Pray with Conviction



For sometime now I have felt the presence of the devil lurking in the mist of my life. More recently that lurking has gotten more closer. It is like he is knocking at my door wanting me to let him in. He wants to tear apart my faith.

I know what I have to do to stop this. I need to get on my knees, pray with conviction, and step back so that God can take control. If not then I will loose sight of what is right and let the devil win.

All too often when the devil comes a knocking we are tempted to let him take control of our lives. That is when we shut God out. That is the wrong thing to do. We need to drop to our knees and pray with conviction.

When I was a kid I can remember my Aunt Virginia doing just this. She was often praying with conviction about something. She would always tell me that prayer was our most powerful weapon in our spiritual warfare. That when we felt the devil close at hand we needed to pray with conviction. Once we did that God would take over and the devil would go running.

Recently, I have found myself in a situation were the devil's presence was all to powerful. It was like I was looking into the face of the devil himself. It scared me to my core. I knew what I had to do. I had to stand firm to my faith and not back down. I had to get on my knees and pray with conviction.

The situation that I faced  made me clearly aware that the devil was in control. I had to pray. I felt so strongly about what I needed to do. Once I had prayed I felt so much better.

Praying with conviction is praying with true faith. We believe with all our hearts that God will do what he has to do. He will take control and his power will reign. It is a sign that you are a true believer if you pray with conviction. Praying with conviction brings results.

All too often Christians pray and get frustrated cause they don't see results. That is cause they don't have conviction when they pray. They give up cause they feel that God has given up on them. That is the wrong way to be.

If we are going to fight the spiritual war we need to not give up on God. He will not give up on us. We need to pray with conviction and then we will see results.