Scripture: Acts 4:18-22
In Acts 4:18 the political leaders of the Jews, the Sanhedrin, came against the apostles, commanding silence. In verse 18 it says, “So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.” Their directive was against what God said. God had told them to stand and preach the issues concerning this life. The political leaders commanded them not to speak under penalty of jail and persecution. Did the disciples bow to their demands? They did not! They resisted! Acts 4:19-22 says, “But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.’” What the disciples declared publicly they did. And privately they agreed in prayer asking God for boldness, the anointing to heal and for the judgments of Egypt. Their private prayer was nuclear. God honored what they prayed privately by executing Ananias and Sapphira. We can declare our freedom to serve God publicly. Praying judgment is best done privately. In Acts 4:18-22 the apostles resisted unrighteous rule. We are not to bow to unrighteous rule, we resist it! If any government or leadership champion what God hates, let’s pray God removes them! God knows how to terminate the rebellious and cripple the darkness they hatch! Psalm 2:8-12 is a great prayer to pray for those that oppose God and best done privately.
- Pray to draw and enlist the heavenly bodies as members of God’s army into warfare against all the plans, conspiracies, orchestrations, programmes, wiles, devices of the enemy against your life, family, the Body of Christ and the nation and continent in this month. (Isaiah 40:24)
- Instruct the sun to smite them by day, the moon to smite their business and ministries by night and the stars in their courses to fight against their programmes. (Judg 5:20)
- Pray, to individually break and cancel the link and influence of the moon and all the various moon deities, Queen of Heaven, Venus, Ashtarte, Tammuz, Mary, Fatima, etc. over our lives and nations (Jeremiah 7: l8, Ezekiel 8:14-l5).
- Speak into the heavens that because of the fixed laws of the heavens and the earth no one – sorcerer, enchanter, diviner, etc. will he able to change the schedule of God for you, your family, every kingdom citizen’s life this month and that every kingdom citizen’s life will be on course (Pray also for your nation and continent). (Jer.33: 25-26, Ps.139: 7-13, Isa 1:13-14, Hos 2:11).