Prayer and warfare

Eph 6:20 '... that I might declare the gospel boldly...' the gospel is all about Jesus, it's the story of Jesus. The gospel, the whole thing is Jesus. Driscoll

Cavendish school: Christianity is about Jesus - 'Jesus rocks'

Luke 22:31
Jesus: 'Peter, Satan demanded to have you that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail...'
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Jesus: 'pray that you may not enter into temptation.'
The intention of Luke here is to portray Jesus and his disciples in parallel, showing how each responds in then face of diabolic (satanic) offensive.
Lk 21:36 & 22:46 and here Jesus explains that one may faithfully persevere in times of testing through prayer.

Lloyd Jones comments that tragically often it is those who are most theologically sown up and literate in Biblical things who are also the ones who don't have prayer meetings, who don't see the necessity of 'praying always'.

Finally be strong in the lord and in the power of his might, put on the full armour of God... we concentrate on the armour of God but not on the 'be strong in the Lord' and so Paul brings us back to it again by this command to pray.

The secret of the Christian life is the Christian life in secret, in the secret place I should say.

'Praying with all kinds of prayer.' 'All prayer' That is all types of prayer 'public and private.' on my own noisily, quietly, with my wife, as a family, in church meetings, with non-believers, at prayer meetings... etc.

Lloyd-Jones 'be at it always and in endless ways.'