I’m memorizing Ephesians 6:10-18. Here is one of my favorite warfare verses. I quote it in a militant way. Nahum 2:1 says, “He who scatters has come before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.”

1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

I love the picture of 1 Peter 1:13. It says, “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

Note in my Bible. To gird up your mind comes from Orientals necessarily gathering up their long robes with a belt to prepare for action. 

Preparing for action is to remain alert. It is to be watchful and attentive. When my dad was in Burma India during World War II, he often had to do guard duty at night. He said it was really hard to not fall asleep, so he sang hymns in his heart.