After watching scenes for the new movie "War Room" about
how prayer can save people, I began to wonder why it was called war room.
Here is what I gleaned.
What is a War Room: With respect to war room, it is not
a situation room in the White House or your own personal battle plans to kick
serious butt. Instead it is a room that you can shut yourself in and have
your own personal and private discussions with God, study the Bible and apply
that prayer and Bible study to issues in your own life. Basically, when
you are suffering, this room is a place to both escape and a place to find
strength through God via prayer. Does this work? Well it depends
on the person. Some need solitude to solve issues and relying on God and
prayer can indeed help people. You can even post specific prayers and
bible passages that apply to a given short term or long term stressful
situation on the walls as it is meant to be your own personal space. War
rooms can take the form of a small room or even a closet. Basically
anywhere in the home or out of the home where you can have a private commune
with God. Though there are certain prayers and passages to would be
appropriate to aid in situations and thus useful to you if you should decide to
create and use your own war room, I am no expert. My prayers typically
are simply asking for strength to get through it and come out a stronger person
or at the very least survive the stress or sorrow intact. But there are
guidebooks including those based on the movie which can aid you in finding
which prayers to apply to each situation or hurdle in your everyday life.
Basically Prayer can be a powerful weapon in your arsenal.
Conclusion: Do you need a War Room? I sometimes
did and thus used my room for that purpose when needed. Others may need
that relationship with God to be intimate all the time just to get through the
day every day. Or simply because that is their faith and that a war room suits
their prayer methods. Can an atheist use a war room? Yes, but it is
really designed around prayer. So unless they are spiritual or have some
other version of a deity that is not a deity, it will have issues working
(unless they find some way to pray). So all I can say is that if a war
room is what you need, then go for it. A little prayer when you need it
most never hurt anyone.
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