Hi Ladies,
While I was single, with no man in sight, God revealed to me that I needed to clear the path for my future husband’s arrival. I was to pray for him…not just prayers for his manifestation into my life, or praying about what he should be. Those prayers are fine, but they are also incomplete. The key to answered prayer was to actually pray for him.
We’ve already considered other preparations for marriage, but in deciding to launch intensive praying on behalf of a mate, we’re entering different territory. We are indicating our readiness to do battle in the spiritual realm.
Satan is vigilant, and when we take a stand for such a specific goal, we will confront forces meant to impede or derail us from our intended course of action. But Our Father has given us the most powerful of all weapons to be used to defeat them:
Binding, Loosing, Intercession
Matthew 18: 18 declares “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
We can deflect or thwart satanic activities by binding, or praying against the evil works of the devil. The acts we want to loose, or pray to come about instead are the works of the Holy Spirit to combat and defeat the adversary. This is an exercise of Faith that we can use to stand firm for any Vision, including our vision for marriage.
And it also applies to praying for a mate…you have the right to intercede for him. Ask Christ to bless him, and pray that he will be strong in his faith. Bind the actions of Satan in his life, and declare that no weapon formed against him will prosper. Loose the Spiritual Fruit of Peace, Joy and Love to reign in his heart.
“But I don’t even know him. How can I pray such things?”
You can do so because you have been given this privilege by The LORD Himself. Intercession is simply undertaking to pray for another person’s welfare, safety, godliness, needs or whatever else God puts on your heart to request, whether they are known to you personally or not. It is the same way we pray for our church leaders, government officials and nation. It requires caring enough for another’s wellbeing to seek The LORD’s mercy and blessings upon them.
For your husband-to-be, your intercessory prayers and ability to bind negative spirits will help to defeat challenges that may be hindering him. You can also, as I did, ask Our Father to loose in him the desire for a godly wife, so that when God brings you together, he’ll recognize that he has found the answer to his prayers.
The concept of intercession is clearly described in Ezekiel 22: 29, 30 – “The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found no one.”
This situation is what intercession is all about – praying for the benefit of others. If just one person had asked God for mercy on the people, He would have spared their lives. The principle is the same when we pray to Our Father for those who matter to us.
Intercessory prayer is not begging. Instead, Binding, Loosing, and Intercession are crucial tools for spiritual warfare. Our adversary’s goal is to prevent or take what is rightfully ours, but we must stand our ground. We cannot allow our possessions to be stolen away when God has given us the ability to stop the thief! The sword that we wield is our Power of Prayer. And it is yours to use to help clear the pathway for your spouse.
Until next week… Joy and Shalom!
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