There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

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—JOHN 14:30, AMP

CARRY A WOUNDED SOLDIER One of the most unique methods of training, written about in an essay by Lucian od Samosata in AD 170, reveals certain aspects of the use of mud in the training process. In a conversational letter he wrote that the wrestler had mud covering his body in the training process. He noted that the wrestler was coated with sweat and mud, which to some seemed ridiculous. However, the purpose was twofold. The mud, sweat, and oil made the trainee slipperier to hold on to and assisted him in learning how to maneuver out of tight situations. The other reasons given by Samosata was the muddy and sweaty body was good practice for a man to learn how to pick up a fellow soldier who was wounded in battle and required being carried, or to grab an enemy and bring him back to one’s own lines. He wrote, “For such reasons we train them to the limits and set the most difficult task so that they can do the lesser one with greater ease.” 3 All believers must be strong enough to hold up others who are weak, pick up others who have fallen, and help to carry those who are wounded to a place of safety and recovery. When a soldier is wounded, there are two different things that can occur. Depending upon the type of wound, many times the adrenaline rush, coupled with inner strength and determination, causes a wounded soldier to continue to fight