Putting on The Armor of God is not something we do by simply quoting from Ephesians 6. Each piece of armor represents a spiritual truth that we must put into practice through faith. Dr. Evans gives us the starting point as he discusses the importance of prayer for victory in spiritual warfare. Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, and author of over 100 books, booklets & Bible studies. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on more than 1,300 US outlets daily and in more than 130 countries.
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the natural question is how you put on
these six pieces of armor that that that
God has given the Christian to fight
spiritual warfare to be victorious in
spiritual warfare well God has a
one-stop shop for getting dressed for
dressing for spiritual success and that
is prayer Paul says in chapter 6 verse
18 of Ephesians that in all things with
all prayer for all the Saints all the
time you are to engage in spiritual
warfare
so you put them on in prayer you put on
the the belt of truth by declaring in
prayer to God that you believe what he
says you put on the belt of
righteousness by acting based on what
God has said and declaring to God I want
to please you in this matter you put on
the shoes of the gospel of peace when
you say God confirm this situation in my
life by giving me peace will cause so
much discomfort that I know I shouldn’t
move forward you put on the shield of
faith by acting like God is telling the
truth and asking God to support you in
your actions particularly if those steps
are difficult to take you put on the
helmet of salvation in prayer when you
ask God to clear your mind of anything
that would distract you from operating
with his perspective in your thinking
then you put on the word of god when you
quote scripture and ask God to show you
the right scriptures to use bring prayer
in and you’re dressed for success
because prayer is God’s means of
communicating from heaven to earth so
that eternity interest time when you’re
under spiritual attack so the devil has
no option
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