21 Days of Prayer - Day #13 August 20, 2021 Focus - Warfare prayers
Today we are focusing on interceding for people. We need to learn how to battle and fight for people in prayer. Warfare prayers.
Prayer is communion with God and confrontation with the devil.
You’re confronting the things that need to change. We are in a battle against those in spiritual high places.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Strongholds literally means a prisoner locked by deception by something is not true.
We need to break the power of the enemy.
Many of us live our lives based upon lies from the enemy.
We need to then reverse the lie and back to the truth. Two ways:
Bind the lies of the enemy.
John 8:44 (NIV)
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
He’s the accuser of Christians. So today we demolish arguments and every
pretentious that sets itself up against the kingdom of God. 2 Cor. 10:5 (NIV)
When we expose the lie, we defeat the liar.
2. Loose the truth of God’s Word.
We go on the offense and attack. We take the lie prisoner by proclaiming the truth.
The Devil is afraid of the Word of God (Matthew 4).
Isaiah 54:17 (NIV)
no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.
Ephesians 6:10-18 (NIV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
You know the Truth and the Truth will set you free. - Jesus
So today we will break the chains of the lies of the enemy and find true freedom in Jesus.
