By Prayer We Overcome

 

Nothing is more effective in facing challenges in life than prayer. Unfortunately, people regard prayer as the last option to use when everything else fails.

Prayer can do all things that God can do. It is the weapon given by Jesus to us to fight with to get everything that we need here in life.

Prayer is giving God the permission to do what he intends to do but can't do it for us because he respects our free will.

Although he owns everything and everyone yet our free will stands in the way for him to interfere in our life. That's why it is foolish to get angry at God and blame him for all misery and wars when no one has prayed and given him the permission to act and change the outcome.

When we are baptized and afterward born again we are automatically transferred to the kingdom of God and we join the army of God without necessarily being aware or willing of this and all of a sudden we become attacked by all kind of forces and spiritual beings which tries fiercely to bring us back to the kingdom of darkness.

Most Christians think that following Jesus will only bring joy, peace, and prosperity to their life and that is half the truth. As soldiers in God's kingdom, we will have to fight and push back the darkness as long as we are here.

Many Christians have an unbiblical expectation of what following Jesus, in reality, looks like.

They always expect unity even with the unbelievers and those who publically reject Jesus.

Jesus himself said: I have not come to bring peace on earth but division because if you believe and have the holy spirit inside of you, you can't any longer get along with people with antichrist spirit or those who practice what God hates.

Can two persons walk together unless there is an agreement in beliefs, values, and actions? 

That is why divorce happens for Christians because marriage between believer and unbeliever never works and it's totally foolish to try to get them back together in unity's name because unity was never there in the first place and we are warned seriously of being joined with unbelievers in the bible.

The holy spirit and Christians are called in the bible the restrainers of lawlessness. God's people's presence on earth ensures that the world doesn't live in a chaotic state and their lifestyle and prayers allow God's kingdom and values to be practiced to bring more peace, hope, joy, and prosperity to this planet.

But when the holy spirit and Christians are taken away during the tribulation period that is to come then the world will live in a total state of unbearable chaos never seen or experienced before.

What we need more of in churches and worship songs are warfare prayers and strategies to defeat the forces of darkness which are becoming less taught and talked about which in turn result in weakening believers since they are missing the most important weapon in their spiritual warfare life.

Here are some spiritual warfare prayers that helped me personally and will help each believer in their walk of faith.

God, teach my hands to war and my fingers to fight.

The weapons of my warfare are not carnal but mighty through you to pulling down of strongholds.

Let all enemies that make war with the lamb be destroyed.

I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them I did not turn until they were consumed.

Cleanse my temple and drive out any thief from my life.

God , thunder upon the enemy , release your voice , hailstones and coals of fire.

I am a battle ax and weapon of war.

Let every hidden snare for my feet be exposed.

Give me strength to bring forth my destiny.

I overcome antichrist spirits because greater is he who is in me than he that is in the world.

I reject false teaching ministries in the name of Jesus.

I reject the mouth of vanity and the right hand of falsehood.

I pray for utterance and courage to make known the mysteries of the gospel.

Let your secret be upon my tabernacle.

Let the hammer of the wicked be broken.

I break down every wall of Jericho.

I bind Satan the deceiver from releasing any deception into my life.

God guide me by the skillfulness of your hands.

Make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth before me.

Clothe me with garments of salvation.

Deliver me and bring me into a large place.

I tread upon the serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing by any means will harm me.

God let a mantle of power rest on my life.

Cover me with the robe of righteousness.