Protects us with the Word of God / It is everything we hold true / Protects our most sensitive and innermost being & vulnerabilities (i.e., sexual organs, gut, etc.).

Helps us to protect the Holy Spirit of God from being quenched, while protecting our heart and keeping us stable, steady and in self-control of our emotions with what we believe to be true

Prepared to walk out the Gospel by being firmly grounded in God’s truth  when being tempted or attacked 

Protects us from the firery darts of the devil by extinguishing Satan’s lies as a protective barrier when we trust in God’s word  by rebuking and pushing away temptation, fear, doubt, confusion, etc.

Protect our mind via our thought life by renewing our minds with the Word of God taking captive every imagination or argument against the Word of God. 

Is our "Offensive" weapon to combat the lies and deception of the adversary. It helps us to use the word of God to reveal and expose error, lies and falsehoods from the adversary by demolishing any and all strongholds