David Diga Hernandez - How You Can Shift the Spirit Realm Through Warfare Prayer

We need prayer warriors now more than ever. Look at the world around you; see all the things that are happening. Observe how the darkness is trying to permeate the globe. This is where God has sent you; this is the time He has assigned to you. These are the gifts He has given you, and this is the passion He has placed in your heart. You are a prayer warrior, and I want to show you how to truly yield to that grace and how to become mightier in prayer.

Number one: you have to know your authority. The scripture says in Psalm 119, verse 89, «Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven, ” and that is truly the basis for all warfare prayer. Knowing your authority starts with knowing the Word of God. Genesis chapter 1, verses 27 and 28 say this, and this is powerful: „So God created human beings in His own image; in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.“ Then God blessed them and said, „Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.“

Now, here we see a couple of powerful things. Number one: you and I have been created in the image of God, in the likeness of our Heavenly Father. Then we see that God gave a special assignment to man: a partnership. Man was to steward what God had started; man was to cultivate what God had created. You and I have been given the responsibility over this earth, over this realm. We were created and destined to rule and to reign as servants of the Most High God.

Now, this is actually why the enemy became jealous over you. Think about the fact that the enemy said, „I will ascend to the heights of heaven; I will sit on the throne of the Most High God.“ He was saying this in his heart; he wanted the authority. Now, where did he get that idea? He got that idea from looking at you. So, the fall of Satan was truly triggered by his jealousy over the authority that God had given to you and me.

You and I, since the beginning, have had this authority that God gave us. Of course, we know that when man fell into sin, there was a loss of authority; that authority was restored when Christ died and rose again. The Bible says in Psalm chapter 8, verses 3 through 8, „When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars You set in place, what are mere mortals that You should think about them, human beings that You should care for them? Yet You made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything You made, putting all things under their authority: the flocks and herds, and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.“

Ephesians chapter 2, verse 6 says, „For He raised us from the dead along with Christ, ” watch this now, „and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.“ That is the true source of authority. First Corinthians chapter 6, verse 3 says something shocking: „Don’t you realize that we will judge angels?“ God has given you and me power and authority because we are in Christ Jesus.

Now, if you want to be a mighty prayer warrior, if you want to truly engage in intercessory prayer for your loved ones, for your local church, for your region, your city, your nation, and for this world, then it begins by knowing your authority. Knowing your authority comes when you know the Word. It begins with the Word. If you know the Word, you know your authority.

Number two: build strong faith. We all know that faith is what pleases God. Faith is how you do and become all that pleases the Father. How do you increase your faith? Well, one way is through the Word. Romans chapter 10, verse 17 says, „So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the good news about Christ.“ Now, in context, Romans chapter 10, verse 17 talks about how people receive faith for salvation when they hear the gospel preached to them. But the takeaway application, the universal general application from that verse, is quite simply that the Word gives you faith to believe for what it promises.

When you hear a promise from God, when you hear something He has declared, when you hear something that God Himself has proclaimed, it stirs your faith to believe for that. The Word gives you the faith to believe for what it promises. So if you want to build strong faith so that that faith can back your prayers, if you want to build strong faith so that it can strengthen and undergird you as you begin to make declarations in the Spirit, then you must know the Word. You can see how important the Word is to intercessory prayer here.

So, number one: you need to know your authority. How do you know your authority? You know your authority by knowing the Word. Number two: you must build strong faith. How do you build strong faith? You build strong faith by hearing the Word. The Word gives you the faith to believe for what it promises.

Number three: leave your burdens on the Lord. Now, this is important, especially since many who are in intercessory prayer and many who are graced in this area are…