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 9   (NASB)

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

Prayer:

Lord, men live evil lives before you and prosper, and they think they are invincible. I pray you show them their humanity, their fragility and weakness. Bring their plans to nothing, a crushing failure, and let the people they have oppressed rise up to rule them instead. Let them see the poorest in our world living in freedom and safety under your wing. Let them marvel at the wasting away of their earthly strength. Not only judge individuals, but judge the nations and visit upon them the consequences of their actions, that they would turn to you.

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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