18普通的祷告是从地上祷告到天上去。……权柄的祷告，乃是以天上为起点，以地上为终点的。换句话说，权柄的祷告，就是从天上祷告到地上。……如果一个人没有学习过祷告下来的祷告，就是没有学习过权柄的祷告。但在属灵的争战中，祷告下来的祷告是非常要紧的。……就是站在基督所给我们在诸天界里的地位上，在那里用权柄命令撒但，拒绝撒但一切的工作，而用权柄宣告说，神所已经命令的都该成功。比方说，我们为着某一件事情求，我们已经真看见神的旨意是什么了，真知道神所定规的是什么了，这时，我们就……说，“神，你无论如何要这样作，这件事必定要这样成就；神，这件事无论如何要这样成功。”（倪柝声文集第二辑第二册，二三九、二二八页）
18Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven…A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In other words, a prayer with authority is prayed from heaven to earth…If a man has never learned the prayer that prays downward, he has never learned to pray with authority. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important…It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,…we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 203, 194)