Prayer Altars
A prayer altar is a designated physical or spiritual space where individuals or communities engage in prayer, worship, or communion with God. It serves as a focal point for spiritual practices, often symbolizing a sacred connection to the divine. In modern contexts, a prayer altar can be a physical setup (e.g., a table with candles, scriptures, or religious items) or a metaphorical space (e.g., a time or place in one’s heart or home dedicated to prayer). The concept draws heavily from biblical traditions, particularly the altars described in the Old Testament.
How to raise an altar of prayer in your community:
- Declare Psalm 24:1-2 – Confirm ownership of the place to Jehovah.
- Give thanks, praise, honor, and glory to God – offer a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name – Hebrews 13:15
- Bring repentance before God for anything that could have grieved or offended Him on that land/place of altar by any people past or present – Leviticus 26:40
- Renounce any agreements made with the kingdom of darkness, known or unknown to you; break any negative covenants with evil spirits – Proverbs 28:13
- Bring the atonement of the blood of Jesus and reconcile it and the people to the Lord – Colossians 1:20
- Blot out all handwriting the enemy has in the heavens, water or on the earth against the place/people –Colossians 2:14
- Bind every evil spirit previously invited and command them to leave – James 4:7-8, Philippians 2:10
- Lose those who have been taken captive by it.
- Proclaim Psalm 24:7-8 and invite the King of Glory to come and establish His throne in that place
- Connect the altar to the altar of the Lamb of God in heaven – Revelation 5, 8
- Declare the Lordship of Jesus Christ and submit everything to His rulership. Read Isaiah 9:6-7 and ask Him to increase daily His government over that place/people.
- Blow the shofar.
- Take communion and make a covenant with the Lord.
- Use oil sanctified to anoint the place.
Guidelines supplied by the SA Prayer Movement for Change and Intercessors for Africa-Eastern Cape