I am really, really tried of people using the term “prayer warrior” to describe just about anyone who prays. It’s a ridiculous term. I don’t think anyone who has been in an actual war would want to glorify warfare (see any poem on warfare, really), so why would we want to glorify fighting? It’s just plain disrespectful.
It makes praying sound awesome – for all the wrong reasons.
PRAYER WARRIORS
An oxymoron
What is prayer, ultimately, if not a humble and meek dependence on God? Prayer is, after all, talking to God and giving praise, repentance, thanks, supplication, intercession. You might be angry when you pray, but you’re giving up control and ceding it to God when you pray.
Warriors, on the other hand, imply violence and aggression. I know it also has connotations of determination, but determination mixed with conflict and war.
How does something so violent mesh with something so meek?
Wrong glorification
It gives the impression of strength and independence – because that’s what warriors have to be to fight. It makes it sound like the person praying is powerful and completely impervious to any needs or weakness.
Which is far from the truth. You pray because you are weak, because you need the strength that God gives, because you are flawed in so many ways. You might also pray when you want certain things, true, but that also means you acknowledge God as a being more powerful than you, and thus your own lack of power.
Ridiculous images
The Bible does tell us to put on the Armour of God in Ephesians 6:10 – 18, but honestly, “prayer warrior” brings up the image of a man with a sword that is bigger than him… on bent knee, praying.
Why would you want such an image?
(Image from Christian Freedom International)
Let’s give prayer some respect. It is not a show of strength, defiance, or anything powerful. It is recognition that we are not strong enough on our own, and that’s why we turn to God.
So be prayerful, acknowledge thanks for all the people who have prayed for you, but please, stop using the term “prayer warrior.”
Because when you pray, you are anything but a warrior.
Your opinion only😡😡
Blessings
Dr. Black & God’s Prayer Warriors
What you are saying is against what the bible says…so what you are saying is null and void. Point. Blank. Period.
Late to the party, but, what you are saying is not unbiblical. Once you even begin to scratch the surface of what prayer actually is (in Jesus name, must be accompanied by loving one another, obedience, etc.) you realize that absolutely no one has a natural advantage over anyone else; there is no one whom God just naturally listens to in prayer, except the righteous man. And what do people mean by “prayer warrior” anyway? Someone who prays a lot? Anyone can do that in the flesh, I suppose. Does that mean God’s hearing them? Does that mean He gives that person everything they ask for? Do they have in “in” with God that other “normal” believers don’t have? Of course not. Now, is it nice to know there are believers who absolutely will pray for you if you ask them to? Absolutely. But, even if a “prayer warrior” is praying, if it’s not in Jesus’ name (and there’s a TON more to that little phrase than just a proper way to end a prayer), then it avails nothing. You’re not off the mark, no matter what any other comments might say to the contrary.
Thanks for the support!
We are in a spiritual battle. The Bible talks about putting on the whole armor of God. The Bible dose say we are weak but it goes on to say but in Christ we are strong. I don’t see anything wrong with saying prayer warrior. Prayer is our spiritual weapon against the enemy and we do have an enemy. But there are many different thoughts on things. We all see things differently. The most important thing is that we know Christ as our savior.
I was a “warrior”, a soldier, before I became a priest. The two vocations are diametrically opposed. I find the term offensive and ridiculous, as well.