Karen Zerby
GN 1152 FD/MM/FM
By Maria 3565 10/05
1. Our weapon focus for this GN is prayer—and specifically‚ our talking to Jesus. Prayer is essentially our communication with Heaven, and as such has two sides—our communications, petitions, requests‚ or intercession; and the other side of receiving from our Husband, hearing His voice, and being in tune with Him—the other side of the conversation. In this GN we're going to focus on the side of our communications with Him. And then in an upcoming GN we'll focus on prophecy, the side of hearing from Him and receiving from Him.
2. Prayer—communing with the Lord and committing things to Him—is a topic that the Lord has given us so much good counsel on already. It's probably one of the most oft-repeated principles throughout the Word. Because the Lord has talked about it so much, many of you have probably grown quite familiar with His prodding and counsel along these lines. It's one of those huge spiritual resources that could solve so many of our problems‚ propel us forward in this war, and bring so much good and progress, and yet we haven't totally grasped it, harnessed it, or learned to use it properly.
3. When I was asking the Lord what counsel He wanted to give us on this topic that would help us to really "get it" in the spirit‚ He explained that there aren't a bunch of amazing tricks to prayer that we haven't uncovered yet. Using prayer as a weapon is very simple and straightforward‚ but what makes all the difference is:
1) Actually doing it, using it.
2) Making it count‚ making it quality, learning to focus, persevere in prayer‚ and put forth the spiritual effort needed to bring results.
4. Laboring in prayer, as the Lord has often referred to it, is actual spiritual labor. It requires a lot of self-discipline and concentration to focus your prayers, and to keep up that focus for any length of time. It requires desperation, and in order to be desperate, you have to be stirred up. So while the answer to the question of how to be more effective in prayer is very simple, the implementation is not easy. It requires a lot of work.
5. In a future GN, I'm going to share with you some of the messages that our Home has received for our prayer mornings. Nearly every prayer morning (twice a month)‚ I ask the Lord to give a fresh message about the power and importance of our prayers, to help us be motivated and challenged to stir ourselves up and really put forth the effort in the spirit that prayer requires. We're putting those messages together for you so that you can use them for your prayer vigils, prayer days, etc. It helps tremendously to be reminded of how much the Lord depends on our prayers, how much they accomplish in the spirit.
6. (Jesus:) I know you are tempted to be weary of My frequent requests that you pray for situations or needs. It's just one of those things that doesn't come naturally for man, and I understand that, and I'm willing to make it easier for you. But I can only make it so easy, and then it falls to you to "take up your cross" and bear it bravely and just do it because I say so (Luke 9:23; 2Tim.2:3).
7. As a soldier, there are many things that you may be asked to do that are part of the duties of being a soldier. You may be asked to do guard duty that keeps you up all night. Something like that isn't "fun" or something you jump at the chance to do naturally. Such things are, however, a part of the life of a soldier and must be done in order to fulfill your duty and live the life you have chosen.
8. Prayer is one of those things. It requires a lot of work, but it returns great dividends. You know this, and I know I don't have to extol the virtues of prayer again. But I will give you some counsel on how to make your prayer times more powerful and how to incorporate prayer into your life as part of your active service to Me.
9. Notice that I said "active service"? Prayer is not inactivity; prayer is not just sitting back and doing nothing, neither is it a waste of effort. Prayer is the essence of your service for Me. I want to repeat that. Prayer is the essence of your service for Me. It is by prayer that you show your dedication to Me and your service and loyalty.
10. Prayer is the sacrifice by which you prove your rank and your honor as a warrior. It is one of the basic requirements for any soldier in this outfit. Prayer is the fundamental upon which the war for this world is fought, and it is the starting point for every miracle.
11. Prayer is not a secondary weapon in your armory; it is a primary weapon. Prayer isn't a sideline back–up plan should you get in a tight spot. Prayer is the plan. Prayer is the strategy. Prayer is the ball in soccer, rugby, billiards, or any ball sport. Without prayer the heavenly game of your spiritual life would cease to exist.
12. Prayer is the fundamental fabric of the spirit world, and it is the framework of all the storehouses of the spirit. Prayer is the lifeline of the spirit world and the foundation for all action in My Kingdom. Prayer is as inseparable from your life as the air you breathe. Without prayer there would be no release of power, no spiritual energy, no action, no accomplishments, no miracles. Prayer is the critical ingredient to your spiritual life. Prayer is the action which creates action. Everything is dependent on prayer.
13. Because of the importance of prayer, I remind you again and again that you must use it, live by it, swear by it, and depend on it. Prayer is so important, but it is one of the least used and most attacked weapons in your arsenal. Satan has a whole division of his forces assigned to distract and keep you from prayer. They will use any tactic and they have every bit of Satan's power available to them, because it is the single most damaging act to Satan's kingdom. If Satan can get you to not turn your weapon on, to not use your equipment in the battlefield, he has triumphed over you.
14. Prayer is like the electricity that powers the spiritual tracking and defensive equipment. It is the offensive batteries, the fuel which powers the missiles against him, the starting point for every offensive against him. This is why it is his major focus in any battle to keep you from praying, or from praying effectively.
15. In any run-in with Satan or his imps, his first tactic is to attempt to prevent you from praying, because once you pray‚ you turn the power on, you light up your flamethrower of the spirit, you initiate all the other spiritual weapons to work on your behalf.
16. Prayer is the building block of any defense or offense against the Enemy. If you don't pray, you have no power‚ no answers‚ no miracles‚ no supernatural intervention. Prayer is the "on" switch for every spiritual action and intervention in your life.
17. I want you to realize just how important prayer is. It is so fundamental that it is the first thing to be attacked by the Enemy. This is why he makes you weary of prayer. This is why he makes you think it has no results, and is just a chore and drudgery.
18. He tries to tell you that "it's too much effort to reach for that switch to activate your defenses. It doesn't really have an effect and you're just wasting your time praying, so why do it?" Why do it? Because the single act of flipping that switch powers up the spiritual forces and begins the process of defeat for the Enemy.
19. I want you to grasp this at a fundamental level. I want you to cut through the crap that Satan has been feeding you and see that activating your prayer life is the single most powerful step a Christian can make in his life for Me‚ because through prayer you access all that Heaven has to offer.
20. Up till now you've used prayer quite a bit. You've reached for and flipped the switch‚ which has begun to perform the miracles of supply and overcoming you needed. I've been showing you how you need to use it more, how you need to use it to hear from Me, how you need it to bring the miracles you need‚ how you need it as your display of dependence on Me. But you still haven't gotten it.
21. You need to understand that prayer is the step you must take to get everything you desire and need from the spirit realm. If you don't pray, My hands are tied. This is the rule I have set in place. Unless you flip that switch, things aren't going to happen.
22. You are in the control bunker. You have command of all the defenses and weapons of the spirit world. But unless you take the step to activate those weapons through prayer, nothing—and I repeat, nothing—is going to happen in your favor. You'll just get overrun, because the Enemy knows that the base defenses have been neutralized, the shields are off-line, the weapons are powered down, and you are a sitting duck. Get it?
23. I think you'll agree with Me now how important prayer is and why you must pray even when you don't feel like it. It really doesn't matter if you feel like fighting or not. When the Enemy shows up, you have to fight him. He doesn't work on your timetable or try to fit things into your schedule. He attacks any time and any place, and will do whatever he can, whenever he can, to get in and cripple you.
A soldier does not have the luxury of deciding upon each new day whether he will fight or not. A soldier with that privilege is not fit to be in the war. Wake up in the morning‚ let the realization of the battle dawn on you suddenly, and without thought, get up and fight that battle.—Winston Churchill (speaking from beyond)
24. Don't give room to his spies and infiltrators who would try to stop you from activating My power for you. Don't listen to his little imps who try to disable your defenses before an attack and give Satan free rein in your life. Get militant and realize that when you're praying, you're being offensive and deadly in the spirit world.
25. Keep your finger on that switch and be ready to turn it on instantly and fully. Don't just give it a little flick, but shove the throttle to full and make a complete connection to release all the power available and destroy the attack of the Enemy completely!
26. Don't settle for a momentary burst of power. Every time you pray, no matter what for, or how many times you've prayed for it before, or how you feel, throw that switch to full power, put all your effort into it, and mean every word you say.
27. Much of the problem is that you don't really mean what you say. You don't go about prayer purposefully and intentionally. You often mumble a few words which you interpret as a prayer, but that's like nudging the dial without really intending to turn it on full blast.
28. It's your watered-down prayers and your unbelieving prayers that are the problem. It's because you're not fully utilizing the power available to you that you don't have more faith in it. If every prayer you prayed was prayed wholeheartedly, with feeling, passion‚ intent, and desire‚ you would see miracles left and right and there wouldn't be a question in your mind about how effective prayer is!
29. The reason you're not seeing more answers to prayer is because you're not praying! I don't consider your little "ho hum, gotta rattle off a few repetitious lines here" attempts at prayer, to be prayer at all. What I'm talking about when I call prayer a weapon is meaningful prayers‚ where every word that leaves your lips is a curse upon Satan's power, an affirmation of My power, and a powerful spell spoken with emotion which will bring the full force of My power down on Satan's head again, and again, and again!
30. I expect your prayers to be powerful, intense, meaningful, and full of faith. I expect you to believe in every word you are saying—not just spitting out repetitious lines like you were reading the weather report. I expect and demand emphatic and believing prayers from My brides in order that I might give you the answers you desire.
31. Do you believe?—Then show Me by making every word spoken in prayer a believing word. Make every letter of your prayer count. Make every prayer, no matter how great or small‚ a believing prayer, and I will answer you. Start the wheels of My Spirit turning by giving the "on" switch a wholehearted shove to full power, and watch what I can do.
32. Make My day! Make it happen! Let Me at the Enemy! I'm raring to go! I want to answer your every need, but I can only do that when your every request is made meaningfully and like you actually expect the heavens to crackle and thunder with My power at every request.
33. Expect miracles with every word you pray. Demand power with every word that enters your prayer. Pray meaningful, expectant, powerful prayers for everything. Slam your fist into that "on" switch and let it feel all the power you can muster. It was designed to take some real force‚ so use all the force and intent I have given you to throw that switch powerfully and watch Me take over.
34. Got it? Prayers prayed in full faith, believing that I will answer, intending to take hold of the victory, will bring answers. Every prayer should be an intentional reaching for all the power of Heaven. Pick up the power of Heaven by taking hold of Heaven by your prayers and using Heaven's power to answer your needs.
35. Let Me hear your effectual, fervent prayers, which, as I've promised in My Word, will avail much! Power-filled prayers bring miracle-filled answers. Nothing else will do. I expect to hear an instant surge in the power of your prayers‚ starting today. Don't utter a word to Me unless you believe it. It's an insult to My power when you say a few words, not really expecting Me to do My part, because then I can't!
36. Give Me fire, give Me belief, give Me all the power you've got‚ and I'll answer with all that I've got! It's a two-way street. You give it all you've got and I'll do likewise. Pray effective prayers by being deliberate, specific, and fervent. Try Me! (End of message.)
War in the spirit carries no shame like the wars of the flesh. There is no shame in relishing the slaughter of Satan's troops. There is no innocent blood to be found, so spill his with pride. Count it honor to give no quarter, and to be thought of as merciless in his camp.—General Douglas MacArthur (speaking from beyond)
37. (Question:) As the Lord said above, one of the main reasons we don't have more faith in prayer, and why prayer doesn't "work" as much for us, is because we often don't pray with full desperation. We haven't mastered how to maintain that focus, as Dad said in "Prayer Power," focusing that beam strongly and constantly, which brings strong results. How can we learn to have more desperation in prayer?
38. (Jesus: ) Desperation in prayer is the second most important factor in what makes a prayer powerful. The number one factor is faith—the belief that I can and will do it. But this message is about desperation and why it matters so much that you really and truly want to see the answer to your request, and how you can demonstrate and achieve the proper level of desperation.
39. The reason I require you to ask in prayer and strive in prayer is because you need to take an active part in the prayer process, for I have forbidden Myself to do it all for you. The way the rules of this Earth are set up, almost everything that you can do for yourself, you must do for yourself, and I'm not going to step in for you and do miraculously what you could do physically. Yes, you need to depend on My power, but that is after you have met and satisfied the conditions and circumstances that you are physically able to take care of. You have to come to the limit of what you can do, and you have to put the rest in My hands, before I can take over.
40. In prayer‚ the "what you can do" part is to accurately, fervently, and desperately present your requests to Me, and to use the spiritual weapons at your disposal, which make your prayer as effective as it can be. That's all I ask. It sounds so simple, but if you are really honest with yourself, it's probably one of the hardest things for you to do. Almost all of you would find an hour of hard physical labor less taxing than an hour fighting in focused, desperate prayer. It takes more out of you than it would appear, because in the spirit it is real work, real action, and it requires bringing your mind and thoughts into captivity and taking on a praying spirit.
41. I take it seriously when you cry with your whole heart. I know it costs you and that you have really put forth an effort. Prayers spoken in faith and desperation are infinitely more effective in bringing the answer to pass than a prayer that is spoken but not meant.
42. It's not a complicated process to be desperate in prayer—it's simple, but it takes work. What it mainly comes down to is you deciding in your heart that you really, really, really want the answer, that you for sure need Me to do a miracle‚ and then asking Me accordingly.
43. I will tell you this plainly—too many of you pray as if you don't care whether I ever answer or not. Too many of you pray as if you know that you'll pray again later for the same thing, and thus you never give it your all. Too many of you pray as if you don't think that what you're praying for is really worth your time or focus, and these things stand in the way of My full answers.
44. It is My delight to answer your prayers, and I do the best I can with the prayers you give Me. But like the story of Sophie and Mrs. Stoneheart, the materials you send up ahead can be the difference between a shack and a mansion.—Or in the case of your prayers, the difference between partial or delayed answers, and miraculous, decisive‚ supernatural answers.
45. There are more victories that you could be winning in prayer if you would just put your hearts behind your words. Again, this isn't difficult to do. It's an almost instantaneous decision that happens in your mind when you first begin to intercede for a request. You need to take a minute to ask yourself whether you want to see this request answered or whether you'd be fine with the situation continuing on as it is.
46. For your personal requests, or big requests such as Mama and Peter's health or someone in a dire situation, it's usually easy to give it an adequate amount of desperation, and this is also why you've seen such miracles in the health of the king and queen and in the lives of the many Family members I have preserved from life-threatening accidents or have brought back from death's door. There is usually a lot of desperation behind these requests, which is why you get answers.
47. But when it's the request of someone you don't know, or a situation that doesn't seem that important or relevant to you, or even something that you're used to praying for so continually that you've become familiar with it—like My financial supply, for instance—you very often don't give it enough of a push for it to really release the power of Heaven. That's where the technique of putting yourself in the place of that person or situation comes in very handy. You need to empathize with the person you are praying for, and ask yourself if you were there, how much you would want this answer.
48. The end goal of these before–prayer thoughts should be you deciding that, yes‚ you do need this prayer answered, and to you or to someone else this is an important matter, one which needs My attention and intervention. Then all you have to do is ask for it, or agree in your heart with the one doing the praying. Use your other spiritual weapons as well, as much as you can incorporate them, knowing that they speed things along and add greater punch and effectiveness.
49. I don't require special words, special actions, or special emotions. All that is required is that you come before Me in prayer as someone who is truly desirous of My answer, who cares about that request being met‚ and who is not okay with the situation continuing as it is.
50. It's more about your heart than about your words. If your heart is right and the desire is there‚ then the words will express accurately and powerfully enough the feelings of your heart. It's when you don't care enough that you rattle off a quick prayer that may say all the right words, but really has no power behind it.
51. Some people get scared off by the word "feeling," because it makes them think that it's something they have to work up, and they worry that they won't be able to pull that off, especially if they're someone who doesn't often get a lot of feeling and tangible manifestations of spiritual matters. I want to put you at ease as well as challenge you by saying that desperation in prayer and feeling desirous of My answers is in reach of anyone. Anyone can get the feeling of wanting an answer or wanting a situation to change. This isn't hard, and so I expect it from all of you.
52. Everyone knows what it's like to really want something and then to be quite persuasive in asking for it. The potential for that kind of supplication lies inside everyone, and that is effort that I expect from you when you are coming before My throne in prayer.
53. Whether or not you're the one praying aloud makes no difference. You can still be making the decisions that you want to see change and miracles, and thus back the person up in prayer by agreeing with them in your heart, listening to their words of prayer, and letting those words speak for your heart as well. Every person who truly "agrees" with the prayer and doesn't just check out because it's not their turn, multiplies the power of the prayer being prayed. They don't just add to it, they multiply it. That's a lot of prayer power, and explaining it shows you why I've emphasized in all My Word through the ages the importance of united prayer, where you agree together and support one another.
54. To be truly desperate also includes using your other weapons, like praise, the keys, spirit help, etc., because that's fulfilling your end of the bargain by doing everything you possibly can, and using every conceivable weapon and support at your disposal‚ so that you completely exhaust what can be done by you in the natural‚ leaving only room for My spiritual power to take over and bring the answer.
55. It's not a work of the flesh, in that you have to hit every single base and claim every key and every helper each time you say a prayer. But it does mean that you do whatever is appropriate for the prayer you're praying and make sure that you've presented your case before Me with enough "umph," you've fought in the spirit with all the power available to you, so that you can say that you've done what you could.
56. Doing all you can also means being willing to pray for something more than once, and sometimes many times. I've explained that sometimes you must be importunate in prayer, repeatedly asking Me and fighting for the answer until I bring it along. Some situations require more than one prayer to bring the answer to pass. But if each time you ask you are desperately asking and desirously wanting‚ you can be sure that you will have to ask much fewer times than if you half-heartedly present the petition‚ assuming that of course you're going to have to present it again, so this time is no big deal.
57. I'm asking that you expend yourselves in prayer for each request. I'm asking that you deliver your souls each time you pray by using your knowledge of the spirit world and My workings and fulfilling the conditions on your end, and praying a powerful, desperate, heartfelt prayer that fully takes the request out of your court and puts it into Mine. It's not the length of time you pray nor the words you say. But whenever and however you pray, it should come with your full desperation behind it, your full want, your full desire‚ and your full soul. You have to want it, you have to expect the answer, or it just doesn't carry much weight.
58. If you want a picture of how desperation in your prayers appears to Me‚ and how My hand is moved on the behalf of those who are desperate, picture yourself on a "Consider the Poor" mission, feeding starving people who have been malnourished and underfed for some time. You have bags of food to hand out to those who are waiting, and a large crowd has gathered around asking for food.
59. Some people are standing nonchalantly with their plate in their hand, but they aren't looking at you, nor are they really holding their plate up or saying much. They're just waiting there, or even wandering off away from you, and the feeling you get from them is that their need isn't all that urgent, and whether you give them their food now or later, it won't make much difference.
60. Others‚ though, are looking into your eyes and pleading and crying and thrusting their plates toward you, saying, "Please, give us food. We need it so much, please give it to us now! Thank you for coming, you have saved our lives!" Who do you think you'd feed first?
61. That's what I expect in the spirit. I don't ask for much, but I must leave the ball in your court to do what you can, if you expect to receive the answers in prayer that are going to win you the war. I ask that you care, that you exert effort in the spirit to desire My answer, to exercise your faith in asking for it‚ and that you show Me through your prayers that it matters to you, and that you really, truly need that miracle.
62. That's what motivates Me to give you results. When you are lethargic or half-hearted in prayer, not only does it show that it must not be that important or timely for Me to answer you, but it also shows that you are unwilling to put forth the small bit of effort required to push that request through, and it is a great display of a lack of love on your part toward those for whom you should have been praying.
63. When you go to pray for something, if it helps motivate you‚ take a minute to consider what the opposite of the answer would be. Do you want this person to remain sick? Do you want this trip to go badly? Do you want to be low on funds? Do you want this spiritual problem to persist? If you consider what could be the result of My not intervening, it may help you to realize how very much you do need Me to get involved, and you will pray accordingly.
64. That's what desperation is—knowing how much you need Me, and then asking as if you really believe that you need Me. I love to answer those kinds of prayers.
65. Please remember that it's not a work of the flesh. If you give Me your all in prayer, knowing you need My help and asking for it in faith, and are using all the weapons at your disposal, then that is enough. You don't need to feel that there is some new level of spiritual desperation you must attain to each and every time you pray. If you deliver your soul in prayer, then you've done what you could, and that is enough. The rest is up to Me. (End of message.)
So what if the Enemy looks like the victor today? Many a victory is handed to the men who appeared as the losers and the damned, yet they fought on and fought on and fought on, until the enemy had no choice but to give in to their persistence. The Enemy will be the damned tomorrow if you persist today.—General George S. Patton (speaking from beyond)
66. (Mama:) As the Lord has given in past "Art of War" GNs, here's a list of questions that you can ask yourself, to help determine what your weak areas are in the area of prayer, and give you some good ideas of where you can start to improve and become a more effective prayer warrior on a daily basis.
[ ] 67. When I pray, do I talk to the Lord as if He were right here with me—with passion, friendship, faith, love, appreciation and intimacy, or am I stiff and formal, stuck in a rut, or using a lot of unnecessary "Lords," "Jesus's," and "amen's"? [Jesus: The way you answer this question tells a lot about your prayer life. The more in the habit you are of praying often throughout the day, the more natural it will come, and the easier it will be to talk to Me as the very real person that I am.]
[ ] 68. Do I pray out loud often and spontaneously? [Jesus: I'm not talking about long prayers here, just simple acknowledgments of Me‚ and committing the details of daily life to Me. If you can build this habit of praying frequently and spontaneously, you'll be much more in the habit of casting your cares on Me, and you'll be benefiting a lot more from My strength and miracle-working power. It's part of the art of dependence.]
[ ] 69. Am I faithful to take my daily 30 minutes of intercessory prayer vigil? Do I have a plan for when, how, and with whom I will do it? Do I consider intercessory prayer vigil part of my job and responsibility to the Lord, and as such, give it the priority it needs? Do I do my best to make that 30 minutes focused‚ quality time?
[ ] 70. Am I in the habit of praying silently when I'm in situations where it would be difficult to pray aloud? (For example‚ while out witnessing and my partner is doing the talking, while on the phone waiting to get through to someone, while on public transport, etc.)
[ ] 71. Do I pour out my heart to the Lord personally on a regular basis, committing all my needs and personal concerns to Him?
[ ] 72. Do I spend time in prayer every day asking for our Husband's help in my work? Do I pray for the work/people I'm involved with/responsible for on a daily basis?
[ ] 73. How much do I labor in prayer for our Home's children and young people?
[ ] 74. Are the times of united intercessory prayer in our Home alive and stirred up and effective? When it's my turn to plan a prayer vigil or prayer time, do I take at least a few minutes to ask the Lord how to make this time effective and worth everyone's time? Do I enter in fully when someone else is leading the prayer time?
[ ] 75. Is my first reaction to a need or problem to commit it to Jesus‚ and ask Him to take care of it‚ even before I stop to hear from Him about solutions?
[ ] 76. When I read the news, do I pray for world leaders and others the Lord lays a burden on my heart to pray for?
[ ] 77. Am I in the habit of starting all my conversations and activities with prayer? Or have I slacked off in praying for my food, praying for the night, or praying before starting to cook or wash dishes, etc.?
[ ] 78. Do I take time to ask the Lord about my prayer habits whenever I notice I'm not praying as much as I should be?
[ ] 79. Am I willing to ask for united prayer when I need it, and do I avail myself of the power of united prayer on a regular basis?
[ ] 80. Do I ask others to pray for me or with me when I need extra spiritual support to help me fight and win tough battles?
[ ] 81. Do I take time to intercede before the throne for others when I know they're discouraged or battling?
[ ] 82. Do we as a Home, and/or teamwork of any kind, take sufficient time to pray at the beginning of our meetings, or are we in a hurry to jump into discussion?
[ ] 83. If I counted up all the times I communicated with Jesus in one day, would it come to at least a two–digit number?
[ ] 84. Am I in the habit of including and acknowledging the Lord in my recreation and free-time activities?
[ ] 85. What kind of progress have I made in my prayer life in the last three months? Do I have personal goals and a plan for improvement in this area?
[ ] 86. Do I have a difficult time expressing myself in prayer out loud or in public? If so, am I practicing at every possible opportunity?
[ ] 87. How faithful am I to make use of our spiritual weapons in my prayers, by claiming the Lord's promises, calling on the keys, calling for the help of our spirit helpers, rebuking the demons and hinderers, actively praising the Lord in my prayers, speaking intimately with the Lord when appropriate, taking time to hear from the Lord and receive His take on the situation, etc.?
[ ] 88. Do I make an effort to put myself in the shoes of the person or situation I'm praying for on a regular basis, so as to stir up the effort and desperation that moves the power of Heaven?
[ ] 89. Am I a faithful "operator," in that I turn my thoughts of someone or needy situations into a prayer for them? [Jesus: Many of you have the gift of sympathy or empathy, and you could be such powerful prayer warriors if you would take those thoughts of love and empathy and turn them into prayers, which move My hand.]
[ ] 90. Is my first reaction to a needy situation or dilemma to commit it to prayer? [Jesus: If you're working on learning the art of dependence, this is a very important step in leaning on Me and My power, versus tackling situations or problems in your own strength.]
[ ] 91. Do I "wield" my weapon of prayer as the powerful, "deadly to the Enemy" weapon that it is? Or do I casually fling my weapon around haphazardly, without thought or care about where it goes or even if it accurately hits the mark?
[ ] 92. How long has it been since I asked the Lord how I can become a more accomplished and skilled prayer warrior?
[ ] 93. Do I fight to focus and concentrate and enter into the spirit of prayer, especially in united settings when I'm not the one praying and it's easier to space out? [Jesus: Praying effective prayers has nothing to do with length or eloquence in prayer, but it does mean putting your spiritual eye to the "scope" of your weapon of prayer and aiming on target in prayer—being specific, precise, focused and concentrated in your prayers.]
[ ] 94. Do I rebuke and defeat Lethargy right from the beginning of my prayer time by stirring myself up in spirit‚ and being on guard against sleepiness or distractions?
[ ] 95. How effective am I at using the weapon of praise in my prayers?
[ ] 96. Do I pray in tongues when the situation calls for it?
[ ] 97. Do I truly believe the spiritual principle that the battle is fluid?—That so much is dependent on my prayers, and that my taking ahold of the weapon of intercessory prayer will influence the outcome of each battle? [Jesus: If you can open your spiritual eyes to grasp this concept, it will be much easier for you to labor in prayer and be effective in prayer, because you will have the motivation that you need.]
98. (Mama:) Here is some more good counsel from the Lord with a variety of ideas you can try, or ideas that might inspire other ideas that would work better for you. I pray that you'll have the perseverance and motivation to find what works for you and your Home, because the results of more prayer will make your life and work and everything so much better!
99. (Jesus: ) When you pray, you can be using many of your spiritual weapons in one shot. You can be using the weapons of praise, your spirit helpers, the keys, humility, and brotherhood all in one shot. You're also practicing the art of dependence. Using prayer more, and more effectively, is a key to using all your weapons more consistently.
100. When you look at prayer that way—as a way to grow in the use of many of your spiritual weapons—making the effort to incorporate more prayer into various aspects of your daily life seems much more worth it, and a lot more like the tremendous blessing it really is.
101. You have so many pages of wonderful words describing the power of prayer‚ the effects of your prayers, the importance of prayer, etc. Now it's largely a matter of figuring out how to use that power more often, more consistently, and more effectively.
102. One idea is to try taking a special "prayer day." This is different from your monthly prayer day. This is a day where you determine to stop either at certain times throughout the day (such as every hour, or every other hour) or before every new activity‚ and commit your works and activities to Me, as well as put in a request for someone else. Make a conscious effort to "pray without ceasing" both for your work and Home, as well as for those on the prayer list, and others you know need your prayers.
103. At the end of the day, stop and take a few minutes to think about how I blessed and helped you because you made a concerted effort to actively seek My help, depend on Me, and wield the weapons of the spirit. You can also ask Me to speak to you about the unseen results of your prayers that day. I guarantee that as you take this one step for Me—to commit to taking time for prayer many times throughout the day—I will take two for you, and you will be hooked on using prayer more.
104. That is a good start‚ but then how do you keep up the momentum? The next step is committing to a longer prayer push, and since it takes about 6 weeks to form a new habit, that could be a good length of time to shoot for—or you can ask Me to show you what will work for you. This prayer push will fit in nicely with any other new weapon pushes you may be having‚ and help you make quicker progress than you otherwise would have in every aspect of your spiritual and physical life.
105. Once you've committed to making that push, you need to plan it so that you have lots of variety. Asking Me for personalized counsel on how to go about this is of course essential to getting the most out of this prayer push. Even if you don't get any outstanding ideas, the fact that you're asking Me about it will cause Me to bless and enhance your efforts, and make it easier for you.
106. The more variety you have in your prayers—both the ways you pray and the topics you pray for—the more alive and interesting your prayer life will be, and the more you will look forward to and enjoy it. The more you enjoy your prayer times, the more you will have them‚ and the more you will put into them‚ and you will start creating a positive, upward spiral of powerful prayer, miracles, victories and supply.
107. One idea you can try is to have a theme/way to pray for each day. This would be something to do throughout the day, whenever you have a free moment, and most of these you can do either alone or with whoever you happen to be with at the time. You can write up the "way for the day" on your mirror, post a sign on your Home bulletin board, write it in your notebook‚ or remind yourself in whatever way works best for you. Here are some starter ideas you could use as themes for various days:
108. * Claim one specific key for each of your friends/sheep/contacts throughout the day.
109. * Claim a spirit helper for each person in your Home to help them in their work today.
110. * Pray and claim key promises for the encouragement, anointing, and inspiration of someone you're having a hard time getting along with, working well with, communicating with, or understanding.
111. * Choose a child in your Home and pray one-sentence praise prayers for the progress that child needs to make.
112. * Pray power-packed phrase prayers for all those suffering afflictions. Try to pray for everything they might need—healing, rise-above power, wisdom in medical decisions, supply, comfort, endurance, relief from pain, openness to lessons I want to teach them, miracles, encouragement and strength for their loved ones and those caring for them‚ and anything else you can think of.
113. * Focus on praying for the young people who have left the Family. See how many spirit helpers you can activate on their behalf, and how many specific demons you can bind and rebuke.
114. * Go through the key promises in the "former member" section of the key book, claiming and praying them one at a time, till you have finished the section.
115. * Pray in tongues for yourself, your anointing, spiritual growth, health, and anything else you personally need every time you are alone.
116. * Pray for the young people in your Home or area, especially the JETTs and junior teens. Think about their specific likes and talents, and ask Me to enhance those gifts for My glory, and give them opportunities to shine and be fulfilled using them in My service.
117. These are just a few ideas, and are helpful for those who have a hard time thinking of things to pray for or ways to pray. If you already have a long personal list of things you need to pray for, by all means feel free to use that.
118. Some other ideas you can try:
119. Set personal "prayer times" during the day, to help you get in the habit of praying at many different times throughout the day. You can schedule your daily prayer vigil time in five-minute segments throughout the day if that will help keep you in "prayer mode" more of the time.
120. Ask Me to send you a spirit helper to remind you to pray—one who will check you and help you to get stronger in your prayer habits. Ask them to speak to you, and get to know them and how they want to help you and work with you.
121. Have a prayer partner or partners, and make a commitment to pray a short intercessory prayer with each other every time you see each other.
122. If you are not currently in the habit of praying for your food, work on making that a habit‚ and incorporate a short intercessory prayer into your prayer for the food.
123. Take two or three prayer requests that you would really like to see miraculous answers to, and focus on praying for those desperately and fervently every day for a week, two weeks, or however long I show you to focus on these particular requests.
124. Keep a running list of answered prayers, and refer to it whenever you are tempted to get weary in prayer.
125. Ask Me to take you on a spirit trip, and increase your understanding of the power and importance of prayer. Ask for a life-changing spiritual experience, one that will transform your prayer habits. Stretch your faith, and expect a prayer–habit–changing experience, and I will give it to you.
126. Claim the key of intercessory prayer when you pray for your day. Activate it on your behalf, so that it will help you remember to pray, and hit the mark of My highest will in your prayers.
127. Make a "contract" between you and Me. Ask Me what I'd like to see you do in prayer, and what you can expect of Me in return. Then hold Me to My Word, and hold on for a ride of miracles and answers to prayer.
128. Get some written prayers in prophecy, and keep them in a convenient location to pull out and use whenever you need them.
129. Say a short prayer every time you drink a glass of water.
130. Make "prayer reminder" T–shirts (fun parent-time activity idea) with cool prayer quotes or slogans on them, and wear them whenever convenient.
131. Pray an "around the world" prayer, thinking of as many different situations as you can that need prayer in different countries around the world. You can also make a list of helpers that help the different areas and call on their help.
132. While reading the Grapevine, stop and pray for the people and situation after reading each article. (You can do this with the FSM too‚ if it's a testimony mag.)
133. Use the Grapevine prayer list to pray for those who are sick.
134. Make a list of all the different projects the Family is doing around the world and pray for them.
135. Give each day of the week a prayer theme, then concentrate on those requests throughout the day. For example‚ Monday—healing, Tuesday—Home needs, Wednesday—around the world or certain countries, Thursday—the children, Friday—witnessing contacts‚ Saturday—Mama and Peter, Sunday—Home members.
136. If none of these ideas "do it" for you, ask Me what will. I will most certainly come through with a perfect, personalized plan to help you make prayer the integral part of your daily life it needs to be. I love you! (End of message.)
Question to ask the Lord:
137. A large part of being an effective prayer warrior—one who excels in using the weapon of prayer—is believing in the power of prayer, knowing that you are going to effect great change through being faithful to use and wield this weapon in faith. Ask Me if there's anything—any obstacle at all—in your life or heart that is standing in the way of that belief, or in the way of you actively picking up this weapon of prayer and wielding it consistently and faithfully.
138. (Mama: ) It was when we were asking for a message for one of our bimonthly prayer mornings that the Lord revealed Sonale.
139. (Jesus:) Today I introduce to you a new helper—one whose command is to teach you more sophisticated prayer skills. This one will instruct you in the art of prayer warfare. As Natalia instructs and leads you in praise, and as Ellya instructs you in calling on the keys, I give you Sonale. (Note from channel: I heard the pronunciation of this name as "Son'–a-lee" pronouncing "son" like the name "Sonja," and then with a short "a" and a long "ee." Son-a–lee.)
140. Sonale is a master in prayer warfare. She is a bold warrior as she fights with the weapon of prayer. Her skills far surpass that of the conventional. She will teach you how to use the weapons I have given you with greater speed as well as precision.
141. Tune in to her voice and let her instruct you. She will guide you in how to aim your prayers. She will train you in how to project your prayers, how to zero in‚ shoot, and hit your target right on with greater skill. She will train you in perfecting your aim. She is a master in prayer warfare and will train you in the same. She will help you aspire to master prayer warriors as well—a commission that commands unlimited power.
142. Thank you, My loves, for rising to the challenge! Sometimes you may feel that your prayers go unnoticed by others. Yet the effects of your labors as well as the effects of your prayers are seen and heard and felt around the world and beyond.
143. When you stand firm and unmoving, aiming accurately your prayers, you are changing the course of history. You hold in your hands the unlimited power to do all things. Learn to wield it well, My loves. Perfect your aim, perfect your skills‚ and win the world! (End of message.)
144. (Mama: ) Here are excerpts of some of the prayer pointers we've received from Sonale. I don't want you to feel deluged with so much new information that you can't assimilate it all, so I've boiled down these points from quite a few different messages, received by different channels. But the main point Sonale brought out again and again was simply to put everything you have into your times of prayer if you want to be truly effective.
145. So the Lord's counsel above still stands: It's simple to be effective and powerful in prayer, but it's not easy. It requires a lot of hard work, and that's where you have to really call on the keys of strength and spiritual fortitude, and then put forth the effort to concentrate, focus, and fight in prayer.
146. (Sonale:) Prayer is a battleground. In prayer is where spiritual war is waged, where the outcome of the battle is decided. Prayer is a battle taking place right before your eyes, and how much you want to be involved in the battle, how effective you will be in fighting, depends on how desperate you are.
147. In order to be most effective in prayer, you can't be thinking about how tired you are or how uninspired you may feel. You have to set all feelings and possible difficulties aside and focus on the battle of prayer that you must fight and win. You must be willing to give it all you've got, whether you're praying for five minutes, for half an hour‚ or even if it's for a couple of seconds. You have to be completely "there" in the spirit, completely focused on your hand-to-hand combat with the Devil and his minions.
148. You've been given many tips, much has been revealed to you about the power of prayer and how to wield this marvelous weapon, but when it comes down to it, your desire to fight and win—also known as faith and desperation—is the most important ingredient in prayer.
149. You must learn to enter the place of prayer—also known as the spirit of prayer, or the channel of prayer—in the spirit. This is when you have dedicated your time, your focus, your thoughts, your goals—everything is given to Jesus, and you are ready and willing to fight. In this spiritual "place" of prayer, we can help you to know what to pray for and how to pray.
150. You can tap into that channel of prayer‚ and we can help you, if you are open and receptive and willing, and giving everything you have to your times of intercession.
151. The Enemy and his cohorts wish for you to stay blinded and forgetful of the real warfare, and they do this differently for each individual. They try to make you weary in prayer. They try to make prayer seem routine and mundane, just "the same old thing." They enhance feelings of tiredness or other physical distractions. They will use anything they can get their hands on to knock you out of sync with your prayer channel.
152. Here in this place of prayer, on this battleground, you can get the real perspective. You can see what's really happening in the spirit world, and you can sense how the Enemy is attacking and even get glimpses of what is ahead, what to preempt and fight against through prayer. Your spiritual eyes are opened in prayer; your channel is opened to the warnings and signals that we're trying to get across to you, and this is very important.
153. This is one of the first places that lethargy is manifested for some of you, for Lethargy attempts to dull your senses to the importance of prayer. Or if you pray despite that tactic, he tries to get you to pass the time with a half-hearted prayer in order to ease your conscience that you did your part.
154. But if you really want to be strong spiritually, if you want the weapon of prayer to take effect, you have to constantly be stirring yourself up. Desperation is the key that will keep your prayer channel clear and keep you on the cutting edge of the offensive warfare that you're involved in.
155. As you stay stirred up and desperate in prayer, you will be able to be aware, to foresee what is on the horizon, and the Enemy won't be able to catch you unprepared.
156. (Question:) Does this mean that we would be warned just through intercessory prayer, without hearing from the Lord in prophecy? If so, can the Lord tell us more about this?
157. (Jesus:) This is and always has been one of the big benefits of prayer—that as you speak to Me, open your heart to Me, pour out your soul before Me, you connect with Me and thus have more of My perspective and My thoughts, even if you don't ever stop and hear from Me in prophecy.
158. Of course, you in the children of David have the advanced weaponry of prophecy, so you probably don't think much of connecting with Me simply through praying and letting Me direct your thoughts. But this happens to you too, and the more you pray and pour out your hearts to Me, commit things to Me, the more control I have to intervene when you need it and do miracles for you. But your times of intercessory prayer and connecting with Me also give Me more chances to get through to you with important warnings, thoughts, questions, ideas, etc., which you can then take further and seek Me about in prophecy. So it all works together.
159. This is another example of how powerful and effective it is to use your various spiritual weapons in conjunction with one another. As you pray, I will bring things to your mind that you can then ask Me about and receive greater insight on. And as you seek Me in prophecy concerning My will in various situations, I will direct you in how to aim your prayers so that they are the most effective and bring the most results. It all works together. (End of message.)
160. * Articulate in words (in your mind or out loud) your prayer request, who and/or what you're praying for.
161. * Picture in your mind the answer to your prayer being carried out according to the Lord's will. Picture the persons you are praying for, if possible, or the situations that need help as you pray. This increases your faith‚ without which your prayers can't be answered.
162. * Picture or imagine your prayer as a smart bomb hitting the target you are aiming at.
163. * Imagine the Evil One and his dark spirits being blasted to bits in a direct hit by your weapon of prayer.
164. * Call on specific heavenly spirit helpers to intervene and intercede in special ways that are unique to their area of expertise. For example‚ Elixor and Almathor for relief and healing, the Chiefs for times of hearing from the Lord‚ etc.
165. * Thank our Husband, Jesus, for the answer‚ no matter how He chooses to answer your prayer.
166. * Be importunate prayer warriors, not tiring or ceasing to pray for your request as needed.
167. * Feel personally responsible to give the person or situation the support in prayer that they need. Know that your personal prayers, or contribution to the united prayer time, will make a difference, and then pray as if others are counting on your help.
168. * When you are entering a time of prayer‚ start by asking the Lord to clear your mind. Ask Him to remove all thoughts of your own, for they hinder your effectiveness.
169. * Call on the keys of the Kingdom and use their power to get the results needed.
170. * Put your all into it. Don't think that you can put it partly aside in your mind and that it'll still have the same effect, because it won't. When you ask the Lord to clear your mind, this makes it easier for you to focus on the prayer, and to block out everything else going on.
171. * A prayer is only as effective as the one praying it wants to be. Put your full power that the Lord's given you into that period of time.
172. * To better aim with your prayers, think about the ones you are praying for. Put yourself in their shoes and put forth the same effort as if you desired those answers for yourself. This will give you a greater desperation and also a desire to see results.
173. * There is little in this world that cannot be prayed for and that the Lord will not answer if it's within His will. So keep that frame of mind when you pray, that there is so much the Lord wants to be able to do for each of you. Miracles are promised, and He will do them.
174. * Direct your prayers and focus to the Lord, for He is the One Who will answer them. If you are thinking about something else or are distracted in any way, your prayers won't be as focused on Him.
175. The secret to having powerful prayers and praying prayers that really get somewhere and do something is that you don't just do it to go through the motions or to reach the time allotment of prayer that is required, but that you make each petition and each request a part of your complete being.
176. You can pray with your lips, but not really put your heart and spirit into it. If you want to pray a powerful prayer, you have to give your heart, mind, spirit and whole being to that prayer. It's like you are using a force and you have to get the power from all around you and from within you. You have to gather the force from your heart, mind‚ and spirit, and then you shoot that prayer up. The more force you gathered, the more powerful the blast that is shot to the heavens, and the more power the Lord has available to use on behalf of the one you are praying for.
177. When you're taking the time to have prayer vigil, go into that time with the desire to make the most of the time. Not just to pass the time quickly‚ but to make full use of the time to get all that power shooting up to Heaven and bouncing back onto those who are in need.
178. It is as your Father David explained—your prayers are like holding a flashlight whose beam bounces off the Lord and onto those you are praying for. If you want to get the power going strong, if you really want to shoot those prayers straight‚ if you want to make a difference with your prayers, then you have to pack a punch into them! You have to let your whole mind and heart and spirit become one with that prayer. You have to gather the power and then shoot it out. (End of message.)
179. (Sonale:) Learning to pray is learning to fight. It's more than just an avenue through which you can talk with the Lord. Prayer is the entranceway to miracles. It is through your prayers that you invoke the power of God to work on your behalf. When you fight in prayer, the tide of battle changes; things happen, hearts are changed, lives are transformed, and miracles are wrought, because you are availing yourself of a mighty weapon of the spirit world.
180. A key to being efficient prayer warriors is vigilance. Prayer has been a big part of your life, and as is the case with anything you are accustomed to doing, it's easy to grow familiar with it, or to not pay as much attention to its development. However‚ as you know, the spiritual warfare has intensified, and prayer is one of your key fighting weapons. It is through your prayers that you call on the keys; it is through your prayers that you give honor and praise to our wonderful King. Besides being a weapon in itself, prayer is a vehicle for many of your other spiritual weapons.
181. There are many different types of prayers, and your fervency and vigilance of spirit affect the dynamics and potency of your prayers. Learning to pray more effectively is like a marksman enhancing his skill.
182. (Channel:) I see a young man, an archer. He's holding a large bow, one of the more sophisticated bows they have nowadays, like the ones they use in archery competitions. He's standing very still, poised and focused. He has his arrow in the bow, and it's pulled back quite far, as if he needs that arrow to go a very long way. He's concentrating very intently on his target. The interesting thing, though, is that just looking down the length of the course in the direction that he's pointing the arrow‚ I can't see a target anywhere.
183. Suddenly, it's as if I am now the archer, with the bow in my hand, as focused as the young man was. Now I understand why I couldn't see the target—its distance is beyond what the human eye can see. The awesome thing is that when I have the bow in my hand and I level it ready to fire, something happens to my vision—I can see things very, very far away. It's almost like the vision in my one eye is enhanced to where I can see as if I were looking through a scope, like snipers or target shooters use on their guns. I have my left eye shut, and as I lift the bow, the vision in my right eye is increased dramatically.
184. Not only does this increased vision in my right eye provide clarity and range that I was unable to see before, but it's like I'm able to calculate the exact distance, gauge the direction and strength of the wind, and I know how much I need to pull the arrow back in order to make my arrow go the needed distance to hit the mark.
185. Once I have all the calculations sorted out‚ and the arrow is aimed right on target, I release it. The arrow flies through the air, going further than any arrow could go. It's like it travels halfway across the Earth and lands perfectly on target, on a nasty little demon. When it hits the demon‚ the arrow seems to explode, and the demon vanishes.
186. I try again, only this time I don't seem to have my one eye closed quite as tightly, and because of this, the optimal vision I had in my other eye isn't quite as good as in the previous round, and the calculations don't seem as accurate either. I let the arrow go, but it doesn't quite hit another demon; it falls into the ground nearby and explodes. The explosion sort of destabilizes the demon and he loses his balance, but he's not destroyed like the other demon I hit straight on.
187. (Sonale continues:) Through prayer you are targeting the attacks of the Enemy, and that is why it's so important to aim right. You have to close your carnal mind and open your spiritual one to make the most of your prayers. In the physical you don't always see the target—the demon or sudden attack of the Enemy. But when you know of a problem and you lift that bow and point your arrow in the right direction‚ your spiritual vision is increased. You shut your one eye, like shutting out the things that would distract you from fully focusing on your prayers and hitting the target. And when you have it right‚ you release the arrow, and it hits its target.
188. Sometimes you don't even know the intensity with which you need to pray. But the Lord does, and He's sent me to help you to know how to direct your prayers, with what fervency they need to be prayed, and even what will be the most effective way to pray. My mission is to help you in the art of prayer, and in this day and age, that has become the art of prayer warfare.
189. You have to target the Enemy's attacks directly, in a focused manner. You have the spiritual insight through the gift of prophecy, through the keys, to be able to hit your target dead–on‚ to get rid of those imps with an explosive arrow of prayer. But it's only really effective if you tune into it in the spirit, if you get your focus and mind off the things around you, and become that spiritual prayer archer.
190. You become masters in prayer by putting forth the effort to put on God's mind. When you are dedicated to praying‚ and praying effectively, I and others like me are able to instruct and lead you in your prayers so that they are accurately focused and released. When you put forth the effort that you can, then we are enabled and activated to help you to accomplish even more through prayer.
The spiritual intensity with which you pray determines how successful your prayer attack will be.
191. Here are some key elements to becoming more effective in prayer:
• Focus. Learn to focus your prayers. See the obstacle and claim the miracle you desire in order to destroy it.
• Be specific in what you pray for, and what you want to see happen.
• Faith. You need faith to believe that the Lord will do the miracles you are requesting, and you get that faith through His Word, by being strengthened by the promises He's given in His Word.
• The keys. When you use the keys in your prayers you are combining two powerful spiritual weapons against the Enemy; you are defying the seeming impossibility.
• Stand on God's promises. Even when you don't see the immediate results of your prayers, as you stand firm on the promises the Lord has given you, and keep sending prayers in that direction, you stir God's hand to action to work on your behalf.
192. As the quote says, "Prayer is not the least you can do; it's the most you can do." That is something you should be faithful to remind yourself of, because often the Enemy will attempt to discourage you when you pray, telling you that your prayers are not working miracles, and they are not being as effective as our Lover has promised they will be. But as you stand strong in the spirit of prayer‚ as you fire those prayer arrows at him with precision, you'll see that the power of prayer does work, and is very much an active part of the spiritual warfare that surrounds you.
193. Call on me, Sonale, when you enter your times of prayer, when you take time in prayer vigil. Call on me to help you to be the prayer warriors that you need to be. When you call on me I am able to instruct you in how to pray, and what types of prayers are needed for the specific prayer requests that will make your prayer times so much more effective.
194. Prayer is an opportunity to avail yourself of so much spirit help! You have Ellya to help you as you call on the keys; Tola and Tor to instruct you in key power; Natalia to teach you to use praise in your prayers; and you have me, Sonale, to help you in knowing how to pray and to instruct you in the art of prayer. We are only a few of the host of those who play an active role in helping you to learn the art of these spiritual weapons you have in your hands. So don't fail to call on our help and avail yourself of Heaven's power as we instruct you in their ways. (End of message.)
195. (Question:) Do we have to ask Sonale to speak in prophecy in order to benefit from her help, or do we just need to call for her help?
196. (Jesus: ) Sonale will speak in prophecy and give instruction regarding the art of prayer warfare whenever you ask her. But she will also be a ministering spirit who leads through nudges, thoughts‚ feelings, or her very presence when you call for her to be present during your times of intercessory prayer.
197. So it's good to ask her to speak to you from time to time and help you improve your strategies and techniques. When you have a big need or big request to pray for, you would probably find it helpful to ask her for any specific counsel she might have about praying through that particular miracle.
198. But she's also available for you to simply call on when you enter a normal time of intercessory prayer, and simply through having summoned her (or one of her helpers) and having them present in spirit when you pray‚ she will make a big difference, for she will nudge you in spirit, remind you of things, and help to direct and influence your prayers so that they are as powerful as possible. (End of message.)
199. (Mama:) Recently the Lord reminded us of another band of warriors that He revealed back in 2000‚ in "Action Through Prayer, Part 5," who help to bring about the answers to our prayers. The Lord recently revealed more about how they can help us to become more skilled and efficient prayer warriors, and specifically how they can help to "run interference" for us against distractions. I know I certainly need their help, and am starting to call on them! They are the Miracle Warriors.
Miracle Warriors
("Action Through Prayer‚ Part 5‚" ML #3414:46-57)
(Spirit helper:) You on Earth are called prayer warriors when you wield the weapon of prayer. We in Heaven are called miracle warriors, miracle deliverers when we help answer your prayers. You pray the prayers, and thus you wield the weapon of prayer. We, the ones who help to bring your request to pass at the behest of our Lord and King, are your miracle workers. We work to bring to pass the will of God through your prayers, through your desperation, and through your importunity and faithfulness in prayer.
We fight the demons of Hell and wage powerful warfare in the spirit, in order to intercede on your behalf or on the behalf of those for whom you're praying. We transform impossible situations through the miracle-working power of the Lord's Spirit entrusted to us. We change circumstances and events. We move hearts, we change minds‚ we touch lives. We move the workings of the spirit world according to the power infused in us by Jesus.
We are your miracle workers, your prayer partners in the halls of Heaven. When you pray a prayer with real desperation, with power and with faith, we start to work in the spirit world right away. Not a second is lost, not a minute is wasted. As soon as you utter your prayer, we begin to work in earnest on your behalf—sometimes even before you've prayed your prayer. When we know you're going to pray, we begin to adjust things in the realm of the Spirit to prepare the way for the answer to your prayer.
There are also prayer warriors in Heaven whose sole job is to pray for you. Some prayer warriors pray as Jesus did, that your faith will not fail you—that you will hold on. Some pray for your health. Others pray for the many other aspects of your life. You can call on our wonderful Husband and Lover to ask that these prayer warriors in Heaven intercede on your behalf, and they will not cease to pray for you.
Even as Jesus prays for His children, so are there hosts in the Heavenly realm that also pray for you. But their ministry is different than ours, the miracle workers. These ones pray for you. They intercede on your behalf. They come before the throne of Heaven to be your advocates and to plead your cause. These are the prayer warriors in Heaven. But we are the miracle workers, the miracle warriors, those who fight the Enemy, those who work miracles through the power of the Lord's Spirit in us.
There are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of miracle warriors in Heaven. We are strong and well trained in the art of spiritual warfare, mind influence, changing physical circumstances, giving checks‚ encouraging‚ delivering healing, leading and guiding‚ and much more. So much goes into the answers to your prayers—so much work in the spirit world, so many details, so much thought and love and diligence.
We who work miracles in the Name of Jesus are at your beck and call through prayer. We cannot do the miracles or work the wonders or change the course of history without your cooperation through prayer. Without the power you give us through your prayers, we are helpless and cannot fight for you in the spirit‚ or change situations, or create the circumstances that you need for a miracle.
You must call on us through your prayers. When you do, we are abuzz with excitement! There's nothing that we love more than to help the children of David, to answer their prayers. You keep us busy, and we love to fight on your behalf‚ to wage spiritual warfare on your behalf, to fight the demons of Hell for your sake.
We've trained long and hard to be worthy of such a special honor and privilege of being Heavenly miracle warriors. We treasure our place, we treasure our job‚ and we give it all we've got. We love the fight, the challenge, the excitement in the spirit, and we love waging war against evil and conquering it with good! We love to see the Spirit of the Lord prevail. We love to see evil forced back and the light of victory shining in its place.
The only thing that saddens us sometimes is when you don't pray. We can see the big picture. We see the problems, we see the needs, we see the struggles. When you don't pray in such times, we are disappointed and saddened. We're saddened because we know how much even just one prayer could do. We're bound until you pray, until you ask for help, until you ask for miracles. If you don't pray, we're powerless.
We cry tears of sadness sometimes, because we see how wonderful a situation could have been if you had only prayed. We see how an answer could have come if you had only prayed. We see how the circumstances could have been changed if you had only prayed. We see the miracles that would have taken place if you had only prayed. We cry for you, that you may one day realize the full power that you hold in your hands through your prayers.
But most of the time we're happy. We're thrilled‚ we're inspired, we're excited! When you pray, we can work the miracles and do what's needed in order to answer your petitions and requests. Don't ever neglect to call upon us, your miracle warriors of the spirit. You're the prayer warriors—you have to pray in order to unleash our power and avail yourselves of our help through the power of the Lord's Spirit. So pray, and we'll be working behind the scenes, behind the veil of the spirit, to perform miracles for you on behalf of our Lover and Husband, Jesus. (End of message.)
200. (Jesus:) These Miracle Warriors are a very great, powerful group of saints and helpers and angels and warriors of the spirit.
201. I want to reveal a new way that they will help you, if you will ask for their help. There is a division of them that are trained to help you focus accurately in your times of prayer. They even fight for you against the distractions of the Enemy who would love to come in while you're praying. You have to ask for their help in that part in order to fully benefit from it, and that's a good thing to do whenever you are feeling distracted.—Call for the help of the Miracle Warriors. They're already standing by, ready and able, and are waiting for your prayers to be prayed so that they can take action.
202. Many times they already have things lined up in a way to bring about My will in answer to your prayers. They're hoping for a certain amount of power in order to bring about the best possible conclusion and answer. They're eager to direct your prayers so that they are focused and targeted just right, and they would love to also help ward off the Enemy's distractions while you're praying, so that you can really release the full power they need to bring full results.
203. Sadly, it often happens that they're ready and waiting, but your prayers don't really pack the punch that the Miracle Warriors were hoping for. The power trickles out instead of flooding out. They do the best they can with it, but they would love to help you generate more power.
204. So call on them for your times of prayer, asking them to block the Enemy's distractions, to bring to mind your spiritual weapons that you can use, and to help you focus your prayers just right. They'll be right there—some will run interference for you and keep the Enemy's distractions at bay, others will be handing you the various spiritual weapons and directing you in how to aim them, and others will be standing by at the actual "hot spots" that you're aiming your prayers at, ready and lined up to put into motion whatever is needed to bring the answers to pass.
205. They're the Miracle Warriors, My loves, and as you learn to make prayer a more offensive part of your weaponry, call for their help, and you'll feel the difference! Most of all, Heaven will feel the difference, and will be able to accomplish so much more on your behalf! (End of message.)
206. (Question:) Do we need to call on them in order for them to be able to help us?
207. (Jesus:) They are assigned to bring about the results of your prayers. That is their mission and ministry and commission, given them from Me. They do that whether you acknowledge their presence or not. If you do acknowledge them, then they are given extra power at times‚ or extra leeway. But it's not like they're greatly hindered in answering your prayers if you don't call on them. You're calling on Me, and I'm delegating the task to them of bringing about the specific results that are within My will, and that's good enough.
208. However, if you want them to help you in your focus and concentration during a time of prayer, that's a time when you need to call on them specifically. Obviously you wouldn't feel the need for that with every little prayer. But if you're going to have a time of prayer vigil or an extended time of intercessory prayer that you really need to focus on without distraction‚ it's well worth availing yourself of their offer to help keep the Enemy at bay, and they will help you to put greater power behind your prayers. They will make it easier for you to fight in prayer. They will run interference for you. (End of message.)
209. (Mama: ) When we stir ourselves, our Lord and Husband stirs Himself, and all Heaven is stirred on our behalf! We have to put the whole chain of events into motion. So Lord help us to do our duty and pray!
210. I love you very much, dear ones, and Peter and I are proud of you for taking this training so well. I know you're eager to put it into practice, and as you do, the Lord will do His part and provide you with the power, the miracles, the anointing, the victories you're seeking—and even more. He will surprise you with all He has in store!
211. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, the things that God hath prepared for them that love Him" (1Cor.2:9).
With love and admiration for each of you,
Mama
The keys of praise escort you into My presence‚ and whatever you ask of Me, I will do.
The Enemy may try to attack, but he cannot override My plan nor breach the impenetrable aura of protection and security I give you when you pray and claim the keys in desperation, humility‚ and obedience.
The master keys of praise unlock the doors of power‚ plenty, fruitfulness, protection, health, happiness, and pleasing Me. Use them when you pray to unlock your need even more speedily.
Call on the keys and I will turn every battle into a victory, every difficulty into a blessing, every problem into a solution, and every prayer into an answer.
The keys are empowered to change lives, hearts, and situations. When you call on them, there is no limit to how far My Spirit will go in order to answer your prayer.
I will change minds‚ touch hearts, and do miracles of supply for you as you step out and claim the miracle-working power of My keys.
I am able to supply your every need as you claim My keys and stand on the promises in My Word.
I will keep you from the attacks of the Enemy in every way‚ whether outside or inside attacks‚ on your health, your work, your equipment, your channels, or your situation, as you and your mates call continually, desperately, and fervently on the keys.
Who can stand against My power? Who can prevail against the keys? Who can fight against God and win? No one! And nothing can stop you when you are performing My will and calling on the keys.
Through your prayers and calling on the keys I will perform all that I have promised.
Call on the keys that cannot be defeated and that bring victory in every situation. No matter how difficult or impossible the situation may seem, the keys of victory will win every battle you send them to fight in.
Every obstacle that stands in the way of victory will be ground to powder as you intercede in prayer and use the keys of praise. Launch the keys of praise and send them forth like an army tank to run right over that obstacle and smash it to bits.
[ ] "Desperate Prayer‚" ML #384, DB1
[ ] "The Operator," ML #700‚ DB1
[ ] "Heavenly Communication," ML #1957:1,22-26, 30-55, DB8
[ ] "We Must Pray!—And Pray!—And Pray Again," ML #2783:3-6,8-9,12-13,15, DB11
[ ] "Thought Power," ML #3155:4-14,17–23,27‚29-32, Lifelines 24
[ ] "Goals for 1998," ML #3160:43-51, Lifelines 24
[ ] "When You Pray, Things Happen," ML #3173:7-11‚19-24‚29-32,44-51, GN 778
[ ] "Action Through Prayer, Part 1‚" ML #3319:8-13,71-80, GN 923
[ ] "Action Through Prayer, Part 2," ML #3325:2-3,9–14,17-18‚21-27,32-44,74-81,87-92, GN 930
[ ] "Action Through Prayer, Part 3," ML #3339:2-15,104-109, GN 933
[ ] "Action Through Prayer, Part 4," ML #3340:88-103, GN 944
[ ] "Action Through Prayer, Part 5," ML #3414:28-33,46-70,77-82,86–87,123-130, GN 1000
[ ] The MOP: "Prayer" (excerpts)
[ ] Good Thots, "Communion With God: Prayer," 10,11,37,97,110,113‚170,184,193,195‚196‚240, 243, 374,424
[ ] FJWL 1, #18,174‚183,194
[ ] FJWL 2, #496
[ ] Word Basics: "Prayer," #3,7
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