The Gospel of Peace and the Shield of Faith

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Short Summary
The symposium emphasizes that the Christian warfare described in 2 Corinthians 4:5 is spiritual, targeting internal strongholds of sin such as pride and selfishness, which must be overcome through faith, love, and obedience to God. Using the metaphor of armor from Ephesians 6, particularly the sandals of peace and the shield of faith, believers are encouraged to maintain inner peace and readiness by relying on God’s word, prayer, and mutual support among brethren. Ultimately, peace arises from a deep trust in God’s character and promises, enabling Christians to stand firm against temptations and challenges while growing in faith and spiritual strength.

Long Summary
Detailed Summary of the Symposium on the Armor of God, Faith, and Peace

Introduction to Spiritual Warfare (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
– The weapons of spiritual warfare are not physical but mighty through God for demolishing strongholds, casting down vain imaginations, and bringing every thought into obedience to Christ.
– Brother Russell’s commentary (Reprint 5889) emphasizes that these strongholds are internal—rooted in our fallen human nature as sin, pride, selfishness, and other entrenched faults. These have been deeply ingrained through centuries of humanity’s downward tendencies and must be destroyed.
– The goal of destroying sin’s stronghold is to build a stronghold of love and faith in God and Jesus Christ.
Bible Reference: Nahum 1:7 – “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.”

The Sandals of the Gospel of Peace (Ephesians 6:15)
– Peace is defined as inner contentment, calmness, serenity, and peace of mind.
– Despite the military imagery of warfare, the sandals symbolize conducting oneself gently and lovingly amid conflict, reflecting spiritual warfare’s nature.
– The “seek and destroy” mission targets internal enemies: strongholds of sin and selfishness within us.
– Opposition from the world, flesh, and Satan serves to strengthen Christian character and deepen love for righteousness and God.
Bible Reference: Romans 12:18, 21 – “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
– The gospel of peace prepares us for unexpected temptations and trials, enabling us to respond lovingly and stand firm spiritually.
Bible Reference: 2 Peter 2:9 – “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.”

Maintaining Cleanliness and Holiness (Laver Symbolism)
– The laver in the tabernacle represents God’s word and truth that cleanse the priesthood (God’s people) from defilement.
– Even as new creatures covered by Christ’s righteousness, believers must continually cleanse themselves from worldly defilements, especially from daily “contact” represented by feet and hands.
Bible Reference: 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

The Nature of God’s Peace
– God’s peace is inherent, unshaken by trouble or chaos, and consistent with His perfect attributes of justice, love, wisdom, and power.
– Believers must learn to be at peace amid great trouble, reflecting God’s divine nature.
Bible References:
– Isaiah 54:10 – God’s covenant of peace and unfailing love remain unshaken despite upheaval.
– Philippians 4:19 – “My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
– Colossians 1:19-20 – God reconciled the universe to Himself through Christ’s blood, making peace.

Jesus Christ as the Source of Peace
– Jesus comforts his disciples, promising peace despite world troubles, because He has conquered the world (John 16:31-33).
– Jesus’s faith and trust in the Father, even during temptations, exemplify perfect peace.
Bible Reference: Isaiah 26:3 – “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.”
– Developing faith and trust in God’s plan results in increasing inner peace, although outward peace may not always be visible.
– Prayer, study, and mental discipline cultivate peace in the believer’s mind.

The Shield of Faith (Ephesians 6:16)
– Faith is defined (Hebrews 11:1) as full confidence and certainty in unseen things.
– The “shield of faith” (Greek: *thurios*) was a large oblong Roman shield covering the whole body, offering thorough protection.
– It protects against spiritual “fiery darts” (attacks) from the wicked, guarding the heart and mind.
– Faith involves both intellectual assurance and heartfelt trust in God (Brother Russell).
Bible Reference: Philippians 4:6-7 – Prayer brings the peace of God that guards hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
– The shield protects the new creature formed by repentance, faith in Christ’s blood, consecration, and spirit begotten sonship.
– Faith and peace work together—sandals of peace symbolize reconciliation with God (Romans 5:1), highlighting the transition from slavery to sin to sonship (1 John 3:2).

Unity and Collective Defense
– Roman soldiers used the “testudo” (tortoise) formation, overlapping large shields for collective defense against arrows.
– Similarly, brethren must stand together, supporting one another with faith to repel spiritual attacks.
– Paul’s love and gratitude for the Philippians demonstrates the strength found in brotherly fellowship (Philippians 1:2-7).
– Fellowship and mutual support enhance spiritual defense and perseverance.

The Reality and Cost of Spiritual Battle
– Satan’s long history of attacking true faith (6,000 years) leaves only a few new creatures on earth.
– Spiritual warfare involves fighting the flesh with spiritual “fire,” requiring courage and faith.
– Complete destruction of sin’s strongholds is necessary to prevent future harassment, as Israel’s failure to fully destroy Canaanites illustrates.
– Courage and faith are prices paid for peace (quoting Amelia Earhart’s poem on courage).
Bible Reference: 1 Peter 5:7 – “Cast all your care upon him, for he cares for you.”

Cultivating Faith Over Fear
– Believers must reject anxious, unpeaceful thoughts (“crow thoughts”) and feed faith rather than fear.
– “Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.”
– The primary concern should be pleasing God.

Encouragement Through Scripture
– 1 Peter 1:3-9 encourages perseverance through trials, describing faith tested like gold refined by fire, leading to praise and glory at Christ’s return.
– Job 34:29 reminds believers that God grants quietness and peace despite trouble.
– Personal experiences with God build mutual love, trust, and peace, forming a strong spiritual family.

Conclusion and Benediction (2 Corinthians 13:11-14)
– Paul exhorts believers to be joyful, perfect their character, take courage, be unified, and live in peace, promising that God who gives love and peace will be with them.
– Final blessing calls for God’s peace and presence upon the brethren.

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Key Bible Verses Cited:

– 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
– Nahum 1:7
– Ephesians 6:15-16
– Romans 12:18, 21
– 2 Peter 2:9
– 1 John 1:9
– Isaiah 54:10
– Philippians 4:19; 4:6-7
– Colossians 1:19-20
– John 16:31-33
– Isaiah 26:3
– Hebrews 11:1
– Romans 5:1
– 1 John 3:2
– Philippians 1:2-7
– 1 Peter 5:7
– 1 Peter 1:3-9
– Job 34:29
– 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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Summary Insight:
The symposium deeply explores the spiritual warfare Christians face internally and externally, emphasizing the necessity of God’s armor—especially the sandals of peace and the shield of faith—to remain steadfast. It underscores the interplay of faith, peace, love, unity, and reliance on God’s promises as essential for overcoming sin and temptation. The battle is ongoing and costly, but through courage, trust, and mutual support, believers can maintain peace in their hearts and minds, reflecting God’s divine nature even amid trials.

Transcript

Before considering our armor, I’d like to say a few words that define our warfare by considering 2 Corinthians 4:5 for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

And then Brother Russell comments on this verse in reprint 5889. The apostle has pointed out that these strongholds which we are to pull down are in ourselves. Sin is entranced in our fallen human nature. Pride, selfishness, and various other kinds of sin are entrenched in us through the long centuries of the downward tendencies of our race. These things have dug deep trenches in our human system.

They are firmly fastened there.

Bud urges St. Paul, let not sin have dominion over your mortal body. Destroy the stronghold. Bring your entire being into subjection to the will of God. But by destroying the stronghold of sin, we want to build up our stronghold of love and faith in the Father and the Son. Nahum 1:7 the Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows them that trust in him.

Thou wilt consider the sandals of the gospel of peace followed by the shield of faith beginning with Ephesians 6:15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Let’s begin by defining peace. Peace is inner contentment, calm, serenity, peace of mind. It’s interesting that with all of Brother Paul’s military imagery relating to war and the armor of light, we have these sandals of peace. This tells us that we should conduct ourselves in a gentle, loving manner with all that we come into contact.

Even though we’re at war, we must always remember that it’s a spiritual warfare. We’re on a seek and destroy mission. But we must seek and destroy the right enemy strongholds within our fallen human nature, strongholds of sin and selfishness. It’s possible, while doing this, to have a peaceful attitude towards the world, our own fallen flesh, and even the great adversary. Because these opposing forces will help us strengthen our Christian characters as we work to overcome them all, their opposition is a blessing to us as new creatures.

Otherwise the Lord would not have allowed the permission of evil. When we overcome opposition, that’s what strengthens our love for the principles of righteousness and draws us closer to the Father and the Son. Or, as stated in the sixth volume, we should live peaceably with all so far as possible, without compromising the truth.

Romans 12:18 21 if it be possible as much as lieth in you. Live peaceably with all men.

Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

So what does it mean to have our feet shod with the gospel of peace? I like Ephesians 6:15 from the NIV with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace? We must be ready for the surprise temptation attacks that the adversary has planned for us. Our feet walk upon the earth. They take us on our journey through this fallen world.

They’re in contact with earthly things, and we must understand the gospel of peace so that we’ll be ready to lovingly respond to the trials and temptations that the spirit of the fallen world, fallen Satan, and our own fallen flesh present to us those new creatures in Christ as we look to the Lord for His promised help. In 2 Peter 2:9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.

When one’s feet are shod and fitted properly with sandals or shoes, one has better protection, balance and ability to stand and not be wounded or knocked off balance by some type of attack. So Paul is saying, have a firm preparation, especially a firm foundation, understanding the Scriptures so you’ll be ready for whatever comes your way in life. You’ll be able to walk through the figurative valleys and mountains of life and not be dismayed by any of the injustices, the errors and the hatreds that the world has in store for you. Nor will you be stumbled by the more subtle, but perhaps more dangerous prosperities that you’ll experience while walking through this world.

Now, as new creatures, our inner peace can be threatened by our very real enemies, and these are both external and internal forces. The external forces are our great adversary, Satan, and the spirit of the world of mankind that does Satan’s bidding. The internal force that threatens us is our fallen flesh. The external forces try to influence our internal force to commit trespasses and sins. A new creature must use the available helps to reject sin and choose righteousness.

And these helps are our Lord, the Truth, and the brethren. These helps impress upon our hearts the word of God, which increases our measure of the Holy Spirit. Choosing these spiritual helps and rejecting the worldly Spirit is how we become more sanctified day by day.

Another way for our sandals of peace to support us is keeping our feet clean from our contact with earthly things. Even though our peace sandals keep most of the dirt off of our feet, the road we pass through is so dirty some dust will get on our feet. In this connection, I’ll read a wonderful quote from reprint 3267 in our studies of the tabernacle shadows of the better sacrifices, we saw that everyone who took part in the priesthood was required to wash his hands and feet at the laver. We saw that the laver represented the word or message of God, and the water therefore represented the truth, and it is the truth which is to cleanse the royal priesthood from the defilements of the flesh as a whole. We are clean being covered by the robe of Christ’s righteousness, but in our contact with the world we are to seek to put away the defilements of earth which come to us in connection with our daily walk in service, represented by by our feet and our hands.

As the sacrificing requires all of the present life, so the washing requires all of the present life, and only those who both wash and sacrifice will be accepted into the glorious royal priesthood of the future.

So moment by moment, as we have need, we can keep our robe clean and our hands and feet washed by claiming the promise of of 1 John 1:9 if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We must claim this promise to realize God’s peace and put on God’s spirit. The more of God’s spirit we can gather into our characters, the more we will choose righteousness and hate iniquity, and the result will be that inner peace, the peace of God that the new creature craves. We know that the peace of God is an inherent quality of God’s character, a byproduct of his perfect attributes of justice, love, wisdom, and power. Our Heavenly Father could have arranged a plan without permitting any trouble at all, much less the chaos of the great time of trouble.

But we know that God’s peace is consistent with great trouble. Peace is not something that our Heavenly Father has to strive to put on.

He’s at peace now, just as he always has been and always will be, because it’s a part of his divine nature. We know that all of Jehovah’s emotions are perfect, and if we want to be like him, godlike, then we must learn how to be at peace in the midst of great trouble.

God’s emotion of peace. That’s what we all want, dear brethren. But how do we get it? If we want the peace of God, we must first go to the source, which of course is God Himself. Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says Jehovah, who has compassion on you.

Philippians 4:19 My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. After we have gone to the source by asking the Lord for his blessing on our efforts, we must use the means God has supplied for us to attain unto the peace of God. First and foremost he has provided a Son, as shown in Colossians 1:19 and 20 Weymouth for it was the Father’s gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in him, and God purposed through him to reconcile the universe to himself, making peace through his blood which was shed upon the cross.

We that now have access to this reconciliation through his blood can begin the journey that leads to peace without the truth. None of the world can even take the first step of the journey, because they have no means by which to be reconciled to God.

They are still unreconciled to God and at war with his justice, love, wisdom, and power. Children of wrath, and as such they are sometimes used by the adversary to bring trouble and affliction to us.

Our Lord Jesus knew all of this, and in his last days on earth tried his best to warn and comfort his disciples with this knowledge. John 6:31 33 Phillips so you believe in me now, replied Jesus. The time is coming indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, every one of you going home and leaving me alone. Yet I am not really alone, for the Father is with me. I have told you all this so that you may find your peace in me.

You will find trouble in the world, but never lose heart. I have conquered the world.

Our Lord’s new creature’s mind was anchored in the faith, love and trust he had for his Heavenly Father. His mind was unswayed by any of Satan’s faulty logic that he used to try to tempt Jesus with worldly things, such as during his worldly temptations.

Jesus had great peace of mind and spirit because he lived what he preached. His life was a testimony to the fulfilled promise of Isaiah 26:3 that will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee even when you’re late to your talks.

As we more clearly understand God’s character and plan and trust our God, our trust in God becomes stronger and stronger. What’s the result of this expanding understanding and trust? As we’ve mentioned, we have peace, outward peace, not always, but we’re striving to make our inward peace always present in us. There may be moments when we’re caught off guard and don’t outwardly reflect the peace that’s in our hearts and minds. But these will become more and more rare as we develop our understanding and trust in the divine character and plan.

By mental discipline, prayer and study, we can develop peace in our minds.

When all the pieces of the armor of light are properly coordinated, they are sufficient to cover every circumstance or condition that will war against the peace of the Christian soldier. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 NIV now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.

Our peace comes from and is dependent on our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus, and so we see that it’s necessary that each of the individual pieces of armor interact in the proper way to provide complete protection. So this leads us to begin our faith considerations, but giving the scripture definition of faith as given by Brother Paul in Hebrews 11. 1 Phillips now, faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for. It means being certain of things we cannot see.

So with this in mind, let’s begin to consider Ephesians 6:16. Above all, taking the shield of faith wherewith he shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

So why does Paul call it the shield of faith that will allow us to repel the fiery darts of the wicked? We know in olden times armies would attack each other with swords, spears and fiery projectiles. A soldier needed to have a shield to deflect these deadly weapons. Otherwise he wouldn’t be in the battle for very long. He would either be disabled or killed by the weapons of the enemy.

Our faith shield as new creatures has nothing to do with shielding us from physical attacks and everything to do with shielding us from spiritual attacks, and for the shield of faith to protect our new creature, we must first have become a new creature. To become a new creature that the shield will protect, we must take the steps of repentance, faith in the blood, full consecration, acceptance by the Father and the Son, and the beginning of the Spirit as embryo children of God.

Here the figurative shoes of peace and shield of faith work together to help us understand the process. In our shoes of peace, there’s the thought of peaceful reconciliation as sons of our Heavenly Father. To better understand this thought, let’s examine it in the context in which it was spoken. In the ancient world of St. Paul.

At that time, slaves were required to wear a specific type of foot covering called specific type of calcia shoes, indicating their servile condition. Calcia shoes were made of simpler materials and design Compared to the shoes worn by free citizens, they served as a visible marker of a slave’s legal and social status. The best shoes were worn by sons of the elite classes, showing their higher legal and social status. Slaves were definitely not treated as sons. So after we’ve consecrated our faith, justification has been vitalized by the blood and merit of Christ and we’ve been spirit begotten.

We have freedom and peace with God. To the extent of becoming embryo sons of God, we have a higher legal standing in God’s eyes as sons. No longer slaves of sin, we have exchanged our Calcius shoes for the sandals of peace, as Paul tells us in the precious promise contained in Romans 5:1. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And as John tells us in 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God. So we must have the proper faith and consecration that brings us to full justification before we can become embryo sons of God. We can’t put on any of our spiritual armor without first becoming spiritual sons. With the Lord’s help, we must fully understand and trust the ransom sacrifice of our Lord. In order to have life, we must have a vital, living, spiritual, consecrated relationship with the Father and the Son.

We must abide in the spiritual body of Christ. That’s what it means to have the Son. In 1 John 5:12 he that has the Son hath life he that has not the Son of God has not life.

It can’t be any plainer than that, and yet so few are able to find the open door to life, and why?

Because only a few have the faith capacity to develop the understanding and trust required to make a full consecration and to be accepted at this time. But those that don’t have the faith capacity now will be given their opportunity for eternal life in the future.

But now, with the Lord’s help, having been given full faith and blood justification, we can fully experience, as the Weymouth translation of Ephesians 6:16 calls it, the great shield of faith, and why does he call it the great shield of faith?

For the word shield, Paul here uses the Greek word thurios, which refers to a huge oblong door shaped shield. Used particularly by Roman soldiers, it was designed to cover the entire body, providing thorough protection during battle. Ephesians 6:16 is the only place in the Bible where this word therios is used, and it gives us the image of a faith shield that protects both our head and our heart.

When we remember that, Brother Russell explains that the two aspects of faith are intellectual assurance, our understanding and heart reliance, which is our trust in God. This teaches us that the great shield of faith does protect our peace of heart and mind.

Philippians 4, 6, 7 Phillips don’t worry over anything whatever. Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer, and the peace of God which transcends human understanding, will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus.

A strong shield is the first line of defense for a soldier. It even protects the other pieces of armor from being pierced. If we have the right kind of faith shield, it will protect our entire new creature. Our thoughts, our affections, our character, our whole walk in Christ.

A new creature will never be damaged. Or if we develop the right kind of faith and constantly use it to protect us, we can’t just generally know the truth and have a vague hope that all will turn out well. We have to really know the divine plan to the extent of completely trusting and relying on the Lord and his exceeding great and precious promises every moment of every day. When we consistently use these promises, they form for us an iron dome that will intercept and destroy any incoming evil missiles that the world, the flesh, and the devil will send our way. The precious promises will protect our mind and heart if we use them during our temptation trials.

We must build our shield of faith large and it will enlarge our character. The larger our shield of faith, the better our ability to fend off the attacks of our spiritual enemies.

Although sometimes we have individual battles, it is best when we fight together in this war. The size of the Thurios shield and its shape allowed soldiers to stand together to form a protective wall known as a testudo, or tortoise formation, which was particularly effective against the fiery arrows of their enemies. This gives us the thought of all of our brethren standing together to shield one another from the lethal arrows of temptation that are shot at us continually. When we fight as a unified collective unit, we have a far greater chance to win the war.

So let’s use our great shield of faith not only for ourselves, but to help our brethren as well. When I think of the unity of the brethren, I think of the love and gratitude Paul expressed in particular to us Philippian brethren, but really to all of us. In Philippians 1:2 7. Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you always in every prayer of mine for you all, making requests with joy for your fellowship in the Gospel.

From the first day until now. Being confident of this Very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ, even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart. I love that from Paul. I have you in my heart. Paul realized he wasn’t fighting his battles alone.

He had help from the Father and the Son and the Brethren. We must know the same, and that will help us then when we put on the armor through our study of God’s word, we’ll be ready to begin each day properly using the armor of God. In our daily experiences. We want to acquire the strongest protection we can put on us and around us so we can be unscathed by the enemies we’re battling. Because we’ve come to understand by difficult experiences that it’s very painful when an arrow gets through our spiritual defenses.

Only God’s armor is strong enough to withstand the weapons of mass destruction that Satan brings against us. Satan has used these weapons very effectively for over 6,000 years to destroy the true faith. So there are only a few of us left on earth. Think about that. There are just a few of us left on the earth that are begotten again to newness of life.

Everyone else is dead in trespasses and sins. We would be dead too, without this wonderful armor of God that’s ours for the taking and making our own in this great battle. We’re fighting against our own fallen flesh, and we have to fight fire with fire, with some of our deeply embedded weaknesses. We may have to start with a flamethrower to burn them out.

I know. I felt like that many times. Better to do that than to get bogged down in trench warfare. But then we don’t want to leave out the mopping up operations that will be required to completely destroy any remaining resistance that may have survived.

The Israelites didn’t completely destroy the Canaanites, and this allowed their enemies to attack them and harass them for many years.

So we can learn from that and strive to thoroughly destroy the opposition to righteousness that we find in our fallen flesh. It takes courage and faith to fight these daily battles. As soldiers of the cross, we pay a price to fight these battles. But is the price well worth paying?

Amelia Earhart wrote a poem that began with this.

Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace, and that’s very true. We need to have the courage of our convictions. But as new creatures, it’s also true that faith is the price God exacts for granting peace. It takes courage and faith to develop peace along with the humility that realizes we’re dependent for all of these upon Our Heavenly Father.

1 Peter 5:7 TLB Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.

We must have the fortitude to challenge any unpeaceful, anxious thoughts to come into our minds. These crow thoughts will fly around us, but let’s be sure we don’t allow them to make a nest in our minds. Shoo them away. They don’t belong in a new creature mind. Feed your mind the faith thoughts, not the fear thoughts.

It has been said, feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.

That’s what we want to do. The only legitimate concern we should have is that we be pleasing to the Father and the Son.

1 Peter 1:3:9 bolsters our peace of mind during this war we’re fighting together Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled in the phase not away reserved in heaven for you who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations, that the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perisheth though it be tried with fire, may be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen ye love, and whom though now ye see him not yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

These Scriptures inspire us to fight on, to persevere to the end of our life, to develop our faith and peace of mind, to win the war of attrition that we’re fighting against our weaknesses. We’ll win because we’ve fed our faith. We’re full of faith faithfull and we can fully appreciate the precious promise of Job 30, 34, 29 when he giveth quietness. Who then can make trouble? Our personal experiences with the Father and the Son have drawn us closer and closer as the years go by to where we know we can count on them in all of life’s experiences, and this is the source of our peace of mind and heart.

We have built a mutual personal trust and love for one another, forming the basis of our loving family relationship. Realizing their love and care for us gives us peace of mind and the confidence to put on all of our armor all of the fruits and graces of the Holy Spirit.

We’ll leave you with our brother Paul’s benediction to us from 2 Corinthians 13, 11:14 Weymouth finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace, and then God, who gives love and peace will be with you. May the Lord have His blessing.

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