Priant toujours avec toute prière et supplication dans l’Esprit, et veillant à cela avec toute sa persévérance et supplication pour tous les saints (Éphésiens 6:18)
When you take the whole armor of God and pray always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watch, you shall be able to stand against the whiles of the devil and withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Because if you don’t put on the whole armor of God and don’t pray, you will not be able to stand against the whiles of the devil and withstand in the evil day, but you shall lose every spiritual battle.
Although prayer is not mentioned as a piece of the armor, prayer is mentioned together with the spiritual armor to stand against the whiles of the devil and to stand in the evil day. Because your walk as the new creation on earth depends on your prayer-life.
The prayer-life of the born again Christian
Je ne prie pas non plus pour ceux-là seuls, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; Qu'ils soient tous un; comme toi, Père, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; qu'ils soient peut-être un, even as We are one: Je suis en eux, and Thou in Me, afin qu'ils soient rendus parfaits en un seul; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, et je les ai aimés, as thou hast loved Me. Père, Je veux qu’ils aussi, whom thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that thou hast sent Me. And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Mve may be in them, and I in them (John 17:20-26)
Every born again believer is connected in the Spirit with God. Quand tu es né de nouveau, le Saint-Esprit demeure en toi, whereby the Father and the Son abide in you. They live in you and you live in Them.
Si quelqu’un me sert, qu’il me suive; et où je suis, là aussi sera mon serviteur: si quelqu’un me sert, him will My Father honour (John 12:26)
Mais Dieu, qui est riche en miséricorde, pour son grand amour avec lequel il nous a aimés, Même quand nous étions morts dans nos péchés, nous a vivifiés avec Christ, (par grâce vous êtes sauvés;) Et nous a élevés ensemble, et nous a fait asseoir ensemble dans les lieux célestes en Jésus-Christ: Afin que, dans les siècles à venir, Il puisse montrer les richesses infinies de Sa grâce dans Sa bonté envers nous par Jésus-Christ (Éphésiens 2:4-7)
Quand tu es né de nouveau, you are seated in Jesus Christ in the heavenly places. This means that you are already there and don’t have to apply all kinds of carnal methods and technics and use natural means to get there.
From your position in Christ, you live and walk after the Spirit in the spiritual armor of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.
The prayer life of Jesus
Qui, aux jours de sa chair, quand il avait offert des prières et des supplications avec de forts cris et des larmes à Celui qui pouvait le sauver de la mort, et a été entendu dans la mesure où il craignait; Même s'il était un fils, mais il a appris l'obéissance par les choses qu'il a souffertes; And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him; Called of God an High Priest after the order of Melchisedec (hébreu 5:7-10)
Although Jesus often withdrew Himself physically from the crowd to spend time alone in prayer with the Father, Jesus was connected with His Father in the Spirit and prayed always (Oh. Matthieu 14:23, Marque 1:35, Marque 6:46, Luc 5:16, Luc 6:12, Luc 9:18, Luc 11:1).
The Father dwelled in Him and He dwelled in the Father by the Holy Spirit and were One (Oh. John 10:30).
While Jesus prayed, He received the Holy Spirit
Now when all the people were baptized, C’est ce qui s’est passé, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased (Luc 3:21-22)
When Jesus was baptized by Jean le Baptiste et j'ai prié, Jesus received the Holy Spirit and the witness of the Father, that Jesus is His beloved Son in Whom He is well pleased.
The Father answered the prayer of Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, et dit, Père, Je te remercie de m'avoir entendu. Et je savais que tu m'entendais toujours: mais à cause des gens qui sont là, je l'ai dit, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, avancer (John 11: 41-43)
Just before Lazarus was raised from the dead, Jesus made His connection and unity with the Father known to the crowd by speaking (prier) openly with the Father and the Father heard Him and answered His prayer.
The prayer and supplication of Jesus
The persistent prayer and supplication of Jesus preceded His words and works. Everything Jesus did, derived from His relationship with the Father. Jesus spoke the words of His Father and did what He had seen His Father do (Oh. John 8:38, John 10:32-37).
Because of His persistent prayer and supplication in the Spirit, Jesus was able to stand against the temptations of the devil and Jesus was able to go God’s way (Lire aussi: ‘La bataille dans le jardin‘ et ‘La crucifixion de l'âme’)
Jesus stayed obedient to His Father until His death and revealed the love of God for mankind through His work of redemption at the cross and was raised from the dead as Victor (Lire aussi: ‘Le vrai sens de la croix').
Pray always and do not faint!
And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luc 18:1)
Jesus set the example and commanded to always pray and not to faint, which means that you should not stop praying but continue and persevere in prayer. As an example, Jesus told the parable of the unrighteous judge (Lire aussi: 'Trouverai-je la foi sur la terre?)
Jésus savait, there would come a time that the people were not able to endure sound doctrine anymore, but would turn unto fables and become lukewarm for Him and the things of God and His Kingdom and not many people would give themselves to prayer.
Jésus savait, that at the end of the latter days, the people would be distracted and be occupied with the cares and the things of this world and have more faith in the world, than God.
Jésus savait, that there would come a time, that the people would not persevere in prayer and supplication and by faith endure until their prayers would be answered, but that they would give up and turn to the world for a solution and seek help in the world.
Donc, Jesus asked them the question, that when the Son of man returns, will He find faith? A faith that believes God and relies completely on God and perseveres and doesn’t give? A faith that obeys God and Jesus Christ; His Word and stays faithful and under no circumstances compromise, and never leave Him?
Regardez et priez
Regardez et priez, that ye enter not into temptation: l'esprit est effectivement disposé, mais la chair est faible (Matthieu 26:41, aussi Mark 14:38)
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man (Luc 21:36)
Through prayer in the Spirit, you shall stay spiritually awake and watch and prevent from falling asleep spiritually.
When you pray always and stay awake and watch, you shall not enter into temptation but you shall be able to stand against the temptations of the devil and be accounted worthy to escape all the things that shall come to pass and to stand before Jesus Christ.
J'ai encore beaucoup de choses à te dire, mais vous ne pouvez pas les supporter maintenant. Quoi qu’il en soit, quand il, l’Esprit de vérité, est venu, Il vous guidera dans toute la vérité: car il ne parlera pas de lui-même; mais tout ce qu’il entendra, c’est Lui qui parlera: et Il vous montrera les choses à venir. Il Me glorifiera: car Il recevra de Mes, et il te le montrera. Tout ce que le Père a est à moi: c’est pourquoi j’ai dit, qu’il prendra de mes, et il te le montrera (John 16:12-15)
The Holy Spirit shall guide you into all truth. He shall speak to you, teach you, correct you, chastise you, warn you and show you things to come.
The words of the Holy Spirit shall always be in alignment with the will of the Father and His Word, since the Holy Spirit speaks what He hears and therefore He shall speak the words of Jesus Christ and the Father and make them known to you.
P.ray always for the saints
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them (John 17:9-10)
Jesus didn’t pray for the world, but Jesus prayed for those, whom the Father had given Him. And so His followers should follow His example and always pray for their fellow believers; les saints (Lire aussi: L’importance de prier pour ses frères et sœurs croyants')
The apostles followed the example of Jesus and knew the Le pouvoir de la prière and also prayed for the saints (Oh. 2 Corinthiens 13:7, Colossiens 1:9, Philippiens 1:9, 3 John 1:2).
They prayed for the churches and commanded the churches to pray for all the saints, y compris eux-mêmes (Oh. Éphésiens 6:1, 1 Thessaloniciens 5:25, 2 Thessaloniciens 3:1, hébreu 13:18).
The armor of God and prayer
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing (2 Timothée 4:7-8)
Without the armor of God and prayer, believers shall not be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and withstand in the evil day and stand and be able to fight the good fight, and finish their course and keep the faith and lay hold on eternal life.
Donc put on the armor of God, and pray always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watch with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
‘Soyez le sel de la terre’
