Perimeter is commonly defined as:
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the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure.
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the outermost parts or boundary of an area or object.
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a defended boundary of a military position or base.
1) Keep things well lit so that you can see what’s out there:
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keep the lights on: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. ” (Matthew 5:16).
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this will keep temptations that think they will prevail from even happening
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this also keeps others who know you from provoking you through your actions that send the message that this is not acceptable nor will it be again
2) Don’t leave things you hold valuable out in the open
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Personal Prayer Time: “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. (Matthew 6:6).
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personal prayer time will help you to keep established the things you are believing for by faith
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personal prayer time allows God to help humble you in a trial
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personal prayer time allows God to speak to you
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it allows for God to give you wisdom for the future
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it brings peace in your time of stress
3) Keep what you care about locked down:
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Set Priorities: “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ” (Luke 16:13).
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setting and maintaining a made up mind will produce stability and establish you
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setting priorities will help you to align what is of lesser importance than your relationship with God
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setting your priorities shows God how you love him by how you change things for his pleasure
4) Use your security system to keep things on watch when you are not around
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we can’t live in the constant stress of what may come: “The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. ” (Psalm 121:5)
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trusting God in a situation that you cannot change takes unnecessary stress from you and allows you to focus on the spiritual warfare at hand
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knowing that God is our protector in things we cannot see helps us to live a more righteous life, it helps us to be in his favor by living right so that we have more help than we would have had on our own
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walking in the peace of God when all hell breaks loose around you is the closest thing to Heaven that we will ever know. Living in complete surrender to his will and acknowledging his dominion will help us to live lighter of load
5) Have something to arm yourself to protect you in the event of a breach
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Obey God: “But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you” (Matthew 21:28-31).
- even when we have failed in the past it is better to get back up again and try to strive for a stronger walk with God than it would be to give up all together
- obey God by living the word to others so that they can see something in your life that convicts sin
- love others by sharing the word of God to teach them about the better self that they can become
- arm yourself against the enemy with an entire bible of reminders that his dominion is short and only for a season
- obedience to God’s commands is the true sign of your love for God, and the only way you can know if you are obeying God is by knowing his Word.