Human life is a fight against sin in us, against the system of lies in the world, and against the demonic forces in the air. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, that is, we do not wage it against humans but against demonic forces in the air.

What are we fighting for? For the salvation of our soul. For the crown of eternal glory in heaven, for eternal life. Jesus took our sins on Himself at Calvary. Our corrupt nature, our old self, was crucified with Him. Dying on the cross, He defeated the devil. We were immersed through baptism in the mystery of Christ’s death (Rom 6:3) and we received a new life, that is, His life. To allow Christ to live in us, we must inwardly die to sin through faith and repentance.

The essence of spiritual warfare lies in entering into union with our Savior and Conqueror of sin and the devil. The spiritual struggle takes place mainly in prayer. However, we need to set aside time every day for prayer and our relationship with God. But that is not enough. We must overcome laziness and fatigue in prayer and drive away distraction. The essence of prayer is to be in God’s presence and to abide in God’s word. Christ is in us and our task is to allow Him to work through prayer. In true prayer, Jesus can work through us, and His grace flows into other souls with whom we are united by baptism into one Mystical Body of Christ.

Our struggle is not physical but spiritual. That is why we use spiritual weapons. In his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul names six weapons that are defensive, and only the sword of the Spirit is used for both defense and attack. Our life is a struggle for the salvation of our immortal soul and for the salvation of our loved ones. The essential thing is faithfulness and union with Christ. The martyrs preferred to die rather than lose this union with Jesus.

Both the devil and sin use professional lies in spiritual warfare. Therefore, God’s warrior must be rooted in the truth. This is the only way to distinguish a hidden lie, which is presented outwardly as the truth and good. The warrior of Christ must not only have the gift of discerning spirits and the gift of prophecy, but must also use them, that is, have the experience of these gifts in his personal life as well as in spiritual struggle. But a gift is not enough. Christ’s warrior must be a prophet. When he knows the truth, he must be ready to fight for its sake. The prophets bravely opposed the current of the world and were killed for it. A prophet is, in fact, a “martyros” of Christ – a witness or a martyr. We have to reckon with this when we enter into a spiritual struggle. The spirit of lies penetrated into the Church. What happened? It paralyzed all fundamental truths through heresies. The spirit of the world paralyzed God’s servants and expelled the Holy Spirit. Immorality and lukewarmness increased, and God’s laws and commandments were broken! True Christians are on the cross today. They are denigrated, ridiculed, isolated and expelled.

Dear US Christians, this mobilization is a challenge to the scattered children of God but also to the paralyzed to rise up and join the spiritual struggle!

A New World Order is emerging at present which aims at the total elimination of Christianity and the genocide of humanity. We have reached a moment of crisis when we must choose life or death, both temporal and eternal. American society was founded on the laws and commandments of Christ. Today we are witnessing a frontal and sophisticated attack on individuals, families and society. Just laws are being abolished and anti-laws are being introduced that lead to degeneration and death. A spiritual battle is raging, and it is so insidious and so multifaceted that we cannot win it by human power and human wisdom alone. Therefore, the soldiers of Christ rely on the power of God, on the power of the Holy Spirit! In prayer, this power works through every soldier of Christ. When there is unity, Christ is truly in the midst, and the devil’s strongholds of deception and lies are unmasked, identified and destroyed. A soldier of Christ fights under the banner of Christ! Those who cooperate in the genocide of humanity are under the banner of the Antichrist and Satan.

In addition to prayer, the basis for the struggle of Christ’s soldier is constant repentance. When he falls in everyday life, he must immediately confess, “I have been deceived, I have sinned.” A soldier of Christ stands by the cross in spirit and asks Jesus for forgiveness. He breaks with the spirit of deception which presented to him evil as good. Through true repentance, he is free again in Christ.

What is the first step in spiritual mobilization?

It is necessary to set up prayer watches for 24 hours a day. A prayer group consists of only 23 members because there is one hour set aside, namely from 8 to 9pm, during which all of the members pray. It is a so-called holy hour.

The rhythm for the prayer watches is one week of struggle and three weeks of rest. It means that for one week, every soldier of Christ prays during his one-hour prayer watch and during the holy hour. Then for the next three weeks, he only prays during the holy hour.

Everyone who joins the group of 23 people becomes a soldier of Christ. This group has one leader – a zealot – who is responsible for ensuring that the watches are not interrupted, there is always someone to substitute for if any of the members falls ill, or if one of the older soldiers dies he is replaced by another soldier of Christ.

The next three prayer watches are kept during the following three weeks, that is, 3 × 23 soldiers of Christ = 69. Thus a continuous prayer watch runs without ceasing (Lk 18:1.7; 1Thes 5:17; Is 62:6-7), with 92 warriors participating (4 × 23 = 92). The weekly watches pass on the baton on Sunday midnight.

One of the four prayer watch leaders should also be the commander of all the four prayer groups, i.e. the entire combat unit, throughout the year. The commander is responsible for the continuity of prayer. He must watch over his group and be in touch with the other three leaders. His task is to remind about the changing of guards every Sunday.

The structure of Christ’s army:

Prayer watch – 23 people.

Four prayer watches, i.e. continuous prayer, form a combat unit – 92 people.

Ten units, i.e. 920 people, form a battalion.

Ten battalions form a regiment, i.e. 9,200 soldiers.

Ten regiments form a division, i.e. 92,000 soldiers.

Ten divisions form the National Army of Christ, i.e. 920,000 soldiers of Christ.

Will there be 920,000 soldiers of Christ in the United States to join in a battle to save their nation?

What is the battle agenda? It is a fight to the death to advance the kingdom of God against the satanization of the USA.

On Sunday, at the end of the week of prayer, it is recommended that the soldiers of Christ gather and share experiences and testimonies of the fight.

It is very useful when a soldier of Christ can win his own family to pray the holy hour with him from 8 to 9pm. The whole family thus participates in the spiritual battle. Moreover, this hour is the most powerful means of rooting family relationships in Christ, both between spouses and between parents and children. Otherwise, the current destructive influences affect the family so strongly that they disintegrate it inwardly and outwardly. So a motto can be: holy hour = holy family.

Let us be aware that a soldier dies on the battlefield. There he wins the wreath of victory. Every soldier of Christ takes an oath to Christ Himself for one year at first. After that he does so for two and then for three years. Finally, he takes an eternal oath until his death. Let us realize that the prayer watches will fight continuously until the Second Coming of Christ. You are to be included in this army of Christ, which is invincible because the ultimate victory over Satan and his demons belongs to Christ!

In the novel Quo vadis, the author described the atmosphere among persecuted Christians. An older man said painfully: “I had one daughter, and praetorians defiled her and tortured her to death. God was silent on it.” Then a woman said with tears: “They put my husband and my son to torture. God was silent on it.” Another one said: “My sister was thrown to the beasts and devoured by them in the Colosseum, and God was silent on it.” After that, the Apostle Peter, now an old man, said: “On Golgotha I saw them nail the Son of God to the cross. And God was silent on it. But He rose from the dead the third day!” And he continued: “To you, O father, whose innocent daughter was defiled by executioners, I promise that you shall find her whiter than the lilies of Hebron in the glory of heaven! O widow, your husband was put to torture, and your sister, O woman, was devoured by wild beasts, but you will rejoin your loved ones in eternal glory and joy that will never end.” Finally, the Apostle thought for a while and, as if looking into the future, he said: “The sand will be steeped in your blood, but I say that you are victorious!”

Dear US Christians, you who now join the army of Christ, even if you shed your blood for the sake of Christ and God’s laws, you are victorious. The crown of eternal glory is awaiting you. But there is no victory without a battle. Therefore, stand under the battle-banner of Christ and begin your prayer watch!

Download: A call for the mobilization of US Christians. Part III (31/7/2020)

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