Our Armor For Warfare!
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the
saints—and
for me."
Ephesians 6: 18-19
Apostle Paul’s description of the Christian’s
spiritual armor is beautifully crafted. But
he
concludes his description of the armor with an
admonition which has nothing to do with the
soldier’s armor for warfare:
prayer.
But even though prayer is not something we
“put on,” we get Paul’s sense—that prayer is
the key to being “strong in the Lord and in
the power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10).
Because spiritual warfare occurs in every
area of life, Paul writes that we are to pray
“on all occasions with all kinds of prayers
and requests” (Ephesians 6:18).
And pray for “all the saints.” We can pray that
God’s people everywhere put on the armor of
God and stand strong in the Lord—especially
those, like Paul, who are called to spread
the
Gospel to those who haven’t heard it.
When you pray for your own needs,
pray also for God’s people everywhere
to stand strong and spread the Gospel.
"Faith cannot grow
outside
the environment of prayer."
J. C. P. Cockerton
