Ephesians: The Role Of Prayer

When God created the world, His original plan for was to be create a people that would worship him and give Him glory. Because of man’s sin, the earth was divided and therefore not perfect the way God wanted it to be. Sin had entered the world, but God still wanted that relationship with his creation. Rather than destroy it all and start again, He made a way for the creation to tell others about Himself. All through the Bible, there are countless stories of people telling of the good news of God and His Son. In the Old Testament, the prophets tell of the King’s coming and in the New Testament, we hear of people telling what Christ has done for us. Very early in the Old Testament we see that God had his hand in the area of missions. Missions is not just an idea that man thought out, but it is seen all through the Old Testament …show more content…
Piper says in his book, Let the Nations be Glad, “Prayer gives us the significance of frontline forces and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider.” Prayer is powerful not because of the power of prayer itself, but because of the person behind the prayer. In Ephesians 6, Paul describes the full armor of God: the sword of the Spirit, the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, and our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of truth. But above all he ends with prayer. In verse 18 Paul says, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions.” Not only does Paul say to pray all the time but frequently asked for prayer for himself because he knew the power behind the prayer. Jesus, who is also God, prayed to the Father, and continually was asking for help from the Father through prayer. On all occasions Jesus prayed. He set an example for all of us to follow. He showed us the importance of prayer. Prayer is how we prepare ourselves for where and what God has called us to do. By faith, we can go to the Lord and equip ourselves in prayer before we go