Put On the Armor of God (Ephesians 6:11–18)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 26 March 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Ephesians 6:11–18, David Platt reminds Christians to put on the armor of God to protect from sin.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.0	Ephesians chapter 6 verses 11 through 18 is the exhortation from Paul to put on the whole armor of God.
0:12.0	And I think it'll be pretty obvious when I'm reading from this passage and praying according to this passage.
0:19.0	But let's just start in verse 11.
0:21.0	Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
0:29.0	Yes, God, we want to stand against the schemes of the devil today and every day in our lives.
0:37.0	So we say yes to this armor. We want to live with this armor on today.
0:42.0	Give us wisdom and discernment, power, strength, everything we need to stand against the schemes of the devil.
0:51.0	For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
1:05.0	Oh God, open our eyes to the spiritual battle around us.
1:11.0	Help us to see beyond the natural to the spiritual to spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places who are working to harm us,
1:20.0	to harm others around us today who want us to experience hurt and pain and who are working to destroy us.
1:33.0	God, help us to see. That's our battle today. It's not with other people.
1:38.0	It's spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places, not flesh and blood.
1:45.0	Therefore, take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand firm.
1:55.0	Yes, God, help us to stand firm. We want to take up your whole armor ultimately to stand firm in the final day.
2:03.0	Stand therefore having fastened on the belt of truth. Yes, God, we pray for that. We pray for truth to guard our minds and our hearts in Christ.
2:12.0	And having put on the breastplate of righteousness. Yes, God, help us to live with the righteousness of Jesus today.
2:19.0	Help us to live clothed in his righteousness and his shoes for your feet having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
2:29.0	Yes, God, may our feet be ready to share the gospel of peace today.
2:34.0	God, we know that's a battle that's happening today. There are people around us who don't know the gospel of peace,
2:40.0	that the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places are trying to keep in the dark.
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