We Are in a War of Words: How We Win
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September 4, 2023 at 9:29 am
Father, I thank You for equipping us,Your people, with every spiritual weapon that we need in these days. Teach us how and when to pray imprecatory prayers. Let it be so! My King of Kings Lord of Lords! 🙏🏻❤️🕊
September 4, 2023 at 9:38 am“Instead of the times defining the Church, this strategy of of advocacy praying imprecatory prayers will enable us to define the times.”
September 4, 2023 at 9:39 amAs prayer warriors, we have many weapons at our disposal to enter the spiritual battle led by our Lord.
September 4, 2023 at 9:40 amThe Scripture describes our weapons that are not of the flesh, but which do have divine power to bring down and destroy strongholds 2 Corinthians 10:4
September 4, 2023 at 9:41 amOur spiritual arsenal includes prayer; decree and declaration; prophetic acts; the blood of Christ; the name of Jesus; worship and praise; thanksgiving; unconditional love; and the word of God.
September 4, 2023 at 9:42 amIn His word, the Lord has written down His righteous judgments that are forever established. Psalm 119:160
September 4, 2023 at 9:42 amThe writer of Psalm 149 describes one of the ways we have honor as God’s saints:
September 4, 2023 at 9:43 amTo execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron. Psalm 149:7–8
September 4, 2023 at 9:44 amThis is how we joyfully wage a righteous war, declaring the high praises of God with our mouths, and wielding the “double-edged sword” of His word in our hands.
September 4, 2023 at 9:45 am💥The result? The written judgments of God executed on His enemies. This is the honor given to His saints and THAT IS US!😀
September 4, 2023 at 9:47 amDefine the Terms 💥Let us start with a definition of imprecatory prayer. Dictionary.com defines the world imprecate this way: “to invoke or call down evil upon, or to curse as a person.” By extension, imprecatory praying is coming into agreement with God’s written judgments (imprecations) against His enemies and declaring them on earth as they are already established in heaven.
September 4, 2023 at 9:48 am“Imprecatory prayer is not placing curses upon our enemies out of vengeance or the wrath of man, which will never produce God’s righteousness.
September 4, 2023 at 9:48 amRather we acknowledge God as supreme and declare what He said He would do and who He would be on the earth.”
September 4, 2023 at 9:49 am“Praying imprecatory prayers out of the Psalms is our agreeing with what God has said regarding the wicked with the hope that the wicked will awaken and turn to the Lord before they perish.”
September 4, 2023 at 9:50 amAll of this requires discernment on the part of who is praying as well as lots of time spent in His presence, allowing Him to sift the motives of our hearts Hebrews 4:12
September 4, 2023 at 9:51 amWe are told explicitly in Romans 12 to feed our hungry enemy, and to give him drink, and by doing so, we heap fiery coals on his head verse 20
September 4, 2023 at 9:52 amDoing good to our enemies this way, loving them unconditionally even though they do evil against us, allows God to heap fiery coals on their consciences, and we can pray that this will lead them to repentance Romans 2:4
September 4, 2023 at 9:53 amPraying this way allows God to work in our own lives too, to soften our hearts toward our enemies so that we’ll have compassion on them for their eternal destiny, and to remove bitterness and anger from our hearts.
September 4, 2023 at 9:53 amJesus was anointed above all His companions by the Father with the oil of joy.
September 4, 2023 at 9:54 amFor what reason? In Psalm 45 we are told that He loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
September 4, 2023 at 9:55 amHis hatred of all that His father hates and His love for righteousness sets Him apart and makes Him the only righteous judge.
September 4, 2023 at 9:55 amWe are to be like Him, hating what He hates while remembering that we are not fighting against flesh and blood Ephesians 6:12
September 4, 2023 at 9:56 amIn Psalm 139, King David asks God to slay the wicked, declaring that he hates those who hate and rise up against God.
September 4, 2023 at 9:57 amThen he asks God to sift the motives of his own heart, to search out whether there is any wickedness there that would disqualify him from seeking justice.
September 4, 2023 at 9:57 amGod’s word is clear that those who reject the sacrifice of the Son and reject His word are already under a curse.
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