Praying Scripturally to Thwart The Kingdom of DarknessThis scripture implies that if God could have found
someone to stand in the gap and make up the hedge and
intercede for the land, He wouldn't have had to bring
judgment on the people.
That goes back to what John Wesley said, "It seems
God can do nothing for humanity unless someone asks
Him to do it."
If someone would just ask Him. Think about that!
God didn't say we had to go out and try to fight Satan, a
defeated foe. These verses say that if God's covenant
children would just ask Him to move on the earth, He
would hear and answer their prayers. Satan is no
match for God!
The unsaved people of the world are dominated and
ruled by the devil—not God. Therefore, they are
destined to have "their own way recompensed upon
their heads" unless they hear and receive the truth of
the gospel and repent.
God looks for those who will boldly ask Him to hold
back judgment and give the unsaved more time to
repent and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Then it's our responsibility to preach the gospel so
people can be saved and teach them their position of
authority in Christ over the devil.
You see, these are the principles in God's Word on
which we are to build doctrines for prayer and for
taking cities and nations for God. God watches over His
Word to perform it—not doctrines that are built on
experiences or isolated texts taken to the extreme (Isa.
55:11; Mark 16:20).
Praying for Those in Authority
Another scriptural way to pray to win cities and