Message #6 (of 20) from the PrayerPower radio series
"Praying for Protection"

by Kaye Johns

Satan is a real and powerful adversary, identified in Scripture as the serpent, the dragon, the roaring lion. His demons, the other fallen angels, are described as snakes and scorpions. Those are apt descriptions.

He is given many names, including ruler and prince of the world, the god of this age. And many dubious titles are his -- such as the tempter, deceiver, destroyer, adversary, murderer, liar and the evil one. He’s a formidable foe.

When we have prayed through a concern and feel that there is a problem with the influence of evil spirits, there are three key things we must pray as we begin interceding for protection.

First, Jesus taught His disciples that they must bind Satan -- the strong man, Beelzebub -- before they can completely overcome him [Luke 11:21-22]. So we ask the Lord to bind Satan and his evil spirits and send them where Jesus commands them to go, and not return.

Second, we ask the Lord to bind them in the power of the name of Jesus, the name at which every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth [Phil 2:9-11] -- including Satan’s. And third, we ask for binding through the blood of the Lamb. In Revelation we read, "For the accuser of our brothers [Satan]...has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony" [Rev. 12:10-11].

Satan can’t stand against the power of Jesus’ name or the blood of the Lamb.

Pray with me now -- Father, help us not to be frightened or overly concerned about evil spirits, but to simply pray for Your protection in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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