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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THUS FAR.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. We are in a war.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is not a physical war of flesh and blood.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. But a spiritual war against the devil and his forces, the principalities and powers, and the rulers of darkness of this world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. We need to stand up against the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. To do that we need help.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. God has provided all of the help we will ever need.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. We are to be strong in the Lord and the power of His might.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. The enemy attacks us in many ways.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Emotionally.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Fear</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Despair</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Anxiety</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Depression</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Spiritually</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Doubt the word of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Doubt the love of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Doubt the faithfulness of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. God has provided for us the armor against these attacks of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. So here we are attired in our armor standing against the many attacks of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Know this, Satan is always probing to see if there are any chinks in your armor.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. He is constantly on the attack.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. He will use any guise or ruse to catch you off guard. Paul refers to the wiles of the devil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. He is cunning, clever and relentless in his attacks.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THERE ALWAYS COMES THE TIME WHEN WE MUST CHANGE FROM A DEFENSIVE POSTURE IN THIS BATTLE TO THE OFFENSE. PRAYING WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. It is through prayer that we begin to attack the enemy, and his strongholds.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of the strongholds of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It is no longer just trying to hold on, but to go on the attack.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. There is a great spiritual battle going on in the Universe. There are two diametrically opposite foes. The Kingdom of God versus the kingdom of darkness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The central battleground is on this planet earth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The battle is for the control of men's lives, whether you will be controlled by your flesh or by the Spirit of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Thus like it or not, you are at the center of this conflict.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Rightly understood, prayer has to do with conflict. It is the deciding factor in a spiritual conflict.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. In a spiritual battle the only true power is spiritual.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You may be the strongest man in the world physically, but be morally weak.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. With all of your physical strength you are putty in the hands of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Satan is a spirit being but his chief weapons against you come in the form of physical attacks.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. For this he often uses those who are in alignment with him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. He is always trying to change the focus of the battle with you into the realm of the physical for he knows there he has a decided advantage.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. He knows that in the realm of the Spirit, he is already defeated.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Prayer is a spirit force. It is our chief spiritual weapon in our battle with the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is through prayer that we can pull down the strongholds of the enemy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. As a spirit force it takes on the characteristics of spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Spirit beings are not limited by space.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They are not limited by material obstacles.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. THE THREE FORMS THAT PRAYER TAKES.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Communion</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Petition</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Intercession.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Intercession is where we enter into the battle. It is taking ground that the enemy has been holding.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Jesus is the rightful King.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Satan is holding many lives captive today.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. He has blinded their eyes so that they are not aware of their true condition.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. They think that everything is great, that life is a blast, what they do not know is the fact that they are on the edge of eternity ready to enter into a Christless grave.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. "WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. What is it to pray in the Spirit?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. In <a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,1);">Romans 8</a> Paul speaks of the Spirit helping our infirmity, of not knowing how to pray as we ought.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,26);">ROM 8:26</a> Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,27);">ROM 8:27</a> And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. To the Corinthians Paul wrote,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',14,2);">1CO 14:2</a> For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',14,14);">1CO 14:14</a> For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',14,15);">1CO 14:15</a> What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Jude speaks of praying in the Holy Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. "And watching thereunto."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus exhorted the disciples to watch and pray.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. What part of prayer is watching?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Watching is often associated with the coming of the Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Jesus spoke parables unto His disciples that men ought always to pray and not to faint. The parable was of the unjust judge and the little widow woman that came daily for justice. The thrust was persistence in prayer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Peter said,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Pe',4,7);">1PE 4:7</a> But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Pe',5,8);">1PE 5:8</a> Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. When you get into the battlefield of intercessory prayer you can be sure the devil is going to try to attack you to take you away from prayer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. "With all perservance."</div>
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