Prayer Warriors in the Bible

Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power,

During the Rwanda Genocide, people were praying that God would protect them and help them survive. Marie-Christine a survivor, prayed to God when she had to hide from the Hutus when her family

I believe Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) (2016) describes Intercessory prayer the best as “Intercession is prayer that pleads with God for your needs and the needs of others. But it is also much more than that. Intercession involves taking hold of God's will and refusing to let go until His will comes to pass” (para. 3). As a Christian, this day and time providing intercessory of prayer for your needs or needs of others can be a battle. It is truly a spiritual battle that takes place in our own lives and the lives of others. So many time I personally, get caught up in the events of the day or the worries of the day and I fail to truly apply myself and pray with my whole heart and soul. My prayers all too often seem to be routine daily

The model for our prayer lives is presented by Paul in Ephesians 6:18-20. In this passage,

What is prayer? Prayer is defined as a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or object of worship. According to the film we watched in class “School prayer: A community at War” daily prayer started being announced during 1978 on the intercom of a small high school located in Pontotoc Mississippi. The film followed the story of a mother name Lisa who fights against the Pontotoc school system where her children attended school.

spiritual weapons, such as prayer, have to be used against the spirit of lawlessness. God wants

Bible has placed a special importance of praying in a Christian life. This beings inner peace, abandons pride, and exercises love and hope. It is another way of touching the heart of the God through Jesus. There are some other ways to defend ourselves from the strings of devil are to live as a follower to Christ and believe in Him no matter what the circumstances are.

Prayer is powerful and something we need to grow and excel in. I know the quote often attributed to Martin Luther is questionable but it does illustrate a good point. Luther is sometimes quoted as

(Hamlet I. v. 121-122) In the bible, it’s said that praying is quite religious. “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” (Matthew 21:22).

Firstly, Murray and Meyers proposed that there are some serious benefits that come as results of petitionary prayer that couldn’t come about any other way. The first positive effect discussed in this article is that petitionary prayer keeps the petitioner from worshipping idols. This is because, even if the petitioner’s needs, such as the need for food, could be met by sources other than God, such as a grocery store, God still is the ultimate provider. This is true given that God created the foods that the grocery store provides. Therefore, the petitioner cannot look solely at nature and other resources of provisions as their providers, but at God. Secondly, petitionary prayer allows

If we pray without unceasing, it will help to protect us from evil. We are always in danger of being tempted. Luther teaches us that in the Lord ’s Prayer it says, “and lead us not into temptation.” So we say””keep us fit and alert, eager and diligent in thy work and service….” There is no position in life in which we may not be assaulted by the enemy. Therefore pray without ceasing. If a man who is going along a dark road where he knows that there are robbers, he will equip himself with weapons. He may have a sword with him in his hand to let the robbers know that he is ready for them. So as Christian, we pray without ceasing - carry our sword which is prayer. As we are tempted without ceasing, so we should pray without ceasing.

W. Pink defines the design of prayer in his book, The Sovereignty of God, by saying, "Not that God's will may be altered, but that it may be accomplished in His own good time and way. It is because God has promised certain things, that we can ask for them with the full assurance of faith" (172). In prayer, Christians recognize the importance of how Christ is the sustainer and ruler of all things by fully depending on him. They show this submission by putting their faith and trust in Christ when they ask him for things. Many people in prayer, Christian or not, usually ask for safety throughout travels, for healing when a loved one or themselves are sick, for comfort through hard times, for wisdom and discernment in making a decision, etc. What people do not realize is that they are simply proving the very fact that Christ is completely sovereign and in control of everything when they ask him to keep them safe, or to heal them or their loved one, or to comfort them when they are going through a trial, or to give them the wisdom in making any decision. By stating and asking those things, they are unknowingly acknowledging He is in control of every single one of those

“Prayer is essential in the Christian's life. Without it efforts to witness will be far less effective, and will be far more vulnerable to the enemy. When witnessing, the support of the Lord is needed. Fellowship with the Lord is required for evangelism to be successful. Prayer makes this all possible.” (Slick 2015)

Prayer features twice in the well-known list “The Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion”. (Sharp, 2008) There are 198 methods listed ranging from Lysistratic Non-Action (the withholding of sex) through Consumers’ boycott
to Mutiny. Prayer, along with fasting, are the two methods of nonviolent protest that are most analogues to what Christians understand as spiritual disciplines. It is method no.167, Pray-ins, that lies at the heart of LMAW.

Having been a Christian for many years I thought that I had a fair knowledge of what it meant to pray. I was amazed and humbled by the idea that through Jesus’ restorative act on the cross I am able to come into God’s presence - and not only come but be welcomed and even longed for. I believed that prayer is a powerful tool to petition God , a vehicle to praise Him , and an instrument to increase our intimacy with Him . I understood that people pray in a variety of ways, based on the teaching they have received, their experience, and even their personality. Most commonly, I engaged in prayer as a conversation with God.