This has been one of our church planting team’s biggest prayers lately. Satan and his works of evil hide in darkness, and sin loves to remain undercover. As long as the works of the enemy remain undetected, they can go on without interference. As soon as they come to light, they can be dealt with. We can pray specifically against the works of Satan once we see what he is up to, and sin’s power is dealt a death blow when sin is revealed to others.
God is out to destroy the work of the devil:
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devils work. (1 John 3:8)
So we are praying for every hidden thing to come to light. As we have been praying this prayer the past few weeks, we see lots of sins in our own lives coming to light. This has been very positive, because a number of us are finding ourselves being able to turn from things that have been hindering God moving through us. We are praying the same for those we are discipling.
We pray this prayer on a bigger scale, as well. We want God to expose corruption, greed, deceit, stealing, and any other evil in government, businesses, and so forth. We want the tactics of the enemy to be evident, so that they can be torn down. God has been leading us to pray against powerful, entrenched works of the enemy here, such as fear, drunkenness, and sexual immorality. Every new thing that comes out is weakened, and more and more as we and others pray against them.
So may every hidden work of Satan come to light! Would you join us in praying this prayer? What would happen if you prayed it for your own life and world?