Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Red Marlow singing I Pray … poignantly singing of how, when we’re on the battlefield of life’s trials, the best battle strategy is prayer.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 6:18 [ESV] ... 18 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,
… Paul, after showing us our weapons for warfare, explains that the most effective battle strategy against our spiritual enemies is prayer.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 6:10-20 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… God, thru Paul, explains how to do battle daily in the spiritual warfare we call life.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 107:28 [ESV] … 28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
… When we encounter the trials and storms of life, the place to go is prayer.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 7:7, 21:22 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus commands His disciples to use prayer, asking Him in faith for what we need.
Reference Passage : … Mark 9:25-29 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows His disciples that prayer often is the only battle strategy for life.
Reference Passage : … James 5:13-16 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru James, exhorts those who know of fellow Christians in suffering and sickness to bring them forward to the Elders for the prayer of healing in faith.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Xochitl Dixson, uses a story of the faith of a young girl who recognized the need for prayer. … The ODB author wrote: I pulled into my driveway, waving at my neighbor Myriam and her little girl Elizabeth. Over the years, Elizabeth had grown accustomed to our spontaneous chats lasting longer than the promised “few minutes” and morphing into prayer meetings. She climbed the tree planted in the center of their front yard, dangled her legs over a branch, and busied herself while her mother and I spoke. After a while, Elizabeth hopped down from her roost and ran to where we stood. Grabbing our hands, she smiled and almost sang, “It’s time to pray . . . again.” Even at an early age, Elizabeth seemed to understand how important prayer was in our friendship.
In my ministry life (USE THIS LINK) we deal with the front lines of spiritual warfare; and we often refer to the highlight passage from ODB today, where Paul taught fellow Christians how to do battle with the full armor of God, the Sword of the Spirit, … and, emphasizing that our strongest battle strategy is taking with high ground by the power of prayer.
And now that we’re all embroiled in this Coronavirus warfare, we ALL need to join in the battle strategy which Red Marlow sings about and the Reference Scriptures call for above; … and that is the power we have, even from the promise of Jesus Himself [see the Matthew passages], to pray for relief and victory from the power we receive when we pray to our Lord.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us the battle strategy of prayer in this warfare of disease in which we find ourselves.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me to pray diligently and daily for God to bring healing to our world. Amen
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