What Do Angels Actually Do? | Angels, Prayer & Spiritual Warfare | Get In the Game Teaching Series Ep 7

Angels aren't merely background characters in biblical stories. According to Scripture, they are active participants in God's work in the world—and they have a role in the spiritual battles being fought around us.

But what exactly do angels do?

In this episode of the Get In the Game teaching series, Steve Pixler explores the biblical ministry of angels and their relationship to prayer, spiritual warfare, creation, human dominion, and the mission of God's people.

Scripture describes angels as ministering spirits, messengers, worshipers, and warriors. They ascend and descend between heaven and earth. They carry out God's Word. They minister to God's people. And throughout Scripture, they appear at critical moments when God's purposes are advancing against spiritual resistance.

But this raises another important question:

What role do we play?

If angels respond to God's Word, and God has chosen to speak and work through His people, then prayer may be far more consequential than we realize.

In this episode, Steve explores the relationship between human prayer and angelic activity, including two deeply personal experiences in which he encountered angels during one of the most difficult seasons of his life.

You'll discover:

• Why angels are essential to understanding spiritual warfare
• What Hebrews means when it calls angels "ministering spirits"
• How angels participate in God's administration of creation
• The relationship between angels, prayer, and the Word of God
• Why Jesus calming the storm matters for understanding human authority
• What Jesus meant when He promised His followers would do "greater works"
• How the natural and supernatural can work together
• Why biblical salvation includes more than simply going to heaven
• How angels assist God's people in their mission
• The difference between messenger, worshiping, and warrior angels
• Why Christians should neither worship angels nor ignore them
• How prayer participates in spiritual warfare
• Steve's personal experience of seeing angels ascending and descending during prayer
• His vivid dream of an angelic army confronting demonic powers
• The words he heard afterward: "I am fighting your battles for you."
• Why delayed answers don't necessarily mean that nothing is happening
• Why some spiritual battles take time
• How to keep praying when you haven't yet seen the breakthrough

The biblical picture of spiritual warfare is not one of effortless, predetermined outcomes in every individual battle. Human decisions matter. Demonic resistance is real. Angelic warfare is real. Prayer matters.

The ultimate victory belongs to Jesus—but that doesn't mean every battle is won instantly.

So don't lose heart.

Keep praying.
Keep believing.
Keep declaring God's promises.
Keep moving forward.

Stay in the game.

Because God works in the world as it is—not simply as we wish it were—and He works through people, through process, and through the unseen ministry of angels. 

SCRIPTURES

Romans 8:21
Mark 4
Genesis 4
Leviticus
Psalm 103:20
John 14:12–14
Galatians 4
Hebrews 1–2
Hebrews 1:14
Genesis 28:12
John 1:51
Colossians 2:18
Hebrews 12:22
Acts 10 

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