“Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer.” ~ E.M. Bounds
Have you ever used prayer as a weapon against the principalities and powers at work in the world?
4 Our weapons that we fight with aren’t human, but instead, they are powered by God for the destruction of fortresses. They destroy arguments,5 and every defense that is raised up to oppose the knowledge of God. They capture every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:4-5 – Common English Bible).
The spiritual battle takes place in the mind, and the stronghold the Dark Side creates between our ears can become catastrophic and lead to death. If we are not putting on the full armor of God every day of our lives, then we leave the door wide open for the Evil One to come right in and stir up trouble. Satan cannot create anything; all he can do is take what is already there and twist our perception. Our twisted perception causes us to believe the lies and lead us into a delusional state of being. We start making choices for our lives based on delusional thinking. We must learn that the Dark Side promises happiness but delivers misery; it promises life but produces death.
We must fight back against this spiritual warfare, but how?
Part of our solution is bold prayer. Be honest with yourself; how often do you pray in private? Do you boldly ask God to intervene in the battle of the mind? When was the last time you boldly asked God to intervene in the lives of others who are struggling? THE BATTLE IS REAL! We must use all the tools in our spiritual toolkit to fight off the Dark Side, and one of the most effective tools is prayer. It might be puzzling that prayer is sufficient to combat the stronghold the Dark Side can have over our minds, but it’s true. Prayer is one form of communication with the Highest of all Powers. We cannot fight a spiritual battle with human resources; we must have God’s help. God could and would if we honestly seek God through the firm power of prayer.
Can you now see how powerful, bold prayer is when used as a weapon against spiritual warfare? The power of prayer is a tool that God gives us to combat the evil forces we all encounter throughout our lives. Please join the countless people who readily rely on bold prayer to overcome the Prince of Darkness and live a life free from the strongholds this evil prince tries to inflict on every human alive.
Strengthen us against the temptations of the devil, and remove from us all lust and every unrighteousness, and shield us against our foes, seen and unseen. Teach us to do your will, that we may inwardly love you before all things with a pure mind. For you are our Maker and our Redeemer, our Help, our Comfort, our Trust, our Hope; praise and glory be to You now and forever. Amen.¹ ~ Alfred the Great, 9th century
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