There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

prayed in the Spirit to strengthen their faith shield. My father told a story of when he was a young unmarried minister, and he traveled with his uncle, Rufus Dunford, who had a spiritual gift of faith and working of miracles in his ministry. (See 1 Corinthians 12:7–10.) One night in Beef Hide, Kentucky, Dad saw Rufus pray for a young boy born with a club foot. The lad literally walked on the outer ball of his foot and had never run or played with other children. That night Rufus prayed, and nothing happened. He told the church to fast and pray, and he told the fellow to come back the next night. Dad said he and Rufus fasted and spent the entire day on a high mountain praying for several hours. That night, when prayer was offered, the Lord wrought a miracle, and the foot went straight as all people in the church saw the miracle. For the first time in his life the boy ran around the church, crying and laughing. I regret to confess it, but our generation, after the first prayer, would have patted the fellow on the head and said, “Keep praying, because you never know what God will do!” When the shields become dry, the oil of the Spirit is necessary to inspire our faith. A strong shield of faith requires a prayer covering. One of the biblical types of prayer is to pray “in the Spirit,” or as we say today, “Pray in the prayer language of the Holy Spirit,” which is the language a believer received upon being baptized in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1–4; 10:44–46; 19:1–7). When praying in the Holy Spirit, our spirit is praying (1 Cor. 14:14), and our spirit is speaking to God (v. 2). Romans 8:26–28 reveals that the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us, and in Jude 20 we build ourselves up in the faith! The strength of your shield and its