Do we believe in the power of prayer where God’s power enters into the battle?

Sunday’s sermon, on November 23, 2025, entitled “The Prayer Warrior’s Code,” is taken from Exodus 17:8-16 and lists five aspects of a prayer warrior.

These five aspects are:

Prayer warriors recognize a threat when they see one.
Prayer warriors include intercession in their battle plans.
Prayer warriors use prayer as a trusted weapon.
Prayer warriors are disciplined in contending in prayer.
Prayer warriors are persistent in contending in prayer.

Let’s show how our pastor developed these aspects so we can understand them better.

First, prayer warriors recognize a threat when they see one.

Moses recognized Amalek and the Amalekites as a threat to Israel and saw that they wanted to battle with the Israelites.

In a similar matter, in spiritual warfare, the prayer warrior has to first recognize that we are at war with the enemy, the devil.

Once a prayer warrior recognizes the threat–that the enemy has taken a stronghold, or he is harassing someone, or he is tormenting someone, or he is instigating trouble in some area–the warrior can then fight with prayer.

A prayer warrior needs to see where the enemy is at work and then contend against that work in prayer.

Next, prayer warriors include intercession in their battle plans.

Moses told Joshua, who was going into battle with Amalek, that he would climb on the hill with his staff as he overlooked the battle and connect with God during the fight.

Warriors who engage in the battle and pray for deliverance are leaders who love God and others through prayer. They integrate prayer into every trial and battle.

Just like Moses, we need to be urgent, focused, and stubborn in praying about the spiritual battle we are in or about the spiritual battle others are engaged in.

Third, prayer warriors use prayer as a trusted weapon.

As the Israelites are at war in the valley, Moses stands on the hill above them and fights to keep God in the battle as he raises his staff above his head.

Moses is content to exercise the power of God as Israel wages war.

We need to become a church that sees prayer as a trusted weapon and uses it to wield God’s power in the thick of the battle.

Next, prayer warriors are disciplined in contending in prayer.

As Moses engages with God as the Israelites battle it out, he holds on for the duration of the fight, in victory after victory until the battle is over and the sun sets.

How does he do it? He has people to help him. As he keeps his staff raised, Aaron and Hur support his arms. They know that as long as his staff is lifted up, the Israelites will remain victorious.

Moses received help and so do we. We have Jesus, our High Priest, interceding for us. And he held his hands up on the cross until victory over death was won and he declared, “It is finished!”

Finally, prayer warriors are persistent in contending in prayer.

Two ways to persist in prayer is through 1) journaling your prayers and recording the answers when they come, and 2) joining others to pray and wage war together.

From here on out, Moses brings God into the battles that the Israelites encounter.

We need to believe in the power of prayer and bring God into the fight. We can engage in the battle because God is with us.

Moreover, Jesus is our intercessor. His presence keeps us persistent. We can have confidence in prayer because Jesus is our Advocate.

To conclude, we can intercede with Jesus, who never drops His hands in the battle with the enemy.