Topic: “ONSLAUGHT” – Daily Devotional By Dag Heward-Mills Ministry 16 December 2021

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READ: Exodus 17:8-16

“...we wrestle…against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” – Ephesians 6:12

The territory-taking ministry of a pastor is embodied in his vision. If the pastor is a visionary, he will always want to take more territories for Christ. This is possible through prayer and fasting. A pastor must lead his sheep into spiritual warfare.

I always have a new vision for my church. When I had twenty members, I had a vision to have fifty. When I had five hundred, I desired a thousand. It is the duty of the pastor to dream about greater territories for the kingdom of God.

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People who take new territories are people who fast and pray. I believe in praying for long periods. I believe in fasting as the Spirit leads. Moses, the shepherd of God’s people, stretched out his rod in warfare against Amalek. Moses’ rod symbolized the power of intercessory prayer. It is the art of travailing in prayer for the ministry. What you see happening in the physical is only a manifestation of what has taken place in the spiritual realm.

We are not a social club. We are into spiritual warfare against evil spirits. Anyone who calls himself a pastor must learn to fight with prayer in the realm of the spirit. Every physical territory is occupied by evil spirits who dominate the area. Any shepherd who wants to do the work of the ministry will come face to face with the territorial spirits of that area.

If you want to have a big church, you must learn to fight for it in the spiritual realm. Develop the art of intercession for taking more territories for God.