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Intercession
I have found that there is a flow to my spiritual walk where meditation, worship and the Word intermingle. One or the other will become dominant according to how close I am to embracing God's throne and what task He has me working on.
There have been times that God has used me in intercession but I have had trouble trying to walk with other intercessors who use a basic formula to pray. (State the problem, speak the word and then pray it. For others it is find what demonic oppression is controlling the situation and cast it out.) I have found that it is much more effective to hear what the Holy Spirit has to say about a matter and pray that.
I believe there is a place in the spirit, close to the throne of God where you don't have to be in active warfare on a daily basis. Those are days that private worship takes the forefront.
Lately there has been some family stuff that has disturbed my normal schedule (death in family, sickness, etc.) Last night I half-woke in the middle of the night with a spiritual battle raging. The things of darkness were speaking things of failure and loss. In my sleepy state, the words of 4 scriptures came pouring out (Matt 5:16, Phil 4:19, Jn 14:2 and Ps 127:2) When I quoted that He gives His beloved sleep, I rolled over and went soundly to sleep for the rest of the night.
If I had not had times of Word and Meditation in the past, coupled with the security of private worship, the scriptures wouldn't have been there to fight for me. Thank You God.
There have been times that God has used me in intercession but I have had trouble trying to walk with other intercessors who use a basic formula to pray. (State the problem, speak the word and then pray it. For others it is find what demonic oppression is controlling the situation and cast it out.) I have found that it is much more effective to hear what the Holy Spirit has to say about a matter and pray that.
I believe there is a place in the spirit, close to the throne of God where you don't have to be in active warfare on a daily basis. Those are days that private worship takes the forefront.
Lately there has been some family stuff that has disturbed my normal schedule (death in family, sickness, etc.) Last night I half-woke in the middle of the night with a spiritual battle raging. The things of darkness were speaking things of failure and loss. In my sleepy state, the words of 4 scriptures came pouring out (Matt 5:16, Phil 4:19, Jn 14:2 and Ps 127:2) When I quoted that He gives His beloved sleep, I rolled over and went soundly to sleep for the rest of the night.
If I had not had times of Word and Meditation in the past, coupled with the security of private worship, the scriptures wouldn't have been there to fight for me. Thank You God.
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Permalink Reply by Pamela Cook Dreyer on -
I'm not much for lists. They are like chains to me. I find that as I flow in the spirit I tend to have more progress. The Lord knows a lot more about a situation than what is known in the natural. For a time I did altar ministry. I would try and go into that place within and trust the Holy Spirit to pray the right prayer. I also have found that consistent communion with the Lord in different ways really helps when you find yourself in a jam.
Right now I am on a worship team. That has been a lot of what I have done for over a year since I started attending rehearsals. In other seasons I have really focused on the word and prayer. As you stated all of them work really well together. In my mind it is an elaborate process of mind-renewal. The more we worship the more we accurately see just how big God is. We also use the phrase 'magnify Him' as another expression of worship. It really calms the nerves.
The word of God helps build a strong foundation against deception WHEN TAUGHT by the Holy Spirit. It is definitely a weapon against the enemy as you saw when you woke up one night. When I battled depression and had many nights of spiritual battles the verse you quoted about giving his beloved sweet sleep was my verse. I would go right to sleep every time. I have not had that battle in over 15 years.
It is said that whatever is in you will come up when pressed. As we learn about our authority there is no real war. All we have to do is exercise it and we will see the battle end. When those forces know that we know that it is not us they are dealing with but Christ Himself, they have no choice but to flee. However if we do not have that revelation the enemy can create a fight and convince us that he has authority that the Bible clearly says was stripped from him.
I thank God also for what He had provided for us. We do not have to be open prey for the enemy. Nor do we have to be in the dark. Too many avenues have been provided for us to be in the know. For that I'm most grateful.
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