Status Updates From Becoming a Prayer Warrior

"Father, I pray that [Jeff & Janine's] children hearken and listen to You, that You may teach them the fear of the Lord. May their children keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit. May they depart from evil and do good. May these children seek peace and pursue it, in order that they may have life and length of days, and that they may see good" (241).

"I pray that [Jeff and Janine] delight themselves in You, Lord, for You will give them the desires of their hearts. You know their days, and their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will have abundance" (236).

"Father, You declared that no weapon formed against them shall prosper, and every tongue that accuses them in judgment they will condemn. For this is the heritage of Your servants, and their vindication is from You" (226).

"I pray, Father, that [Jeff & Janine] forget what lies behind and reach forward to what lies ahead, pressing on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (219-20).

"Thank You, Father, that by Your doing they are in Christ Jesus, who became to them wisdom from God, righteousness, sanctification and redemption" (220).

"Father, having overlooked the times of ignorance, You are now declaring to men that all men everywhere should repent, because You have fixed a day in which You will judge the world in righteousness, through Jesus Christ, whom You have appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead" (204).

"I pray [names] will keep and obey Your commandments and words so that they may continue to abide in Your love, so that You will come unto them and make Your abode and special dwelling place with them, and love them, and show and reveal and manifest Yourself to them, and make Yourself real and be clearly seen by them" (196).

"[Jehovah-Rohi] portrays how we are in the shadow of our Father's loving care, watchful protection and strong defense. He truly keeps us from all evil. He never slumbers nor sleeps. He is attached and devoted to us and protects our lives from perils and pitfalls. God is an intensely personal Shepherd. He knows each one of us individually" (187).

"One of the most important disciplines for God's warriors to cultivate is fasting. When you couple fasting with prayer, your prayers transcend earthly understanding and bring about supernatural breakthrough" (166).

"Agreement begins with a God focus and a heart that is close to Him. When your heart is knit to the Lord, He then will knit you together with another to accomplish more than you could ever accomplish alone" (159).

"Praying in the Spirit is a means by which the Holy Spirit intercedes through your spirit in prayer...When you pray with your understanding, you are easily influenced by your feelings, thoughts, desires, experiences...Even your vocabulary can limit your prayers. God gives you a prayer language that bypasses your mind, will and emotions and allows you to continue in prayer without interruption" (149).

"A person whose mind is girded with truth will be strong and vigorous with mature spiritual insight, and will reproduce the Word of God for His glory...TRUTH is the teaching presented in God's Word, embodied in Jesus Christ, revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. WE GIRD OURSELVES WITH TRUTH when we embrace and uphold God's revelation to us and walk in agreement with Him" (132).

"Satan is a creature; he is no match for the Creator. Satan is powerful, but not omnipotent. He can hinder, but he cannot prevent. The master of deceit can convince the prayer warrior that his or her prayer has not reached the Throne. Your strength is to remember that Satan is a defeated antagonist. To accredit it to him otherwise is to allow Satan supremacy over you" (135-6).

"Keeping a journal increases your faith as you come to realize that you really do hear from the Lord, especially when the things you have written down begin to come to pass" (105).

"Every place in Scripture stating that Jesus was 'filled with compassion' brings with it a demonstration of the power of God for miracles" (93).