Prayer Part 9 Warfare

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Today we will discuss Spiritual Warfare. As you might have noticed, many times these types of prayer overlap. We may start out with a Supplication and then learn more of the true will of God on this matter and shift to a more aggressive prayer.

The 7 types of prayer we are covering in this series on prayer

*Communion
•Supplication
•Intercession
•Spiritual Warfare
• Prayer of Agreement
•Watch & Pray
•Prayers of Thanksgiving

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I took this photo yesterday with my Huawei Nova 2i. Taken in the Philippines

When a person becomes a Christ Follower, we have actually enlisted in a conflict with the powers of darkness. The majority of the world does not follow Christ and, just by the large percentage that does not biblically follow Jesus, we are a minority and are going against the flow of the general populace. Jesus believed and battled the hidden world and according to our Text in Eph 6, the Apostle Paul did also.

Some people go overboard with this teaching and see devils every place they turn. I am not one of these people. I am constantly looking for Jesus (seeking first the kingdom) and now and then the enemy needs to be dealt with along the way.

THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

The first thing we notice is we are not fighting flesh and blood. One of the tactics of the enemy is to get us fighting against one another. The other thing we can get from this is the cause of many things that afflict mankind has a spiritual source or cause.

We also notice

  • The enemy throws firey darts at us
  • loins girt about with truth
  • the breastplate of righteousness;
  • And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
  • taking the shield of faith,
  • And take the helmet of salvation,
  • and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

I think it is noteworthy that the first part of the armor is the belt of Truth and the last is the Word of God.

One reason many Christians are fighting a losing battle or are not walking and experiencing the abundant life in Christ is our worship and faith is not based on Truth, but man’s philosophies. The number one defense against the enemy is to know God’s Word for ourselves.

This is God’s Word

Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

When in school I used to wrestle. Wrestling is about being althletic, having perseverance, strategy and had much to do with what you know. For 6 minutes, you are taking all of your strength and all that you know against an opponent and all of his strength and all that he knows.

I think this is why the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Paul to use the word wrestle. It is not like we pull out a gun and deafeat this enemy with one shot. Or like a big knockout punch in a boxing match.

Paul says “We wrestle”.

This opponent has been practicing his wiles, deception and tempting mankind for thousands of years. He is good at the bad that he does! This is why we need this spiritual armor. We need spiritual weapons and the help off the Holy Spirit.
Notice we are to take up! This is meantioned more than one place.
“Take up the helmet”
“Take up the shield”

This is an act of our will! We fight and engage this enemy.

2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

We have spiritual weapons to fight or wrestle a spiritual foe.

Have you ever been sitting with your spouse and everything is fine? You have not had any disagreements and all is well. Then for no visible reason you begin to get on one another’s nerves. From out of nowhere you are irritated with each other and may even say something that you really don’t even mean. This enemy is constantly trying to divide any godly union.

Have you ever been going through your day and out of nowhere, you get this ungodly thought. A thought that really is not normal for you. This is a fiery dart from the enemy. The first battle ground is the mind. The next fiery dart he sends, “You are thinking these awful thoughts and you call yourself a Christian?

Both scenarios is activity from the unseen enemy!

Sometimes all we have to do is recognize the source and our battle is already won. But if we continue and wind up with a verbal battle with our spouse, the enemy just scored 2 points.

Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Thank you for your time!
God bless!
Daddy William
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Amen!

I was reading a spiritual war book, and this is one of the most important quotes when it comes to spiritual warfare ...

Ephesians 6: 14-17

14 Stand, then, with your loins girt about with truth, and clothed with the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. 16 Above all, take the shield of faith, with that you may quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

In this way we are protected against the darts of the enemy, as you exemplify here, he tries to manage the mind, placing thoughts contrary to God and seeks contention and division, among other things.

Amen! Thank you for your comments!

Woww... Wonderful sunset photography...my dear friend 😍

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