Led by His Spiritনমুনা

One of the challenges Christians face is forgetting that we are in a daily spiritual battle. A soldier assigned to the battlefield does not casually get up in the morning and enter the battle with whatever happens to be within his reach. No, he carefully puts on his protective gear, checks his weapons, and engages the enemy with intention.

The moment we get out of bed in the morning we enter a battlefield that is just as real as any that a soldier has fought on. Every day we face an enemy who is committed to our destruction. Peter warned, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).

As Paul described the “armor of God” in Ephesians 6 that Christians are to wear into battle, he concluded with a powerful instruction on the importance of regular, faithful, and consistent prayer. Specifically, he instructed us to pray “in the Spirit.” To pray in the Spirit is to pray in dependence on and according to the will of the Holy Spirit, as revealed in God’s Word. Indeed, Prayer expresses our utter dependence on God. We cannot overcome the devil alone, but we can overcome him through God’s power. Prayer is crucial to preparing us to face the enemy each day. Going through a day without prayer leaves you vulnerable to the attacks of the devil.