The key to appropriating the armour is prayer. What weaves together the armour and gives it its strength is a dependence of God shown through prayer.
Ephesians 6:18ff and pray in the spirit on all occasions, with all kinds of prayers and requests,...be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints"
Basically Paul is telling us to be in constant pray for every situation for every person. It is this constant connection to God that the christian solider needs to help them stand firm in dark times.
It is this prayer and armour that helps Paul to do his job Fearlessly (vs 19 & 20). In dark times and against a frantic enemy we need to be fearless - It is the assurance of God's armour activated through prayer that gives us the ability to press on fearlessly.
Jesus recognised the need for prayer during dark times. In Luke 22 int Garden of Gethsemane he tells his disciples "Pray that you will not fall into temptation" During dark times we will be under attack - tempted to give up on Jesus, to deny him, to go the easy way out - But FEAR NOT - pray hard - because we have the weaponry of the father covering us.
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