Hindsight

Pastor Bill Yoshimoto leads our GateWay staff every morning in prayer.  He pulls out his World prayer book which lists every country of the world, lists what their needs are, lists what the major religions are and what percentage of Christians are there.  We pray for GateWay and then we pray for that country.

In Ephesians 6:18 Paul writes, “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,  be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints…”

Paul uses the word “all” four different times.  He says that we are to:

#1.  Pray when we’re thinking about the armor of God!  Each piece of armor is a gift from God but it also has a corresponding act of obedience.  So pray that you’ll be obedient to the armor with which God has gifted you.

#2  Pray at all times!  Whatever you face in terms of struggle, temptation or blessing, you are to pray.  You can pray with a request or you can pray with thanksgiving.

#3.  Pray with perseverance!  The last thing we start and the first thing we give up is prayer.  Paul commands us to persevere in prayer.

#4.  Pray for all saints!  This simply means prayer for all the followers of Jesus             Christ. 

Stop right now and pray for the four “alls” that Paul lists.

God bless,

Pastor Ed