PRAYER OF AGREEMENT

Personal intercession is the mainstay of GOD's earthly army; but in a great many of our prayer skirmishes and battles against the enemy, we must fight as an Armed Force.

Roman tacticians, in Paul's day, developed a unique defensive tactic called the testudo, or tortoise. In this maneuver each soldier overlapped their shields around their group and above their heads forming a 'tortoise' shell of protection (Could this have been the forerunner of the armored vehicle?) This is a strong illustration of what unified praying is all about.

In the Prayer of Agreement, or unified praying, two or more Prayer Warriors act and think as of one accord for whomever they are interceding for. The function of this type of praying is to enclose their prayer objective(s) in heavenly protective custody.

JESUS declared that where two or three were at in His name, not only would He be there, but what they asked for--in agreement--He would do. (Matthew 18:18-20).

And the Harper Study Bible (RSV, Zondervan 1979) on p.185, states the following in its notes for Leviticus 26:8  "In spiritual things the law which governs is not that of arithmetic progression but an accumulative effect as the numbers rise. Symbolically, five will chase one hundred but one hundred will chase ten thousand.  Especially in prayer may it be said that the power generated will be proportionately greater as more people pray. Thus the more of God's people who...pray together the more significant will be the results."

Simply put: When 2 or more Prayer Warriors pray in agreement, the power generated is multiplied tenfold.

Another apt illustration of the Prayer of Agreement is found in Exodus 17:8-13. In this Biblical story, the children of Israel are faced with an enemy army much greater than they. Moses tells Joshua to choose his men and go fight the Amalekites (v.9). Then he, Aaron and Hur go to the top of a hill overlooking the battlefield. As the two armies clash, Moses raised the rod of GOD up above his head, and Israel began winning; but when he lowered  the rod, Amalek began winning. So Aaron and Hur helped to hold Moses hands up when he became weary, in doing this they symbolized their 'agreement' of Moses actions.

This lesson was so important that GOD specifically instructed Moses to tell Joshua the whole story in detail. He wanted Joshua and the Israelites to remember that He is the source of all our victories. Also, another important thing we need, we must, remember is in this life we will become weary at times. Just as Moses did; he knew that the upheld rod of GOD was the key to victory, but he couldn't do it on his own.

Charles Stanley, in his book Handle With Prayer p.105, says: "God sent Moses up to that hill knowing he couldn't hold the rod up long by himself. It was no accident that Aaron and Hur went along. They gave Moses the support he needed."

One soldier in this world's Armed Forces may be able to effectively take out several of his enemies, because of his or her training; but two or more can bring devastation and death through their training and high tech firepower. If one Prayer Warrior has all the power of heaven behind him or her, what will it be like to have two,or three, or more fighting in agreement for the same victory?

It is fully possible to pray for situations, etc.even though there are a few miles, or thousands of miles, between Prayer Warriors and your only communication is via email, phone or snail-mail. It is more likely though, that there are two or more people in your church who would gladly join you in your intercessions. Whichever way, both are highly effective.

Wesley Duewel gives several steps on how to agree in prayer in his book Touch the World Through Prayer, pp.252-3: