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Hi Ladies,

I experienced the effectiveness of binding, loosing and intercession when my husband-to-be arrived less than six months after I began praying on his behalf. God guided me in properly utilizing this spiritual weapon, and clarified that there are rules for our warfare prayers for us to understand and abide by, just as with any other form of combat:

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

#1 – Warfare prayers are a private matter. When God has placed it upon your heart to intercede for a person, you are not confronting that person but are dealing with the enemy instead. This concerns only you, God, and the devil.

Never announce, boast, or otherwise notify anyone, especially the man, that you are praying for him. If your future mate is unknown to you, this is easy. But if you know him, please stay silent unless he has publically acknowledged a need and has requested prayers.

Otherwise, if you serve notice that a man has become your personal prayer project, your announcement may backfire. Your effectiveness as a prayer warrior will be lessened, and a potential relationship may even be hindered from properly developing.

Why? …Because you will be attempting to take matters into your own hands, rather than allowing God to do His work.

When you open your mouth to voice your plans, you give Satan the opportunity to turn your words and motives around and to plant negative thoughts against you. Most men fail to comprehend exactly why you want to war on their behalf, and are likely to react suspiciously to your intentions, however good they may be.

Place your trust in The LORD and in His promises, and leave the outcome to Him. Honor God by holding your peace, and as Philippians 4: 6, 7 advises, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” And I add that, in conjunction with your purity of motives, He will also guard your tongue.

#2 – Warfare prayer is not pleading. Beseeching God for the answer to our prayers is not warfare. Warring in the spirit assumes that Our Father has already heard our request, knows our heart, and has sent the answer. In warfare, we’re not to waste time continually tugging at Our LORD. Instead, we seek to engage the adversary, not to bombard Heaven.

This is an entirely different prayer motivation. It accepts that our Sovereign LORD is fully aware of our desires, and that the goal is now to defeat the forces of evil that may be restraining or detaining the answer. See Daniel 10: 12, 13… God’s response to Daniel’s request had been dispatched on the day he prayed, but the angel delivering the message encountered demonic resistance and was delayed for twenty one days.

When you commence binding, loosing and intercession, you accept that the Vision that God has given you concerning your future marital partner is true, so constantly praying for it to happen is unnecessary. You’re operating within the boundaries of His Grace and His revealed Will, so are empowered take a proactive stance against powers, principalities and spiritual wickedness (Ephesians 6: 12).

Seek to combat the traps that have been specifically crafted to steal, to kill and to destroy your ordained spouse. Intercede against those, with the spiritual authority you’ve been given in Christ Jesus.

Warfare prayers are based upon a foundation of Trust, not in man but in Almighty God. When we totally trust Our FATHER, we know that we can depend upon Him to meet all our needs.  And we understand that the desire in our heart for a mate has been placed there by Our Sovereign LORD Himself. So utilize the Sword of the Spirit He’s given you, your warfare weapon.

FYI, this Hebraic month, Elul, means “The King is in the field”, out from His palace and down among the people, ready to address their requests. …That’s why the pictured sword is in grass, not lying upon stone.  You’ve got special access!

More warfare rules next week…Joy and Shalom!