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Foxhole Praying
Ephesians 6:16-17
Review/Preview
• Our final call to arms: Stand Fast in God’s Power
through Prayer.
• So far, we’ve covered our command and God’s
armor, which has 6 specific pieces.
• Now, we move forward to Paul’s focus on prayer
• Four Watchwords: Militant, Personal, Perpetual,
and Manifold.
Militant
• The words “praying” and “keep alert” are the same
verb form – a present participle.
• Participles modify main verbs, in this case, we have
two choices: “Stand” from verse 14 and “Receive” in
verse 17.
In my opinion, these participles modify both
– they’re the chief means by which we get our ability
to stand in the evil day and to receive God’s armor.
• The standing man is a praying man.
The well-armored
woman is a praying woman.
Personal
• The participles we previous discussed (praying
and keeping alert) emphasize the individual’s
role – praying yourselves and keeping alert
yourselves.
• Paul does not say “let us,” but rather, “you all
yourselves receive the sword praying yourselves
and keeping yourselves alert.”
• We cannot coast off the prayer life of another or
rely solely on corporate prayer but must devote
ourselves individually to it.
Perpetual
• The most striking feature of verse 18 is the four
categorical statements: all times, all prayer, all
perseverance; all the saints.
• The present participles imply ongoing, perpetual
prayer.
• By using the verb “keeping alert,” Paul is almost
certainly using Christ’s admonition to watch for
nobody knows the hour of ultimate judgement
(Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32;
Manifold
• Paul emphasizes a prayer variety: prayer, supplication,
keeping alert, vigilance, prayer for the saints.
• Types of Biblical Prayer
1. Praise – Psalm 32, 95, 100
2. Personal Confession – Psalm 51
3. National Confession – Nehemiah 1
4. Reasoning with the Almighty – Genesis 18:23-25
5. Imprecatory Prayer – Genesis 69, 109
6. Complaints – Psalm 102, 142
7. Bare Personal Assessment – Psalm 42; Daniel 9:18
8. Missions – Psalm 67:4; Matthew 9:38
9. Personal Needs – Luke 11:1-12
Applications
• On a church-wide level, we are going to make a
pretty firm application for 2023 – Prayer built into
our devotional guide
• On a personal level:
1.
What not to do – allow past failures discourage the
present; think inside the box; go for too much
2. What to do – define prayer more correctly (as a
conversation rather than a monologue); approach
God as you would want your child to approach you –
respectful, but familiar; as you engage God in
prayer, envision the scenes God describes and revel
in the privilege of it.
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