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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