A Prayer about Battling the True Enemy

O God, do not remain silent;

Do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. Psalm 83:1

Mighty God,

We lift up all 

who are in a fierce battle with enemies. 

Remind us that our true enemy 

is the enemy, 

the evil one who growls and prowls, 

our vicious foe 

who rears his beastly head, 

conspiring with cunning against us, 

your people (Psalm 83:2-3). 

The evil one seeks 

to destroy relationships you have forged; 

the evil one seeks to puncture hope 

you have breathed into us; 

the evil one seeks to ruin beauty 

you have allowed us to be a part of creating….

May we hear you speaking to us:

I am not silent.

I am not turning a deaf ear.

I am not standing aloof.

I am making the evil one like “whirling dust” (Psalm 83:13).

I am consuming the evil one as a fire consumes a forest (Psalm 83:14). 

I am filling the evil one’s face with shame (Psalm 83:17).

One day, I will toss the devil deceiver  into the lake of fire, and evil will be no more (Revelation 20:10).

As we see your might defeating evil, 

help us to hope and pray for healing 

and reconciliation with our earthly enemies. 

In Jesus’ victorious name. Amen.

Read Psalm 83.