This Sunday we finish “The Warrior,” our series on spiritual warfare. I will be speaking about prayer, which Ephesians 6:18-20 teaches us is essential in fighting our battles.
In his chapter on Prayer and Faith, E.M. Bounds in “The Necessity of Prayer” encourages us to persevere in prayer when times get tough. I read this tonight:
“There is bound to be much delay and long days of waiting for true faith, but faith accepts the conditions — knows there will be delays in answering prayer, and regards such delays as times of testing, in the which, it is privileged to show its mettle, and the stern stuff of which it is made.”
In a teaching that I heard Pastor Chuck give on prayer, he said something that I have never forgotten: “Prayer is the deciding factor in spiritual warfare.”
Lord, teach us to pray!
