26 Dec OMMA Apologetic (10 of 14)
TEN (10 of 14): A clear distinctive of any martial arts program is the concept of the WARRIOR SPIRIT and its development in each student.
Our Mission at On Mission Martial Arts is:
“TO CHANGE LIVES FOR GOD’S GLORY, USING CHRIST-CENTERED MARTIAL ARTS.”
This series of 14 blog posts seeks to define what we mean by glorifying God and what that looks like in our lives as a follower of Christ and what it looks like in the activities we participate in within our OMMA community.
Thanks for reading!
Marco
TEN (10 of 14): A clear distinctive of any martial arts program is the concept of the WARRIOR SPIRIT and its development in each student.
Training as a Warrior includes Offensive techniques, Defensive or guarding techniques and the Character Attributes and Mindset required of a Warrior.
A part of this is training the Warrior to be increasingly AWARE of the battles to be fought, EQUIPPED to fight them and willing to be ENGAGED in the battles as they are called to fight by his or her Leader.
As followers of our Master, Jesus Christ, we are also to be AWARE of the spiritual battles that are raging around us and within us, EQUIPPED with the “weapons of our warfare” that God has provided for us and a willingness to be obedient to our Leader and ENGAGE in the battle as the Holy Spirit directs us!
At OMMA, we seek to use the martial arts training as a “picture” of what is also occurring in the spiritual realm and how the Mindset we develop as a martial artist can be valuable tool in the Mindset we must have to “fight the good fight of faith.”
To read our 12 post series on how we define an “On Mission Warrior” at OMMA, click the link below:
https://onmissionmartialarts.com/on-mission-warrior-1-of-12/
“Therefore let him who thinks he stands, take heed that he does not fall.”
– 1 Corinthians 10:12
“Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”
– 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”
– 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
“This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.”
– 1 Timothy 1:18-19
“Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”
– 1 Timothy 6:12
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
– 2 Timothy 4:7-8
Keep Fighting the Good Fight!
Blessings,
Marco
OMMA Founder/Senior Instructor
Yondan – 4th Degree Black Belt
Listen to an audio version of The Christian Warrior by Puritan Isaac Ambrose:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuyNcUMR-Y
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