The night is dark. Into the stillness of the night, figures emerge. They emerge from basement steps, from closets, from attic rooms, from bed chambers — present but unseen.
A flash of light illuminates them.
Light beams reflect off the swords and shields of an army of soldiers.
This is an army of prayer warriors, merging out of the inner chambers where God has been teaching them how to listen and how to hear His heart.
These are warriors unleashed and ready to battle.
Their battle is not with physical forces. Their battle is with forces unseen.
The weapons of their warfare are not to draw physical blood nor to engage in contests of physical strength, endurance, or swordsmanship.
Their greatest battle is to see the unseen enemy and to fight his lies within themselves and others.
Their enemy uses sabotage, intimidation, deception, mind-games, their own fleshly weaknesses, false names, past hurts and wounds, false identities, shame, unforgiveness, offenses, and their own strengths to try to defeat them.
He tries to separate the soldiers from each other. He spreads malicious rumors. He incites fear because fear will always produce division, speculation, self-protection, anger, control, shame, and betrayal.
He whispers vile lies, connecting past hurts and sins with wrong identities to shame them into submission.
He uses false soldiers to spread false commands to bring confusion to their ranks.
He tempts them with illusions of success and god-likeness through their own abilities.
He causes betrayal between parents and children, pastors and congregations, and friends among friends to cause them to distrust one another, imagining the worst and trusting no one fully but themselves.
He makes them completely dependent on systems but not on God.
Yet, these soldiers have been learning how to be victorious over every tactic of the enemy. They have learned victory within the inner chambers of their prayer rooms.
They have learned how to warrior in prayer — not by shouting words at their Commander but by learning the heart of the One Who leads them. It has come through personal relationship with this One, learning to recognize His voice, learning to trust His voice, learning to obey His voice, and learning to receive His love.
These are not just soldiers on a battlefield. These are friends — beloved friends — of the One they follow.
This mysterious One is none other than their Heavenly Father. They implicitly obey Him — not because they fear Him but because they love Him!
They know that He is for them. They know that He has planned only good things for them. They know that He is fiercely protective of them. They know that they are beloved, chosen, pursued, cherished, and redeemed.
They are not just soldiers. They are most of all sons and daughters — beloved sons and daughters.
Each piece of their armor comes with a special power from their Heavenly Father because each part is something that comes from Who He is.
It is His righteousness that protects their hearts. It is His truth that protects the other pieces of their armor and keeps them from slipping. It’s His peace that prepares their steps. It’s His salvation that protects their thinking. It’s His faithfulness that is their front line of defense. It is His Word that is their weapon of offense.
It is their prayers in the Spirit that is a bugle cry for heaven’s powers to be released on earth.
These are warriors that topple a kingdom of lies and generational iniquities.
They do it through worship, through sounding the bugles as watchman, through interceding on the behalf of others, and through defeating wickedness in spiritual realms.
These are the warriors who make possible the toppling of earthly kingdoms and wicked rulers. These are the warriors who send the demons of disease fleeing. These are the warriors who cast off intimidation and deception, along with their companions: fear, shame, bondage, vices, addictions, death, and hatred.
These are the warriors who see the true enemies: demons and who rescue every human victim.
These are prayer intercessors!
Today, God is raising up a new generation of prayer warriors who will worship, sound bugles upon the walls, spend time listening to their Heavenly Father’s heart, and who will not rest until victory is manifested within their own “realms of influence” and calling.
Prayer intercessors, this is your season. Feel the weight of authority and responsibility that is your inheritance as beloved sons and daughters.
It is time to hear and declare the Father’s heart and will here on Earth!
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