Understanding Prayer Dynamics: Living the Victorious Life

By Andrews Kudjoe

UNDERSTANDING PRAYER DYNAMICS WILL HELP YOU TO:

CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION
KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD FOR YOU
RECEIVE RESULTS TO YOUR PRAYERS
LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR GOD-GIVEN WEAPONS
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOUR POSITION AND AUTHORITY
You no longer have to accept the lies and the deception of the enemy but you can fight the good fight of faith and win! Declare prophetic prayers in your life and decree the truth of God’s word into your future. You can take territories and have influence through prayer to the glory of God. Prayer is communication with God and helps to build your relationship with God so you can pray and seek God with confidence.
Some of the things that hinder your prayers are: fear, doubt, bad character and wrong motives.
If you have prayed and wondered why you are not receiving the desired results, Understanding Prayer Dynamics will help you get answers to your questions. This life-changing book gives insights into prayer and how to get closer to God, to know His love for you and pray more effectively.
We use the word of God to pray because that is what is written and that is the way we deal with challenges and resolve issues.
Understanding Prayer Dynamics will also help you to:
Experience the love of God in answered prayer
Be aware of the devices of the enemy
Exercise your divine authority

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Aug 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984591470

Andrews Kudjoe

Andrews is a child of God, by the grace of God, a family man, an Apostle of prayer, preacher of ‘word of faith,’ Christian counsellor and author. Andrews conducts seminars addressing personal and corporate spiritual warfare for churches, to bring greater understanding and more effective utilisation of the word of God in the churches. He also teaches about the unity of church auxiliary departments, the Christian’s identity in Christ, the ministration of spiritual offices and the ministration of spiritual gifts. Andrews has taught and raised a lot of prayer people who have found their purpose and place in the five-fold ministry in Ghana, West Africa and abroad. His desire is to see the people of God living and reigning in the liberty and authority that God intended.

Book preview

Copyright © 2019 by Andrews Kudjoe.

ISBN:       Softcover               978-1-9845-9146-3

                 eBook                     978-1-9845-9147-0

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Website

Scripture quotations marked AMP are from The Amplified Bible, Old Testament copyright © 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified Bible, New Testament copyright © 1954, 1958, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

Rev. date: 08/30/2019

Xlibris

800-056-3182

www.Xlibrispublishing.co.uk

801463

CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1     The Jesus Model of Prayer

Chapter 2     Putting on the Whole Armour of God

Chapter 3     Using The Weapons of God

Chapter 4     Creating the Right Atmosphere for Divine

Intervention

Chapter 5     The Prayer of Authoritative Power

Chapter 6     Releasing Divine Angelic Assistance

Chapter 7     The Prayer of Perseverance

Chapter 8     The Assignment for Priests and Kings in Prayer

Chapter 9     The Five-fold Offices and Leader’s Prayers

Chapter 10   Apostolic Prayer for the New Covenant Church

Chapter 11   The Believer That Prays

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to my praying mother Theresa who didn’t give up on me but interceded for me that the gift and potential of God in me would be useful. My Mum is still my prophetic intercessor.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To God be the glory for His covering and insight which has enabled me to write this book, also thanks be to Him for showing me His love; while I was a sinner, He forgave me and accepted me to be part of His family.

This book is a testimony to my Mother Theresa Kudjoe, who is also my spiritual mother, who birthed me in prayer while I was ignorant about prayers. The truth is that I am a product of the contribution made to my life by my parents, the late Mr Paul and Mrs Theresa Kudjoe. I am blessed for the instruction, example and impartation of spiritual things which empowered me to live the spiritual life I am living.

Thanks to my brother and Bishop, Thomas Smith who helped and supported me with gospel literature to grow in the things of the faith. I thank God for all the divine partners who have blessed me and encouraged me to write a book about prayer as a legacy to the next generation.

I am also blessed and grateful for my wife Valerie, for your help, advice and for proofreading this book; with a heart of gratitude, this gift of proofreading will be a help to many authors.

INTRODUCTION

Understanding Prayer Dynamics is about praying the knowledge of God’s will. We need to pray the knowledge of God’s will to know the mind of God so that we can know what God has done and what He wants to do. Colossians 1:9-11: For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

The will of God is the revelation of His Word concerning us. Ephesians 1:16-17: ¹⁶ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

I was ignorant about this knowledge, even though prayer is a big part of my life. I don’t wait for something to happen before I pray, but in prayer I spend time with the Way-Maker and the Maker of Life. In prayer I receive assurance, protection, ideas, guidance and much information. Through prayer the eyes of my understanding are being enlightened. Prayer and the word of God gives us assurance of the Lord’s backing because God has mandated us to live a triumphant life, a life of dominion, a blessed life through the Word of God that is in line with God’s will, thought, purposes and divine destiny for our lives, so that we can effectively reign over the circumstances of our lives.

We are living in the information age when many people are asking questions about their lives and about how to pray to have divine intervention, or how to pray to get answers to their prayers for the challenges they are going through in life. All of us have encountered such moments before and sometimes in this journey of life we do ask questions: when to wait and when to act. The answer is not in ourselves but in God and in prayer, it is spiritual not fleshy. But sometimes the problem is in our thinking and mindset. You can receive answered prayer if you do not doubt Jesus’ words, Also you cannot receive the promises of God by reason or intellectual inquiry, but by faith which is spiritual, unseen in the natural, but seen in His word. This gives us the access to receive the promises of God.

Romans 5:1-2: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. In prayer we stand in faith in what Christ has done for us and through Christ we have access to the promises and rejoice in expectation of the manifestation of God.

That is why this book is not only about praying for your personal goals of being successful in your marriage, raising your children, managing your finances or building your temporary material success and answered prayers, but it is also to create awareness to help you to align yourself with divine order and empower you to take your place in the Kingdom and to engage in Kingdom practises for the glory of God.

We know there are issues of unanswered prayer but we serve a God who understands our emotions, even when we go through challenges in life. Unanswered prayers are not a sign that we are forsaken. In 2 Corinthians 12:7 – 9, Paul experienced satanic attacks concerning these things, he prayed and pleaded with the Lord three times for it to depart from him but the Lord did not respond to his emotions, but to the knowledge of His will. God told Paul that His grace was enough. 2 Corinthians 12:9: ⁹ And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. He received grace to go through and to overcome.

Likewise Jesus also experienced emotional burden and cried to the Father three times to lift the burden but the Father did not respond to his emotional pain but to the knowledge of His will. Matthew 26:37-44: ³⁷ ….and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. ³⁸ Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me. ³⁹ He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me… ⁴⁰ Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping…

⁴² Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done. ⁴³ And He came and found them asleep again… ⁴⁴ So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

He received strength to pay the price for our eternal rest and breakthrough. This is what brings us into His presence to receive grace and faith, to pray for our success in life.

Prayer is communication with God and this helps to build our relationship with God, which gives us confidence to seek His face. Even being sons of God, with promises and inheritance, we still fight in the spirit by faith for our possessions, vision and other things we are believing God for.

Because prayer is communication, we act on what we hear from the Father, demand what is rightfully ours and also act on His authority to be a blessing. This is what we do.

As a man of prayer and word of faith person, I believed we were above problems and limitations, until there was a year when things were not going the way I wanted in life and ministry, which I knew the enemy wanted to use to frustrate me. I knew it was not about how I felt, but it was about what God says in His word. That alerted me to fight back through prayer for a change of issues because His word says in the midst of trouble we will experience Him because He will be a very present help in trouble. This is how weak human beings can be, but by grace we are the carriers of His treasure and power.

Therefore as we spend time in His presence and stand by His word, we will see His faithfulness and receive testimonies. We should not lose hope because we have a testimony of His faithfulness that weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning, when we roar back in faith at the enemy of darkness.

So I pray for anyone who may be under spiritual attack or who is under the cloud of bondage, that they will be loosed from bondage and be filled with the Holy Spirit as sons of God and receive grace to soar above satanic storms of life. This is the way you pray like a priest or a king, as Jesus did.

My intent in this book is to reveal Kingdom presence, priority and being a partaker of divine authority. It is this authority that we use to fight spiritual battles so that we can live the victorious life, in spite of your circumstances, by changing your mind using the word of God to change your mind and change your lifestyle.

We use the word of God to pray because that is what is written and that is the way we deal with challenges and resolve issues.

Most of the prayers in this book use the word ‘order’ which means the way God requires it to be.

CHAPTER 1

The Jesus Model of Prayer

Prayer is having intimacy with God, knowing the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of the Father and having fellowship with Him. The way we can have intimacy with God is through spending time with Him in prayer, talking to God and listening to His voice.

Luke 11:1: Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

The disciples of Jesus saw the personal, intimate prayer life that Jesus had and the proof of the results of His prayers. Based on this, they asked Him to teach them how to spend time in prayer as John also taught his disciples. Jesus’ response was not to tell them the traditional way of praying, but He wanted to teach them to acknowledge the Father, to hear His voice and His leading and to exercise their authority in Him, using the authority of Jesus and His influence.

Mark 1.35: Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. Jesus was a man with a mission. After preaching and teaching and the demonstration of divine power, He still went out to a secluded place to spend time with the Father to know the mind of the Father, which is His word. Knowing the mind of God gives us assurance and confidence in Him because we look unto Jesus, the Author and the Finisher of our faith, who endured the process, despised the shame and achieved His purpose.

For the Word to be effective in prayer, you must believe and act by faith. Prayer is not a debate or an argument, but the place of expressing what we believe. What we believe is tested in our experiences which are the proving ground of our faith.

Jesus’ model of prayer is one of relationship and this is His will for us. The book of Mark 1:1-45 reveals to us the operation of the enemy, which is to distract us from the hope of our calling and what God has destined for us in life. This is what the spirit of distraction can do.

Satan tempted Jesus, caused John to be put in prison, kept the disciples from their divine calling by distracting them with personal ambitions, until Jesus released them and sent away the unclean spirits and many demons that Jesus cast out and delivered people from. All this revelation came after He spent time in prayer. Some of the people who were afflicted, depressed and frustrated in life were touched by His presence - not that they did not have self ambition - but all of this is the work of the enemy to distract them. It takes a person of prayer to exhibit an authoritative freedom when dealing with the issue.

Jesus teaches us to command and stop the operation of demonic forces and cast them out to stop them from influencing our lives and pray against these demonic forces that are behind the scenes destroying lives, marriages, children and jobs and also putting spells and sickness on people and frustrating God’s timing and season in our lives.

1 John 3:8: ⁸ He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus wants us to have change in our nature, in our lives, our ministries and our communities and not to feel sorry for ourselves and to dwell in hopelessness, complaining and crying because we cannot see a solution or way out, or how we can have a bright future. This should be a moment of taking action by praying, applying the word of God for results and renewing our minds.

Therefore I declare and decree destruction to any occultic altar designed for charming and holding people down, in Jesus name. I blindfold any third eye trying to put depression and suffering on people and I break every generational chain of mockery and shame. I stand in the name of my Judge, Jesus Christ to release anyone sentenced to life imprisonment in the spiritual realm to be a failure in life, that they be restored in God’s fullness and I pray and cancel any pronouncement of sickness and death in your life. I decree you shall not die prematurely but you shall live and see God’s blessing and purpose fulfilled in your life.

In prayer we connect to the God of all creation, in prayer we exercise the authority of our Lord Jesus because to HIM all powers are subject. In prayer we are connected, we are stirred up and energised by the Source of the power of the Holy Spirit. In prayer we express what we believe and with our mouth we confess the promises of God unto salvation and manifestation. In prayer we speak in tongues, not to men but to God because the average person cannot understand what the person who is speaking in tongues is saying. It takes the spirit to understand what he is saying. But the person speaking in tongues is speaking mysteries, hidden truths or prophesying. Prayer is to have an encounter with the divine for our soundness of mind.

1 Corinthians 14:2, 14: For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.

14: For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

In Luke 11: 2 – 4, Jesus taught His disciples to pray in this manner:

Our Father: Our relationship with our Father through Christ gives us access to have personal intimacy with Him and acknowledge Him as Sovereign King.

Hallowed be Your name: This is Jesus’ way of honouring the Father by creating the presence, by worshipping Him, by establishing our relationship with Him on the precept of worship.

Thy Kingdom come: Asking for His Kingdom and His will to be established and to have influence in our lives, our churches, cities and territories where we move to do anything. Our right as children of God in the Kingdom gives us the access to ask for our physical needs and healing because it is the children’s bread as well as our spiritual needs because that is a Kingdom concern - to supply all our needs according to His riches by Christ Jesus.

Forgive us our sin: Sin can hinder us not to receive from God; therefore we confess our sin in Christ Jesus’ name. Refusing to forgive those who sin against us can also hinder us from receiving from God. Psalm 19:12: Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.

For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us: It will be difficult to influence and impact others with the blessing we have received from the Kingdom if we do not forgive others, therefore we forgive so that we can be a blessing. We also forgive others to liberate ourselves and avoid any root of bitterness from growing in us.

And do not lead us into temptation: This means not to be led to where the enemy will put us to shame because of our past guilt, but to be found standing after an active battle, and stand to pray that the Lord will help us not to submit to the assault of satan against believers. We should also pray that the enemy will not prevail in our flesh but that God should deliver us from the evil one, deliver us from the plan and the influence of the evil one in our lives, in the lives of the leaders of our churches, in our nations and in our marriages.

Only God’s power can change negative situations into positive ones and bring heaven’s order. This prayer gives us a sound mind, or peace of mind which makes us secure and the secure person prays with confidence. I John 5:14 – 15: Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

For yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen: My agenda must come in line with God’s agenda, which is the Kingdom influence and impact. We should pray that the Kingdom of Christ will empower us with His power and glory, to exercise authority against the demonic forces, to set His people free and release them for the next level of their lives, therefore He taught them how to pray. As you spend time with Him, you receive His empowerment and order to release heaven on earth. Prayers do not change God but they help us to make the right decision and change circumstances.

Let us look at the pattern of the Old Testament, in particular at Psalm 91:1-16:

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust." ³ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. ⁴ He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. ⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, ⁶ Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. ⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. ⁸ Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked. ⁹ Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, ¹⁰ No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; ¹¹ For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. ¹² In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. ¹³ You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. ¹⁴ "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. ¹⁵ He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honour him. ¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation."

(This is the prayer of assurance and confidence in His Word.)

As a new covenant child of God, my life is hidden in Christ, therefore I personalise the words of the Lord in my life and take authority over situations and the works of the enemy so that I can effect change in my life and in the lives of others. This is the manner in which I pray Psalm 91 and programme my mind to do His good pleasure because of the privilege and authority God has given me.

Verses 1-3: He who dwells in the secret place and abides: the secret place is a hiding place, a place of security where we experience His faithfulness. To abide is to rest or to be secure or rooted. Here we will receive the right answers we need in life. He who will say or confess of the Lord: You are my refuge and my fortress, my stronghold and protection of my life and everything that belongs to me has the assurance that the Lord will rescue them from every trap and protect them from deadly disease.

Verse 4: He will cover you with His feathers, or His presence. His faithful promises are