During prayer today, I asked the Holy Spirit to pray through me. I wasn't approaching prayer simply with a list of things I wanted to say; I wanted Him to give language to what needed to be prayed. As I yielded to Him, El Gibbor came up—Mighty God—and from there my prayer became centered on the strength of God. I found myself praying specifically for God to strengthen the hearts of the weary people I was interceding for. Then the prayer became personal. I asked Him to give me strength here,...

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Isaiah 11:2 NASB There are moments in my prayer life when a question turns into a study, the study turns into revelation, and the revelation completely changes how I approach God. That is exactly what happened when I began studying the seven Spirits of God described in Isaiah 11:2. What started as curiosity became an invitation...

Second Corinthians 10:4-6 reminds believers that the weapons of our warfare are not physical but spiritual. They are mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations, bringing every thought into obedience to Christ, and positioning us to execute obedience as we mature in our walk with Him. Spiritual warfare is not fought by human strength, personality, intellect, or emotion. Victory comes by learning how to wield the weapons God has placed in the hands of His...