Praying God’s Word fights the fleshly battles of life using His spiritual weapons. This gives us authority in the supernatural realm to pull down strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). We no longer are in agreement with darkness but agree with the light of God’s Word. Praying the Word of God brings freedom, discernment, and protection.

The Word of God is a great help in prayer. If it be lodged and written in our hearts, it will form an outflowing current of prayer, full and irresistible. Promises, stored in the heart, are to be the fuel from which prayer receives life and warmth, just as the coal, stored in the earth, ministers to our comfort on stormy days and wintry nights.

We follow the Bible teachings about how to pray, and let God speak to us through His Word when we pray. When we pray with others, reading from the Bible and talking about what we have read makes God’s presence more real to us.

Heavenly Father, give us faith to receive your word, understanding to know what it means, and the will to put it into practice; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. We thank you heavenly Father, for inspiring all Scripture by the Holy Spirit.