The effects of that warfare are seen upon the earth and in people’s lives; Ask the Lord for specific revelation and discernment concerning the leaders you are praying for and for the areas in which they are ministering. In praying for those who work among Muslims or in a place where cults are prevalent, you will be combating an antichrist spirit. Whereoccult activity is intense; you also deal with spirits of deception, control, and seduction 1 John 2:18. In an area where there are many churches but many conflicts among the leaders and members, the Holy Spirit may reveal to you that the problem is an areligious spirit ruling over that area, along with spirits of strife, contention, and self-righteousness. Discerning the spirits responsible for a given situation if indeed evil spirits are responsible will make your intercession more specific and more effective. It’s vital to discern patterns or cycles in attacks from the enemy. For some period of time, there have been strong attacks against marriage among spiritual leaders. One particular denominational group has lost a large number of missionaries to cancer. Then there was a rash of serious accidents causing death or severe injury to ministers and missionaries or their family members. The intercessors should serve as “watchmen on the wall” Isa. 62:6,7 to help ward off these attacks through spiritual warfare and lend their support by praying for those on the front lines of ministry.

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Praying in the Spirit has the authority of heaven behind it. There is no way you could know when Satan and his demonic forces will launch an attack. The Holy Spirit will prompt you at the strategic, opportune time: With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints Eph. 6:18; Eph. 6:12; Jas. 5:16b.

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Praying in the Spirit is a means by which the Holy Spirit intercedes through your Spirit in prayer. This is where we get the term “prayer language,” an unlearned language in which you can pray. When you pray with your understanding, you are easily influenced by your feelings, thoughts, desires, experiences, distractions, knowledge, and will. Even your vocabulary can limit your prayers. God gives you a prayer language that bypasses your mind, will, and emotions and allows you to continue in prayer without interruption:

And in the same way, the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words, and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose Rom. 8:26-28; 1 Cor. 14:14; 1 John 5:14,15; Jas. 4:3.

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