(draft) Request portion of Morning Prayer

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This portion of my prayer is based upon Scripture provided by Saint Paul in Ephesians 6:10-18.

Dear Lord, please help me to continue building my Armor of God by:

a) broadening my belt of Truth—so I can help others to see through the layers of deception¹⁰,

b) fortifying my breastplate of Righteousness¹¹—so I can better resist the world’s temptations when they are used to distract me,

c) re-inforcing my sandals, prepared with the gospel of peace—so I can reach more lost sheep and fully embrace Luke’s 6:32-36¹² instead of choosing warm welcome

d) externalizing my shield of Faith¹³—so it quenches all the fiery darts of the wicked … before they even decide to take aim,

e) securing my helmet of Salvation¹⁴—so the commands of Ezekiel 33, warnings in Matthew 25 and summary of Ephesians 2:8-10 are always top of mind: that no plan will pluck me from your hand … not just no man¹⁵; and,

f) sharpening my sword both ways with His Spirit—so it slashes the roots of the wicked and prunes the branches of the righteous¹⁶.

In Jesus’ perfect name, so be it.

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16 Slashing and pruning is greatly assisted by awareness of the literary devices/logical fallacies that weaponized by [non-followers of Jesus]: see introduction to these combative techniques at https://twb.rocks/living/spirit/logical-fallacies. With practice, they become much easier to recognize and disarming the enemy becomes a simpler task. TO DO: insert link to literary device printable/sharable card.

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