Title: Pray / Ephesians 6:18-20
Content Ephesians 6:18-20
Title Pray
Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and supplication, praying always in the Holy Spirit,
Watching for your sake, always striving to ask, asking for the sake of the saints,
Ephesians 6:19 And ask for me, that I may open my mouth,
Let me boldly reveal the mystery of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:20 It is through me that I have become an ambassador in chains for this purpose.
so that we may be bold in what we should say in our affairs.
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1. Pray and make supplications.
Prayer is the prayer we pray universally. It is a general prayer.
Not a formal prayer, but a sincere prayer, a prayer without hypocrisy
Go into the closet and pray to God who is in secret
Prayer without babbling like a Gentile
It refers to the same prayer that the Lord taught.
Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like hypocrites, for they
Standing in the synagogues and at the entrances of the main streets to pray
Yes, I tell you the truth, they do not give their reward.
already got it
Matthew 6:6 When you pray, go into your closet, shut the door, and
Pray to your Father, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble like the Gentiles, for they
I think you have to do a lot to hear it.
Matthew 6:8 Therefore, do not imitate them, as you must have before asking
that God your Father knows
Matthew 6:9 Therefore pray this way, our Father who art in heaven
Hallowed be your name
Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:11 Give us today our daily bread
Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Matthew 6:13 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
(Your kingdom and power and glory are forever. Amen.)
supplication ( δέησις deesis) ; It can be called earnestly asking, a prayer of earnestly petitioning God, and a prayer of supplication.
For example, the prayer Hannah prayed for a son is a prayer of supplication.
1 Samuel 1:10 Hannah was troubled, and she prayed to the LORD and wept,
1 Samuel 1:11 He made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if you will look on your maidservant's affliction and remember me and not forget your maidservant and give him a son, then I will bring him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head.
1 Samuel 1:12 And while he was praying long before the LORD, Eli looked at his mouth,
1 Samuel 1:13 Hannah spoke to herself, but only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard.
Eli thought he was drunk.
After the resurrected Lord ascended to heaven, the disciples, women, and Jesus' mother and brothers waited for the Lord's promise.
Acts 1:14 with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and the brothers of Jesus
Together, we devoted ourselves to prayer
The writer of Hebrews refers to the prayer of preparation that the Lord prayed before death as the prayer of supplication.
Hebrews 5:7 And while he was in the flesh he offered up supplications and supplications with intense cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
2. How should we pray and supplicate?
1) Pray continuously in the Holy Spirit.
Mushiro (καιρός Kairos); It is a word used in the sense of a season, period, or time.
Whether the season of our faith is the spring when flowers bloom, the hot summer, the autumn of harvesting many fruits, or the cold winter, we pray in the Holy Spirit.
Whether you encounter a time of tribulation, a time of hardship, or a time of happiness, pray in the Holy Spirit.
It is to pray in the Holy Spirit in the bright morning of faith and in the dark night.
We should pray even in the beautiful season of faith, but when we really need our prayers, it is when winter comes to our faith life, when times of trial come, and when dark nights come.
Often times, believers fail to pray when winter comes and darkness comes in their Christian life because they do not pray.
However, the victorious spiritual soldier not only equips himself with the full armor of God, but also prepares through prayer in any situation to win with the power of God.
Prayer saints are not conceited even when the flower of their religious life blooms.
// Even if it bears a lot of fruit, it is not arrogant.
// Don't be discouraged even when winter comes.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing to pray constantly and constantly at all times.
Pray unconditionally, but pray in the Holy Spirit. The word to pray in the Holy Spirit is to cast away evil thoughts, repent of our sins, and put away our human desires and greed and pray. Let go of self-interest
I tell you to pray for the kingdom of God and his righteousness with a pure heart.
James 4:2 You desire, but do not obtain; you murder, and you envy, and are able
You cannot have it; you quarrel and fight; you do not have it.
I do not seek
James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask erroneously to spend it on your lusts.
Do you want to receive answers to your prayers?
Do you want to win the spiritual warfare?
Please pray continuously in the Holy Spirit.
2. Always be awake and pray hard.
awake (αγρυπνέω); come to your senses don't be vigilant pay attention
Spiritual soldiers must be alert at all times. If you are vigilant, you will face a critical point. You have to be paying attention.
Whether Satan is using any tactics or whether the enemy is coming in. Just like a watchman is using a sentry, keep awake and pray.
Before Jesus died, he went to the last Garden of Gaesemane to pray, saw Peter, James, and John, and said, “Watch with me.” He prayed. When I arrived, I saw that he was sleeping.
Are you sleeping, Simon, looking at Peter? Couldn't you stay awake for an hour? He told him to pray so that he would not fall into temptation, but they fell asleep again.
If you have to be alert and pray, but you do not pray and are vigilant, you will not be able to win the spiritual warfare.
He tells us to stay awake and pray always, but to work hard
work hard ( προσκαρτερησις); perseverance, perseverance, perseverance
It is prayer that we keep awake and pray to keep the whole armor of God wounded in spiritual warfare and close it so that it does not rust.
If you don't watch and pray, one side will collapse and you won't even know it's open.
Those of you who have been farming know the blacksmith.
A cast iron hoe or hoe Where do you take it when you use it and wipe it off at the market? - Forge
There are many stainless steel knives these days, but a good knife is a cast iron knife. If the blade gets dirty, grind it on a stone, and if it doesn't work, take it to the smithy.
Do you know what it is to sharpen the sword of the Holy Spirit, the only offensive weapon?
Do you know what makes the word of God given to us a sharp weapon to defeat the adversary Satan?
Our spiritual weapons are renewed in the smithy of prayer that perseveres and perseveres, just as a pile of knives is heated in a hot furnace and beaten with a hammer to make many sharp new knives.
Do you not want the sword of the Word to be renewed every day?
Do you want the sword of my Word to be sharp and pointed enough to pierce the heart of an enemy?
Do you want to see our enemies kneel before the sword of the Word?
In the smithy of continuous prayer, our spiritual weapons are renewed every day.
3. Pray intercession for the saints. - For many saints
Whenever Paul prayed, he offered an intercessory prayer for the saints.
Although he suffered hardship and was in an uncomfortable situation in prison, he could see that he always prayed for the saints.
Ephesians 1; 15-16 “When I heard your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I did not cease to watch over you because I spoke of you in my prayers.”
Philippians 1:3 I give thanks to my God whenever I think of you.
Philippians 1:4 In every supplication I always make supplications for all of you with joy,
Colossians 1:3 Whenever we pray for you, God, our Lord Jesus
I thank the Father of Christ
Jesus said not only to pray for the saints, but also to pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:43 And you have heard that it is said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemies."
Matthew 5:44 I say to you, love your enemies and those who persecute you
pray for one
Matthew 5:45 In this way you will be sons of your Father who is in heaven,
God makes his sun shine on the wicked and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous
It comes down on the unrighteous and on the unrighteous.
Luke 6:28 Bless those who curse you and pray for those who insult you.
He tells us to pray for intercession, but to pray for their needs.
The one whom I pray for intercession is to pray for what you need.
For the members of the faith, for the territory, for the church, for the nation...
Matthew 10:12 And as you enter the house, pray for peace
Matthew 10:13 If the house is worthy of it, then your empty peace will come to it.
If it is not worthy, the peace will return to you.
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