Never Surrender Your Weapons
The Holy Spirit unleashes fire on praying people, and prayer doesn’t just change things—it changes you.
“Satan has effectively disarmed us when he can keep us too busy doing things to stop and pray.” — E.M. Bounds
Friend, here is my plea to the people of God today: “Never surrender your weapons!” What are your weapons? The Word of God flooding into your heart, mind, and spirit as you read it. The Word of God coming from your mouth as you SPEAK it. And your life of prayer.
Often, we read the Word but do not pray.
Looking for wisdom to navigate our situations or strength in times of weakness, we turn to the Word, as we should. However, the connection point between heaven and earth is a praying man, a praying woman, and the praying church.
Prayer is the weapon that moves heaven on behalf of your family, your unsaved friends and neighbors, your sickness that God longs to heal, and your problems that God desires to solve.
Prayer is the Master’s weapon of choice that destroys the works of the devil as it draws men and women closer to the heart of God and develops in us the qualities and fruit of Jesus Himself.
Our cunning enemy has always tried to deceive us, making us think it is more effective and noble to do things for God than to spend time in prayer with God.
But the secret place is the place of power!
The Holy Spirit unleashes His anointing and fire upon praying people.
Do not allow your enemy to trick you into believing that serving is more important than praying. In fact, do not believe the reverse of this lie either. Prayer that does not lead us to humbly serve is rooted in selfishness.
Real prayer that touches the heart of God strengthens us and weaponizes our humility, releasing us to serve others while keeping our focus on Jesus and refusing to neglect the importance of time in His presence.
Every minute you spend in prayer, seeking the face of God, is a transformational moment in which the Lord works into you those things that please Him. Prayer is not transactional; it is transformational! Prayer molds and shapes you into the image that most pleases the Lord.
Our praying equips us with every weapon we need to overcome the powers of hell bent on the destruction of our families and the Remnant of God’s people.
So friend, do not neglect your most potent and powerful weapon—prayer.
Let me challenge you today:
Spend 10 more minutes in prayer than you usually would.
Pray in the Spirit (in tongues) for 90% of your prayer time.
Worship the Lord in prayer instead of only asking for things.
These three practices alone will bring transformational change to your spirit and provide you with the weapons built for overcoming the devil’s schemes.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 AMP—For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man. [4] The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. [5] We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ, [6] being ready to punish every act of disobedience, when your own obedience [as a church] is complete.
