Prayer as a tool in war

These thoughts come from chapter 7 in "Killing Lions" by John & Sam Eldredge.

There are many evil forces out to try and devour Christians.  This is a Biblical fact.  Therefore it is imperative that we pray against these.  We need to give them to God's control and authority and speak against any attacks in His perfect name.  We are at war, but Jesus is on our side.  We need to put Him at the centre of each of our fights, otherwise we don't have a chance.  With Him, however, we are guaranteed the victory!

Anything that is not of God - whether it be fear, discouragement, frustration, impatience, anger, etc. - must be given to God and prayed against in the name of Jesus.  I am completely niave if I don't realise that these things come as attacks from the evil one.  Therefore, I mist always put Jesus at the centre of each of these battles.  This is jowni become a warrior for Him.  I lean on Him, put Him at the centre of the fight, and allow Him to fight the battle for me.  My part is to then resist, saying, "You cannot have my heart fear, temptation, anger, frustration, impatience, etc..".

I never gave enough thought to the fact that all these things are often attacks from Satan.  Therefore it is time for me to make like a true warrior and start fighting by doing what has been described above.

A very important part of this is to be daily praying against all evil attacks on behalf of my family.  God is with us and will watch over us, but we need to do our part of the battle.  That part is to obey Him, seek Him, pray against evil and in doing so resist it.