Lord Jesus, while You command us to fight,
You promise that our "life is hid with Christ in God."
Col. 3:3 Thank you for Your protection, Jesus. As we remain
hidden in the Secret Place of the Most High (Psalm 91,) we have the
upper hand in an offensive battle, the element of surprise, because our
enemy cannot see us coming. We run into Your light to be hidden;
Your light blinds the enemy! Thank you for mighty intercessors and
warrior angels that empower us to build your Kingdom on earth as
it is in Heaven.
Lord
Jesus, cover all
of our conversations with the blood of Jesus and prevent
every demon from seeing or hearing us as we go to war. We have a
confidence and a clear conscience because your blood has cleansed us
from all sin. (1 John 1:9) We fight boldly because the blood
of Jesus gives us instant and constant access to the Father. We
know that God has made covenant with us and has sealed it with the blood
of Jesus. We who know our God shall do exploits (Daniel 11:32.)
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony and loved not their
own lives unto death." (Revelation 12:11).
Lord
Sabaoth, Your
government on earth is carried out through Your covenant
people. Christ in us, has supremacy over every type of evil
spirit and all assignments of the enemy, triumphing over them. (Col.
2:15) It is critical that we remember how weak we were when we
were separated from You, so that we will daily choose to be one with You
now. "Your strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Cor.
12:9) We must discern between the captives and the enemy;
free the captives and fight the enemy.
We choose to
rise up because we believe "greater is He that is in us
than he that is in the world." (1 John 4:4) We know
that your mighty power is activated in us when we rest in you and your
strength alone. You Lord, are everything: "That the
excellency of your power may be of God, and not of us ... we have this
treasure in earthen vessels" (2 Cor. 4:7). We choose to take You at
Your Word and to war with Your Word. We press into scripture after
scripture with dogged determination to lay aside all doubt and to swing
the Sword of the Spirit, until Your Kingdom has come and Your will is
done on earth as it is in Heaven!
Who will commit
to becoming involved? to pray, to give or to seek and find sheep?
Remember,
it is not what we feel (like fear) but what we do in spite of what we
feel. The Lord sovereignly gives us angels at our side, when we are
sent by Him. We use spiritual weapons to win spiritual wars in a
spiritual Kingdom.
We resist every temptation to listen to satan, to step out of line, to
write our own orders, to take matters into our own hands or to touch His
glory. We may look like the most unlikely but God has chosen to
show Himself strong through the weak and foolish. We choose to
fight in His way, His will and His timing (whether He uses "mud and
spit," puts the praise team on
the front lines, or asks us to march 7 days in silence!)
Our
goal is occupy and maintain what already belongs to the Kingdom of God
more than to go after the devil. We don't overcome evil by
focusing on it but by manifesting the presence of Jesus Christ
everywhere we go. We know that in warfare in the Spiritual realm,
demonstrating the fruit of His Spirit is more important than Spiritual
gifting. We don't try to control people but we do exercise our
delegated power over the dark side. Darkness never casts out
light and light always casts out darkness. The blood of Jesus
has not lost its power!
Knowing
we are your War-Bride makes us want to walk in Your manifest presence,
shining Your glory to everyone we meet. It is in demonstrating
Your heart that all men will be drawn to You and find the living water that
will finally quench their thirst and overflow to all around them.
We choose to be conformed to Your image; not to try to conform to
ours. The
Bible says:
