Magnificent Prayer #312
Magnificent Prayer #312
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
Revelation 12:9
Let’s say that two men quarrel over a certain point. We’ll call them Christian and Apollyon. Apollyon notices that Christian has a certain weapon which would give him a sure victory. They meet in a deadly battle, and Apollyon resolves to take away the lethal weapon from his opponent, and destroy it.
For the moment the main cause of the quarrel has become subordinate. The great point now is: Who shall get possession of this powerful weapon on which everything depends?
So it is in the conflict between Satan and the believer. God’s child can conquer everything by prayer. Is it any wonder that Satan does his utmost to snatch the weapon from the Christian, or to hinder him in the use of it?
ANDREW MURRAY
Pray About It: Satan’s tactics are many. But they all have one goal in common: deactivate the Christian’s atomic weapon of prayer. Nullify it. Disarm the church of God.
In this scheme, Satan has been largely successful. Prayer has become a P.S. in our relationship to God, if it’s present at all.
Make sure your divine weapon is fully operational. And use it—for God’s purposes and to thwart Satan’s. Let us disarm him.
Effectual, fervent prayer has been the mightiest weapon of God’s mightiest soldiers.
E. M. BOUNDS
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