Battle Hymn

In The Sweet By and By

With hearts groaning with prayer for those caught in the evils of war

this poem became an outpouring for all of us 

in the battle against right and wrong!

Battle Hymn of the Republic

The battle between wrong and right

Is constant and acute

We need the Lord’s armor to fight

And bear the Spirit’s fruit

Mankind is prone to selfish pride

To rebel to God’s rule

To win the fight we must decide

To be wise or a fool

To despise wisdom’s Holy Grail

Is to embrace deceit

No matter what fools boast or hail

Their end will be defeat

Only by the kind grace of God

And for His glory we

By faith and with feet gospel-shod

Will win the victory

Take heart; Truth cannot be undone

The fight that faith affords

Bids us take up our cross and run

The battle is the Lord’s

Hold fast to the sound words of He

Who does not change or fail

For the Lord’s honour and glory

His army will prevail

In the name of the Lord we pray

In His Name we are strong

In His Name we approach the day

Of everlasting song

Lay down thy sword; take up the cross

Beyond this world’s façade

Though what may now appear as loss

Is the glory of God

Follow the way He has prepared

A Banquet has been spread

To honor He who was not spared

But crushed the Serpent’s head

Earth’s suffering is not in vain

But the sacred prelude

To Triumph’s everlasting reign

And enemy subdued

© Janet Martin

Eph.6:10-20

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

  11Put on the whole armor of God, 

that you may be able to stand against the [b]wiles of the devil. 

12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

 against powers, against the rulers of [c]the darkness of this age,

 against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 

13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, 

that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, 

and having done all, to stand.

14Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,

 having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 

15and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

  16above all, taking the shield of faith with which you 

will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

17And take the helmet of salvation, 

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

  18praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,

 being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 

19and for me, that utterance may be given to me, 

that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

  20for which I am an ambassador in chains; 

that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.