We need to persevere in prayer because prayer involves a battle, a fight; everything fights against our prayer life, so we need to pray persistently, with perseverance, standing on God’s side. In order for us to touch the reality of the one new man, we need to not only to pray but have a prayer […]
The whole World is against our Prayer: we Persevere in Prayer to Stand on God’s Side
Living Christ for the Body by Letting Christ’s Word Dwell in us and being Open Vessels
We can live Christ for the reality of the Body of Christ by being filled with the Spirit, by letting the word of Christ dwell in us richly, by praying unceasingly, and by being open vessels to the Lord. May we really be open vessels to the Lord, those who are not filled with their […]
Unceasing Prayer is the way for us to Walk according to the Spirit in our Daily Life
The way for us to daily walk according to the spirit and habitually have this kind of living is only by unceasing prayer, that is, by spiritually breathing all the time though praying unceasingly. This is something we all have to do in a personal way before the Lord and with the Lord. We cannot […]
As we Remain in an Atmosphere of Prayer daily we become the New Man in Reality
We need to remain in an atmosphere of prayer by continually exercising our spirit so that we may live Christ; as we are ruled by the peace of Christ and inhabited by the word of Christ through persevering in prayer, we become the new man in reality and have the living of the new man. […]
We need to Persevere in Prayer by setting aside Definite Times for Prayer daily
For the living of the new man we need to persevere in prayer so that we may absorb the riches of Christ and stand on God’s side for Him to carry out what’s on His heart. In Colossians 3 Paul spoke of the one new man where Christ is everything and everyone, and right after […]
Receive the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit by Means of All Prayer
In exhorting us to take up the whole armor of God in Eph. 6, Paul puts the offensive weapon, the sword of the Spirit, at the very end. First, he encourages us to be girded with the truth (living Christ as the reality), put on the breastplate of righteousness (apply the blood of Christ to […]
Exercising to Pray Unceasingly by Calling on the Lord and Talking to Him
The Lord Jesus tells us in Matt. 26:41, Watch and pray – the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Paul continues the Lord’s speaking on this matter and strengthens it by saying, Praying at every time in spirit, and, Persevering in prayer (Col. 4:2; Eph. 6:18). For us to watch in prayer implies […]