2. Battling Spiritually and Clashing with the Unseen Ephesians 6:10-18
John Calvin in his journaling of the Institutes says that if we do not pray, we are like a person who neglects a treasure, buried and hidden in the earth, after it has been pointed out to us.
It’s so easy and typical to get hobbled and stagger by all the mysteries of prayer. Before we realize it our scheduled times of communion are stifled. Then our voice becomes muffled as we asphyxiated where they’re our little to no expressions to our source of power over problems. We must cry out in continual dependence on the Lord as He’s asked us too.
I’m going to jump ahead in Ephesians to the 6th Chapter verses 10-18.
I’ll begin by presenting a prayer outline of the section as an overview and then hope to break it down a piece at a time in a scrutiny of personal inspection and breakdown analysis.
Ephesians 6:10-18 Be Invincible In Battle
Establish Strength in Christ to Overcome All
ENLIGHTEN US TO
MANAGE OUR ADORNMENT
MEASURE OUR ADVERSARY
MANEUVER OUR ARENA
MAKE USE OF OUR ARMOR
MANAGE OUR ADORNMENT
Our Preparation
Be a Finisher Finally
Enable us to finished the course to keep the faith To finish the work which you have given us to do
Be a Family my brethren
Give us authentic spiritual connections that are supplied experientially by genuine energy in Christ’s life
Be a Fighter be strong
In conclusion be strong, not in yourselves but in the Lord, & in the power of his boundless resource
Our Attire Christ’s Strength be strong
Be of good courage…he’ll strengthen your hearts
Ps31:24 Develop in us courage to wait in prayer for heart strengthening , Help us to Find our capacity in Christ, to be enabled with His endowment & advantaged with His ability
Courage
Dismantle the desperation of despairing in discouragement
Our Approval Christ’s Life in the Lord
The Lord is our strength in time of trouble Ps.37:39 Inspire us in impossible odds through incredible options
Our Ability Christ’s Energy in the power
O Lord my strength & my refuge & my fortress in the day of affliction Jeremiah 16:19
I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me Phil. 4:13
Our Ascendancy Christ’s Capability of his might
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you Ps.84:5
The joy of the Lord is our strength Neh. 8:10
Our Protection
Put on God‘s complete armor so that you can successfully resist all the devil’s methods of attack.
Be a Force
Our Array Christ’s Clothing Put on
Awake, awake put on your strength put on your beautiful garment Isa.52:1
Envelop us in the enhancements of Your fashionable garb
Robe us in Your elegance of strength and enable us In our weakness to consistently depend on You our defender. Grace in each of our disadvantages
Give creativity in our unfavorable circumstances
Our Armor Christ’s Completion the whole armor
It is God that girds me with strength & makes my way perfect Ps.18:32
Our Almighty Is Christ of God
He’ll shepherd His flock in the strength of the Lord Mic. 5:2
You are our life, light, love and our Lord
Our Attitude Christ’s Courage that ye may be able
Intrigue us with Your ability through us to accomplish all things
Our Aggression Christ’s Conflict stand against
Dispatch us to enter in fully to the spiritual conflict in Christ
MEASURE Our Adversary v 11-12
Satan Is a Defeated Foe
Guide our faith in how all that was against us is null and void
Satan Is a Destructive Force
Keep us from drooping to the disparaging pummeling of the evil one
He’s a Twisted & Devious Schemer the wiles
Give us discretionary shrewdness to isolate every cunning trick
He’s a Tricky Diabolical Slanderer of the devil
Develop our discernment in the evasive deceptions of all that is around us
Satan Is a Decided Fact
For our fight is not against any physical enemy:
He Tussles
In this vigorous struggle guide our every move to productivity
He’s Temperamental
In the face of a variety of mood changes in others train us to be correct & compelling
We Struggle and Not Against People For we wrestle not against flesh
Inspire us with intensity to grapple effectively & keep us from being thrown to the ground
Decipher for us the demonic impulsion behind the human oppositions we face
We Speculate and Stare
People are pawns and blood,
Guide our view beyond the person to prayerful discovery of the root cause of each opposition & adversarial imposition
Satan Is a Dominating Facilitator
it is against organizations & powers that are spiritual
Principle Botching Controlling Power but against principalities
Pick out to us the contrast of Your design principles & the notable difference of all that’s demonically destructive that botches Your truth
Political Binding Constitutional Power against powers,
Uncover the lurid unscrupulous decline in political positioning & the Satanic backing of constitutional adjusting
We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world, and spiritual agents from the very headquarters of evil
Philosophical Blinding Cosmic Power
against the rulers of the darkness of this world
Alert our realization to recognize real conspiracy & the cosmic debauching power that’s plotting & conspiring underneath it
Perversity Bondage Corrupting Power against spiritual wickedness
Disclose every twist & warp against Your truth and light
Posture Bearing Challenging Positions in high places
Define to us that no matter how promoted & high in position another may be in, that we can cast all in prayer to your hands in the face of every challenge
MANEUVER OUR ARENA v. 12
We Grapple With Satan and His:
Capable Deceivers Strategic against principalities
Enhance our capability to rely on You for comprehension superior to those who deceive
Countless Demons Supernatural against powers
Enable us to rest in Your infinite power which is greater then every demonic power that is arrayed against us
Crowned Dignities Sinister against the rulers of the darkness of this world
Uncover to our clear view the maneuvering & manipulating that’s taking place under the supervision of the rulers of the darkness of this present world system
Conquering Deputies Spiritual against spiritual wickedness in high places
Describe precisely the spiritual twisting that pervades with crisis influence even in the spiritual realm of our fellowships from their positions in high places causing havoc in our religious domains.
MAKE USE OF OUR ARMOR v.13-17
Therefore you must wear the whole armor of God that you may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when you have fought to a standstill you may still stand your ground.
A Demand that’s Inclusive Wherefore take unto you
Place in our grasp the faith to reach out to You for every defensive & offensive weapon at our disposal for Your glory, honor & will to be done
A Defense that’s Impregnable
Show us how it’s impossible for us to be broken down or exploited as we place our all into Your faithful hands & loving heart
All Embracing the whole armor of God
Detail in our consciousness each piece of armor & how it’s all from You
All Enabling that ye may be able
Employ in us a meticulous attentiveness to our abilities in the Lord & Your activities in & through us.
All Enduring to withstand in the evil day
Relay resistance to persist undamaged & unaffected in the evil day that hems every step
All Encompassing and having done all, to stand Deliver us from
insufficiency by depending on Your sufficiency in every detail & duty
Take your stand then with truth as your belt, righteousness your breastplate and we take in our hand the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God.
A Decision that’s Insistent Stand therefore
Show us our area of least resistance where the forces of darkness seek an invasion & enable us to stand in the liberty you have provided for us by Your Spirit.
Procreative Power A Surrounding Reality having your loins girt
about with truth
Deepen our comprehension & penetration into Your word
Guide us in engrafting key sections of biblical truth in our life
Garrison our heart & gird our inner being in Your principles
Participating Power A Sensed Righteousness
Righteousness Revealed and having
Reveal Your righteousness to us & in us
Righteousness Required on
Stabilize us to depend on Your Spirits filling to produce spiritual fruit in righteous character
Righteousness Received the breastplate
Keep our heart with all diligence by the breastplate of right
Righteousness Reproduced of righteousness
Produce in us continuously the character of Christ
The Gospel of peace firmly on your feet, salvation as your helmet and in your hand the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God
Practiced Power A Stable Route And your feet shod
Develop in our every movement to walk as Jesus walked in a life style of love, compassion & prayerful dependent humility
Personal Power A Studied Routine with the preparation
Prepare our every moment in motivated prayer meditation
Peaceable Power A Serene Reason of the gospel of peace
Teach our tongue in the art of peacemaking through the serene communication of Your life giving truth
Primary Power A Shield of Reliance Above all taking the shield of faith
Surround our inner person with growth in the shielding faith of complete trust in You
Poised Power A Security of Resistance wherewith
Against Slanderous Remarks ye shall be able to quench
Develop resilience in us to stand tall under slander
Against Scorching Rage all the fiery darts
Extinguish every flaming dart with spiritual refreshing in truth
Against Slurring Results of the wicked
Take every slurring word & gesture formed against us, and change it into a blessing
Above all be sure you take faith as your shield, for it can quench every burning missile the enemy hurls at you.
Perspective Power of Solution Resolution
Reveal to us every prospect of Your power availability to us
A Scholarly Rationality Our Intellect
Incline us to draw on Your power in the rational processing of every thought & give us a scholars grasp of Your word
Stable and Liberated of a Wise-man And take the helmet of salvation
Protect our mind from incorrect logic & guide us into delivery
A Specific Relay Our Interaction
Thank you Jesus for combating the Devil with simple phrases of the word. Show how our life depends on words that come from You.
Sharp and Lunging of a Warrior and the sword of the Spirit
Teach us to be incisive & specific with Your principles of truth
Train us in the penetrating power of the rhemas of Spirit words
Show us our dependence on Spirit intervention for renewal, restoration & sustaining results in life
Instruct us to never be ashamed of the good words of deliverance that are the power of God to work salvation to those who receive it.
Our Instruction is Specific & Sovereign which is the word of God
Demonstrate that by Your word all things we’re created & that things continue in dependence on Your word Ps 33:6; 147:15
Our Intervention is Steady & Regular Praying always
Men ought always to pray and not faint Lk.18:1
Pray with every kind of spiritual prayer Be worried about nothing but in everything by
prayer Phil. 4:6
Our Intercession is Supportive & Relentless with all prayer
Help us to continue in prayer & To devote ourselves to prayer. Col. 4:2
Requests and supplication in the Spirit
Develop us in expressing constant endlessness in prayer
With an earnest in prayer an exact entreaty in prayer & an empathy in prayer for others.
Results and watching there unto
Advance us to be expectant watchmen for Spiritual solutions
Resolve with all perseverance (keep alert & persistent)
Make us steadfast despite difficulty or delay (pray for everyone)
Recordable and supplication for all saints
Generate an attitude of imploring desperation for You & burden us with supplicating passionate prayer for others
Expedite Oh Lord their every action that all activity would be according to Your will
Encourage their feet to move swiftly in Your ways
Establish the order of their hearts to find their complete joy & strength in You
Engorge with spiritual wisdom to discern You
Enthuse them in scripture meditation…
Elicit Escape from fleshly danger
Enable in wisdom not foolishness
Empower by your Spirit to stand in the gap
Embolden them to pump the Iron of Prayer
Enlighten in mutual submission rather than serving independence
Train to Walk Worthy Of Your Calling
Teach to Walk In Humility not in Pride
Tutor to Walk In Unity Not in Division
Touch With Light to avoid Dark
Triumph a Walk in The New not the old self
Temper To Walk In Love avoiding Lust…
Tame In The Fullness Of Your Spirit Rather Than The Folly Of The Drunkenness Of Wine
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