The correct tool or equipment is important. When we choose to use the wrong one for the task at hand, we fail to get the best results. Lack of proper equipment can leave us frustrated and can cause us to quit trying. 

• How are our spiritual weapons of warfare like the tools we use for a specific task?

List the pieces of spiritual armor on the whiteboard or screenshared document. Ask your teens for specific day-to-day examples of when each of those pieces might be the correct tool or equipment needed; list their answers under the corresponding piece of armor as they respond.

Earlier we talked about the importance of using the right tools for the job at hand—remember the man who used scissors to eat spaghetti? It might have looked like the wrong choice, but it was the perfect choice.

• What would happen if we tried to rely on our own strength to overcome the supernatural power of evil? (Help your students to see that it is impossible to resist the enemy apart from the tools that God provides.)
• If we receive the armor of God when we accept Jesus as Savior and Lord of our lives, why do so many Christians live defeated lives? (They have the armor, but aren’t using it.)

Ask students to think of several temptations that they face personally (these could include temptations to lie, to bully others, to take drugs, etc.). Give them an opportunity to jot these down on their index cards. Next to each temptation they write down, have them write the piece(s) of armor that would best help them fight against the temptation. Challenge them to begin to specifically use the armor of God this week when they come up against these struggles—utilizing the right tool for the job.

Close in prayer asking God for insight and strength to practice using all the spiritual armor when being tempted or attacked by Satan.