Thursday, August 3, 2017

Armor of God: The “Air Power” of Prayer


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, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.” Eph 6:18-19 NKJV 
What if we could go over the head of our enemy and hit him in his rear guard? What if we could rain down power from above to help defeat our determined foe? The Bible doesn’t say this is a “what if”, but it is an absolute certainty. Prayer brings power to bear that strengthens our position and weakens our opponent. Paul specifically mentions two kinds of prayer in concluding the armor of God. Neither of them is gimme, gimme, gimme.
Paul admonishes us to pray for our fellow believers who are facing the attacks of Satan. Those who are sick, hurting, troubled, sorrowful, unemployed or any other crisis need in their life. We are to pray for them. God will pour out His power and strengthen them through our prayers. He can weaken the assaults of Satan as well. The other prayer that Paul told us to use was for those who are at the battle front invading enemy territory to take captivity captive. There are many people who are daily trying to rescue the perishing and they need our prayers to give them success in their warfare. God gave us “Air Power” against our foe. We should be using it in defense of our fellow soldiers and in offense against the enemy who would hold captive lost souls.

Dear Father, Thank You for giving us the powerful weapon of prayer. Help us to be diligent in using it for Your glory. Amen. 


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