Shalom! As INTERCESSORS and as children of God, one of the tactics that the devil will use to silence your prayers is the spirit of Discouragement!

Discouragement can manifest when it seems that prayers are ineffective and the cares of life become overwhelming.

If we are able to identify patterns in our lives then we will be able to counteract the enemy strategies to defer our breakthroughs.

One sure way to know when good things are on the way is when the spirit of discouragement surfaces.

When we are joyful, we are in essence saying to God that we trust His providence and benevolence, that our FAITH is in HIM and that we are in a posture of expectancy to receive of HIM.

So what the enemy does is to stir up situations that will cause us to become despondent so our eyes are turned from the Lord so we cannot receive.

Our persistence in prayer and praise makes a difference!

When I was in High school in grade 7, the head girl at the time gave us a detention to write 100 lines “Persistent Provocation Provokes a Patient Prefect to Invoke Painful Punishment” and last night I remembered this when I was reminded about the power of Persistent Prayers.

It will provoke principalities.

It was the consistency in our disobedience that caused her, the head girl , to move to the decision she made.

What am I saying?

If our prayer life is consistent then there will be a provocation in the Realm of The Spirit for Angels to move , maybe even demons will try to push back — but by this we will know and it’ll be evident that our warfare is effective

“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. ” James 5:16.

“praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints….” Ephesians 6:18.

Shalom
~ Syreeta Thomas

Syreeta Thomas

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