When We Pray, Our Enemies Retreat

I. EXORDIUM:

Do you know how your enemies will retreat from you? Yes, just remember JESUS is always with you and pray more often.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show how GOD will retreat our enemies from us.

IV. TEXT:

Psalms 56:9 (Amplified Bible)

56:9 Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me.

Parallel verse/Promises to claim against your enemies:

Romans 8:31 (Amplified Bible)

8:31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]

Psalms 118:6 (Amplified Bible)

118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Hebrews 13:6 (Amplified Bible)

13:6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?

Psalms 27:1 (Amplified Bible)

27:1 [A Psalm] of David. THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

Ephesians 6:12 (Amplified Bible)

6:12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are always with me and when I pray my enemies retreat. You are for me LORD JESUS and who can be against me.

VI. TITLE:

When we pray, our enemies retreat

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Authors: Authorship of many is uncertain, generally attributed to King David.

B. Date written: c. 1440 to 450 B.C. ( From Moses to Ezra)

C. Purpose: 150 songs to praise and worship GOD

D. To whom written: Sometimes to GOD, sometimes to author

E. Main Themes: praise and worship, prayer and praise

VIII. MAIN BODY:

A. When we pray, our enemies retreat

"Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out;"

Cry or "qara" in Hebrew which means:

1. to call out

2. address by name

3. call forth, invite, mention, preach, proclaim, pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say

Enemies or "oyeb oyeb" in Hebrew which means:

1. hating, adversary, foe

Turn, retreat or "shoob" in Hebrew which means:

1. retreat - the act of retiring; a withdrawing of one's self from any place. The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.

2. return to the starting point

3. break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep

Romans 8:31 (Amplified Bible)

8:31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]

GOD is even challenging our enemies to meet against us and they will fail, their meetings will result to nothing.

Isaiah 8:10 (Amplified Bible)

8:10 Take counsel together [against Judah], but it shall come to nought; speak the word, but it will not stand, for God is with us [Immanuel]!

GOD is causing our enemies to retreat from before us so they can organize another attack, when these happens, GOD is meaning to destroy them.

Psalms 27:2 (Amplified Bible)

27:2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Stumbled means "falter, stumble, faint or fall". GOD will use us to destroy our enemies.

B. GOD is for me

"this I know, for God is for me"

Romans 8:31 (Amplified Bible)

8:31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]

Psalms 118:6 (Amplified Bible)

118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Hebrews 13:6 (Amplified Bible)

13:6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?

Psalms 27:1 (Amplified Bible)

27:1 [A Psalm] of David. THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?