The Rules of Engagement

The Rules of Engagement

Spirit praying Spirit praying, or more commonly praying in the spirit, is essential in any believer’s arsenal of weapons. According to Jude 20, this weapon has the ability to strengthen the inner man. Ephesians 6:18 tells us that we must stay in the mind-set of spirit praying, being ever watchful. Praying in the spirit also helps us when we don’t know what to pray or what is wrong in certain situations. It allows our spirits to pray out directly into the inter cession room of the Holy Spirit, where He is able to search our hearts and intercede strategically on our behalf. (See Romans 8:26–27.) Allow the Holy Spirit access to your prayer life and to discipline you. He is more than happy to intercede on your behalf or give you the words to utter. Tongues of men Sometimes, it is not always easy for us to recall Scripture word for word. When that happens, if you can just speak the principle, you will experience positive results. Learn to fill your mind with good, positive, and biblical thoughts. Since your words are the secondary conduit of your thoughts, prac tice meditating in the Word of God day and night so that when you speak, your speech will be automatically aligned with the Word of the Lord. (For a reference to this weapon, see 1 Corinthians 13:1.) Tongues of angels When I speak of tongues of angels, I am not speaking of something spooky. The “tongues of angels” is the language that angels understand. This is purely the Word of God declared. According to Psalm 103:20–21, when you speak God’s Word and declare His words over your circumstances, angels respond, executing and enforcing it over your situations and circumstances. (For a reference to this weapon, see 1 Corinthians 13:1.) God hastens His Word to perform it, while giving angels charge over us (Ps. 91:11; Jer. 1:12). Praise We do not praise because we feel good. We praise because praise is a weapon of warfare. Psalm 149:5–9 says, “Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment

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