“Although imbalances
occur, nonetheless, it is impossible to separate the word intercession, paga, from warfare. Fifteen times it is
used in this context.
Again,
Jack
Hayford says, ‘But there is a way to face impossibility. Invade it! Not with a glib speech of high
hopes. Not in anger. Not with resignation. Not through stoical self-control. But
with violence. And prayer provides the vehicle for this kind of violence.
When
we try to separate warfare from intercession, we do so to our own detriment. Much
time and energy is wasted dealing with symptoms, when in many situations the
real cause of the problem is spiritual or demonic: “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” (Eph.
6:12, KJV). We must guard against
an overemphasis upon Satan and demons, but we in America err in the other direction.
Most people stop in Ephesians 6:12 after the words, “wrestle not.”
Prayer Note # 55 Paga Involves Warfare -Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs 137-138)
The next Prayer Note on July 12TH
– IGNORANCE IS COSTLY
"For who is God, except the LORD? It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze." (Ps. 18: 31-34)
Today’s 28TH
truth: If you are “born again”, you are establishing God’s word here on earth. (Matt. 16:19)
Today's thought: When we see Jesus, He changes everything.
Tomorrow’s
post: Do Your Friends Know all
they Need to Know?
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