NCarolinian

In   Ephesians 6:18-20 , in just three verses Paul uses some form of the word   pray , five times. Paul does not display prayer as a weapon or Roman gear piece like the other pieces mentioned. However, I believe the reader cannot avoid the conclusion that Paul had one last major item that could be metaphorically applied to prayer - The Spear.  This idea comes from Mr. Rick Renner and I will be summarizing thoughts from his chapter - The Lance of Prayer and Supplication within his book,  Dressed To Kill .  T he Roman spear or lance came in a variety of different sizes, shapes and lengths. Modifications went all the way to adding more iron to the correct part of the weapon in order to either throw it further, create more damage or both.  The different variety of spears or lances in the Roman army represented different strategies to approach their enemy.  One of the many known Roman army spears was the P ilum . This was a distance specialist weapon. The p...