Spiritual Warfare Prayer #3

Spiritual Warfare Prayer #3 is about "The Breastplate of Righteousness." Get all Armor of God Prayers here: https://onlinediscipleshipforwomen.com/spiritual-warfare-prayers/

Spiritual Warfare Prayer #3 "The Breastplate of Righteousness"

Dear God,

Your wisdom is guiding my life. Thank you for your Fatherly protection and clear direction. You asked me to guard my heart above all else for it’s a source of life (Proverbs 4:23)

 

Your truth, your word, the Gospel, empowers me to stand firm against Satan in this Spiritual Warfare. In this battle, I know if my heart’s condition is unhealthy, my life is unhealthy, my decisions are unhealthy, my future is unhealthy.

 

God, you made me as a human being with:

 

• A body
• A Spirit
• A soul

 

My soul is what makes me unique. My soul is my personality. My soul is my distinctive internal nature. My soul allows me to relate to myself.

 

God, I understand that my soul is made of:

 

1. My mind (these are my thoughts)
2. My will (that is my ambition)
3. My Emotions (these are my feelings)
4. My conscience (that’s my moral compass)

 

Father God, I understand that the intersection of these 4 characteristics of my soul is my heart, which is the centerpiece of my soul.

 

Satan wants to:

 

1. Attack my mind by distorting my thinking, lying about you, God, your word of Truth, myself, who I am, trying to cripple my soul through negative, unbiblical thought processes
2. Attack my will by redirecting my ambitions aways from eternal, godly pursuits, luring me toward interests that are temporary, short-sighted, non-important, or even opposite of he Truth
3. Attack my emotions by stirring up my feelings of anger, bitterness, resentment, rage, discouragement, revenge, fear, anxiety, and sadness
4. Attack my conscience by steering me to live in a way that doesn’t align with Biblical guidelines

 

Father God, I am aware of Satan’s lies, schemes, and deceptive tactics.

 

I want to honor you, God, with my life, and glorify you.

 

Romans 3:23 says we all have sinned and fall short of your glory, God.

 

But I know about YOUR, God, righteousness in me.

 

God, I understand the 4 types of righteousness:

 

1. Perfect righteousness described in Romans 10:3 leading me to strive for perfection out of feeling our own inadequacy and fear
2. Comparative righteousness described in 1 Samuel 24:16-17 when I compare my own sins to the sins of others using that as the barometer of righteousness feeling like I don’t measure up
3. Imputed righteousness described in Romans 4:22-24 and given to me by you, God, as a gift through the blood of Jesus who died for my sins and washed them white as snow, I am righteous because of what Jesus did and not what I did
4. Practical righteousness described in Ephesians 4:22-24, which requires that I die to my flesh daily and choose to walk in the Spirit, that I live out the righteousness you’ve blessed me with through demonstrating the fruit of the Spirit in my behaviours, actions, and interactions with others by putting on my new self created in the likeness of God and holiness (Ephesians 4:24)

Satan is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44).

 

Satan’s lies can never stand up against the light of your, God, truth, YOUR own word, the Gospel.

 

I know that Satan never attacks me with a blanket, generalized approach.

 

I know Satan’s attacks are clever, they are PREMEDITATED deceptions that are conducted soooo eloquently.

 

Deception is the tool Satan uses to mislead when he comes as a thief to kill and steal and destroy (John 10:10).

 

But your TRUTH, God, is the light that helps me authenticate every decision, every aspect of life, every thought, God, I lean on your word and not my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-6).

So, I stand firmly on YOUR truth.

 

I die to my fleshly ways of:

 

• Falsehood (Ephesians 4:25)
• Sin driven by anger (Ephesians 4:26)
• Stealing (Ephesians 4:28)
• Unwholesome talk (Ephesians 4:29)
• Bitterness, rage, and slander (Ephesians 4:31)
• Sexual immorality, impurity, greed, foolish talk, and vulgar joking (Ephesians 5:3-5)

 

And I put own my new self, I choose to walk in the Spirit by being:

 

• Humble, patient, gentle, and peaceful (Ephesians 4:2-3)
• Truthful (Ephesians 4:25)
• Kind, compassionate, and forgiving (Ephesians 4:32)

 

So, God,  am committed to:

1. Studying the Scripture so that I know your truth by heart
2. Guarding my heart so that I protect my soul (my mind, ambitions, emotions, and moral compass)
3. Allowing the Spirit to renew my thoughts and attitudes to align them with the Truth
4. Living in the way that is consistent with my new life in Christ and my God-like righteousness gifted to me through Jesus and His sacrifice

Father God,

I stay strong, firm, unshakable, empowered by your truth.

 

I am choosing to be the DOER of the Word and not just a mere HEARER (James 1:21-22).  Thank you, God, for making my path straight, protecting me from Satan’s deception by instilling your Truth in me, and teaching me how to guard my heart.

 

In Jesus’ name.

 

Amen.