. Please, your will be done. One way to do intercession prayers for others is on Monday do your household. Tuesday church leaders and members. Wednesday missionaries and the persecuted. Thursday civil leaders and local officials. Fridays enemies for repentance and restraint. Saturday neighbors and practical needs. Sunday worship and revival. A fasting note again Tuesday dinner through Wednesday dinner is a 24-hour fast day that we pair with prayer, repentance, boldness and protection. Keep it simple Water and coffee plus scripture.

Speaker 1: 37:51

Battlefield 2, family, biblical love and servant leadership. The home is Christ's first academy. Love leads by serving and disciples by example. Servant leadership. Fathers and mothers lead with sacrifice, repentance and blessing. Dads go first in the confession of sin. Mom models wisdom and dignity. Schedule a one-on-one Weekly shepherd. Talk with your children, with each child, to listen, instruct, pray and encourage.

Speaker 1: 38:29

Household order of love. Post on a board the one another rule. Love one another, honor, bear burdens, forgive, encourage, speak truth and love. Show hospitality, be tenderhearted, be patient, submit appropriately. You are family, act like it. Confession and forgiveness.

Speaker 1: 38:54

Here's a script. Mom, I sinned against you, will you forgive me? My mom, hopefully, will say I forgive you. Or I sinned against you by being grouchy with you. Will you forgive me, I forgive you.

Speaker 1: 39:12

Model that with your children. When you're short with them and you're grumpy or you lose your temper or you thought they did something they didn't, model that Hospitality and service, monthly service. Host another family or lonely saint at your table You're eating anyways. Invite more people into your house. Show them how you live and lonely saints God knows there's so many lonely saints like us. We're all lonely in our own way. Invite them over. Sometimes you're going to have to drag them down a hill, a hill that's 30 feet away.

Speaker 1: 40:00

Anyways, marriage husband and wives must come first. It comes before children. Do date nights at least two times a month. Father and mother must model a godly love to set the standard of what your children will go after. Father, your daughter is going to want a version of you. What you model is who she's going to choose. Your sons are going to wonder how to treat their mother and they're going to go after someone like their mom. That's the way it works. Model a love and a passion and a commitment to one another that they will set the bar very high. We must lead by example, and from the front. Remember parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. When you have those children, you are their guardian and their discipler, not their friend. You are not peers, you are their guardian. You have to be their wisdom because they don't have any yet. Have to be their wisdom because they don't have any yet.

Speaker 1: 41:23

Battlefield three fitness Steward your body for service. Do cardio three times a week. Strength three times a week. Minimum Daily mobility. Sleep seven to eight hours and get simple nutrition. Okay. Train as a family when possible. Train skills that improve explosive strength, endurance, mobility, flexibility and stretch. Teach your children how to swim. If your kid doesn't know how to swim, you're failing as a parent. Period, the world is mainly water, okay, so get on it. Do family hikes, walks and bike rides. Eat as a healthy family. Teach that treats and sweets should be a rare thing. Teach hydration and moderation Okay. Set them off on a solid foundation. Make your love language actual language and not food, or else you're going to have a whole family that looks to food for comfort instead of conversation. God connection Okay.

Speaker 1: 42:50

The fourth battlefield, fundamental skill hardening preparedness. Every person in the house should be able to defend themselves. For their age, that changes drastically from 13 to 70, but a 70 year old can have a home invader just the same as a 13 year old who's home and the door gets kicked in. Everyone should know what to do and everyone should be able to act now if a two-year-old is very different than a 13-year-old and a 25-year-old is very different than a 70-year-old. But everyone should have something and should be prepared. There's countless videos online and countless examples in the news of people of a queen's house and tortured. Two 70-something-year-old white grandparents Couldn't just kill them, had to torture them too. Right, it just happened. Self-defense skills are a must, everything from striking footwork and advanced through grappling and BJJ.

Speaker 1: 44:03

Everyone should have situational awareness and active planning skills. Situational awareness is being aware of what's going on around you and not just your immediate environment, like the 15 feet in front of you, but down the road, as well as news, local, national, global, active planning. Is what you do with what you see in your current state? Do you have a bad knee and a bad back and a bad hip and your only plan was to run away? And now you can't run away. What is your plan if someone breaks into your house? Do you have one? You better? This also is particularly if you have young children or children period. Know the sex offenders in your area. We have a binder with sex offenders here. It was right by the front door. I don't know where it happened, where it happened to go, but I look on it monthly and your kids should know that you don't talk to people, that these people, for any reason, do not bubble wrap your kids Train everyone in the house for age appropriate non-lethal self-defense items like pepper spray, tasers, firearms, knives, everything you got. Everyone in the house, age appropriate, should know first aid and how to stop bleeding. It's not just putting your hand over it, although that does work most of the time, but everyone should know how to stop the bleed.

Speaker 1: 45:47

Finances. Give to God your first fruits. If you're not giving anything to God and you're wondering why your life sucks and you're struggling financially, it's because you're not giving anything to God. I don't care where you give it. I ain't asking for it. I'm just telling you. If you're wondering why you're not being blessed, it's because you're spending it on all this crap and not on God. Oh sorry, here we go. Build a patronage list when you spend your money. Money is bullets. Spend your money with companies that share your world view and don't spend money With people who hate you Starbucks, target, etc. Sell everything you do not use Battlefield 6 fellowship. We only have one more after this. Sell everything you do not use Battlefield 6 fellowship. We only got one more after this.

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We must grow our fellowship with godly shield brothers and shield men. Pursue godly relationships, even though they are a lot of hard work. Going and making friends is uncomfortable. It is hard. It takes away from our comfort. We don't want to leave our couch, our work chair, our comfy little. Whatever schedule, you have to always be growing your fellowship, always. You're not meant to be alone. Always be working on pulling somebody onto the life raft of Christ. Do hard things with fellow Christians together and you will develop relationships that you dreamed about Battlefield 7.

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Fidelity. Stop supporting your enemies and the enemies of your Lord and Savior with your eyeballs and ears. Enemies and the enemies of your Lord and Savior with your eyeballs and ears. Stop wasting your God-given time on entertainment. There are souls to save and lives to save and a world to conquer. Don't waste it. I wasted so many years of my life. We must stop wasting our lives and start getting after something that matters Helping people.

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So we're now going to do communion. Before I get into communion, it's the little things that will change you. It's the little things that will change your family. It's the little things that'll change your family. It's the little things that'll save the world. Get the little things right and then you can do bigger things and bigger things and bigger things. But if you don't get the little things right, you won't go anywhere and God will not bless it. 1 Corinthians 11, 28.

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But a man must test himself and in doing so, eat of the bread and drink of the cup. Before we partake, let us quietly bow before the King of glory. Let each man, woman and young warrior here search his or her heart, confess sin, laying down burdens, preparing to eat and drink in a manner worthy of the Lord. Go ahead. Thank you, almighty God, sovereign Lord and host. We approach your table not today, not because we are worthy, but because Christ is worthy. We come not trusting in our own righteousness, but clinging to the righteousness of Jesus Christ alone. Remember his body broken, his blood poured out for the new covenant. We bow in humble gratitude, we lift our hearts in reverent awe. Sanctify this bread in this cup and sanctify us, your people, as we proclaim the death, resurrection and the coming kingdom of our lord jesus christ. We pray in his mighty and matchless name amen.

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First corinthians 11, 23 through 24. The lord jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said this is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Remember this symbolizes his body, pierced, beaten and sacrificed for you. Let us partake of this bread together to remember Christ's body broken for us. Go ahead and eat In the same way.

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He took the cup Also after supper, saying this is the cup and the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink in remembrance of me. Remember this symbolizes his blood, the blood that purchased our forgiveness and sealed the everlasting covenant. Let us partake of the cup together to remember Christ's blood poured out for us. For as often as you eat of this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

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By this eating and drinking, we publicly proclaim Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again. Captain of our salvation, lord Jesus Christ, you are seated at the Father's right hand and your scepter stretches from Zion. Today we have wept and now we rise. Take our grief and forge it into steadfastness. Make us doers of the word and not hearers. Only by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our witness teach us not to love our lives even unto death, but to love your name above all. Order our lives across the seven battlefield.

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Faith establish in us unbreakable habits of scripture, with understanding, daily prayer, catechism and worship. Family shape us into servant leaders. Let our tables be altars of gratitude and our homes academies of courage and love. Let this grant bodies fit for service, hands ready for work, endurance to carry the wounded and the weary. Fundamentals teach our hands to bind wounds, our aim to be accurate and our minds to stay awake. Make us strong, courageous, wise, lawful and humble as we pray and post a guard Finances. Turn our spending into strategy. Free us from waste. Move our treasure toward your mission and your people Fellowship. Lock our shields. Give us faithful brothers and sisters.

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Make our church a strong, welcoming sanctuary and fidelity. Purify our hearts, our tongues. Keep us from compromise. Make us bold and bright in public witness. We renounce fear, apathy, vengeance. Give us holy resolve, lion-hearted courage and shepherd-hearted compassion. Set us like Nehemiah's builders, a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other, until every good work is finished. Crown faithful witness in our day. Let the blood of the martyrs be seen in us all. Send us now steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for none of it is in vain in you. For the Kirk family, lord, we ask you that you pour your love and your peace upon them, in the name of Jesus Christ, our warrior king. Amen. God bless you all and I will see you tomorrow morning for Bible study. Bye.