John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard movement, used to say that “it’s better to plant seeds than pull weeds,” which is such an important principle for spiritual warfare. When I am praying with a person who is under any kind of spiritual attack, I always try to spend more time planting seeds—proactively affirming the good things that I can bless in their life, rather than pulling weeds—reactively naming and binding the work of Satan.
