Today's Devotion: Ephesians 6:18 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

The context of this passage is set around Paul's discussion of spiritual warfare. He has just urged everybody to put on the armor of God so that we can fight evil in the spiritual realm. He wants us to keep communicating with the Holy Spirit by praying and to pray for each other, so that we might defend ourselves from the forces of evil.

Today's Comments: The prosperity gospel folks would use the passage above to show that if we pray for anything and everything, God will give it to us. This passage shows how important that it is to look at things in terms of their context. This means reading the material that surrounds it. And, if you have a decent bible commentary, look it up to see what the writer really means.