July 16 –Standing in the Gap
Exodus 32:11-14: 11 But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster He had threatened.
Intercessory prayers are for others, petitions are for ourselves. This should be a time for battle in the heavens. As Moses prayed, we too should pray.
Our battle prayers should be specific:
Covering: We need to hide ourselves in Christ and cover ourselves with His covering, a blood covering. We need to plead His Blood to protect us. From the old testament, the blood always signified protection, as when they applied blood on the doorposts, the angel of death passed over and did not destroy those homes. This is very crucial in spiritual battle. With our Blood covering, Satan, the accuser of the brethren cannot attack us. We need to clothe ourselves with the heavenly armor, the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, shoes of the gospel, the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one and the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit.
Bind and Loosen: We can pray for the tide of evil to be bound, held, and evil to be loosened out of its stronghold to be thrown out. Often for such strong prayers, we need to be praying along with others.
Release: We can pray God to release and send out His warrior angels all over the Earth, to fight, to protect and to cast out the evil, to protect the poor, persecuted, women, children and each one.
To the Ends of the Earth: We can pray that God the Holy Spirit will cover the Earth with His glory, to the ends of the Earth. Only then, will such a spiritual awakening arise and shine over the Earth.
If the Presence of the Holy Spirit does not descend on a land like a cloud of His Presence, little much can happen. We have seen in history, when people prayed, wonderful things happened.
Rita
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