ARE WE AWAKE TO THE BATTLE?, No. 625
ARE WE AWAKE TO THE BATTLE?
“"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strongholds::
Casting down imaginations and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ"
(2 Corinthians 10:4, 5).
I think that most of the time we are not aware of the spiritual battle we
are fighting.
We read this morning in our daily Family Devotions Ephesians 6:11, 12: "Put
on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Who are the "rulers of darkness of this world"? We checked it out. The word
is "kosmokrator" and means "a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan." Wow, these powerful demonic spirits are seeking to rule the world. We are aware of this
in what we are facing right now. They want world domination and control of
our lives.
The AMPC says: "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending
only with physical opponents), but against the despotisms, against the
powers, against (the master spirits who are) the world rulers of this
present darkness . . . "
The New English Translation says that we struggle "against the world rulers
of this darkness" and then gives the commentary: "The phrase world-rulers of
this darkness does not refer to human rulers but the evil spirits that rule
over the world."
We talk about "draining the swamp" and exposing all the deception and evil
that goes on on in the high places in Washington DC. But we must remember we
are not dealing with people, but with demonic powers.
This surely should intensify our prayer lives and remind us to daily put on
the armor of God. Dear precious ladies, we cannot continue as normal. We
must become prayer warriors who also teach our children to pray and become
prayer warriors. Our children learn to pray as they pray with us.
Are you gathering your family together morning and evening to pray for this
nation and the world? Not just pray, but "wrestle" in prayer as the
Scripture says. We are warring against powerful forces. We cannot do it in
our own strength or our own name, but only in the powerful name of Jesus
Christ, the name above all names, and through His precious blood.
Do you remember how Gabriel, the mighty archangel, was held up for 21 days
fighting "the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia"? Michael, one of the
archangels had to come to his rescue to help him (Daniel 10:12, 13, 20). He
then told Daniel he had to get back to the fight and after that he would be
fighting against the "spirit prince of the kingdom of Greece." Wow, if these
mighty angels needed help fighting these demonic rulers, how much more do we
need to help one another in prayer.
That's why collective prayer is so powerful. That's why we need to pray as
families. That's why we need to get a prayer meeting going in our homes, for
this nation and for the world. That's why the church needs to get back
together to pray. It's battling, wrestling prayer that wins the victory.
Everything begins in the home. Let's not allow the oppression of the enemy
to keep us down. Let's rise up as families to do battle. Let's become
families on the offensive to fight these rulers of darkness in the spirit of
wrestling prayer.
Blessings to you today, Nancy Campbell
PRAYER:
are fighting.
We read this morning in our daily Family Devotions Ephesians 6:11, 12: "Put
on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Who are the "rulers of darkness of this world"? We checked it out. The word
is "kosmokrator" and means "a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan." Wow, these powerful demonic spirits are seeking to rule the world. We are aware of this
in what we are facing right now. They want world domination and control of
our lives.
The AMPC says: "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending
only with physical opponents), but against the despotisms, against the
powers, against (the master spirits who are) the world rulers of this
present darkness . . . "
The New English Translation says that we struggle "against the world rulers
of this darkness" and then gives the commentary: "The phrase world-rulers of
this darkness does not refer to human rulers but the evil spirits that rule
over the world."
We talk about "draining the swamp" and exposing all the deception and evil
that goes on on in the high places in Washington DC. But we must remember we
are not dealing with people, but with demonic powers.
This surely should intensify our prayer lives and remind us to daily put on
the armor of God. Dear precious ladies, we cannot continue as normal. We
must become prayer warriors who also teach our children to pray and become
prayer warriors. Our children learn to pray as they pray with us.
Are you gathering your family together morning and evening to pray for this
nation and the world? Not just pray, but "wrestle" in prayer as the
Scripture says. We are warring against powerful forces. We cannot do it in
our own strength or our own name, but only in the powerful name of Jesus
Christ, the name above all names, and through His precious blood.
Do you remember how Gabriel, the mighty archangel, was held up for 21 days
fighting "the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia"? Michael, one of the
archangels had to come to his rescue to help him (Daniel 10:12, 13, 20). He
then told Daniel he had to get back to the fight and after that he would be
fighting against the "spirit prince of the kingdom of Greece." Wow, if these
mighty angels needed help fighting these demonic rulers, how much more do we
need to help one another in prayer.
That's why collective prayer is so powerful. That's why we need to pray as
families. That's why we need to get a prayer meeting going in our homes, for
this nation and for the world. That's why the church needs to get back
together to pray. It's battling, wrestling prayer that wins the victory.
Everything begins in the home. Let's not allow the oppression of the enemy
to keep us down. Let's rise up as families to do battle. Let's become
families on the offensive to fight these rulers of darkness in the spirit of
wrestling prayer.
Blessings to you today, Nancy Campbell
PRAYER:
"Dear Father, thank You have given to us the privilege of prayer to call
upon Your name and to move Your mighty right hand. Help me to faithful to
this great ministry of prayer. Help me to teach my children how to pray and
become mighty prayer warriors for You. Amen."
AFFIRMATION:
I am gathering our family together every day to pray for our nation and the
countries of the world.