Link to Sermon: "Prayer is War"
Quotes
- “The act of prayer is the waring itself.”
- “The endgame is prayer, it’s not a means to the end.”
- “Our prayers should be more listening than talking - our weapons of are not of human nature.”
- “The chief place the enemy wants to win is to get us to deny [the character of] God.”
Ephesians 6:12 “ For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
Hebrews 2:14-15 “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.”
1 John 4:4 “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”
Colossians 2:13-15 “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”
Additional Reading on Spiritual Warfare
- Winning the War in your Mind by Craig Groeschel
- Invisible War by Rob Randall
- The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson
- Spiritual Warfare by Dr. Karl Payne
- Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
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