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Today was the first time I've flossed. I ended up using meters and meters of floss, 30 minutes in the bathroom, and a body of sweat. But I ended up having (hopefully) a cleaner set of teeth. All these because I had to go for a dental examination later in the day, and whether my friend will pass (both him and me) depends on how clean my teeth is. Otherwise it's another visit to his clinic...bother...

It's been an exciting but tiring weekend, staying in church going through training for Spiritual Warfare. I won't say it's a totally mind-blowing experience, but it definitely shook the old thinking that spiritual warfare is all about casting out demons and healing the sick (these are just two areas of spiritual warfare). Every decent Christian should understand what spiritual warfare is about--some of us probably are already engaging in spiritual warfare without knowing that we are!

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 [NIV], emphasis mine)

Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:11-12 [NIV], emphasis mine)

So, we've been engaged in a spiritual war since we became a Christian! So now what? As with any armed forces in the world, you'll need to train your soldiers, equipping them with tools and skills so that they can be more effective in combat, right? This is what the Spiritual Warfare Weekend aims to do: equipping us so that we can be more effective soldiers of Christ!

Who says being a Christian is boring?