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FAQ: What is the balance that prayer plays in our life? It seems to
me that Christians feel as if prayer is a magical answer to all their
problems and they never need to do anything to help themselves.
First, let me state that I believe prayer is one of the most underused
and underestimated tools that we, as Christians, have to wage war
in the heavenlies. Prayer is unlike speaking in tongues or prophecy
because most of the time we do not see Gods power manifest itself
immediately and in our I want it yesterday society it is very
difficult for us to wait on anything. Many of us, including myself,
struggle with this because not seeing immediate effects often
discourages us.
That being said, I want to address what the Bible says about prayer.
Ephesians 6:12 says that our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms. This tells us that in order to combat a spiritual
darkness, we will need to use a spiritual weapon. We cannot always
rely on doing what appears to be practical or logical because there
may be a spiritual force working behind the scenes that we cannot
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