Every promise of God or prophecy concerning you must be fought for and vigorously too. Don't be deceived. Being religious with a gentle demeanor would not prevent Satan from going for the kill. You would have to take your stand and command the devil to release your promises. It means that you have to be "tough" to scale through the hurdles Satan has carefully laid on the path to your breakthrough. This is not a book on the general nature of prayer. It's not teaching you how to pray. There are many wonderful books on these topics. You can avail yourself of one. But this is a warfare prayer manual. It walks you through the art of warfare. It arms you with knowledge of were to go into the Word of God to pick the right combination of confessions to disarm the enemy for quicker results. You have to know when and how to do a prayer for thanksgiving, or supplication, or warfare. Some do supplication when they are supposed to do warfare. Some warfare at a wrong hour. In warfare, you step into the realm of the supernatural to wage war against Satan and his agents to release your promises that have been withheld. Waging war means exercising your authority in the name of Jesus. Satan only obeys command, and when issued through the Power in the Name of Jesus, it becomes even more effective. That is why Jesus commanded, "get behind me, Satan." And the Angel of God exclaimed, "The Lord rebukes you, Satan." It takes revelation to know what to do and at what time.