Praying Scripturally to Thwart The Kingdom of DarknessMother Howard, and she was a strong woman of prayer.
When Mother Howard first moved to north-central
Texas years earlier, there were no Full Gospel churches
in any of the towns or cities in that entire region. But
the Lord laid it on her heart to pray that a Full Gospel
church be established in every town and city in that
area.
So Mother Howard began praying, taking one town
at a time and continuing to pray until a Full Gospel
church was raised up in the town she was praying for.
She'd pray from ten in the morning until mid-afternoon.
Then after supper, she'd begin praying again and
continue until midnight or later, depending on how the
Holy Spirit led her.
In her prayers Mother Howard wasn't trying to pull
down strongholds or trying to fight the devil. She wasn't
basing her prayers on what the devil was or was not
doing. Like Father Nash, she was praying for souls to
be saved as the Holy Spirit helped her in prayer. She
wasn't yelling at the devil, but she was certainly doing
much damage to the kingdom of darkness. She was
talking to God and asking for souls to be brought into
the Kingdom of God.
Mother Howard was largely responsible for praying
a church into every city and town in that region of
Texas. She's a good example of how believers are to
pray to help win cities for God by fervent, scriptural
prayer and intercession.
'I Will Give You the City'
Biblical prayer and intercession prayed by the
power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit effects
change in cities and nations for the Kingdom of God.