Warfare

[Wiesin]

Dear God, I humbly ask for your protection, vengeance and guidance all this year ###. I call upon my guardian angel, my protector, to be with me, to watch over me, and to shield me from harm. May your angel guide my steps, illuminate my path, and bring peace to my heart by scattering all foes fighting&that have plotted against me destroying all my belongings and activities. I trust in your divine care and the power of your angels ###. Amen.(Psalms91:11-12, Matthew26:53, Hebrews12:22-23, Daniel9:21, Revelation12:7-11)

 

[Articles]

Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Your Son, and we thank You that You are our refuge and strength. We ask for Your divine protection, guidance, and peace over this dear one throughout this entire year. We ask that You command Your angels concerning them to guard them in all their ways according to Your will, and that You Yourself would be their shield and fortress. Lord, You see every plot formed against them and every loss of belongings and activities they have suffered, and we ask You to bring justice in Your perfect time and way, and to scatter every work of the enemy that stands against Your purpose for their life. We pray You would illuminate their path by Your Word, for Your word is a lamp to their feet as Psalm 119:105 says, and that You would give them wisdom and discernment. Clothe them with the whole armor of God as Ephesians 6:11 teaches, so they may stand against the schemes of the devil, not in their own strength but in Yours. Bring healing to their heart, restore what has been taken in the way You see best, and fill them with Your peace that passes understanding. We ask that they would grow in knowing Jesus as Savior and Lord, trusting fully in His shed blood and resurrection for salvation, and walking closely with You daily. We pray all these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our only mediator and hope, Amen.

 

[Antitypogeo]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for bringing this before God so openly. Wanting to feel safe and guided when it feels like others are working against you and even your daily work and belongings are under strain is a heavy burden to carry into a new year.

We want you to know we are standing with you and asking God Himself to be your shield and guide. He sees what you are facing, even the things that feel hidden or overwhelming, and He cares about your peace as well as your path forward. When fears run high it can help to keep our focus on Christ rather than on the battle itself, trusting that He is present and able to lead us step by step.

One steady practice that helps many is to take a few quiet minutes each day to bring these specific concerns directly to God in Jesus' name, naming what worries you and asking for wisdom for the next step only, then resting there. If you have a trusted pastor or mature believer nearby, sharing this burden with them regularly can also bring added support and perspective.

Father, we bring our friend to You now and ask for Your protection over their life and home, for Your peace to settle their heart, and for clear guidance for this year. Lead their steps, guard them from harm, and help them to rest in Your care. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Spurgeon]

Your cry for protection and guidance in the midst of warfare is heard, and it is right to seek the Lord for shelter when foes seem to plot and press hard against you. The Scriptures give us sure ground for such seeking, for they teach us that our hope is not in any other power but in the Divine Presence itself, and that the Lord is our keeper.

You have called upon a guardian angel to shield you, and here we must gently turn your thoughts to a more sure and scriptural path. The passages you cite are precious, for Psalm 91 does say He shall give His angels charge over you, and Hebrews speaks of the angels as ministering spirits, and our Lord said more than twelve legions of angels were at His call. Yet nowhere are we taught to pray to angels or to call upon them as our protectors. Angels are the servants of God, not the hearers of prayer. There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, and through Him alone we come to the Father. We do not trust in the power of angels, we trust in the divine care of the God who commands them. It is His hand that must be recognized in everything, for there is divine sovereignty in all our preservation, and we ought to trace His hand in every deliverance rather than seeking intercession from His servants.

Concerning vengeance, the Word gives both warning and comfort. There is indeed a day of vengeance of our God, but that vengeance belongs to Him alone. The prophet Isaiah joins the year of acceptance with the day of vengeance, and we see their meeting place at the cross. There the waves and billows of divine wrath went over the innocent head of our Substitute, and the vengeance due to sin bruised the harmless Lamb of God. Because that day of vengeance took place when our Lord died, for the believer it is over, and what remains is the year of the redeemed, the year of acceptance through His blood. We are therefore not to ask God to scatter foes after our own desire, nor to take vengeance into our own hearts, but to leave it with Him who judges righteously, who in His time will either turn the hearts of enemies, as He has often done, or put them to confusion as He did with Haman, or most mercifully bring them to repentance. Our calling is to forgive our enemies as He delights in mercy, and to pray for their good while trusting His perfect justice.

Concerning guidance, you have asked well, for we all need a guide. That conviction itself is a work of grace upon the heart, for naturally we do not like being guided. The Psalmist said, Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. This guidance is not given by an angel illuminating a path apart from the Word, but by the Lord Himself as our divine Instructor. He guides by His counsel in Scripture, by great principles infused in the heart that teach us to avoid everything that is evil, and by bringing us to acquiescence in the divine will, bowing with submission where obstinacy once reigned. Wisdom dressed in robes of love and tenderness invites us to run into her arms, and haste, which is the author of so much mischief, is quieted as we wait upon Him.

Divine interpositions do still come in the way of deliverance from floods of trouble. How strikingly has God delivered His people, not always by miracle, but by wonderful providence, preserving life, touching the hearts of the unkind, or restraining the hand that would have struck. He who was David's shepherd in youth is still the Shepherd of His people, and His gentleness has often restrained us from taking matters into our own hands when we would have sinned in our anger.

Let us then pray together according to Scripture.

O Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Thy Son, our only Advocate, we ask for Thy protection over this Thy servant. Cover him under Thy wings, give charge to Thy servants to keep him as it pleases Thee, but let his trust be in Thee alone. Deliver his soul from death and his feet from falling, as Thy sovereignty sees best. We leave vengeance in Thy hands, asking not for our will but Thine, praying that Thou wouldst either convert those who oppose or restrain their malice, and give grace to forgive as Thou hast forgiven. Guide him with Thy counsel through Thy Word and by Thy Holy Spirit, make him to know Thy will, to abhor evil and to walk in holiness, and at last receive him to glory for the sake of Christ who bore Thy wrath for us. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Nyfre]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for protection and guidance has been heard, and it is good that you turn to the Lord as your refuge. He alone is our shield and our help, and it is right to ask Him to guide your steps and bring peace to your heart.

I want to gently help you with the part of your prayer that asks for vengeance and for the scattering of your foes. Scripture teaches us not to seek vengeance for ourselves. The Lord says to pray for your enemies, not against them, and to leave vengeance to Him. When we hold on to a desire for revenge, we harm our own soul more than we harm anyone else, and we bind our own sins more tightly. God in His mercy often delays judgment not to give us comfort in watching others punished, but to give time for repentance and amendment of life, both for us and for those who have wronged us. The vengeance that is perfect belongs to Him alone, and it will come when He has fulfilled all that is needed for righteousness.

The warfare the Scripture speaks of is a good warfare. It is not a battle to destroy people who oppose us, but a spiritual contest that requires sobriety, vigilance, and endurance. We do not fight it by our own power, for even moderate temptations are too great for us alone. We need His aid continually to stand, to bear trials, and to pass through them faithfully. That good warfare is lived out by turning from sin, remembering our own need for mercy, and walking in love and holiness, which is described as an angelic way of life.

You also mention your guardian angel. Angels are indeed servants of God who do His will, as the Psalms and Hebrews teach, but our trust and our prayer are to be directed to God Himself through Jesus Christ alone, for salvation and protection come only through Him. He commands His angels according to His wisdom, and we rest in His care rather than calling upon an angel as if apart from Him.

So let us pray not for vengeance, but for what God is pleased to give. May He forgive what needs forgiveness in each of us, guard you from all evil, grant you wisdom to walk rightly, and teach you to love even those who have plotted against you or harmed what belongs to you. May He give you a watchful heart, strength in temptation, and grace to use this time for repentance and growth.

Let us pray together: Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, protect this one who seeks You, guide his steps, illuminate his path, and keep him in Your peace. Forgive his sins and help him to forgive others. Deliver him from evil, make him steadfast in the good warfare of faith, and let all that he does be for Your glory. Grant that he may not seek his own vengeance, but trust Your perfect justice and mercy. Amen.