We are at war! We are fighting for our lives--with an invisible enemy. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." ~Ephesians 6:12.

These powers are mustering forces for earth's final battle. This battle is the all-out war for the eternal salvation of every man, woman, young person, and child on this earth.

The stakes are high...as HIGH as they can get! This struggle is real and unrelenting. This is plainly revealed in the Bible, our 'Manual of Arms', and is evidenced by the happenings throughout the world.

As in every secular military, basic training is but the beginning. This same principle applies to this site as well. Now that you have the 'basics' taken care of, it is time for you to find out what your OPS is.

OPS stands for Occupational Prayer Specialty.

There are 4 distinct prayer specialities:

1) INTERCESSOR: This is 'the ultimate'--interceding for the salvation of those who are lost (Our Commander-in-Chief said He came "to seek and to save the lost." ~Luke 19:10). Do you have a yearning for individuals to be saved for the heavenly kingdom? Would you be willing to give up YOUR salvation (like Moses was in Exodus 32:32) to save others? If your response is yes, than this is your OPS.

2) PLEADING FOR HEALINGS: Do you have a deep compassion for people suffering physical, mental, or spiritual ailment, or injury? Do you long for them to be fully recovered (James 5:15,16)? Then this is your OPS.

3) PETITIONING FOR MATERIAL BLESSINGS: Or, do you wish there was a way you could give and give, and give...to this one and that one, and to someone else...? Jobs, places to live, financial assistance, etc. (~Matthew 7:7,8,11). Than this is your OPS.

4) PRAISE. This is the hardest of all the specialities. Why would I say that? To praise the Father, instead of pleading for Him to heal or petitioning Him to provide, the Prayer Warrior acknowledges his/her/their acceptance of something that GOD is allowing to happen. Our heavenly Father has a perfect plan for everyone's life; so He 'allows' situations to come and touch individuals lives to get them to focus, not on the outward, but heavenward to what He can do. If you are 'in sync' with the Master Planner, than this is the OPS for you.

REMEMBER: In a good many battles you are engaged in, these 4 specialities will overlap.

Allow yourself time to find the speciality that you are most enthusiastic and comfortable with; once you are sure of your OPS, then it is time to mobilize others.

1) Seek the LORD in prayer. Spill out your guts to Him; all your plans and ambitions, your purpose for a special Prayer Forces group. Ask the Father, if this is His will, to bless it.

2) Ask Him to send the HOLY SPIRIT to fill the right people with a prayer hunger; making sure that you have your Pastors affirmation if done in a church;  then ADVERTISE your intentions. By word-of-mouth, and via 3"X5" cards, on the church message board, in laundromats, supermarkets, etc.., announce to those who are interested a time and a place to meet to start such a group.

3) As individuals respond, advise them of what you have learned, your goal and purpose for the group...let each one decide, without any type of guilt pressure, if this is what they are interested in.

4) For those who stay, advise them to discover their OPS. Encourage them to take time 'in prayer' to discover what their prayer specialty is.

5) Once #4 is completed, ask everyone for their input. In particular, times and places to meet as an ARMED FORCE in prayer. Ask them also to each list areas of burdens they have and want bombarded with prayer. Develop within the group clear goals and objectives.

Prayer assaults, like their secular counterparts, must be orchestrated (definition: to combine all means) in the most highly effective ways to make the most difference. Which is another reason why we as Prayer Warriors must use only our Commander-in-Chief's artillery satuation system. In effect this is:

NOTE: Our combined Forces must always remember that Prayer Warriors are not passive, we do not sit on the sidelines, but are found in the very thick of combat.

This kind of praying is like the combined militaries of the world and the Northern Alliance systematically and repeatedly bombarding from land and air, the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

In this way, fellow Warriors, we are able to wreck the most havoc on satan's forces.

6) There are many books and articles written of the subject of size. How large or how small should a prayer group be? Some say no larger than 8 to 10 members, (which if you use Biblical multiplication-Joshua 23:10-one person plus GOD is a majority) is still a mighty force. However, as I was writing this part, the HOLY SPIRIT impressed me to read Acts 1:12-15. A prayer meeting is in progress, 120 strong. So, I would be inclined to say that size is a personal decision. 

7) Once established, confidentiality MUST BE stressed for the prayer objectives-individuals-who desire to remain anonymous. Then it is time to move into 'THE WAR ROOM.' Where everything else should be discussed. What is a War Room? According to Webster's dictionary it is a place where strategies and plans, etc. are plotted out for whichever campaign the military is engaged in.

THE WAR ROOM