4. “The dark threads are as needed
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.”
–Benjamin Malachi Franklin
5. Q. 27. What do you understand by the
providence of God?
A. The almighty and ever-present power of God
whereby he still upholds, as it were by his own
hand, heaven and earth together with all
creatures, and rules in such a way that leaves
and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and
unfruitful years, food and drink, health and
sickness, riches and poverty, and everything
else, come to us not by chance but by his
fatherly hand.
7. KINGDOM WARfARE MODEL
Matthew 6:9–10 (TNIV)
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be
your name, your kingdom come, your
will be done, on earth as it is in
heaven.
8. John 12:31 also 14:30, 16:11
!
Now is the time for judgment on
this world; now the prince of this
world will be driven out.
!
ENEMY
9. Ephesians 6:12 (TNIV)
For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the powers of this
dark world and against the spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly realms.
ENEMY
10. !
2 Corinthians 4:4 (TNIV)
The god of this age has blinded the
minds of unbelievers, so that they
cannot see the light of the gospel
that displays the glory of Christ, who
is the image of God.
ENEMY
11. !
1 John 5:19 (TNIV)
19 We know that we are children of
God, and that the whole world is
under the control of the evil one.
ENEMY
12. KINGDOM WARfARE MODEL
Matthew 6:9–10 (TNIV)
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be
your name, 10 your kingdom come, your
will be done, on earth as it is in
heaven.
15. “While Women weep, as they do
now, I’ll fight; while children go
hungry, as they do now I’ll
fight; while men go to prison, in
and out, in and out, as they do
now, I’ll fight; while there is a
poor lost girl upon the streets,
while there remains one dark soul
without the light of God, I’ll
fight, I’ll fight to the very
end!” William Booth, 1912
