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very day there is a battle
being waged. Spiritually
there is a war going on
around us. As Christians
we are standing on the front line,
or amidst the trenches, fighting
for ourselves and our loved ones.
For every situation, the Bible is
a great guide to us experiencing
victory. In actuality, we already
have victory, even though there
are moments that make us feel
defeated. When we experience
failure, hurt, offense, or loss of
any kind as humans we tend
to question how victorious we
really are. The enemy seems
to have a grip on some area of
our life, and we don’t know how
to get free or stay free. However, one of the greatest assets
we have as believers is prayer.
Prayer when aligned with God’s
word not only guides us to victory, but makes that victory more
apparent.
As a small child I received the

baptism of the Holy Spirit at a
very early age. In the early
stages of learning to
pray my parents
taught me the traditional
things
most parents
teach
their
kids. Pray for
family,
and
ask God to
bless anyone
else in my
life. Then after
receiving
the
Holy Spirit there
was a change in how
I prayed. Around the
same time I had begun
to pray in the spirit before falling asleep. On occasion if I was
restless I would watch TBN.
Over time I learned not only how
to speak to what troubled me
and tell it to go, but I also began
praying for the ministers I saw
on television. At six years old I
truly believed that I was talking
to God, and not only did He hear
me, but He wanted to answer
my prayers. God wanted to
experiencing what could be con- move mountains on my behalf.
sidered night terrors. For most In that time period I also prayed
children they see a “boogie man” the way I saw the T.V. ministers
or are afraid of the dark. Instead pray. I began using scripture in
of teaching me to believe what I my prayers. When we put on
was seeing was fictional my par- the whole armor of God we are
ents taught me to pray. Instead girded with truth. Why not speak
of a binky I had a bible. I began out the truth? According to Isaiah

The Barriers to
tive Prayer
By Amber Lawton