We the church – A people of Prayer and Preparation

We commit ourselves to war in the spirit, by prayer and worship, against anything that sets itself up against the standard of God.
• We war against the rulers, the authorities, the world forces of darkness and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies– even against the gates of hell itself, whose gates will not prevail against the Church.
• We enact God’s righteousness here on the earth by the power of The Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Ephesians 6:10-12 (ESV)
10. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (ESV)
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Matthew 16:18 (ESV)
18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

1 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV)
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

Acts 1:8 (ESV)
“but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Finally, We the church declare, we prepare the way for the return of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords,
• Jesus Christ our Risen Lord and Savior, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
• The Lamb who was slain who is seated on the throne of Glory, Hebrews 1:3
• The Lion of the tribe of Judah, Revelation‬ ‭5‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
• The one who was and is and is to come, the eternal, the immutable, the omniscient, the omnipotent, The Great I Am! Revelation 1:8, Exodus‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬‬‬‬

‭‭ ‬‬‬‬‬
Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ (‭ESV)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.”
‭‭ ‬‬‬‬‬
Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭(ESV)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
“Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.”
‭‭ ‬‬‬‬‬
1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭(ESV)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore, encourage one another with these words.”
‭‭‬‬‬‬‬
Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭(ESV)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
‭‭ ‬‬‬‬‬