Did you know that your prayers activate angels? True story! We see this over and over in the Bible, and it is one of the many joyous results you can gain when you pray!

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Here are just a few examples:

• In Luke 22:43, an angel from Heaven appeared to Jesus and strengthened Him during His agonizing prayer.
• In Acts 12:5-10, Peter was in prison. When the saints began to pray, an angel visited Peter. The angel woke Peter up, walked him out of prison—including making the prison gate open of its own accord—and disappeared.
• In Daniel 10, not only did Daniel see a vision of Jesus the Glorious Man, but angels who accompanied Jesus strengthened Daniel and conveyed an important message to him! The angel even stated that Daniel had been heard from the day he set his heart to understand—and that the angel had come to visit Daniel because of those prayers!

Heaven is the realm where angels dwell — but the Bible shows us clearly that God dispatches those angels to us when we pray!

Angels bring us messages, protect us, and carry out God’s will. They help us, deliver us, and defend us. Psalm 91 tells us that God even gives His angels charge over us, to keep us in all our ways!

Beloved, when you pray, not only does God move, but He also sends His angels to us.

However, in many cases, it seems that we have lost our respect and desire for the ministry of angels in modern Christian culture.

We have reduced our understanding of angels to think of them as dolls we place on Christmas trees, emblems we put on jewelry, or sculptures we place on our mantels. But we don’t always seem to remember that angels are mighty and holy; that they dwell in Heaven and attend the Father at His throne; and that they are sent from Heaven to help and serve us.

According to the Bible, angelic encounters are a normal part of Christianity.

For the early Church, angelic encounters were so normal that the saints who prayed for Peter believed the servant girl must have seen Peter’s angel, rather than Peter himself! The book of Acts describes this strange occurrence:

So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel” (Acts 12:12–15 NKJV).

Do you not find this passage strange? I know I do!

I cannot think of any circumstance in which I would assume that, instead of seeing a person themselves, I must have seen his or her angel. Why? Because I am not accustomed to seeing angels with my natural eyes or trafficking with them in visible ways, even though they surround us every day.

However, the saints in Acts 12 immediately jumped to the conclusion that Rhoda, the servant girl, had seen an angel. This was a plausible explanation in their minds. The only way they could have found such an explanation to be plausible would be for them to have been accustomed to encountering angels and knowing that it was an angel they were encountering.

I would like to challenge us all today to return to the same level of expectation about trafficking with angels that the early Church had.

Are angels God? Of course not! We do not worship them in any way. But since they are a resource and a source of help that God has ordained, we should believe Him for His angels’ assistance. Without faith, we cannot please God—and His Scriptures clearly show instance after instance in which angels served God’s people. They weren’t always invisible angels, either. People saw angels with their natural eyes!

Friend, are you ready to begin believing God for the joy of angelic encounters for yourself and others today?

If so, let’s pray this simple prayer together:

Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You in Jesus’ name. Thank You for the ministry of angels that You describe in Your Word. Thank You for sending angels to us to bring messages, to help us, to protect us, and to do so much more.

Father God, I haven’t had as much faith for angelic activation, angelic encounters, and angelic assistance as I should have. I repent for this. Would You please strengthen my faith today for the wonderful blessing of angels working on my behalf, and on behalf of others for whom I pray?

Also, Lord, would You please double and triple the number of angels assigned to help me? Would You cause them to defend me, protect me, minister to me, strengthen me, and bring me gifts and messages from Heaven like Your Word says You want them to do?

Thank You, Father. Thank You that all Your promises are “yes” and “amen.” Thank You for increasing the ministry of angels in my life. Thank You for sending more angels to work in the lives of the people for whom I am interceding. Please help us to notice the angels, see the angels, and understand their work in our lives according to Your Word. We give You all the praise.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Friend, are you ready for the Lord to send more angels to do more mighty works in your life—and in the lives of others? If so, please leave a comment below!

This article is part of a series. Find the other installments at the links below.

Part 1. The Intercessor’s Joy: Resting in Fullness
Part 2. The Intercessor’s Joy: Ministering to the Heart of God
Part 3. The Intercessor’s Joy: You Need a Covenant Prayer Partner
Part 4. The Intercessor’s Joy: Ask God for Signs of Land
Part 6. The Intercessor’s Joy: Inside Information
Part 7. The Intercessor’s Joy: Reward for Private Prayer

Jamie Rohrbaugh is the founder and CEO of From His Presence. She is the author of Getting to Know the Sevenfold Holy Spirit, and she seeks to equip you to carry His manifest glory everywhere you go. Her resources have been published by YouVersion Bible Plans and in Charisma magazine, as well as on The Elijah List, Spirit Fuel, and various other ministry outlets. You can find free mentoring on her podcast, Take Your Territory with Jamie Rohrbaugh, which is available through your favorite podcast streaming app. Download her free prayer tool, Praying the Names of God: 555 Biblical Names of God and How to Use Them in Prayer and Worship, here. Photo Credit: Canva.