Saturday, October 1, 2016

Praying Defensively - RESPOND

Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.  Ephesians 6:10-11

We, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, are equipped with everything needed for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3) but many of us are not ready when the enemy attacks.  
Why is that?  Way too many times we live defeated in one or more areas of our lives.

We have been given all we need to come against the enemy and be victorious!  Do not be fooled into thinking your battle is always with a person or an entity.  
   Ephesians 6:12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Knowing that spiritual warfare is taking place all around us daily, we must "take up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit"  Ephesians 6:16-18

So let's take a stroll and see how we can bring this about in our lives by using a simple acronym; RESPOND.

Resist Escape Search Plead Overtake Name Delight.....

The next few days we will travel the road of developing a battle plan for prayer based upon biblically sound truths so that we can strategically respond to a personal attack of the enemy.

Until tomorrow friends......

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