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 Passion translation says: “For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.”
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 has been going 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. 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
P.S. Awhile back I put together all the Scriptures (or many of them) that David prayed against his enemies. They are powerful prayers and they are biblical. We use them when praying for our president who desperately needs our prayers. He is attacked on every hand, it seems by people, but the real attack is coming from these “demonic spirits who seek to rule the world.” If you would like a copy of these prayers, email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for PRAYING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.