Topic: PRAYERS TO SUBDUE ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR ANTAGONISMS

“They only consult to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly (Ps. 62:4 NKJV)

Blessed be the name of the Lord who daily loads us with benefits. The steadfastness love of the lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness” (Lamentation 3:22-23)

I want you to understand that there is something called antagonism and antagonists. Antagonists are people who are there to disregard all your efforts. This is one of the powers that look and mock everything you are doing. These are the powers of darkness that possess your juniors not to carry out the instructions you are giving to them in your working place.

I want you to understand that in life whether presently as you are reading this you might not yet be in the position of authority but one day you might find yourself in such position. The people that are working under you need to carry out your instructions whether in your absence or your presence. Many companies are falling apart today because most workers are antagonising or undermining one another. If you happen to employ an antagonist as your driver, he will be arriving late, go wherever he wants to go with your car. If you employ an antagonist as a house help, she will be pouring all kinds of insult on you like telling you she will not cook for another person’s children, iron your  husband’s clothes etc,. An antagonist in the company can easily influence others. An antagonist is always looking for your failure and downfall.

If you are not careful the antagonists will break you down in such a way that you might end up losing your confidence. I just want to give few biblical example of people that faced antagonism and how they dealt with it.

Example 1: Moses (a)   In Numbers 12:1-16: Looking at the above scriptures we see how Miriam looked down on Moses. This is contributed to the fact that Miriam is the elder sister to Moses. She is the Hebrew girl that watched over Moses when their parent placed Moses in the basket and place it in the water. You can say Miriam has changed the nappies of Moses; it was difficult for Miriam to have any iota of respect to Moses. Sometimes the enemy can use the members of your family to antagonise you on any decision you might have taken. They are undermining you because of maybe they are older than you. If you employ them, they will not like to carry out instruction. This is the reason why you see sometimes instead of someone to employ his/her brother, they will rather chose a stranger because they know that their brother will always be picking fight against them.

(b) Numbers 16: Korah, Dathan and Abiram were also Levites like Moses. They instigated others to antagonise Moses and his leadership.

When people want to take away your position, they can go to any length to try to discredit you. This  people instigate others against you that they know better than you, they have more interest of the team than you,. They can tell your colleagues that they can represent them more than you.

  1. Nehemiah – Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah was assigned by God to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. Immediately he started the work the enemies rose up against him. Sometime the antagonists rose up in the form of discouragement. Therefore in anything you are doing, you need to be focused and be determined to reach your destination.

For You to Crush Antagonists And Their Antagonisms,

  • · You must be born again child of God-John 3:5-8,17-21
  • · Remain in the Lord and pursue your vision-Hab 2:1-3
  • · Do not allow anyone or anything to distract you-Heb 12:2
  • · Determine to overcome-Rev.12:11, 1 Jn  4:4
  • · Call upon God to strengthen your hand in whatever you are doing-Ps 91:15
  • · Believe in God who said whatever you lay your hands to do shall prosper-Ps 1:3
  • · Stand on all the promises of God for your life- Isa 34:16-17
  • · Do not cast away your confidence which you have in the Lord-Heb 10:35
  • · Believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you-Phil 4:12
  • · You are the apple of God eyes-Zech 2:8
  • · God is the wall of fire around you and your glory-Zech 2:5-9
  • · You are saved and washed by the blood of Jesus Christ- 2 Cor 5:17
  • · God loves you so much-John 3:16

When David proposed to fight Goliath, everyone in the army antagonised him. They were telling him how Goliath is a warrior and he has won many battles while David had no military training. Though people antagonised him even called him all sorts of names, he remained confident. He challenged his enemy and he came back victorious.

As a married woman, it is possible for your in-laws to antagonise you by calling you names like you are from a house of white chickens; your marriage is fake, etc. Do not allow people’s perception about you to knock you down. You also have to be careful not to antagonise yourself. You must have  self-confidence that will come in your union with Christ.( John 15:5)

RISE UP PRAYERS AND SCATTER YOUR ENEMIES.

Prayer Points

1”Do not keep silent, OH God of my praise! 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 4 In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer. 5 Thus they have rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my love. 6 set a wicked man over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.7 when he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer become sin 8 Let his days be few and let another take his office.9 Let his children be fatherless, and let his wife a widow 10Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; let them seek their bread also from their desolate places 11 let the creditor seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him, nor let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 let them be continually before the Lord, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; 16 because he did not remember to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he  did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment. So let it enter his body like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him like garment which covers him, and for a belt with which he girds himself continually. 20 let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers and to those who speak evil against my person” 21 But You, O God the Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake; because Your mercy is good, deliver me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness. 25 I also have become a reproach to them; when they look at me, they shake their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, 27 that they may know that this is Your hand- that You, Lord, have done it! 28 Let them curse, but you bless; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let Your servant rejoice. 29 Let my accusers be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude. 31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn him” (Ps. 109 NKJV)

  1. Father, I thank You for loving me, in the name of Jesus.
  2. Father, I thank You for answering my prayers, in the name of Jesus.
  3. Father, I thank You for the victory which I have in Christ Jesus.
  4. I pull down every altar of antagonism in my life, in the name of Jesus.
  5. Every congregation of antagonists in my place of work scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus.
  6. Every altar of antagonism, erected to antagonise my life, be crushed to powder by the Rock of Ages, in the name of Jesus.
  7. I command confusion upon the camp of antagonists, in the name of Jesus.
  8. I command civil war in the camp of antagonists, in the name of Jesus.
  9. Let the plans of the antagonists fail woefully, in the name of Jesus.
  10. Let the head of any congregation of antagonists; be crushed in the name of Jesus.
  11. Let every antagonist in my office fall into their own pits, in the name of Jesus.
  12. Let the network of antagonists in my office be scattered by fire, in the name of Jesus.
  13. Every crowd of antagonism covering my life be scattered by fire, in the name of Jesus.
  14. Every voice of antagonism speaking against me be silenced, in the name of Jesus.
  15. My inner-man refuses to be antagonised, in the name of Jesus.
  16. I break every chain of antagonism that has tied my life down, in the name of Jesus.
  17. Every wall of antagonism confronting my life, be destroyed, in the name of Jesus.
  18. Every river of antagonism flowing against my life, dry up to your source, in the name of Jesus.
  19. Every pillar of antagonists supporting antagonism in my life, be broken to pieces, in the name of Jesus.
  20. Every wind of antagonism blowing against my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
  21. Let all the antagonists and their antagonism against me be frustrated, in the name of Jesus.
  22. Blood of Jesus wash away every mark of antagonism over my life, in the name of Jesus.
  23. Every foundational curse of antagonism enslaving my life, be broken by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
  24. Oh Lord, uproot every antagonist in my life, in the name of Jesus.
  25. Lord! Turn the antagonism of the antagonists on their own heads, in the name of Jesus.
  26. Let God arise and let all the antagonists be silenced, in the name of Jesus.
  27. No antagonism from any antagonists will prosper over my life, in the name of Jesus.
  28. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, in the name of Jesus.
  29. Oh, Lord empower me to overcome daily antagonisms, in the name of Jesus.
  30. Antagonists will not stop me, in the name of Jesus.
  31. Thank you Father for hearing and answering my prayers, in the name of Jesus.

 

(Pray as the Spirit of the Lord gives you utterances)