(Disclaimer: This transcript is auto-generated and may contain mistakes.) We are a stronghold here and a stronghold is a defense The stronghold is a place that you could go to and and and have a defense set up, right? And and you can be well protected, but you know what ultimately the Lord is our stronghold And that's why verse 7 says the Lord is good a stronghold in the day of trouble and he knoweth them that trust in him We want to represent the place where believers can gather together To trust in the Lord Because the Lord is our stronghold we want to have that that physical presence here on earth as a stronghold for people who are Zealous for people who believe the Word of God and want to live that life and want to do and serve the Lord Hey come to stronghold Baptist Church and be part of this stronghold this outpost in this area of the world To serve the Lord, but you know what we never can let that that name or this building or the you know be Getting all the glory. You know what God is the stronghold He's our defender. He's our protector Turn if you would please Ephesians chapter number six We're getting into some of the teaching now and just being strong the Lord we need to be able to Stay the course We need to be able to make sure that as much as God has blessed us as much victories have been won already That we can continue to stay in the fight continue to move forward because the Christian life has its ups and downs and the longer you're in the life the more you're gonna see the ups and the downs and The downs are gonna make you want to quit We need to stay the course We need to stay be strong in the Lord and get our strength from the Lord And what we're gonna see in Ephesians chapter 6 is the armor of God and One thing I want to point out About the armor of God about how we need to be equipped about how we need to have our strength from the Lord is The whole point of all the armor of God and we're gonna see this mentioned Verse after verse time after time is to be able to stand to be able to stand to be able to stand Stand it's not even to push forward and get on all these attacks and offenses. Just be able to stand Be able to stand be able to stand on the Word of God be able to stand for the truth be able to not be Knocked down and continue progressing slowly forward moving on onward Christian soldiers Steady pace moving forward I Love zeal I love seeing people get excited, but you always have to just in the back of your mind Be able to understand that you can never maintain You know pedal to the metal Full steam ahead all the time of being super sold-out zealous. Oh, man. I'm gonna spend this whole I'm gonna take a month off of work, and I'm gonna go out every single day and preach the gospel Hey, that's great and God bless you, but you know what there's gonna be a point where you can't keep up an insane pace and You may think man. I've done all this work for God, but if you end up quitting Fizzling out because you've just ran yourself completely into the ground You're gonna end up having done way less than someone who has been consistent faithful Day after day week after week month after month year after year putting in your time Just just staying committed and staying strong and keeping your strength in the Lord. That's a lifetime That's a marathon It's not just a sprint Keep the end game in mind. We need to yes push ourselves. Yes. I love the challenges Yeah I want to be able to always try to do some more and get get the most to squeeze the most out as we can to to serve God with But don't Jump in expecting all this change and then being able to maintain You know some crazy level