Chapter 10
10 Praying Scripturally to
Thwart The Kingdom of
Darkness
If believers are not to pull down strongholds in the
sense of doing unscriptural things like warring in
tongues in the heavenlies, then how can we pray so that
our prayers will effect change in our cities and nations?
First and foremost, the Body of Christ needs to
realize that it’s only the Word of God that grows and
prevails in people’s lives. The Word of God will grow
and prevail over any circumstance, any demon, or any
force of the devil in any person’s life or in any nation if
it is planted in the ground prepared by prayer and
watered by the Word and the Holy Spirit.
Producing a Crop Through the Word
and Prayer
A great revivalist once said, “It is no more
supernatural for believers to have a revival than it is
for farmers to reap a crop.” He meant that the same
principles for sowing and reaping a crop apply in both
the natural and the spiritual realms. A harvest doesn’t
just happen for no reason, and it doesn’t happen
overnight. The farmer prepares the ground and then
plants the seed in the ground, and rain causes the crop
to grow. Finally, the crops are ready to harvest.
The Bible calls people who are ready to receive the