People Get Saved When God's People Pray for Them!

Satan does not want you to pray.  He will do anything to keep you from praying!

One of the tricks of Satan is leading us to believe prayer is simply a desirable exercise. Not so! It is an essential exercise, though terribly neglected by believers. In fact, it is more than an area of neglect; prayerlessness is sin. Thus Samuel assured the people of Israel, “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you.” I Sam. 12:23.

Did you know that there are spiritual battles being waged? I know that you will never win the war if you don't know where the battle is being fought- and we are in a spiritual battle from the moment we're saved. In Ephesians 6:10-18 Paul plainly describes the battle and advises the Christian to put on the whole armor of God. We have been so involved in figuring out the armor that we've neglected to see where the battle is being fought. Therefore, we don't engage in the battle, but spend our time on the fringes doing things that are perhaps good, but are inconsequential as far as eternity and souls are concerned. The first activity mentioned after the armor in Eph. 5:18 is clearly prayer.

Satan does not want you to understand this because you'll never be a threat to him and his cause apart from prayer. Do anything you want to do, and he'll not bother you; begin to pray and he'll put you on his hit list. Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees.

Do you understand the place of prayer? God moves in response to the prayers of His people. Although our finite minds cannot understand “why” at this time, isn't it time that we simply obeyed Him and became involved in the battle? Every believer can begin today to make a tremendous difference in lives and circumstances through prayer.The Scriptures are our aid. Jesus said, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, (here is the place of Bible study) ask whatever you wish, (and here is the place of prayer) and it will be given you.” John 15:7.

Begin today to pray more consistently. Make a prayer list of concerns in your mind and on your heart. Begin to bring these before the Lord and you will see Him begin to move. He answers prayer! People get saved when God's people pray for them.