Praying Scripturally to Thwart The Kingdom of Darknesspraying in line with God's Word.
Also, under the Old Covenant, Daniel had no
authority in Jesus' Name to stand against Satan or to
bind the operations and strategies of principalities and
powers because Jesus hadn't come yet and defeated
Satan. Authority over demons hadn't been given yet,
because Jesus hadn't died yet and risen from the dead
and delegated His authority to the Church.
Therefore, Daniel couldn't take authority over the
strategies of the devil as believers can under the New
Covenant. Today under the New Covenant, we have a
better covenant established upon better promises than
Daniel did. We can take authority over Satan's
strategies and render them inoperative in the earth. We
don't fight to gain that authority, we simply take our
stand in the authority Christ has already given us.
The Role of Prayer in Dealing With
the Kingdom of Darkness
As believers pray according to the Word, God will
move on our behalf. And as we pray according to the
Word, it seems as though our prayers actually push
back the effects of the powers of darkness and allow the
Word to prevail, so we can preach the gospel.
Let me share an example that shows the power of
scriptural prayer to push back the kingdom of darkness
and change the course of events in a nation. Several
years ago the ambassador of an African nation visited
RHEMA with a personal message of thanks from the
prime minister of his nation.
A few months before that, a ministry team from
RHEMA had visited that African country at a time
when the nation was on the verge of a revolution. The