The Importance Of Prayer Covering In Iraq

Leslie Gerald a sergeant in the army gives this powerful testimony of prayer protection." During the first year of my deployment to Iraq there was a very tangible sense of protective covering of God's hand. We had not lost a single soldier. Emotionally i felt no loss of life impact that usually results from war. At twenty three,as a young man off to war, i was expecting action. However i did not see a single person killed. I experienced non of the gruesomeness of war. The prayer covering of the church and family gave me a totally different battle experience.

It wasn't because we hadn't seen any danger, because we had, but there was a pervading sense of security over us on the battlefield. We had seen though "rough stuff" without a scratch and
The results were immediate. the difference was uncanny and the protection once again was was tangible. From that moment on, not one more soldiers in our company was lost. All this testified to me first hand of what it means when people pray. From our first station in Germany we were all shipped in different directions, yet everyone from our German church fellowship made it back without harm. even though we went to fight in different places, everywhere from Iraq to Kuwait, the prayer covering went with us. i am a believer who knows for certain that soldiers tangible experience the difference when people pray over them."

In Exodus 17:8-16 we find Israel at war with Amalek. Joshua is down i the valley with the soldiers fighting. Moses is up on the mountain interceding for them. He has his hand lifted up as he prays. the elevation of Moses' hand , with the rod in ti, is an appeal to god for help. It's a sign of complete dependence on God for victory. As long as the hand is up the Israelite s prevail because God gives them strength and courage. However, when Moses puts down his hand, God leaves them to themselves and they start losing the