A group of believers in Jesus our Messiah unite in prayer before the throne to stand in the gap for others.

 

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Please join us before our King . . .

Email your prayer requests or questions: prayer@desireofmysoul.faith

 

AUDIO FORMAT CONTINUES:

a targeted shortlist sent as led, often once or twice a month

 
 

Beloved, here are four audio prayers, each stating the names/needs and the scripture reference used as the prayer foundation for that audio group. If you’re willing, please intercede with us when you can.

 

Whispered or raised, anguished or battle ready, your voice lifted to the Lord in righteousness on behalf of others accomplishes much.

 

And because you and your prayers are a gift from God and to God . . .

 

May we approach the throne of grace with confidence,

with a humble boldness, and without fear,

so that we may receive mercy and find unfathomable grace

to help in time of need, through our Messiah Jesus/Yeshua.

[based on Hebrews 4:16]

 

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FIRST AUDIO PRAYER ALERT: Protection, God’s Hand

Scripture Foundation: Psalm 91:1-2, Genesis 22:14

 

Click on the AUDIO LINK below to intercede on behalf of these four people: Brittany, Josh, M.C., and Mary T.

 

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SECOND AUDIO PRAYER ALERT: Battling Through

Scripture Foundation: Psalm 93:1-2

 

Click on the AUDIO LINK below to intercede on behalf of Neil, Toni, Amanda, Rod/Gia

 

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THIRD AUDIO PRAYER ALERT: Strongholds Broken, Healing

Scripture Foundation: Psalm 24:8-10

 

Click on the AUDIO LINK below to intercede on behalf of these three women and their families: Diana, Sharon, and an Anonymous Female

 

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FOURTH AUDIO PRAYER ALERT: Wisdom from God’s Throne

Scripture Foundation: Psalm 32:8, Psalm 119:105

 

Click on the AUDIO LINK below to intercede on behalf of these four women: Bev, Bree, Billie Jo, Leslie

 
 

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HEY, GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES TO PRAY?

UPDATED LIST for SALVATION, DELIVERANCE & PRODIGALS

 

STILL PRAISING GOD!

After the past few years of praying for Jewish actor Elijah Alexander (plays Atticus in The Chosen) to receive Jesus as his Savior—Elijah reportedly has! Glory to our God!

 

Acts 26:17b. This Acts verse is our continual prayer for deliverance: God’s commission to Paul . . . “Open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.”

 

We pray that because of Romans 1:16. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile.”

 

#1. In this tenuous hour on the prophetic time clock, we pray for B’nai Israel in the Land and throughout the world. Especially for those Jews caught up in New Age/Buddhism and those not knowing or unwilling to know the truth of Yeshua. Special mentions for salvation and deliverance:

√ with mercies and healing on all the returned hostages and their families, Bibi Netanyahu–God’s hand on his heart–and Bibi’s family and all Israeli leadership, every facet of the courageous Israeli military forces/IDF, Israeli Intelligence forces/Shin Bet/Mossad/Aman, and for unity in the nation—and for their enemies to turn to the Lord and be saved

√ Yad L’Achim, a Haredi Jewish organization focusing on countering evangelical “missionary” work in Israel

 

Jewish friends and/or rabbis:

√ the extended Katz family, Marc, Bill, Rabbi Mendy Deitsch/family, Joel G., Neil S., Bobbi/Neil, Edie/Hal, Etta, Julie, Robert, Ellen B., Barbara/family, Jackie/family, Nancy E., Doug B., Dale G., Judith L., Ruth M., Ira P. and wife, Carolyn S., and the family of Ellen R.

√ The Chosen’s Jewish actors Shahar Isaac, Noah James.

√ Rabbi Richman, the Temple Institute, Aish.com, Pardes Institute rabbis/teachers, Rabbi Mintz/family & her longtime Torah study group, Rabbi Fohrman, Rabbi Wyne, Rabbi Goodman, Rabbi Herlig/Chabad, Rabbi Hecht and family, Rabbi Goodman, Rabbi Cohen, Rabbi Goldbart, Tovia Singer

 

#2. Deliverance from Persecution

√ The demonic realm is at work, stirring hatred, swaying hearts and souls. Even infiltrating churches disguising themselves—wolves in sheep’s clothing—to perform spiritual attacks up close and personal against believers, thwarting their faith, health, marriages, families, jobs, more. May we STAND shoulder-to-shoulder in unity with the Word, holding fast to God’s promises and His holy, faithful character. Psalm 121:7-8—The LORD shall preserve you from all evil. He shall preserve your soul. In Yeshua’s Mighty, Mighty, Redeeming Name.

√ Believers throughout the world under heavy, unspeakable persecution for their faith–in Nigeria, Vietnam, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Middle East, Philippines, China, North Korea, Central & Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, Algeria, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Cameroon, Venezuela, and on it goes. Some are beaten, ostracized, raped (men, women, children), imprisoned, unable to make a living or fellowship with other believers, enduring hostility, violence, surveillance, and driven from their homes and villages.

 

#3. US Government Officials & Families: Salvation.

May our governmental leaders and citizens humble themselves before our LORD GOD. May their power-lust, bitterness, envy, jealousy, anger be replaced with unity and the love of God and righteous decisions for the good of the nation and its people—and may they support and bless Israel.

√ For God’s hand and leading on President Donald Trump and his family, drawing them closer to His Presence and ways. And for VP J.D. Vance and wife Usha Vance (and her salvation/she’s Hindu), and for all unsaved members of the new administration and the House/Senate and their families that they’ll seek God and His Word in their political decisions and in their daily lives, putting Him first.

 

#4. Prodigals

√ all those we know/love who once walked with our Messiah but have gone rogue, become compromised, blinded by the enemy’s sway

√ special mentions: Nina, Matt, Anthony (homeless), Kevin, Rachel, Grant & Shannan, Chippendale-ish performer who is a believer/works at Fremont Experience, Emily S., Austin, Lisa, Heather, and all those in the film/music/entertainment industry who knew the LORD but compromised and fell under the enemy’s beguiling ways.

 

#5. Salvation for the spiritually lost and/or demonically troubled or bound:

√ Ann Marie

√ Robert

√ Claire

√ Michael

√ Mary’s cousin in Vietnam who is possibly a Buddhist (other family members in the area are Muslim)

√ Landon, Lisa, Alexander, Lindsay, Mary, Leah, Daniel, Oren

√ E. Davis.

√ Cin H.

√ Bryan H. & family, Jesse S. & family, Ted W. & family

√ Emily D., K. & Z., Nicky W.

√Christina, Dr. Jacks, Greg & his wife

√ the unsaved family members of the late Ed Honore, a believer who now is with our King

√ Luigi

√ Erica

√ Bruce

√ The Chosen’s unbeliever actors/crew, with a praying heart-focus for Paras Patel (Matthew) and Erick Avery (Nicodemus)

√ Unsaved dancers, buskers, performers, and Chippendale dancers working the Fremont Street Experience

√ Anthony & Lilly (following New Age)

√ Donny D.

√ Benjamin, Cliff, J., Gary

√ Bob K, Paul P., Michael, Tim C.

√ Erica & Richard, Susan R., Erica M.

√ Cynthia and her family

√ James J., Alexandria, Cole, Joe D., Mercedes, Bob, Michael, Alexander

√ all our family/friends/loved ones who are still unwilling to disengage from prior demonic agreements, humble themselves, surrender their souls and lives/lifestyles to our LORD JESUS

 

#6. Deliverance and salvation for those under gender confusion/gender bending and homosexuality:

√ Bob & Don (male partners)

√ J. & his male partner

√ Joey (dresses as a woman), “Joan” (biological male), and “Hannah” (biological male)

√ Emily, Barb, Annie, Abbie—all need freedom from lesbian hold

 
 
 

PHOTO CREDIT:

Wrecking ball photo only was purchased from iStock.com (my text was inserted onto the photo afterward).

 

MUSIC CREDIT/BACKGROUND MUSIC ON AUDIO PRAYERS:

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/another-chapter

License code: LLTWAIDWCCUZBUQS

 

Connected upward, yet pulled down ward

That is the battle within your soul.

But it’s for a purpose. And it’s good.

 

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[Combat Zone series is the foundational post for soul basics.

 

SUGGEST READING PARTS 1 & 2 FIRST: COMBAT ZONE: PART 1—YOUR SOUL and COMBAT ZONE: PART 2—SOUL NUANCES

 

READING TIME: 3 MINUTES plus end scripture list.

 

Symbiotic. That’s what some rabbis say about the soul-body dynamic. You are a God-breathed soul—its biblical references breath, spirit/wind that rises/descends, and a “rested” life force—clothed in a body that’s from the earth and tethered to this world.

 

Your soul is called upward, the body downward. And so the battle ensues, along with a host of other factors that complicate your soul story (mentioned in Combat Zone, Part 1).

 

Here are five rules of engagement to help you stay the course and finish the race . . . well.

 

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT #1:

SECURE YOUR POSITION

 

We’re teetering on a broken bridge. Since the Garden of Eden debacle where rebellion exposed our desire for self vs. God, the dividing line was clear. God alone is holy. There are none righteous among us per His Word, often shared in this series and throughout this blog:

 

Genesis 8:21b, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 59:1-2, Isaiah 64:6, Psalm 14: 2-3, Psalm 53: 3-4, 1 Kings 8:46, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10, Romans 8:6, among others.

 

But God is love, merciful, and l-o-n-g-suffering. So He made a way to restore that relationship with Him. There were temporary measures at first—blood sacrifices that had to be repeated daily, annually.

 

But those were mere shadows of what was coming, the greatest gift . . . a one-time holy sacrifice. A doorway giving us access to the Father, ADONAI, our Lord, our Master.

 

Fulfilling the soul’s journey begins with receiving the restoration gift from God: Jesus (Yeshua, in the Hebrew), our promised Messiah, the Son of God.

 

From there, your soul grows and is transformed by letting your soul [neshama], its wind/spirit [ruach] rest [nafash/nefesh] within the fibers of His presence, His Word, His ways . . . being hidden in Him, where you’re surrendered. Total white-flag territory.

 

It’s where your soul-body gets into sync,
working as a whole with God, bowing before Him.

 

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God’s way of restoring relationship with Him:

“I am the Truth, the Life, the Way . . . no man comes to the Father except through me.”

—John 14:6. The Messiah, Jesus (Yeshua, his Hebrew name)

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RULES OF ENGAGEMENT #2:

HONOR YOUR KING, YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF

 

It’s our human default to lean on our own understanding and to even get caught up in the emotions and mindset of the world at large.

 

But a good soldier needs to stand under his commander.

 

This slight paraphrase of Isaiah 8: 12-14 helps draw some clear-thinking guidelines. I’ve fleshed out the meanings of “fear” and “awed” from the Hebrew for a better visual.

 

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Don’t fear (be shaken, swept into conspiracies) what people fear
(what they call conspiracies) nor give strength to it
or be awed (shaken terribly, oppressed) by what awes them.
Let God be the object of your awe (trembling holy fear) . . .
consecrate Him.
He alone is to be your sanctuary.

 

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FAITH vs TRUST

AH, THAT’S THE THING.

 

ֱHebraically, faith—emunah (eh-moo-nah, אמוּנָה—means a knowing or understanding of who God is. He’s great, awesome, creator, redeemer, father, lover of our soul, and has His hand in the details of the world.

 

ֱTrust—bitachon (bee-tah-khon, בטחון) with the root batach—means trust, leaning on, resting on. So you might know that God is who He says He is . . . but bitachon means you put that emunah (faith) into action.

 

God is the author and perfecter of our faith—and the holy fire fueling that faith into motion.

 

Case in point: The Lord gave me a vision (more than once) when I was at a difficult part of my life. There I was in the vision, standing on the precipice of a huge, wide chasm—with God calling me to the other side. My soul knew what He wanted . . . my faith to move in action, to step out, to trust that He would break forth the impossible. To trust that He’d let the unseen be seen, manifesting what was totally illogical to my human mind.

 

Honestly, I rather think He joys over those moments when we really have only one choice—Him. A Father who delights in revealing more of His character as He watchfully coaxes His children to learn more and walk higher.

 

And so, in the vision, trust moved one foot off the ledge and stepped onto nothingness. But in that exact nanosecond, part of a bridge appeared beneath my foot. With each trust-step forward, God allowed another piece of the bridge floor to meet my foot until I reached the other side. To a place deeper in Him.

 

It’s like God is saying to you and me in our 21st century lives: Get out of the boat. Not to waltz on the shore but to activate our bitachon/trust and walk on the water with Him.

 

When that happens, we can consecrate God as Isaiah 8:14 commands.
 

Setting Him apart from all else for our hearts’ sake.

Setting Him apart from all else for our souls’ desire and strength.

Setting Him apart from all else for our daily lives and circumstances.

Setting Him apart from all else and recognizing Him as our sanctuary.

 

Bottom line for this Rule of Engagement: Know (emunah) that He is your sanctuary—but bitachon, actively live and move as if He is your sanctuary. Your refuge. Your protection. Your provision. Your home. Your very breath. Because He is.

 

You are soul journeying to more than a place. You are heading to ha makom (ha-mah-kome), the place—only to discover that the place is God Himself. He is ha makom, the destination, the journey, the place of holiness.

 

Remember, for the spiritual battle, your nefesh—the Hebrew word for soul referring to the life force that can cling, negatively or positively—needs to obey orders.

 

Clinging to God means He’s in front and you’re behind Him. That’s how you stay in position. That’s how you follow and honor your Commander-in-Chief.

 

Psalm 63:2, 9 (1, 8). O God, You are my God, I seek You. My soul [nefesh] thirsts for You, in an arid and thirsty land, without water. My soul [nefesh] clings to your hind parts; Your righteous right hand upholds me.

 

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT #3:

KEEP YOUR EYES RIGHTLY FOCUSED

 

You are battling on two main fronts—the spiritual world (your soul against the principalities and powers of the enemy) and the physical world. Like in any war, things shift, take on different patterns.

 

Do you know what you’re really seeing—or is it a delusion, a camouflage? There’s only one way to hold your position while waiting for intel about what’s really going on in a realm you can’t physically see or physically touch. Stay mindful, focused, in God’s presence.

 

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18

 

What is unseen . . . is God. Yet you are called to fix your soul’s eyes on Him, the Eternal One, to see more clearly in the battles down here. To not lose heart.

 

Although the body (“outer man”) is decaying and warring, your inner essence, your soul—breath from God/neshama, spirit/ruach, inner living substance/nefesh—is being renewed day by day in Him.

 

The next two scriptures reveal what your stance should be in battle . . . do what He has ordered to the best of your ability, then STAND.

 

Don’t leave your post. Stand, confidently, expectantly, faithfully in Him. Even (and especially) when the order is to simply wait.

 

“Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”—Joshua 1:9.

 

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
—Ephesians 6:10-14a

 

READ THE LAST TWO RULES OF ENGAGEMENT NOW:

COMBAT ZONE: PART 3b—RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
 
 

PHOTO CREDIT

Sniper girl photo by Piotr Will on Unsplash.com

 

Combat Zone is the foundational post for soul basics. The original article was created/posted in 2009, but for easier reading divided into three posts in 2020. Judaic scripture number references used with Christian numbering in parentheses when it’s different.