Prayer Warriors November

Some people think it is cultish, others think it hopeful and trusting. I think it is one more weapon in the arsenal and it gives me some sense of peace. I do not know if there is anything to substantiate or contradict that people for whom there are prayers respond better to treatment or not. In fact my recently departed cousin had many prayers yet succumbed to cancer quickly. I only know that it is a promise that I hold on to.

I submitted my wife's name to several groups for intercessory prayer. One group was a Catholic monastery and one a group of nuns. My son calls them a coven as in witches. I also sent her name and a prayer request to a group of "prayer warriors". These people pray for others as part of their routine and make special group prayers for people. Her name filtered back to a group that resides in my old hometown and soon I was getting emails from people I had not heard from in 30 years. I was stunned.

Another group is from way out west in Wyoming. If anyone needs prayers it is people who suffer through a Wyoming winter. This group promised to pray for my wife. Now most prayers are generally soft spoken things where people ask for something and use softer language and phrases like "love" and "His will" , as if death and suffering were all part of god's will. Not this group.

I received several prayers from people who took control and demanded and backed it with the hard language of someone in battle. No quarter was given or expected. They made perfectly clear what they wanted, why they wanted it and when they wanted it. I was stunned. I had never heard of such things. These were little old ladies and they sounded like warriors, prayer warriors. In fact, I am reprinting one prayer I received which I still find remarkable.

I am standing in agreement with you John that your wife will be delivered from all cancer in her body. It does not belong to her. It is an intruder in her body and must be evicted, in Jesus name. I stand in agreement believing that God will lift her spirit and let her see His love for her and His mighty plan for her life. I pray that all pain will leave and the cancer will die at the roots and be detached from it's source and I cancel the agenda of the enemy against your wife and your family. I ask Father, that the blood of Jesus will bathe her and take every vestige of cancer from her body. I ask that you, Holy Spirit, will speak to her heart and reveal the great love that the Father has for her. I ask that you will show her that Jesus died so that she could, not only be saved, but also be healed. Your word says in I Peter 2:24 that by His stripes we were healed, so healing belongs to her, in Jesus name. I thank you, Abba, for the opportunity to see the enemy pushed back by your presence. We call upon you to apply your mercy and grace to this family and bring healing, peace and joy in the place of sickness and pain. And we thank you that you are doing just that. I also ask, Father, that you keep your hand on these children as their Mama comes through this. Give them your peace and give John your peace that passes all understanding and to you be all the glory as you fulfill you purpose in their lives.

I will pray for you and your family every day. And I will share this need with our prayer group here. We will pray tonight, corporately, for you and your family and I believe that there will be several who will commit to pray daily until we see the manifestation come forth. My brother, you and your wife and children, are not alone.

In His love,
Sis. Jeanne

My goodness Sister Jeanne, I am still in stunned admiration of your strength and faith. I would like to have only a small portion of it, more than that would be impossible to handle.