Jesus in Mark 9:23: “Anything is possible if a person believes.” I am filled with justice and might” (3:8). The prophet Micah: “But as for me, I am filled with power and the Spirit of the Lord. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.” The three Hebrew captives in Daniel 3:17: “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. The Lord is a warrior.”ĭavid in Psalm 28:7: “The Lord is my strength, my shield from every danger. ![]() Moses in Exodus 15:2, 3: “The Lord is my strength and my song he has become my victory. If you want to become a prayer warrior, saturate yourself with the words and examples of prayer warriors found in the Bible. Use Scripture to boost your prayer confidence. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer” (Matthew 21:21, 22). even say to this mountain, “˜May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,” and it will happen. Yet, Jesus expected his followers to be prayer warriors like himself: “I assure you, if you have faith and don”t doubt, you can. James lamented: “The reason you don”t have what you want is that you don”t ask God for it” (James 4:2*). Paralyzed by fears and insecurities, they were afraid to ask God for their deepest needs. According to Webster”s New World Dictionary, a wimp is a “weak, ineffectual or insipid person.” Prayer wimps are those whose faith is timid, hesitant, ambivalent, fainthearted.Īpparently there were prayer wimps in the earliest Christian communities. Unlike Patton, many people are prayer wimps. His faith propelled him to count on God for large results. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon thee, that armed with thy power, we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish thy justice among men and nations. This was the prayer Patton and his troops offered:Īlmighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech thee, of thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. On December 23, soldiers, blinking in the bright sunlight, looked up into a clear blue sky laced with Allied aircraft successfully pushing back the Nazi advance. The effect of that prayer was immediate and dramatic. Over the next few days hundreds and possibly thousands offered that prayer for fair weather. He had the prayer delivered to Patton, who not only used it personally, but sent it out with a Christmas greeting to everyone in the Third Army. Working with other chaplains, Metcalf wrote a short prayer asking God to help the Allies through their crisis. Metcalf assured the general he would write a suitable prayer. ![]() Even during the height of battle, he seldom missed Sunday services. Patton phoned Metcalf with this simple, urgent request: “Chaplain, do you have any prayers for fair weather? Our men are having a rough time without air cover in the Ardennes, and the ceiling is too low for flying.”Īlthough an iron-tough military genius, Patton was also a deeply spiritual man who took his faith seriously. It had been snowing for days and a heavy fog descended on the area, effectively shielding the Nazi advance from an Allied air attack. During what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge, thousands of Nazi troops and tanks advanced relentlessly through Allied lines, creating havoc and confusion.Ĭomplicating matters was the inclement weather. At a time when the Allies sensed victory was within reach, Hitler launched a surprise attack of 25 armored divisions through the Ardennes region in Belgium. Third Army headquarters in France, recalls George Metcalf, a chaplain in Gen. ![]() In December 1944 the atmosphere was tense at U.S.
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