THE WEAPON OF PRAYER (24 OF 27)
Scripture: Ephesians 6:18-20
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The Weapon of Prayer (24 of 27)
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 6:18-20
CIT - Paul encourages the Ephesian believers to pray vigilantly for opportunities for him to effectively share the Gospel.
Proposition - Christians today must be vigilant in prayer if they are to victorious in spiritual warfare.
Purpose - I want to deepen my congregation’s understanding of prayer and their commitment to prayer.
Prayer is the energy that enables the warrior to wear the armor and to wield its sword. The old hymn tells us to take up the Gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer.
Those who would engage in spiritual warfare must engage in prayer. The Christian soldier fights on his knees!
AS Edward Payson said: ‘‘Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, the third necessary to minister. Pray, therefore, my dear brother. Pray, pray, pray!
So powerful is prayer in spiritual conflict that many commentators consider prayer the second weapon that the Christian has at his disposal.
John Bunyan called this weapon ‘‘All Prayer.’’
Prayer is our nuclear bomb. Going onto the field of battle without it is like going onto the battlefield without your most effective weapon or running on the field without your star player
.
A) PRAY CONSTANTLY - Praying always is to live in a continual God consciousness, where everything we see and experience becomes a kind of prayer. McArthur
Charles Stanley explains it as ‘‘a way of seeing life through God’s filter - we see situations through God’s eyes and always see Him in relationship to us. Stanley
1) Continual prayer grows out of set times of prayer.
2) There are times when God burdens us with an intense sense of need.
3) When we are tempted - we pray.
When we see something good - we thank God for it.
When we see evil - we pray against it.
When we come across a lost person - we pray for them.
B) PRAY DEPENDENTLY - ‘‘In the Spirit.’’ This means to pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It me ...
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 6:18-20
CIT - Paul encourages the Ephesian believers to pray vigilantly for opportunities for him to effectively share the Gospel.
Proposition - Christians today must be vigilant in prayer if they are to victorious in spiritual warfare.
Purpose - I want to deepen my congregation’s understanding of prayer and their commitment to prayer.
Prayer is the energy that enables the warrior to wear the armor and to wield its sword. The old hymn tells us to take up the Gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer.
Those who would engage in spiritual warfare must engage in prayer. The Christian soldier fights on his knees!
AS Edward Payson said: ‘‘Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, the third necessary to minister. Pray, therefore, my dear brother. Pray, pray, pray!
So powerful is prayer in spiritual conflict that many commentators consider prayer the second weapon that the Christian has at his disposal.
John Bunyan called this weapon ‘‘All Prayer.’’
Prayer is our nuclear bomb. Going onto the field of battle without it is like going onto the battlefield without your most effective weapon or running on the field without your star player
.
A) PRAY CONSTANTLY - Praying always is to live in a continual God consciousness, where everything we see and experience becomes a kind of prayer. McArthur
Charles Stanley explains it as ‘‘a way of seeing life through God’s filter - we see situations through God’s eyes and always see Him in relationship to us. Stanley
1) Continual prayer grows out of set times of prayer.
2) There are times when God burdens us with an intense sense of need.
3) When we are tempted - we pray.
When we see something good - we thank God for it.
When we see evil - we pray against it.
When we come across a lost person - we pray for them.
B) PRAY DEPENDENTLY - ‘‘In the Spirit.’’ This means to pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It me ...
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