Sword & Shield

Guest Post by Freed Radical

Stand firm on this passage from God’s word as we do spiritual battle to recover and rebuild our nation and world, and defeat the evil that seeks to destroy us.

Psalm 37   (NASB)

14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.
15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.

Prayer:

Lord, it pains me to see the poor and sick made pawns of the wicked. What kind of cowards oppress the weakest among us? They use their weapons against those most unable to defend themselves, even unborn babies. And they pursue people of right and true character, to smear and assassinate them. But you, Lord, you change the trajectory of their arrow, their spear, their sword, to pierce their own heart, and then you break their weapons before them. I pray you accelerate their defeat, for the wicked spawn quickly. Protect us all from their evil.


We engage in spiritual warfare by first consulting the scriptures to learn what God thinks about himself, about us, our situation, and his adversaries, and what he is doing today and is planning to do. We come into agreement with what God thinks, and his plan, and ask him to do battle on our behalf in the ways he has stated. These prayers are intended to change situations in our natural world, but they also change our hearts as we come to know the heart of God. As we pray together to defeat the forces of evil, we become a closer knit family of God, intent on accomplishing his purposes and living in Christian community. Please join in this spiritual battle by praying the scripture above, out loud, confident that God hears us and loves us, his children.

The prayer above is only a suggestion. Pray as you are led by the spirit. No need for eloquence as our Father simply loves to hear the voices of his children as we bare our hearts to him.

Take time to read this passage in context, to get the bigger picture, by clicking on the link at the beginning of the passage. The Christian life is not all about spiritual warfare, and there is always a bigger picture!

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9 Comments
very old white guy
very old white guy
September 19, 2021 7:09 am

WE will have to engage in physical warfare if we are going to reverse the insanity.

Ed
Ed
  very old white guy
September 19, 2021 11:06 am

Correctamundo

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut
September 19, 2021 7:39 am

We’re not going to save or change much if anything at all other than allowing God to change us and possibly a small percentage of others hearts and minds by prayer and sharing of the good news of Jesus the Messiah.
Pray and live and share anyway.
The evil will get progressively worse quickly as it is written in Gods word.
He will eventually being it to an end after great worldwide suffering and judgement and restore all things as they were meant to be for all that are His children.
Only the rapture of the true church of Jesus will save us from this time of great tribulation as the world has never before seen.

Behind Enemy Lines
Behind Enemy Lines
  Eyes Wide Shut
September 19, 2021 10:01 am

Very tired of these religious appeals. If your God is real, s/he (it/they/them/ze) has sat by as millions have been killed, raped, starved, abused etc for thousands of years. We’re on our own.

Blindly putting faith in a religion is no different than putting it into a government.

motley
motley
  Behind Enemy Lines
September 19, 2021 11:13 am

Do you expect your dog to understand you and everything you do? How then can anyone be so full of themselves to fully understand the nature of our Creator. So if you choose not to ruminate on these issues (with some degree of humility), don’t read them and move on.

Whom the Son Sets Free
Whom the Son Sets Free
  Behind Enemy Lines
September 19, 2021 12:19 pm

“If your God is real, s/he (it/they/them/ze)”
A bit of friendly advice, Do not mock God

flash
flash
  Behind Enemy Lines
September 19, 2021 12:49 pm

The same retarded dipshit that couldn’t tell the difference between genocide and incompetence now knows the mind of God….smh.
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Anonymous
Anonymous
September 19, 2021 8:32 am

Kahlil Gibran s My Defeat.

We will delight and in the end we will be dangerous.

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut
September 19, 2021 3:53 pm

I have given you a choice and you have chosen foolishness over understanding, your own belly over wisdom.
Therefore a great reckoning will come and you shall be overcome with many sorrows, with great destruction says the Lord of Hosts.