Prayer Warfare Quotes & Sayings

God hears and answers every prayer in His sacred time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete. — Richard J. Foster

Learning to live in the spirit of prayer hour by hour decorates your life with insight and blessings — Ikechukwu Joseph

Eight weeks of practice in meditation, even with those with no previous experience, was enough reconfigure the brains of participants. The gray matter which fuels worry shrank, and the area associated with healthy thought awareness group. — Andrew Zolli

Just as electricity is unseen, but by the flip of the switch, lights turn on, so also by the words spoken in prayer, miracles manifest. — Tiffany Domena

Almighty Lord deliver us from every hidden trap. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict. It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one's personal happiness. — Watchman Nee

Lord heal the broken hearted. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers. — J. Sidlow Baxter

Only those who are spiritual perceive the reality of the spiritual foe and hence engage in battle. Such warfare is not fought with arms of the flesh. Because the conflict is spiritual so must the weapons. — Watchman Nee

God's power is the grace of prayer. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May all humankind find the grace of goodwill. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual. — Watchman Nee

Prayer is picking a fight with the Enemy. It's spiritual warfare. Intercession transports us from the sidelines to the front lines without going anywhere. And that is where the battle is won or lost. Prayer is the difference between us fighting for God and God fighting for us. But we can't just hit our knees. We also have to take a step, take a stand. And when we do, we never know what God will do next. — Mark Batterson

It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity. — Eric Metaxas

Fill my mouth with the accuracy and potency of Your word and Spirit that I may make war through prayer with swift precision (Psalm 144:1). — Shawntel Jefferson

A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer. — Beth Moore

The holy war is warfare. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This is a fact. But Satan does not attack just prayer; he also attacks the praise of God's children. The ultimate goal of Satan is to stop all praises to God. Prayer is a warfare, but praise is a victory. Prayer signifies spiritual warfare, but praise signifies spiritual victory. Whenever we praise, Satan flees. Therefore, Satan hates our praising the most. He will use all his strength to stop our praising. — Watchman Nee

We ought to pray persistently. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The #1 key to spiritual warfare is prayer. — Jacob Peterson

The Almighty LORD is our strong deliver. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In spiritual warfare, faith is the currency that releases your prayer. It is the instrument (or weapon, if you like) that activates and sets loose the answers to your prayers. — Pedro Okoro

I am a woman of prayer. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Familiarity with the secret place is familiarity with the glory place. Abide in his presence. — Ikechukwu Joseph

Another part or piece,' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry for mercy, let the danger be ever so great; therefore be you, my Mansoul, sure that you make use of this. — John Bunyan

The warrior of the night intercedes for the people. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God will save us. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight. — Richard J. Foster

The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times when it is at prayer or is striving to pray, contrives to stir up these motions of impurity in its nature; and if the soul gives heed to any of these, they cause it great harm. For through fear of these not only do persons become lax in prayer - which is the aim of the devil when he begins to strive with them - but some give up prayer altogether, because they think that these things attack them more during that exercise than apart from it, which is true, since the devil attacks them then more than at other times, so that they may give up spiritual exercises. — San Juan De La Cruz

Be prepared. You're up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the shouting you'll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You'll need them throughout your life. God's Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. — Eugene H. Peterson

In Spriritual prayer warfare-God want us to fight 'cos He called us soldiers of the cross — Ikechukwu Joseph

When you cannot use your sword you may take to the weapon of all-prayer. Your powder may be damp, your bow-string may be relaxed, but the weapon of all-prayer need never be out of order. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

May the God richly bless humankind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us. — John Cassian

What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of obedience, that we may never tempt the devil to tempt us. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We do well to be reminded that the devil hates a praying leader and a praying church. When we begin to pray, we pick a fight with the devil at a whole new level. Yet, our calling is to be praying menaces to the enemy. — Daniel Henderson

Be sure of this: when you make time for the Holy Spirit, He will make time to visit you. — Tiffany Domena

When your life is out of balance your cheque bounces — Ikechukwu Joseph

They tore Joseph coat of many colors as evidence of his death and dreams but God brought together his life for his People, to prepare them posterity — Ikechukwu Joseph

The weapons of our warfare can only be exercised in the place of prayer. — Pedro Okoro

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God has equipped us uniquely. — N. T. Wright

If you are not praying the type of prayers that scare you, your prayers are certainly not frightening our enemy. — Lisa Bevere

Great faith surfaces in great problems - have faith — Ikechukwu Joseph

Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I dedicate to the welfare of all beings.
May the roots of suffering diminish. May warfare, violence, neglect, indifference, and addiction also decrease.
May the wisdom and compassion of all beings increase, now and in the future.
May we clearly see all the barriers we erect between ourselves and others to be as insubstantial as our dreams.
May we appreciate the great perfection of all phenomena.
May we continue to open our hearts and minds, in order to work ceaselessly for the benefit of all beings.
May we go to the places that scare us.
May we lead the life of a warrior. — Pema Chodron

You cannot fall or stumble while on your kneels — Ikechukwu Joseph

Prayer is the breath of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God. — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

May my children and descendants know God and keep His ways. — Lailah Gifty Akita