Tonight I am battling.
Here in the Philippines it is 12:23am on October 15th. All of my counterparts are safely in bed. I laughed with the girls on my team. I prayed protection over our room in the name of Jesus. That all of our thoughts and dreams would belong fully to God and that I rebuked satan’s hold over those things, in the name of Jesus Christ. I prayed against the darkness we encountered today. I prayed for God’s army of angels to surround the facilities where we are staying and for them to war on our behalf while we sleep.
Then I layed down.
I turned off the lights.
The fear set in.
Fear that was not of God. I began praying in the spirit, but was still uneasy. Tonight was the night. I had been thinking about doing a Watch of the Lord (check out the book). Bascially, I am to spend tonight warring on behalf of my squad and team praying for their protection and seeing what the Spirit reveals to me and where he takes me throughout the course of the night.
1. Speak who God is outloud.
2. Proclaim this land and place as part of His kingdom and as holy ground.
3. Renounce satan with my mouth and with the words of God.
4. Read the word, the breath of life.
5. Ask you to intercede on my behalf as I continue for the following 6 hours.
Actually, I want to ask for your prayer over our entire team. I have been sick for a week today. Last Wednesday the coughing and sneezing began. Today I am at the cough and running nose stage. Not fun. My work has not slowed down except on my sabbath, where thanks to the Spirit of rest being upon me, I actually turned down a fun day and even a ministry opportunity to rest fully in the Lord. The rest was needed and I am completely refreshed. Today, we dived straight back into ministry and reaching out to the children of God who live in the tunnel. God was and is at work. (Also, I have a dance party scheduled sometime this week with Emmerson. Can you say dance battle?)
Right now I am in the midst of a Spiritual battle. My spirit is a little more at ease, but I know my battle for tonight isn’t over. Many of my teammates are also sick. Many are struggling with sleepless nights, and bad dreams. If warring for them one night will give them a peaceful night sleep it is worth it. If warring brings me closer to the presence of God and will enable to see more of who he is and who he says I am, I will do it. I am hungry. I am longing for more of the Father. What ever it takes. I will pray into the night like Jesus did.
