Roman soldier
Modern soldier
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| | | Messy Church - 3 November 2019 |
The theme for Sunday 30th Messy Church was 'Armour of God'
But what does it mean to wear the armour of God?
 In
the days of the Roman Empire, soldiers wore a protective suit called
armour when they went to war. They wore helmets to protect their head,
a breastplate to protect the front of their bodies, and they carried
swords to fight with in battle. As Christians, we are given a spiritual
armour. You cannot see it, as it is invisible, but it works the same
way as the armour that the Roman soldiers wore.
God has an
enemy, the devil, who does not like those who love God. To protect
ourselves from the devil we are given this invisible armour. We put it
on every day by praying, worshiping, and by reading the Bible. It works
and you can keep it on all the time by always living for God.
 When
we pray, we can ask God to place on our head the helmet of salvation so
that our head is protected from the bad thoughts that the devil tries
to give us. We can also ask God to place on our chests the breastplate
of righteousness so that our heart stays clean. After that, we can pray
for the belt of truth to be buckled around our waste so that only truth
enters our thoughts. Then, on our feet, we can pray that we are ready
to go wherever God leads us and that we will always be safe and
peaceful when we go. The armour is not complete without a shield, so
the next thing we pray for is the shield of faith. Our faith, which is
our belief that Jesus will do what He says He will do, protects us from
the bad things that the enemy tries to do.
 Lastly,
with the armour on and the shield of faith in one hand, we must have a
sword in the other. To carry the sword we must read our Bibles every
day. The knowledge we gain from reading our Bibles teaches us how to
use all the other pieces of the armor. Learning from the Bible also
gives us the ability to live our lives so that the devil can never win
and so that God always stays number one in our lives.
Some of the activities and crafts involved:
Helmet of salvation – protects our head from bad thoughts
Breastplate of righteousness – to keep our heart clean
Belt of truth - so that only truth enters our thoughts
Footwear - so that we are ready to go where God leads us and that we will be
safe and peaceful when we go.
Shield of faith
- our belief that Jesus will do what he says He will do, protects
us
from evil things fired at us.
Sword
- The word of God. The knowledge we gain from reading our bibles
teaches us how to use all the other pieces of the armour. Learning from
the bible gives us the ability to live our lives so that evil can never
win.
Darts - A few
volunteers to wrote down and shouted out examples of things that make
people upset on “flaming darts" (red paper) and fire towards
another volunteer holding a shield.
Prayer – that we can wear our armour with pride and be strong against evil.
The afternoon concluded with a family meal.
Look out for Messy Church on 1 December.
Published - 19 November 2019
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