Warriors Arise: November 10, 2020
Yesterday's prayer focus, "As Christians we are to be watchful, alert, and awake. These are all words used in the Bible as a warning that the enemy is coming." With as much love as God has for each one of us the devil hates us with an equal passion. The main reason the devil hates us with such intensity is because he can never have what we have. He will never be a child of God; he will never be heir to the kingdom; and he will never be given grace. These are things each person who has professed Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior receive; grace, adopted by God as His own, and inherit the kingdom. And when the devil sees us his jealousy rages because we are made in the image of God. He is reminded of his defeat long ago and that his judgement is to come.
Since the devil doesn't have the power to hurt God, he goes through us. For those of you who are parents there is one way someone can hurt you without leaving any evidence? They mock, slander, hurt or mislead your child. You see your child struggle with those who mock him or slander her and it tears at your heart. You are leery of a particulate friend because they might mislead your child, so you try to counsel your child; but they want to make the decision themselves. These are times you wish you weren't right, but you know you are. So what do you do? We are to stay alert and fight the enemy when he mocks our children, slanders their good intentions, and misleads them through deception. The Bible tells us Jesus is interceding for us at the right hand of the Father. Jesus knows the trickery and lies of the enemy. He faced the enemy Himself. He knows how to pray for each one of us. He knows the enemy hurts God when we allow ourselves to be misled, mocked for taking stand for Christ and slandered to try and discredit our testimony.
Every time we follow deception instead of seeking the truth, the enemy taunts God.
Every time we choose to run from the battle the enemy laughs at our ignorance; because he knows when we stand upon the Word of God he can't win the battle.
Every time we roll over and allow the enemy passage because we do not like conflict, he strolls in and takes more than you expected.
Every time we ignore the signs of his activity he advances on us like in the game red light-green light. When you ignore the signs of the demonic activity then it is as if you are turned around and he has the green light all the way to you.
We must take a stand as God's child and say, "red light." Do not allow the enemy to move. Catch him moving in your territory so he has to go back and start over. Therefore, we must be alert.
1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB) Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
Be on the alert: watchful, aware, ready, prepared, practiced
Stand firm in the faith: unwavering, knowing God is for you
Act like men: in another translation means to be brave, have courage.
Be strong: prepared spiritually knowing and believing the Word of God, physically ready for the battle no matter how long it takes to win and mentally you will not quit.
Ephesians 6:18 (NASB) With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
Our battle against the enemy's deceptions (twisting of God's Word. He did it with Eve and with Jesus but Jesus was not deceived), lies, and lulling people into apathy can only be won in prayer. Be on the alert because the enemy always shows his hand. He can't help but think he will take us down this time. Pray with all perseverance means we will not be praying one time a "wham bam thank you ma'am" prayer. We will have to persevere, declaring the Word of the Lord, and making our request known to God. It is important to petition for all the saints. Generally the battle is not against just you. Therefore, seek the Lord to identify what the enemy is doing. Bind the enemy's plans then petition God to loose His plans not just for yourself but for all the saints. Be on the alert.
Father, I come before you as Esther came before Ahasuerus. I petition you for the lives and wellbeing of the American people. I petition you for the lives of the unborn babies. I petition you for the senior citizens and the families who lost someone because governors put them at risk when they put those with the coronavirus in the nursing homes. I petition you for the people who have lost their business dew to the riots and lack of business. I petition you for the police officers who have been set up and wrongly accused. I petition you for those who wanted to vote but were not allowed because someone else has used their name. I petition you for the poll watchers who were not allowed to do their job. I petition you for lies that have spewed against our president. I ask for You to intervene and make a way for justice to prevail. I ask for You to alert Christians to continue to declare Your kingdom come Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I ask for Christians to pray with perseverance. I ask for Christians to declare bold and brave prayers to bring about Your results. I ask for Christians to stir up faith within themselves; so they pray with confidence that You will bring about the best for the American people. I pray for revival to break loose in America. I ask that Christians will be alert to the enemy's plans and declare them to be voided out in Jesus' name. I ask for Christians to stand united and alert one another of the enemy's plans. I ask for Christians to see the alert and hear the alert. I pray we will not grow faint in the battle but will rise up with renewed strength and continue to hold off the enemy. Send revival across our land and through the earth in Jesus' name amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy
My hope is for Believers in Jesus Christ to join together each day to pray, to push back the enemy as we release God’s power here on earth against the coronavirus, riots, and lies. The prayers will be listed each day as Warriors Arise. I will put a date with it so we can keep them straight. If you have any questions please feel free to make a comment or private message me. If you would like this to come to your email directly please go to verideehand.com and subscribe.
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