This message from Chuck Pierce and Robert Heidler likens our spiritual defense to that of the children of Israel while in battle. Within the ranks there were those who carried huge shields to protect the bulk of the army. And just as we fight spiritual battles today, there is a mighty shield we can carry to protect us. This shield of faith is one of the main ways we can resist our enemy's attacks. We are fully capable of resisting the enemy's attacks, but we must first be able to recognize how Satan fights. His main weapons are to create fear and doubt in us and to tempt us to become complainers and murmurers. If we succumb, our faith is weakened. The keys to increasing our faith are found in knowing the Word of God, which engenders praise, thankfulness, trust and obedience.
CHUCK D. PIERCE is vice president of Global Harvest Ministries and president of Glory of Zion International Ministries. He is the former director of the World Prayer Center and coauthor of the booksThe Future War of the Church, Possessing Your Inheritance, Ridding Your Home of Spiritual Darkness, The Best is Yet Aheadand Receiving the Word of the Lord. Chuck, his wife, Pam, and their five children live in Denton, Texas.
ROBERT HEIDLER, Th.M., is senior pastor of the Glory of Zion Outreach Center in Denton, Texas. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Heidler has ministered extensively in Russia and Eastern Europe. He serves on the boards of Shekinah Messianic Ministries and Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. He and his wife, Linda, have three children.