Prayer eliminates opposition.

“Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;” Romans 15:30-31(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see the Apostle Paul asking the Church to strive in their prayers to God for him because his deliverance from the opposition and the acceptance of the message of the gospel was dependent on prayer.

It is important that you are also aware that prayer is what will break down every form of opposition to the gospel. The Church corporately as a body and each of us as individuals have a responsibility to pray.

In Acts 12 we see how that Herod rose up against the Church and he killed James the brother of John with the sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he decided to take Peter also, then the Bible says in Acts 12:5, “Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.” As a result of their prayer, they were able to preserve Peter's life and God sent an angel to deliver Peter from death(See Acts 12:1-17).

The Apostle Paul knowing the possibilities we have in prayer, sent a letter to the Philippian Church encouraging them to pray for him when he was locked up in prison, he wrote to them saying, “… I know that I will be set free through your prayers and through the help that comes from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” (See Philippians 1:19(GW))

Therefore, be conscious knowing that whenever you pray, you can silence every opposition and release the help that comes from the Holy Spirit to change any situation.

INSTRUCTION
Pray today that as the gospel is preached in this nation and around the world, believers and minsters of the gospel are delivered from all evil and from wicked and unreasonable men
(2 Thessalonians 3:2).

For further study read:
Luke 18:1, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Timothy 4:16-18.

DOING THE WORD
Whenever you hear of any opposition to the gospel, pray.