Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Satan and his demonic forces are powerful, but they don't share God's attributes of omniscience, omnipresence, or omnipotence. They are created beings that are still subject to God's permissive will (as illustrated in Job 1:12 and Job 2:6), and they are lesser than God in every respect (1 John 4:4). 

Paul also says that the salvation that Christians have received from God should give them a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline, rather than timidity (2 Timothy 1:7).

As Christians, we should avoid taking deliberate or foolish actions that expose us to temptation, sin, or needless danger, and thereby put God to the test. We should also always remember that we are reliant on God's help and strength in opposing the world, our flesh, and the devil, rather than dealing with them only through our own efforts. And we should not pray aloud just to make a show of our piety to other people (Matthew 6:5). However, in my opinion, we have no need to avoid praying aloud to God from a concern about informing Satan and his demons of our plans, desires, or concerns.

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Danny Hickman Supporter Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What if Satan hears us praying? For example, what if we're thanking the Lord for our provisions? What can Satan do about it? There we are, praising and glorifying the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God! Satan and all his imps hear it; what of it? Why should it concern us? I don't get it! 

I guess the question is a concern that the person praying might be making a request for something specific to be supplied by God, and if Satan hears the request, he might interfere with the "shipment." It’s as though Satan might be able to hijack God's delivery system. Or maybe it's believed that Satan can use his "powers" to prevent God from hearing us. We're told that if we know that God hears us, then we know that we have whatever we have asked of Him (1 John 5:15). So I think the best way to throw a wrench into our prayer life would be to keep God from hearing us. Because if He hears us and we're unaware that He heard our prayer, it would only keep us from realizing that we have our needs met. It doesn't mean they aren't met, it just means that when our needs ARE met, we might not give God the glory He deserves. 

The Father hears us when we cry out to Him. Listen to David: "In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple he heard my voice; my cry came before Him, into His ears" (Psalm 18:6). 

The way David said this, I don't imagine he was whispering to God! I think he lifted up his voice and cried out! He talks as if God recognized his voice and knew it was him! (this is the part I like): David didn't have to tell a third party to give God a message. God heard David, and according to David, He "parted the heavens and came down" (vs 9). David says, 'God didn't send help, He came Himself!' 

Are we to believe that Satan could have prevented God from hearing David? Or is it possible that he could have stopped God from coming AFTER He heard David's prayer? I think we know the answers to these questions! 

What difference does it make if Satan hears us calling on the Savior? 

I believe Satan heard Paul and Silas praying and praising God from a jail cell in Thyatira. They were in jail because they had cast a demonic spirit (Satan) from a fortune-telling woman, who followed them around the city harassing them (Acts 16). The woman's owners had Paul and Silas arrested because their hope of making money was gone. (Paul and Silas were strangers in an ungodly place). That didn't stop the Lord from answering from His temple, and flinging those prison doors wide open! (Bless His name!) 

Is there a place in the Bible where it's stated that Satan heard someone praying and then got between God and the person making the petition? If there is, I haven't run across it. From where does an idea like this originate, the idea that Satan can prevent prayer from being effective? I just don't get it! 

Here's what the Bible tells us: Come, let us shout aloud to the Rock... (Psalm 95:1). Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth... (Psalm 98:4). Shout for joy to God, all the earth! (Psalm 66:1). Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion...(Isaiah 12:6). My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you (Psalm 71:23). 

I don't think there was a lot of concern about staying quiet during worship in order to keep the enemy from getting in the middle of it. 

Prayer is worship. (I'll say that again) Prayer is worship of God! Prayer is acknowledgement of our dependence on the Lord. God doesn't monitor a request line like a radio song jockey does, that Satan might possibly interrupt... He might complain about God providing for His ungrateful children, but that's all he can do! Complain! He can't stop nothing!

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