Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
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Camp Wisdom and Polk. Um this is home. I invite your attention to second Samuel chapter nine verses one through eight. Uh 2 Samuel chapter 9, I'll read for you here in verses 1 through 8. And honor and respect to that 50th birthday. You know, somehow as you get older, the Bible print gets smaller. I don't know if that happened to some of y'all. 2 Samuel 9, verses 1 through 8, and as much as we thank and bring you greetings on behalf of the Wilson household and my mama, and then Wilson's back in Washington, D.C., also on behalf of the Children's Defense Fund, those who serve, advocate for children across this nation, including our dear sister, Dr. Brandy Taylor-Dade, our state director here in Texas, who is here up front. So thank you all for your kindness. And the New Revised Standard Version of the text reads this way on 2 Samuel 9, verses 1 through 8. David asks, is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan's sake? …
… which is the Word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. I love and I want to center in on verse 16. Above all, above all, taking the shield of faith, the truth is it is essential for us to have faith in God. Faith is the currency that heaven trades in. If you get anything from God, you give God faith, and He, in return to your faith, saves you. And every other promise in the Scripture is unattainable without faith. The Scripture lets us know the importance of having the shield of faith as it is underlined above all. you've got all these weapons to fight and win with. But above all, if you lose the shield of faith, none of the weapons will work. If you begin to let fear take over instead of faith, if you drop your faith, then the other things not mixed with faith are not productive. …
… Today is the final installment, finally, of this series on spiritual warfare. We've gone through Ephesians chapter 6, verses 10 through 20, and we've been looking at these. weapons, this armor that Paul tells the church in Ephesus to have. We have put on, looked at each one of these weapons, each one of these, this armor. Finally, my brethren, verse 10. Verse 10, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole arm of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand. Stand therefore, verse 14, having girded your waist with truth. Somebody say truth, truth, truth. Having put on the breastplate of righteousness. …
… Paul closes this epistle with final words starting in verse 18, Ephesians 6, 18 through Verse 24, with all prayer and petition, pray at all times. In the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. And pray on my behalf that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak, but that you also may know about my circumstances how I am doing. Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. I have sent Him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, that He may comfort your hearts. Peace be to the brethren in love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. …
… I was asked to speak on Ephesians chapter 6 verse 18 specifically and let me just read it it says praying at all times in the spirit with all prayer and supplication to that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints. before I talk about praying at all times in the spirit, I want us to look at the end of that verse, where it says to that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. Okay, that part's easy to understand. Okay, praying in the spirit, we may have different understandings of what that means, and we'll get to that later, but let's just look at what we should be doing that I think we all can read and go, yeah, that's what it says. It says, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. Keep alert, have your mind alert, persevere in this, in what? In your prayers, in your supplication for all the saints. I believe the Lord gave me this passage to preach. I was assigned this because I haven't been great at this. …