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Prayer for the saints to “blow the trumpets,” to open their mouths to declare the victory of Christ, that the enemy may be fully defeated
Pray that the saints would learn to “blow the trumpets of rams’ horns,” to declare the victory of the cross, the victory of the victorious One, and to proclaim Christ—the Christ they enjoy, the Christ who is the Conqueror over every foe (Josh. 6:6, 10, 20; 2 Cor. 10:4-5).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to praise the Lord with the high praises—praises out of the experience of Christ
Pray that the saints would learn to praise the Lord with the high praises out of their experience of Christ, with praises that match the element and standard of Psalm 68 (vv. 1, 4, 11-12; 149:6-9).
Read MorePrayer for the Lord to perfect the praise out of the mouths of babes and sucklings to stop the adversary, the enemy, and the avenger
Pray that the Lord would strengthen the smallest and weakest ones and perfect the praise they offer to Him out of their mouths, to stop the adversary, the enemy, and the avenger (Matt. 21:16; Psa. 8:1-21-3).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to realize that nothing moves the Lord’s hand as quickly as our praise to Him
Pray that the saints would discover in their practice of prayer that at the moment they begin to sing and praise the Lord, He rises to strike and defeat the enemy (2 Chron. 20:20-22).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to offer the sacrifice of praise that brings them to the throne
Pray that the saints would learn that when they are burdened and cannot pray, they can praise the Lord so that God’s Spirit will operate in them, open their prison doors, break their chains, and bring them to the throne (Heb. 13:15; Acts 16:25-26).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to apprehend that prayer is a warfare but praise is a victory
Pray that the saints would apprehend in their experience of prayer that prayer is a warfare but praise is a victory, and would learn to advance from fighting prayer to victorious praise (Acts 16:25-26, 29-34).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to realize that all the spiritual work in God’s economy is a warfare
Pray that all the saints would realize that all the spiritual work in God’s economy is in nature a warfare and would gird themselves for this warfare (Matt. 16:18-19; Acts 26:18; 2 Cor. 10:3-5).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ prayer life to have a solid base
Pray for the saints’ prayer to have as a solid base the realization that in ourselves we are not able to sustain a prayer life and that in order to sustain our prayer, we need Christ to be our support (Exo. 17:11-12; Matt. 26:41; cf. Matt. 7:24-25).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ prayer to be sustained by having the building of the church in view
Pray for the saints’ prayer to be sustained to fight with Amalek, the flesh, the enemy of God’s building, by the help of “Bezaleel,” by caring for the building up of the tabernacle, the church (Matt. 16:18-19; Eph. 1:17-18, 22-23; 1 Pet. 2:5).
Read MorePrayer for the saints prayer to be sustained by the kingship—by their obedience to the Lord’s inner ruling
Pray for the saints’ prayer to be sustained to fight with Amalek, the flesh, by the help of “Hur,” the kingship, by their obedience to the Lord’s ruling within (Exo. 17:12-13; Phil. 2:12-13).
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