Prayer is the sound of the mustard seed of faith in your life; it is the gratitude that transforms healing into wholeness; it is the pesky persistence of the widow demanding what is right for herself and for the world. The life-blood of faith, your prayer will mark the difference between faith and faithlessness, and that is a wonderful blessing!
But – know this – as much as God desires for us to pray for one another, the devil wants us NOT TO PRAY. What various hindrances we meet In coming to the mercy-seat. We have hindrances to prayer, many of our own making, like sin in our lives, but all things that keep us from praying make the evil ones happy!
God wants you and me to pray. The devil does not want you and me to pray, and he and his fallen angles do all they can to hinder you and me. They know full well that we can accomplish more through our prayers than through our work. The evil ones would rather have us do anything else than pray. They oppose prayer. They despise prayer.
Fallen Angels our march oppose us who still in strength excel
Our secret, sworn, relentless foes, Countless, invisible.
But we need not fear them, nor heed them, if our eyes are ever on the Lord. The holy angels are stronger than fallen angels, and we can ask the celestial hosts to guard us. Billy Graham said that the hosts of evil start those wandering thoughts which so often wreck prayer. We no sooner kneel than we "recollect" something that should have been done, or something which had better be seen to at once.
These thoughts come from without, and are often due to the promptings of fallen spirits. The only cure for wandering thoughts is to get our minds fixed upon God. Undoubtedly a man's worst foe is himself. Prayer is a great gift for a child of God -- and one who is living as a child of God should pray and pray again. It is a mighty spiritual weaopn. Use it. Be the Prayer Warrior you are called to be!
God is propelling us into a different level of prayer. let us seek God for direction, listen to His voice, and incorporate prayer into every aspect of our daily life. The Bible tells us it will begin to make a powerful difference in our spiritual well-being.
I once read a statement that said, "Seven days without prayer makes one weak." And by experience I found that to be true. The more consistently I prayed, the better I was able to handle what each day would bring. The less I prayed, the more stressful my life became. Then, if circumstances seemingly spiraled out of control, I was left with no spiritual strength to withstand the attacks of the enemy. I learned the hard way that daily prayer really isn’t an option, but a necessity. Prayer needs to be our default -- what we go to in every instance. No griping, just prayer. No gossip, just prayer. No worry, just prayer. Prayer is the answer to life's questions, becuase Jesus has given us the authority to pray in His Name.
LIfe is Fragile -- Handle with Prayer!
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