Incoming!

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Eph. 6:16
In our struggle we are subject to the flaming arrows of the evil one. Paul does not spell out exactly what these are but the 'verbal volleys' continually fired by the enemy throughout our struggle fits the text, context and and picture well. Mockery, accusation, abuse and innuendo are hurled at Christians in order to throw us into confusion and inflict maximum damage.
For example, Psa. 42:10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
We must meet the assault with unflinching faith if they are to loose their effect .
We take up our shield of faith in the following ways.

1. The Prayer of Faith.
When the apostles were confronted with the threats of the leaders they immediately prayed, "Now Lord consider their threats..." (Acts 4:24 -29)
King Hezekiah took the threatening letter from Sennecherib into the temple, laid it before the Lord and cried out to God. (2 Kings 19:14.)
Rather than buckle, in faith we seek God's strength and intervention.

2. The Mind of Faith.
Satan plays 'mind games." His bark is often worse than his bite, but he wins anyway if he can get us jumping at shadows. Rather than allow your inner world to be thrown into chaos, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus..." (Heb. 12:2) and "in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord." (1Pet. 3:15)
We need to take time to 'collect our thoughts." We can talk things over with others and seek their perspective. We turn to God's word for truth. When we take control of our inner world, our outer world can also fall into line.

3. The Reply of Faith.
Always be ready to 'give a reason for the hope we have (1 Peter 3:15.)
To the question, "Where is your God?" the response is, "Our God is in heaven and he does as he pleases" (Psalm 115:3.)
To the threats of the leaders to stop preaching the response Peter's response was, "We must obey God rather than men!" (Acts 5:29.)
When threatened with fiery furnace we reply? (see Dan.3:18)
In the reply of faith we stand our ground in God's truth and refuse to move.

4. The Perseverance of Faith
Satan's bottom line is always, 'stop following Christ.'
Refusal to do so is a shield of faith by which our determination extinguishes the fiery dart.
"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1Cor. 15:58.)