ARMED AND STRONG IN THE LORD
8. Prayer
*A concise explanation from the Lord:
Talking, listening, interceding and deep communion with the Lord, the King of all is going to get you through this life better than anything else. When this is done with an attitude of having faith that everything is truly going to work out right in the end because of your heaven-sent communication, this brings results your way, and gives you peace of mind to sail through even the stormiest seas. When you come to God bringing your woes, in a rather disgruntled way, topped with your own “set in stone” agenda that you want Him to work out for you; wanting things to go your way and only the way you think is right, this yields little good. He’s waiting for you to say, “What do you want, dear Jesus. I’m ready and eager to listen and to do what You in Your wisdom know is best.” And you plead for strength and the grace to then do it—asking in faith for the guts and courage to do what is on God’s agenda for you—this surely gets His ear, and on you go to happier times. Maybe the hard pit you find yourself in was just to get you to look up and ask for the right kind of help, and to be pointed on the correct path, so you didn’t get too way off course.  Maybe it was to stop something really bad or drastic from happening, and to set you in motion for something great in your life. So praise and pray and then act and do.
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*Keys to claim in prayer, to receive empowerment to fight with these new weapons and stop the enemy’s attempts to hinder our using them:
Supporting someone with prayer and the power of the keys is the greatest act of love and sacrifice, and will deliver to them miracles that will lighten their load and give them the strength to fight on. 
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Some specifics that help explain more:
•	Interceding in prayer for others.
•	Heart to heart honest communication with Jesus, two-way talking.
•	Turn your thoughts into a prayer about what you were thinking about—thus “praying without ceasing”.
•	Come before the Lord boldly, humbly, with faith that is expressed with praise, to present your requests to Him—things that will make His will be done on earth, and that will aid your survival to keep living for Him.
•	Prayers of deliverance from the devil in all forms—spiritually and physically. Fighting, attacking prayers.
•	Prayers of praise, worshiping and loving Jesus.
•	Prayers for miracles of all sorts, claiming the authority of Heaven, the Power of the Keys, to make a particular win for the Lord, or protection against a loss for His cause or people who are in danger or difficultly.
•	Unselfish prayers—for the good of others; or to be enabled to do something for others that goes against your wishes and desires, but is something Jesus is asking you to do. Praying a prayer, that if answered will make it hard for you personally in some way, but it will bring God’s will and plan into being, and be a help to someone.
•	Prayers for the salvation of others, for many to come to know Jesus and to give their hearts to him.
•	Prayers of utter surrender, presenting yourself to Jesus to do with you as He wishes, and to give you full empowerment to do it, even if it’s utterly what you do not want; total surrendering as His servant and praying to yield to His will.

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*True stories of victory, showing these fighting methods in practice:
(Singapore) We were checking into the purchase of a portable electronic drum set for another center. Our research and calls led us to a shop downtown. We talked to the owner and got the details, but we didn't have the peace to make the final purchase. So we stepped out to pray about what to do.  My son then spotted the same model displayed in another shop. We walked inside and were greeted by Daniel, the owner who was cordial and quoted us a price, which was surprisingly much lower than the previous shop that we had thought was the best deal available. 
As we talked, Daniel poured out his business woes and I told him that all he needed was a new, good business Partner. "Let me introduce you to Jesus," I said. I told him of the Lord's love and care for him. However, when it came down to praying to receive that spiritual connection with Jesus, Daniel backed down and said that he wasn't sure or ready. I had to leave it at that, as he hastily tried to get back to business.  
Daniel had to make a copy of the receipt for me, but the machine jammed. He opened it up, trying to fix it, but nothing was working. I offered to pray for him and the machine, but Daniel laughed and declined. Then I got a check that the Lord was engineering this for his sake! So I said:  "Okay, Daniel, whether you like it or not, we're going to pray, just to show you that God is in this and He's doing it for you!" 
As my son and I put our hands on the machine, we prayed asking the Lord to fix the machine as a testimony of His power and presence, so that Daniel would believe. Just as we said, "Amen," the machine started humming to life and made the copy. Daniel stood there, stunned.  "So, Daniel," I said, "do you want to pray now?" Daniel returned to the counter and prayed that powerful prayer of salvation that guarantees to fix any broken and sinful heart! We were thrilled with the miracle that we had witnessed, but more than that, it was amazing to see that there was nothing the Lord wouldn't do to reach a soul. Thank You, Jesus, for a love that has no limits! (GV 195)
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Keys of Provision  
(True story:) The Lord works lots of miracles in our lives, and since the day I met the Lord, I've seen many miracles, big and small, which have completely turned my life around. One of the more outstanding miracles that the Lord did for me was while I was in college.
My principal was a very strict and miserly lady, and it was always difficult to speak to her in regards to money because she was extremely stingy. One time, I had to pay 7,000 rupees to the college. It was my last installment of the year, and if I didn't pay I would not be allowed to sit for my exams. I didn't know what to do because I didn't have enough money with me. I prayed desperately and claimed the keys of provision, and the Lord said that He would speak on my behalf. The next morning when I met the principal, she readily signed the application that waived my fee. 
At the end of my final year I had the same problem. This time I was 12,000 rupees short, and a friend of mine in the same situation had just recently been refused a payment delay that she really needed. I was desperate and prayed hard, claiming the keys of provision once again. 
Later that night, the Lord said to me, "Don't worry! I'll do it. I made the world in six days, so what is this for Me? Just believe!" 
The next morning, I met the principal and presented her with my application, stating that I didn't have enough money at the time. She asked me if I would like to pay it later or not pay at all. Then she smiled and signed the application once again, stating that I didn't need to pay the fee at all! (Link 32)
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(True story: ) David Brainerd was a man of great spiritual power. The work which he accomplished by prayer was simply marvellous. Dr. A.J. Gordon, in giving a sketch of Brainerd's experience, said, 
	"In the depths of those forests, alone, unable to speak the language of the Indians, he spent whole days literally in prayer. What was he praying for? He knew that he could not reach those savages; he did not understand their language. If he wanted to speak at all, he must find somebody who could vaguely interpret his thought; therefore he knew that anything he should do must be absolutely dependent upon the power of God.
	"So he spent whole days in prayer, simply that the power of the Holy Ghost might come upon him so unmistakably that these people should not be able to stand before him. What was his answer? Once he preached & the interpreter was so intoxicated that he could hardly stand up. That was the best he could do. Yet scores were converted through that sermon. We can account for it only by the tremendous power of God behind him." (GT 1)

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Messages others received on these ways to fight and win in the Spirit 
As you wield your weapons of praise, the keys, and prayer, I will create a force field of protection around you that the Enemy will not be able to penetrate. Then every prayer will accomplish its purpose. (3659)
(Jesus:) I have called together this brave band to be at your beck and call, to specifically assist you in your prayers during these days of war. The Magnus Warriors will be your prayer partners on this side of the veil.
Call on the Magnus Warriors when you set out to pray, and they will help to reinforce your prayers. They are strong and fearless, bold and brave. They will help to fight off the demons of Hell that try to prevent your prayers.
Call on them to fight for you in spirit, for they have knowledge and skill and will run interference for you by warding off static that Satan stirs up to divert your prayers. They will help guard and protect your thoughts as you pray, so that you can focus and direct your petitions right on target. They will help you to maintain the vision and determination to fight in prayer.
You can connect with them by calling on them when you begin to pray. They will help you to formulate your prayers and will bring to mind all of the things that you need to include. When you sense that the Enemy is fighting your prayers, when you can't focus and you lack concentration or desperation, when you feel weary in prayer, call on the Magnus Warriors. Ask them to fight for you in spirit and help you to rise above all of the things that are trying to prevent you from praying strong, heartfelt, on-target, full-of-faith prayers.
Each of you has your own personal Magnus Warrior who will help you to be stronger in prayer. Developing a relationship with your own Magnus Warrior also enables him to teach and train you in the art of prayer and help you finely tune your weapon of prayer.
The Magnus Warriors are your prayer buddies in the spirit world. Call on them to perform the things in the spirit that you can't do. They can detect where the static is originating from and can go on the attack to break it up in spirit. Ask them to quicken things to your mind throughout the day--people and situations that need prayer. Call on them to help you to stay tuned, to keep a clean heart and a right spirit, so that you can stay on track in your prayers, and get the message through loud and clear. Bond with them and they will help you to strengthen your prayers.
Join with these mighty ones and claim the keys as you go into each battle, and there will be no limit to what I will do for you. (ML 3659)
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8. Your Enemy will always fight hardest in the very beginning. He fights your petitions at ground zero. He knows that you are vital in this war of the worlds, and that without your prayers, things won't move like I need them to. Without your prayers, My power is limited. In a sense, you have control over My power, because I have committed Myself to work through you. Your prayers move My hand. Satan is painfully aware of this fact, and thus he targets every prayer from the start.
9. It's prayer he fears the most, because he knows your prayers command My action. Your prayers are vital! They can save lives, they can mend, they can heal hearts, minds and bodies. They can love, they can soothe, they can comfort, they can supply, they can create, they can set free. They can radically alter any situation or heart. They can fell the demons of Hell. Your desperate, praise-filled, key-powered prayers are the most powerful weapons you have. And Satan hates them!
14. I reveal Prycore to you at this time, for you must call him by name if you are going to advance in your prayers as I am requiring in these days. Satan has put the beastly Prycore in command of the anti-prayer forces, because he knows that prayer is extremely powerful and effective in any given situation, and will bring about positive results and victory. He knows that your targeted prayers are the most powerful force on Earth. He knows that without prayer you are doomed and with prayer you will be triumphant. I call you, My intimate brides, to be men and women of prayer. I call you to combat. I call you to war in prayer. And I call you to the highest grade of proficiency in prayer. I call you to be My special ops prayer force, the most powerful force in the world in the time of the End.
In order to fulfill this you must rebuke Prycore and his forces by name and call on the Priestess of Prayer. Pray targeted prayers against his attacks on your prayer life and his attempts to stop you from wielding your powerful weapon of prayer accurately. As you wield your weapons of praise, the keys, and prayer, I will create a force field of protection around you that the Enemy will not be able to penetrate. Then every prayer will accomplish its purpose.
20. (Jesus: ) I send you the Priestess of Prayer, a mighty spirit helper who leads an invincible army, to defeat Prycore's forces. This army consists of all of the prayer angels of the children of David, and other spiritual prayer warriors. The Priestess of Prayer is fearless, strong, mighty, and powerful! She will guard your lines of prayer through her anointing of prayer power. She will help you to use prayer as one of your primary weapons, no matter how much Prycore or his forces fight it, so that you can be successful in battle against the Enemy and win.
21. Call on the Priestess of Prayer and her forces when you pray, and they will help you to fulfill your destiny of becoming powerful prayer warriors. Through your prayers you will have access to the spiritual power of Heaven that will accomplish great things on Earth. She will anoint you with the anointing she carries‚ that of power in prayer, power to accomplish the impossible, power to defeat all the demons of Hell who oppose My name, power to cause every knee to bow before Me‚ the King of the Universe. All this you will accomplish through the power of prayer, but it must be targeted prayers that hit the Enemy head-on. The Priestess of Prayer will help you to accomplish this.
22. Every miracle begins with prayer. Every victory begins with prayer. Every success begins with prayer. Everything worthwhile begins with prayer. Call on the assistance of the Priestess of Prayer, and she will help you to defeat the Enemy's forces that try to keep you from focused, targeted, and proactive prayer. She comes with honor and power and majesty that is worthy of her role of anointing the children of David in the use of the weapon of prayer. (ML 3659)
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28. (Jesus:) I introduce Challenger to the Family. He is a powerful, anointed helper, who was personally trained by Me, and he will train you in the art of prayer warfare. Because prayer is one of your most powerful spiritual weapons, his influence in training you to be the prayer warrior that you want and need to be--and to therefore smash any attacks of the Enemy and bring victory, answers, open doors, miracles, anything and everything that I want to send--makes him of major importance to the Family.
29. The Enemy and his demons oppose prayer. Although Satan has underlings who attack your prayer life, such as Lethargy, Apotheon, Pan, Pride, Prycore, and others, Satan is the spirit of pride itself and is responsible for all attacks on prayer. Satan wants you to work in the arm of the flesh, while Challenger will train you to be more effective through the use of the power of prayer. It's the war of flesh versus spirit, Satan versus Me.
30. When you pray, you are opening the way for Me to work. You are working through the anointing and power of My Spirit, and everything that I do is always better than anything that you can do. He is ready to help anyone who calls on him for assistance in any area of their prayer life. You can call on Challenger by name, and he will train and guide you in your prayer life. He will inform you of the dos and don'ts that will make you more effective as a prayer warrior--down to the details of your schedule, how to make the best use of your prayer tools, and most important, give you the vision for the absolute importance of prayer.
34. Call on him and he will train you by whispering his thoughts to you through the Word you read, or during your times of meditation and reflection, or during your prayer time. He will also give you his personal counsel in prophecy, if you have questions that you want to ask him. He and I will teach you to be excellent prayer warriors
37. Satan has learned that the most powerful attack that he can possibly launch …is through attacking prayer. Prayer is your strongest, most powerful spiritual weapon. You've heard Me say similar things from time to time about praise, about loving Me intimately, about the keys, because each one of your spiritual weapons is extremely powerful, and at the right time and place, any one of your spiritual weapons can be used to be the most powerful. But prayer is the overall most powerful weapon, because whichever other weapon you are using, you're almost always using prayer. It takes prayer in some form to praise, to use the keys, to hear from Me in prophecy, to call on your spirit helpers. Prayer is the one weapon that supports everything else and every other weapon to some extent. (ML 3659)
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(Jesus speaking: ) If you think of prayer as communication with Me, then you will realize that many things fall under the umbrella of prayer and interlink with prayer. Prayer is a vehicle for the keys, a vehicle for praise‚ a vehicle for heavenly thought power, and many more things. Prayer is a necessary link to the power behind each of these gifts or weapons--Me.
Prayer--your avenue of communication with Me--is the basic ingredient that must be present, and then all of the other new weapons enhance it. Praise enhances the power of prayer. The keys enhance the power of prayer. Loving Me intimately enhances the power of prayer. Prophecy enhances the power of prayer, because you can receive direction on how to pray on the spot, as I speak to your heart and show you how to pray most effectively.
Prayer does work change--great change. It always has and it always will. But prayer, when other spiritual weapons are used in conjunction with it, becomes more powerful. A simple prayer without any spiritual weapons to support it is powerful‚ but a prayer supported with the spiritual weapon of praise is more powerful. And it grows from there, meaning that a prayer supported with the weapons of praise‚ loving Me intimately, and the keys‚ is even more powerful!
If these different spiritual weapons didn't enhance prayer and work greater change in the spirit world--through defeating the Enemy, speeding answers on their way, and much more--then what would be their purpose? If prayer were to only be as powerful as it always was, even if you were to use all of the new weapons in conjunction with it, then what would be the point of the new weapons? If they didn't make things easier for My children, if they didn't give greater power in the spirit to defeat the Enemy, and if they didn't make prayer more powerful and give you quicker and more powerful answers, then why would I be stressing their importance over and over in message after message? It's because they do hold power. It's because they are vital for My warriors of today. It's because they do enhance prayer and make it many, many times more effective. (End of message from Jesus.) (ML 3659)
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(Jesus speaking: ) Hell's Angels, which include Satan himself, have a deep hatred for Me--and therefore for you‚ My brides. They fight your personal connection and communications with Me, which depend upon your prayers. They also fight your intercessory prayers for others.
40. As powerful and vengeful and hateful as Satan and all of Hell's Angels of Evil are, and as bound to their oath to fight to the finish as they are, you do not need to fear. I am mightier. The power that I give you is far greater. The anointing of My Spirit within you is a greater and more powerful anointing. I will be victor over all of the universe‚ and over Satan and all of his demons. Satan will fight your prayers, but that doesn't mean that he can stop your prayers. The minute a prayer is prayed, it is effective. When you pray, the power is already released and I will work. You pray, Satan fights, and I do the miracles. Just because Satan fights, that doesn't mean that you will lose. You will win as long as you follow Me and My instructions. (ML 3659)
(Dad speaking from beyond: ) You will become a warrior of prayer, but you have to learn to focus that beam of prayer instead of shooting haphazardly. You've got to learn to focus it.
	395. One single prayer that is truly focused and aimed is ten times more powerful than ten prayers that are semi-focused and haphazardly shot. You inflict more damage on the Enemy through one solid prayer that is thoroughly prepared and aimed and totally focused than a hundred unfocused prayer beams.
	396. So learn to focus your thoughts, focus your prayers, focus your spirit, focus your mind, focus your soul, focus your whole "soulitude"! What is soulitude? That's soul plus attitude--your whole being--your soulitude! Focus it on the Lord, focus it on the power, and then shoot that prayer beam with pinpoint accuracy and blast the Devil to bits, blast the sickness to bits, blast the Enemy to bits, blast the problem or the obstacle to bits! Whatever solution you need, it's there through your prayers in the power of the keys, but you've got to focus on it. (ML 3433)

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Quotes from Jesus and Bible verses to memorize:
When you call on the power of the keys your prayer is answered in the most effective, efficient way possible. 

JAM.5:16b The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1TH.5:17 Pray without ceasing.
Without your prayers, things won't move like I need them to. Your prayers move My hand. Your prayers are vital! They can radically alter any situation or heart. (ML 3659, compiled)
Your desperate, praise-filled, key-powered prayers are the most powerful weapons you have. And Satan hates them! (ML 3659)

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How Jesus taught or fought with this Spiritual weapon:
MAT.6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
MAT.6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
MAT.6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
MAT.6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
MAT.6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
MAT.6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
MAT.6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
MAT.6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
MAT.6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
MAT.6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

MAR.1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
MAR.1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
MAR.1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
MAR.1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
MAR.1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
MAR.1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
MAR.1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
LUK.6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
LUK.6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
LUK.6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

JOH.16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Chapter 17
JOH.17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
JOH.17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
JOH.17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.