"If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us...we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." -1 John 5:14-15
Lilias Trotter wrote in her journal: Each prayer-beat down here vibrates up to the very throne of God, and does its work through that throne on the principalities and powers around us. We can never tell which prayer will liberate the answer, but we can tell that each one will do its work."
"Principalities and powers" refers to the ruler of darkness in the world. I have read that our prayers help God's messengers (angels) carry out God's answer by keeping back those who would try to thwart God's work here on earth. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16b) Whether this is indeed necessary for how God works or not, the very possibility encourages me to be a prayer warrior.
I am grateful to know that my prayers can and do make a difference. In a sense, our prayers are like the fireworks that light up the sky at night--sending forth God's light into the darkness telling the Prince of darkness that he cannot prevail.
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