Generation gap: Renewal is always a need due to the entropy in human nature which guarantees that the vigor of spiritual life will constantly run down, especially in each subsequent generations, unless it is renewed through the channel of dependent prayer. The typical response of God to these prayers is to pour out His Spirit and reviving the declining life of his people, raising up new leaders and turning the hearts of the laity to himself. Sometimes the prayer begins with the laity and other times it originates among the leaders.
The powers of darkness: The spiritual conflict with the powers of darkness continues. Just as in any battle, the boundary lines shift constantly as territory is won and lost. Often the real enemy to be fought in not the visible oppressing powers but the idolatry and apostasy by which the powers of darkness have reoccupied the hearts of God’s people. Behind the human power structures of evil there are malignant forces of superhuman power and intelligence directed by satan. Every expansion of the kingdom of God involves combat with and displacement of these occupying powers. The most important battleground is the hearts of the people.
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