Unpacking
Prayer
Part 5: Waging War in the
Spirit
Matthew 6:10
“Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.”
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places.
Not all angels are created
equal
- Angels designed for
different duties.
- Angels in an authority
structure.
- Angels with specific
assignments or “giftings.”
Angels, demons and prayer
- We have been given
authority.
- Understand the roles of
angels and demons.
- Join with the angels in
the battle.
- Do not get your eyes
off of Christ the King!
What are our
tactics then,
and what
should be our
strategies of
warfare?
Tactics of our warfare
● Worship
● Binding and loosing
(Matt. 16:19, 18:18)
Matthew 16:15-19
am?”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are
you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this
rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the
keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you
bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Tactics of our warfare
● Worship
● Binding and loosing
● Resistance
(Matt. 16:19, 18:18)
(James 4:7-8)
James 4:7-8
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil
and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and
He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you doubleminded.
Tactics of our warfare
● Worship
● Binding and loosing
● Resistance
(Matt. 16:19, 18:18)
(James 4:7-8)
● Forgiveness
● Love and mercy
Strategies of our warfare
1. Basic training
2. Air superiority
3. Ground forces
4. Occupation forces
Basic training
- Bible study
- Hearing God’s voice
- Forgiveness
- Inner healing
- Living a life of worship
Air superiority
- Areas of authority
- Bind demons
- Loose angels
- Suspend curses – vows – soul-ties
- Call forth God’s Kingdom
Ground forces
- Love your neighbour
- Feed the poor
- Speak against injustice
- Heal the sick
- Proclaim the good
news
(Rom. 10:14-15)
Romans 10:14-15
How then shall they call on Him in whom they
have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him
of whom they have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach
unless they are sent? As it is written:
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the
gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
Ground forces
- Love your neighbour
- Feed the poor
- Speak against injustice
- Heal the sick
- Proclaim the good
news
(Rom. 10:14-15)
Occupation forces
- Live in love and peace
- Live in kingdom principles
- Worship
- Pray for others
- Teach others
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not
war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling
down strongholds, casting down arguments and
every high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being
ready to punish all disobedience when your
obedience is fulfilled.
1. Where has God given you authority?
2. What spirits have you discerned to be at work?
3. Pray to bind those spirits and loose the opposite.
4. Be prepared to step into
what God is doing.
5. Pray for a strategy to hold
the ground taken.