This is a “woman’s” devotional, but what can I say I’ve even read The Power Of A Praying Wife. And when it comes to spiritual warfare there is just one type of person in my eyes. A child of God who needs a better grasp on it!
Here is Priscilla’s devotional:
The most troubling things in your life—things you perceive with your five physical senses—are not your real issue. Everything that occurs in the visible, physical world is directly connected to the wrestling match being waged in the invisible, spiritual world. Your real enemy—the devil—wants you to ignore the spiritual reality behind the physical one. Because as long as you’re focused on what you can see with your physical eyes, he can continue to run rampant underneath the surface. The more you disregard him, the more damage he is free to do. The enemy may be invisible, but he is not fictional. He is very real, and very persistent, waging war against us constantly.
Being a believer doesn’t give you immunity from the assaults of the enemy, but it does give you access to the power of the Father—His power to defend you as well as reverse what’s been done to you. If you want to win the fight—if you want to join me in flipping the script, pinning down the enemy, and crippling his impact in your life—the key is realizing you’re connected to more spiritual brawn than is coming against you.
Paul wrote Ephesians not only to draw attention to the spiritual battle that exists in the invisible, unseen realm, but largely for the purpose of unveiling the strength inherent in every person who is in relationship with God through Christ. In Ephesians, Paul highlights one of the most important yet overlooked aspects of our spiritual armor: prayer.
Paul deemed prayer so critical in gaining victory over Satan’s power in our lives that, as one scholar observed, “Ephesians has proportionately more than 55% as many verses directly related to prayer” as Romans, Paul’s longest letter.1 He even burst right out praying several times while he was writing. And when he prays … man, is he strategic, being sure to tell his readers exactly what he is praying for. He knew prayer was able to change the trajectory of their whole lives. Victory in spiritual warfare is inseparable from prayer.
Read Ephesians 1:18-21 and 3:14-19. Of all of the things Paul prays, which do you most need to ask of God today?
Here are the scriptures she referenced:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Ephesians 1:18-21 KJV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-19 KJV
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ephesians 6:10 KJV
Here are Stu’s thoughts:
Yes, the devil is real! The fact that he may have you snowballed into believing he doesn’t exist does not change that fact. In fact it solidifies his attack on you!
My prayer for each and every one of you is that the Lord will open your eyes to Spiritual side of the physical. And with that knowledge you can understand that with every physical act there is a spiritual response. And vice versa!
Seek God and tap into the most powerful weapon/force we have in both the physical and spiritual realm…prayer!
Yes, everything is possible through Christ. And when we are weak He can be our strength but it is only through prayer that those things come to fruition in our lives.
Day 2 coming tomorrow 🙂
Something to Stu Over 