Organize the Churches in every city Worldwide
To RESIST the Demons of Terrorism through PRAYER
« Therefore submit to God, RESIST the devil
and he will flee from you. » (James 4.7)
“Be sober, be VIGILANT; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. RESIST him, steadfast in the faith.” (I Peter 5.8,9)
The ministry entrusted to the Church by Jesus Christ is similar to a two-armed balance whose weight must always be equal: the COMBATTIVE PRAYER on one hand and the PREACHING OF THE WORD on the other. According to Christ’s strategy, the Church can only use the amount of force She draws daily from God through the NIGHT PRAYERS: « He went out to the mountain to PRAY, and continued all night in PRAYER to God. » (Luke 6.12).
Jesus Christ’s example is clear. Are we working accordingly?
« He went out a little farther and fell on His face and PRAYED… Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, ‘What? Could you not watch with Me one hour? WATCH and PRAY, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew 26.39, 40, 41).
“Again, a second time, He went away and PRAYED… And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. So, He left them, went away again, and PRAYED the third time… (Matthew 26.42, 43).
“Then He came to His disciples and said to them ‘Are you still sleeping and resting?’ (Matthew 26.44).
During all the time that his earthly ministry lasted, Christ made the principle of the NIGHT COMBATTIVE PRAYER an unavoidable pillar in his life. Our biblical text has just proved to us that He also wanted to teach so to His disciples whose ministry would go through times of terrible persecution comparable to our times of terrorism. Jesus wants also to teach us this practice which he certainly learned from the heavenly Father (John 5:20).
Christians of the whole world, what are you saying about? Are our churches’ leaders really committed as INTERCESSORS praying intensely with Christ during all the nights during their life in service? How can dynamic and strong intercession ministries rise in our churches, in our cities, as long as Christian leaders are still sleeping and resting? And now thousands of terrorists have freely infiltrated and are invading our cities where our churches are established without us having drawn up a single RESISTANCE against them as the apostle Peter teaches us! (I Peter 5: 8,9). Let us cease our hypocrite prayers and our messages of sympathy while we have been and remain disobedient to the command of Christ saying, “Why do you sleep? Rise and PRAY, lest you enter into temptation. (Luke 22:46).
Don’t you see that we are already caught in the nets of temptation that have bound us and even prevented us from making the threat of terrorism a SERIOUS AND PERMANENT SUBJECT OF PRAYER? Yes, all Christians on the five continents have lost the freedom that Christ has given us through faith to His Word as: « If you abide in My words, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. » (John 8. 31, 32).
But let us go out NOW, let us wake up, we all the Christian churches without exception and organize ourselves immediately to create an INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY OF COMBATTIVE PRAYER AGAINST TERRORISM. Does Jesus Christ agree with us? Undoubtedly, because He so wished to see us at work in PRAYER. Thus, how shall we proceed? By a worldwide common action to destabilize Satan’s power and forces at the same time on the five continents.
1. THE FIRST ARM OF THE BALANCE OF OUR MINISTRY:
Just like the Lord Jesus, we must also start with an overnight non-stop PRAYER program against the demons of terrorism. Be careful, let us not mix this particular prayer topic with others. Chapter 17 of the Gospel according to John reveals us the points for which Jesus prayed when Peter and the two sons of Zebedee were asleep a few steps from Him. We will take inspiration from it as follows:
– The churches established in each city should organize immediately and set up groups of overnight intercessors who will relay in PRAYER until the next early morning and keep doing so every day until the return of Christ.
– In these prayers we will first praise God who opened doors to our churches so that they may be established and preach the Word in the cities where they are.
– We will praise God for the souls that are already saved in our cities. We can even name names that we know.
– We will praise God for his servants who are in our churches, for Evangelists and Teachers He has given us and ask him to strengthen and protect them more against Satan and his demons’ attacks.
– We will ask God to give all Christians in our city the same burden of praying against the demons of terrorism.
– We will ask God to touch all the hearts not yet converted in our city, including those of the terrorists who might be hidden there and other people who are already indoctrinated, and open them to receive the Good News of Salvation in Christ.
– We will pray every day asking God to strengthen the security services of our city, to guide the leaders and agents of the police, of the army, and all those who help them …
(2nd part in the article to follow).
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EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
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