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Ephesians 6:18 - ALL prayer, ALL perseverance, ALL the saints

Ephesians 6:18 --

A wide variety of persons are called upon to provide an understanding of what the Bible means when it calls upon Christians (the church!) to pray, "at ALL times with ALL prayer and petition in the Spirit, and to this end, being on the alert with ALL perseverance and petition for ALL the saints,"  (Legacy Standard Bible)

Ephesians 6:18 - PRAYING "at all times"

Ephesians 6:18, "praying at all times in the Spirit"

What does "at all times" look like ?
What does "in the Spirit" mean?

Advancing Peace in the Political Arena! (Guest: Curt Fleck)

Curt Fleck is the Executive Director of CIVIL SERVANT MINISTRY -- a ministry devoted to sharing the God's Word and the Gospel with those involved in politics in Springfield and Illinois.

Habakkuk! (Faith Under Fire) - Guest: Shaun Lewis

Ephesians 6:18 / Praying! (in the Spirit) - part 1

John Burton (1803-1877) English children's hymnwriter, I OFTEN SAY MY PRAYERS

1 I often say my prayers; But do I ever pray?
And do the wishes of my heart Go with the words I say?

2 I may as well kneel down, And worship gods of stone,
As offer to the living God, A prayer of words alone.

3 For words without the heart, The Lord will never hear;
Nor will He to those lips attend, Whose prayers are not sincere.

4 Lord, show me what I need, And teach me how to pray;
Nor let me ask Thee for Thy grace, Not feeling what I say.

Ephesians 6:17b - The Sword of the Spirit!

Ephesians 6:17b,

Besides discovering how well the LEGACY STANDARD BIBLE translated the entire passage on the Church's armor, probably the most interesting discovery was the realization the Church/Christians are told to "receive," rather than "pick up" the "sword of the Spirit" !

Ephesians 6:17 - Helmet of Salvation!

Ephesians 6:16-17

We initially take care of a few unfinished details concerning the "shield of faith" -- Did Jesus have faith?  Next we spend a good amount of time considering what it means to "receive" the "helmet (or hope) of salvation".

Ephesians 6:16 - Shield of Faith!

Ephesians 6:16 -  The Interpreter's Bible Exposition Commentary (1953) aptly recognizes: "Orthodox Christianity is right in its bold assertion that the root of sin is not weakness but unbelief.  Faith is the only real cure.  The Reformers were right also in confronting all works-religion with a return to the good news of "justification by faith."  Rehearsal of the great Reformation argument cannot be attempted here. The relevance of the concept, even in its most general form, to the problem of Christian ethics cries out for rediscovery.  The deeper problem raised by human sinfulness is not the what, but the why."

Ephesians 6:15 - Readiness to stand!

Ephesians 6:15 - The popular opinion is that Paul is calling for the Church/Christians to be ready to share with others the Gospel.  But I think the context favors the understanding Paul is reminding the Church/Christians of its own need of readiness to stand firmly in "the gospel of peace" ?

Ephesians 6:13-14 - Belt of truth, Breastplate of righteousness

Ephesians 6:13-14

We finally begin to consider the armor that Paul tells the church to "put on".  We begin with some general (but important) observations regarding the armor.  We end with "the belt of truth" and the "breastplate of righteousness".