There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

against the spirit man. Since oil represents the anointing of the Holy Spirit, how do we anoint our shields? Jude verse 20 says, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.” The apostle Paul also knew this truth and regularly prayed in the Spirit (1 Cor. 14:15, 18); that is, he prayed in the supernatural prayer language the Holy Spirit had imparted to him. This is called “praying with the Spirit.” Notice that you must build up yourself in the faith by praying in the prayer language of the Spirit. Since your faith is your shield, you build up the strength of your shield by the prayer language of the Spirit; then you anoint your shield through the anointing of the Spirit. This generation seems to have difficulty resisting sin. When observing our spiritual fathers, we know they too experienced temptation in the time of their generation. However, they seemed to have a greater resistance to evil and walked disciplined as they desired to walk pure and not trip up spiritually. As we glean from their stories, their ability to face temptation and overcome was based in the fact that they despised sin. To them, sin was like a cancer, and once one cell was in the body, it could bring death. Therefore they didn’t think twice about it, didn’t reason with it, and didn’t put their toe in the water of temptation to see if they would like to take a dip. The second key to overcoming was their prayer life. The fathers of the faith didn’t wait until Sunday morning arrived to communicate with God. They prayed daily, they prayed often, and at times they prayed long! When faith was lacking, they