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The title of today's post is Building Walls of Protection.

There are different types of prayer.

Priestly prayer, petitions, kingly prayer, declarations and decrees, the prayer of agreement,

travailing prayer, intercessory prayer, and other descriptive terms we could mention.

Although in the thinking of many, the word intercession has come to be synonymous with prayer. It is actually

just a descriptive term describing one of these various facets. The Hebrew word for

paga, for intercession, paga, has several shades of meaning, all of which can be accomplished through prayer.

One of these meanings is the marking of territory or boundary or border, the point at which two territories meet or connect, boundaries borders.

Pagha is used repeatedly this way in Joshua 19, describing the boundaries of the tribes of Israel.

Placing this definition, boundaries, into the context of prayer,

Pagah is establishing boundaries or walls of protection.

It is the posting of no trespassing signs in the spiritual realm, and the placing of that which belongs to us under the protection of the Most High.

I love Psalm 91. I love Psalm 91, 1 through 4 in the message.

I like it all in the message, but here are those verses.

You who sit down in the high God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow.

Or you who do that, say this, God, you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe.

That's right. He rescues you from hidden traps, shield you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you under them.

You're perfectly safe.

His arms fend off all harm.

In their book, Living and Praying in Jesus' name,

Dick Eastman and Jack Hayford recount the following story.

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