War Prayer
Father God, I pray against the enemy, his servants, their works and effects. Satan, in the name of Jesus, I rebuke you. We ask, Holy Spirit, that you would surround us, north, south, east, and west, individually and corporately, that you’d watch over our homes, and our lives, and our families, and our church, and its campuses, and our community groups. We pray a hedge of protection against the enemy, his servants, their works and effects. Lord Jesus, we thank you that a day of judgment, and justice, and torment is coming, when Satan and demons will be no more, and your kingdom will be forevermore. God, we ask for the grace through the Holy Spirit to acknowledge and confess our sin, where we have been complicit with the tactics and tricks of our enemy. God, I pray for our church. It’s one of those battle seasons where, like Jesus, we’re tired but there’s still work to do. God, I pray that you would allow us to have a heart for our city and that you would allow us to have a boldness in our testimony to talk about the difference you make in a life. And God, we want to see, many be redeemed, set free, liberated from darkness to light, from sin to holiness, from idolatry to worship, from their enemy to their savior, and lastly any darkness in this room brought to light, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Adapted from Mark Driscoll by Steve Janke