Battles and wars are fought on many fronts. On one level there are the strategic campaigns of big battles, fought over large areas, with army pitted against army, man against man. Then, there are the tactical (day to day) matters: small pieces of the jigsaw that go on to make up the big picture of any military campaign. In any battle, though, not everything that contributes to victory or defeat is immediately visible: some things are certainly not as they first appear.Ephesians 6 places prayer firmly in the context of a battleground where the struggle is both within ourselves and between the (often competing) claims of Christ and culture. Praying in the Spirit is God’s great provision and the church’s biggest opportunityMen may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers (J Sidlow Baxter)