Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of our post today is,

Prayer is Invading the Impossible. As we intercede for righteous causes and against the influence of

evil, it's important that we do so on a firm biblical foundation.

This week I'm going to share some thoughts regarding spiritual warfare, which are applicable

both for our personal lives as well as for nations. It comes as a surprise to many Christians when they hear that the basic concept behind intercession

does not necessarily have to do with prayer.

The English word basically means to go between.

Mediation is one of its synonyms.

Intercession is used in the context of prayer because when interceding for someone or perhaps for a place, we are going between them and God, mediating for them with our prayers.

What many more Christians don't realize, however, is that our intercession on behalf of

individuals and places is not just heavenward going between them and God, but is also placing ourselves

between them and the powers of darkness. Intercession, therefore, involves two very different

activities. One is a reconciling, a connecting, becoming a bridge in order to unite individuals

with God and His blessings. The other is a separating, a breaking, a disuniting from Satan's influence.

These two opposite activities are what Christ did for us through his work of redemption,

and they're what we do in our representation of it.

We petition the Father and enforce Christ's victory over Satan.

It is often not enough to simply ask the Father to do something,

although this is most Christians' total concept of prayer.

Many times it's necessary to accompany the asking with spiritual warfare or wrestling,

2 Corinthians 10, Ephesion 6, enforcing the victory of Calvary.

As Arthur Matthews said in his great book born for battle, quote, victory is an

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