According to the Great Commission, our task is to take God's sovereign authority into all creation, reclaiming it for Him. God has delegated all authority to Christ, who in turn has delegated it to us. Thus, when we are praying and working within God's will, that infinite authority fully backs us up. That is why the gates of hell cannot prevail against the obedient church. The key to the victory is that the church must in fact be obedient to the word.