Spiritual Warfare Chapter 3
If we live in the natural realm,
we don’t war with stratages
employing human weapons,
using manipulation to achieve our aims.
Instead, our spiritual weapons are
energized with divine power
to effectively dismantle
the defenses behind
which people hide.
2 Corinthians10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the flesh.
For the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal
but mighty in God
for pulling down strongholds,
casting down arguments
and every high thing
that exalts itself against
the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought
into captivity to
the obedience of Christ,
and being ready to
punish all disobedience
when your obedience is fulfilled.
Our vision as intercessors
is to destroy strong hold
the enemy has erected
in the lives of those around us
If they are not living in
Love, Joy, Peace
patience, kindness, goodness
faithfulness, gentleness, self control
then there is a stronghold at work
which needs to be taken down.
There is a divine intervention
in heaven when we
begin to war on this earth.
There is three possible modes
a soldier can be in
when they go to war
defensive
detente
and desertion.
our goal is to see
the enemy flee so
we must be determined
to see them defeated
in our heart.
we must be comitted
at being in the offensive.
advancing and taking ground.
Our spiritual weapons
The Name of Jesus
The blood of Jesus
Our agreement with God
Binding and loosing
Fasting
Praise
Word and Testimony.
There are two spiritual
tools that go hand in hand
Obedience and Faith
in all cases it is rare
to find one without the other.
Faith in Gods provision
requires obedience
to His word.
Gods provision for us will work
when we apply faith
having faith in the weapons
God has provided for us.
Faith in
the Name of Jesus
The power of Jesus
Faith to know
that power exists in us,
dwells in us,
enpowers us.
The truth is
as we follow Him in faith,
believing in Him,
we will do the same
mighty miracles that He did
even greater miracles than these
because He goes to be
with The Father!
John 14:12-14
Most assuredly, I say to you,
he who believes in Me,
the works that I do
he will do also;
and greater works
than these he will do,
because I go to My Father.
And whatever
you ask in My name,
that I will do,
that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything
in My name,
I will do it.
Let the faith of God be in us
Listen to the truth
the Holy Spirit speaks to us
If we say to this mountain
with great faith and having no doubt,
Enemy or problem or sickness
be lifted up and
thrown into the midst of the sea,
and believes that
what we say will happen,
it will be done.
This is the reason He urges us to
boldly believe for whatever
we ask for in prayer
believe that we have
received it
and it will be ours.
Mark 11:22-24
So Jesus answered and said to them,
“Have faith in God.
For assuredly,
I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain,
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’
and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things
he says will be done,
he will have whatever he says.
Therefore I say to you,
whatever things you ask
when you pray,
believe that you receive them,
and you will have them.
One of our most important
training exercises
is declaring the victory we have,
decreeing the victory Christ has won.
Speaking The Word of God
loud and strong.
establishing strong
foundational faith thoughts.
The meditation we have done
can be used by the Holy Spirit
who will quicken to us
scripture for different stiuations.
We can demolish every
deceptive fantasy
that opposes God
and break through every
arrogant attitude that is raised up
in defiance of
the true knowledge of God.
We capture,
like prisoners of war,
every thought
and insist that it bow
in obedience to
the Anointed One.
Our attitude need to be
Faith, obedience and belief.
these are opposed to
fear, doubt and unbelief.
our objective then is to
Speak faith as a command.
Acts 16:18
And this she did for many days.
But Paul, greatly annoyed,
turned and said to the spirit,
“I command you in
the name of Jesus Christ
to come out of her.”
And he came out
that very hour.
At this point we can now see
that that there is a commitment
involve with obedience.
The Holy Spirit will
impress on us the need to
pray for people and
we may even sense
what they are going through.
Its important at this point
to understand that these
problems they are having
are not transfered to us
but we only sense as
The Holy Spirit shares
which gives us a greater insight
for what to pray.
This becomes more as
we commit ourselves
to God and draw closer.
we are chosen to withstand
the enemy and
aggressively oppose him
and all he stands for.
Hell hates it when we
go to prayer in this attitude
so he will try to stop us
by throwing diversions
in our path.
When we commit to prayer
we can be sure
his plans are foiled.
Revelations 12:10,11
Then I heard a
loud voice saying in heaven,
“Now salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of
His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brethren,
who accused them
before our God
day and night,
has been cast down.
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love
their lives to the death.
we conquered him
completely
through the blood of the Lamb
and the powerful
word of his testimony.
we triumphed because
we do not love and cling
to our own lives,
even when faced
against death.
Why, because we are hidden
with Christ in God
Our crucifixion with Christ
has severed the tie to this life,
and now our true life
is hidden away
in God in Christ.
Colossians 3:3
For you died,
and your life is
hidden with Christ in God.
As He laid down His life
we now must lay down our lives
interceeding for others
1 John 3:16
By this we know love,
because He laid down
His life for us.
And we also ought to
lay down our lives
for the brethren.
we were joined
with him in his death,
then we are joined
with him in his life!
we are joined
with him in his sufferings,
then we will reign
together with him
in his triumph.
2 Timothy 2:11-13
This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
Praying in The Spirit
This is our communication.
very much like having
a radio and talking to
base command
we use this mainly
in our devotions,
praise and worship.
When we speaks in tongues,
no one understands a word we say,
because we are not
speaking to others,
but to God
we is speaking
intimate mysteries in the Spirit.
sometimes we can find ourself
in a position of
not knowing what to do
or pray for.
This is when we
Pray in the Spirit.
by doing this we can
bring needs before the Lord
Our helper
The Holy Spirit
enables us to pray
the perfect will of God
The Holy Spirit uses us
like a conduit
praying through our spirit
our prayer language.
When we pray in the physical
we can be inflienced by
all earthly things.
Feelings, thoughts
desires, experiences,
understanding, will
and the enemies favorite,
distraction.
also if we dont know Gods word
very well, this will inflience
our physical prayers.
Our God gives us
a heavenly language
that superceeds
our mind, will and emotions
giving us an advantage
of no physical interruptions.
The Holy Spirit takes hold of us
in our human frailty
to empower us in our weakness.
For example,
at times we don’t even know
how to pray,
or know the best things to ask for.
But the Holy Spirit rises up
within us to
super-intercede
on our behalf,
pleading to God
with emotional sighs
too deep for words.
Romans 8:26,27
Likewise the Spirit
also helps in our weaknesses.
For we do not know
what we should pray for
as we ought,
but the Spirit Himself
makes intercession for us
with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
Now He who searches
the hearts knows what
the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession
for the saints according
to the will of God.
when we pray in tongues
Our spirit prays
but our mind is unfruitful.
this is not a bad thing
we just have no clear understanding
of what is being said.
Remember we are praying
the perfect will of God
when we do this.
Since we have this confidence,
we can also have great boldness
before Him,
for if we present any request
agreeable to His will,
He will hear us.
And if we know that He hears us
in whatever we ask,
we also know that
we have obtained
the requests we ask of Him.
The important point here is
we pray according to His will
If it dos'ent line up
with the word of God
we can expect not to receive.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive,
because you ask amiss,
that you may spend it
on your pleasures.
When we pray in the Spirit
we dont understand
but God does.
He supplies us causing us
to be built up.
as we pray He strengthens us
and encourages us
in our spiritual fight
we will constantly
and progressively
build ourselves up
on the foundation
of our most holy faith
by praying every
moment in the Spirit.
If we attach our hearts
to the love of God
and receive the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who gives us eternal life.
Jude 1:20,21
But you, beloved,
building yourselves up on
your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit,
keep yourselves
in the love of God,
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
As we press into God
The Holy Spirit will
prompt us at times
to be on alert
with opportune time
and strategies. our hand-to-hand fight
is not with human beings,
but with the highest principalities
and authorities
operating in rebellion
under the heavenly realms
hold this dark world in bondage.
So when we pray in the Spirit
we have the authority
of heaven behind it.
Embrace the power
of salvation’s full deliverance,
like a helmet to protect
our thoughts from lies.
And take the mighty
razor-sharp Spirit-sword
of the spoken Word of God.
Pray passionately in the Spirit,
as you constantly intercede
with every form of prayer
at all times.
Pray the blessings of God
upon all his believers.
Ephesians 6:18
praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end
with all perseverance
and supplication
for all the saints
James 5:16
Confess your trespasses
to one another,
and pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
The effective,
fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much.
Prayer in a conscious act
if we are praying in the spirit
or praying in our will,
we consciously detemine to do it.
so it is with faith.
When Peter walk on the water
his faith action
was to get out of the boat
he moved his feet on the water
in obedience to Jesus say come.
The miracle was faith in action
our miacle is speaking
a language we dont understand
we step out in faith and utter.
The Holy Spirit gives us
this utterence as we
step out of the boat.
The more we use it
the better it gets.
So here’s what we’ve concluded.
we will pray in the Spirit,
but we will also pray
with our mind engaged.
we will sing rapturous praises
in the Spirit,
but we will also sing
with our mind engaged.
The enemy knows that
The Holy Spirit will
point us at his weakest defence.
As we pray in the spirit
praising and worshiping
the Lord we can also
regain territory for
those who we are praying for.
Let us look at our weapons
1.Our authority in
The Name of Jesus
There are three areas
The Name of Jesus
has power over
Earth, Heaven and Hell.
our body is now
the sacred temple
of the Spirit of Holiness,
who lives in you?
You don’t belong to
yourself any longer,
for the gift of God,
the Holy Spirit,
lives inside your sanctuary.
1 Corinthian 6:19
Or do you not know that
your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit
who is in you,
whom you have from God,
and you are not your own?
We have the right
to take the Name of Jesus
and use it knowing
He is stand right here
with us in Glory.
Luke 10:19
Behold,
I give you the authority
to trample on serpents
and scorpions,
and over all the power of
the enemy,
and nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
We have been given
power and authority
over the power of the enemy
In the name of Jesus.
We can ask the Father in
His name
The Lord will do
whatever we ask Him
to do when we ask Him
in His Name.
And that is how the Son
will show what the Father
is really like and bring glory to Him.
Ask The Lord anything in His Name,
and He will do it for us.
John 14:13,14
And whatever you ask in My name,
that I will do,
that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything
in My name,
I will do it.
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and
given Him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow,
of those in heaven,
and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth,
and that every tongue
should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of
God the Father.
Everything that is in Heaven
on Earth or under Earth
has to bow at
The name of Jesus Christ.
God recognises His Name
everytime we use it.
The devil looses ground everytime
we use The Name of Jesus
Say the name of Jesus
By the authority
vested in us in
The Name of Jesus
we bind you satan,
we bind all principalities,
and come against powers,
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in
the heavenly places.
We break the powers
over this situation
We loose any stronghold
and destroy every evil work
or assignment
in the Name of Jesus
Father we ask
that Your will be done
which we praise You for.
In the Name of Jesus
and by Your authority
we declare it done
in the power of the
Holy Spirit.
Thankyou that the power
of the Holy Spirit
working in us
anoints us with His
Authority to use
The Name of Jesus
to defeat and destroy
The works of the devil.
As intercessors
we must use the authority
vested in the Name of Jesus
to put a stop on any
work of the devil
that is wreaking havoc
with God Kingdom saints.
We who join ourselves to the Lord
are mingled into one spirit with Him.
God will unveil within us
the unlimited riches of His glory
and favor until
supernatural strength floods
our innermost being with
His divine might
and explosive power.
as we constantly use our faith,
the life of Christ will be released
deep inside us,
and the resting place of
His love will become
the very source
and root of our life.
we will be empowered
to discover what every
holy one experiences
the great magnitude
of the astonishing love of Christ
in all its dimensions.
How deeply intimate
and far-reaching is His love!
How enduring and inclusive it is!
Endless love beyond measurement
that transcends our understanding
this extravagant love
pours into us until we are filled
to overflowing with the fullness of God!
Ephesians 6:16-19
that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with
might through His Spirit
in the inner man,
that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith;
that you,
being rooted
and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend
with all the saints
what is the width and length
and depth and height
to know the love of Christ
which passes knowledge;
that you may be filled
with all the fullness of God.
God raised Jesus to life!
And since God’s Spirit of
Resurrection lives in us,
He will also raise our dying body
to life by the same Spirit
that breathes life into us.
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him
who raised Jesus
from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ
from the dead will also give life
to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit
who dwells in you.
When Jesus asked Peter
who he thought he was
Peters reply united Them together
their relationship
became personal.
there was an acceptance.
This is our key
to use the name of Jesus
in a personal relationship
with Him
our time of fellowship
is vital and needs to be nutured
only then will we truely
understand to bring
Him Glory as we use His name.
Acts 3:1-8
Now Peter and John
went up together to the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And a certain man
lame from his mother's womb was carried,
whom they laid daily
at the gate of the temple
which is called Beautiful,
to ask alms from those
who entered the temple;
who, seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple,
asked for alms.
And fixing his eyes on him,
with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
So he gave them his attention,
expecting to receive
something from them.
Then Peter said,
“Silver and gold I do not have,
but what I do have I give you:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
rise up and walk.”
And he took him
by the right hand
and lifted him up,
and immediately his feet
and ankle bones received strength.
So he, leaping up,
stood and walked
and entered the temple with them
walking, leaping, and praising God.
Miracle signs
will accompany us as we believe:
we will drive out demons
in the power of Jesus name.
we will speak in tongues.
we will be supernaturally
protected from snakes
and from drinking
anything poisonous.
And we will lay hands
on the sick and heal them.
Mark 16:17,18
And these signs will
follow those who believe:
In My name
they will cast out demons;
they will speak with new tongues;
they will take up serpents;
and if they drink anything deadly,
it will by no means hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover.”
2. Our covering
The Blood of Jesus
.
But now the Anointed One Jesus
has become the King-Priest
of every wonderful thing that has come.
For He serves in a greater,
more perfect heavenly tabernacle
not made by men.
And He has entered once
and forever into
the Holiest Sanctuary of All,
not with the blood
of animal sacrifices,
but the sacred blood
of his own sacrifice.
And He alone has made
our salvation secure forever!
Under the old covenant
the blood of bulls, goats,
and the ashes of a heifer
were sprinkled on those
who were defiled
and effectively cleansed them
outwardly from their
ceremonial impurities.
Yet how much more will
the sacred blood of the Messiah
The Lamb of God
thoroughly cleanse our consciences!
For by the power
of the eternal Spirit
he has offered himself
to God as the perfect Sacrifice
that now frees us from
our dead works
to worship and
serve Our Living God.
Hebrews 9:12:14
It was symbolic for
the present time in which
both gifts and sacrifices are offered
which cannot make him
who performed the service perfect
in regard to the conscience
concerned only with foods and drinks,
various washings,
and fleshly ordinances imposed until
the time of reformation.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
But Christ came as High Priest
of the good things to come,
with the greater and more perfect tabernacle
not made with hands,
that is, not of this creation.
Not with the blood of goats and calves,
but with His own blood
He entered the Most Holy Place
once for all,
having obtained eternal redemption.
For if the blood of bulls and
goats and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
how much more shall
the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God,
cleanse your conscience from
dead works to serve
the living God?
Through the Blood of Christ
we receive Salvation,
we are birthed into His Kingdom.
Through the Blood of Christ
We have atonement,
are sins are blotted out.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are redeemed from the curse,
paid in full and purchased back to life.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are justified,
no longer guilty
acquited of all sin.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are made Righteous,
in right standing with
The Lord God, our Father.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are given santification
we draw our eternal salvation,
joined together with Christ
In Him we are given
wisdom, virtue
our holiness and
our redemption.
Through the Blood of Christ
our sin is cancelled out
never to be remembered.
Hebrews 9:22
And according to the law
almost all things are purified with blood,
and without shedding of blood
there is no remission.
Through the Blood of Christ
everything in God's provision
is given to us
we are reconciled
into God's Love.
Through the Blood of Christ
we have overcoming power
victorious power
our delegated authority.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love
their lives to the death.
Through the Blood of Christ
God provides deliverence
we are released from the powers
of darkness and brought into
His glorious light
Colossians 1:13
He has delivered us
from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of
the Son of His love,
Through the Blood of Christ
we have forgiveness
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are cleansed from all sin
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light
as He is in the light,
we have fellowship
with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanses us
from all sin.
Through the Blood of Christ
we have a new covenant
Hebrews 10:9,10
then He said,
“Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.”
He takes away the first
that He may establish the second.
By that will we have been sanctified
through the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.
Hebrews 15-18
But the Holy Spirit
also witnesses to us;
for after He had said before,
“This is the covenant
that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their hearts,
and in their minds I will write them,”
then He adds,
“Their sins and their lawless deeds
I will remember no more.”
Now where there is remission of these,
there is no longer an offering for sin.
Our place is to remind the enemy
of what God has already done
completed and sealed.
we plead the Blood of Jesus
over us and all for protection
it is a doorway protection
in the spiritual.
we are in essence
wiping the entrance
with the blood of the lamb
so the enemy can not touch
what we have claimed.
death has lost its sting.
1 Corinthians 15:55-58
O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
The sting of death is sin,
and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The blood of Jesus
secures peace and victory
and is complete.
3.Agreeing with The Holy Spirit
Many time we will be called
to spiritual battles
by the Holy Spirit
It's in those times we
need to be in agreement
with another or in
one accord.
Acts 2:1
When the Day of Pentecost
had fully come,
they were all with
one accord
in one place.
Its important to have
a prayer partner
or partners.
when we are of the same spirit
in our prayers
it creates a strength
of spiritual power
increasing overcoming faith.
Allow the Holy Spirit
to choose for you
and dont look to the physical
in any choice of who
you prayer with.
one of the most important
things to remember
is that communication between
you and your prayer partner
has to be frequent and secure.
Another thing to do
is test for
purety, Holiness,
being above reproach.
look out for hidden agenders.
when we sense
all is good
do a final prayer asking for
God's blessing till you sense
He is pleased.
An eternal truth:
If two of us agree
to ask God for something
in a symphony of prayer,
Our heavenly Father
will do it for us.
For wherever two or three
come together in honor
of my name,
He is right there
with us.
Matthew 18:19,20
Again I say to you that if
two of you agree on earth
concerning anything
that they ask,
it will be done for them
by My Father in heaven.
For where two or three
are gathered together
in My name,
I am there
in the midst of them.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
Though one may be
overpowered by another,
two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord
is not quickly broken.
We need to pray in Gods will
and it will take time to
get into agreement
in harmony with
prayer partners.
its important to
stop imitating the ideals
and opinions of the culture
around us,
but be inwardly transformed
by the Holy Spirit
through a total reformation
of how we think.
This will empower us
to discern God’s will
as we live a beautiful life,
satisfying and perfect
in His eyes.
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed
to this world,
but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.
If our hearts are pure
and right
God's Grace will abound.
As we continue
we will learn to discern
our prayer partners heart
and the Holy Spirit
will lead us into all truth.
as we pray
be conscious not
to listen to bad reports
or wispers the enemy may
try to effect us with.
we must stand on what
God has told us
our sure footing
is on God Word.
if it lines up with
Gods word we are solid
overcoming and victorious.
Always start by
asking the Holy Spirit
to be present as we start to pray.
pray in one accord with Him
For and agreement.
4.The Locks of Heaven
Binding & Loosing
God will give us
the keys of heaven’s kingdom realm
to forbid on earth
that which is forbidden
in heaven,
and to release on earth
that which is released
in heaven.
Matthew 16:17-19
Jesus answered and said to him,
“Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you,
but My Father who is in heaven.
And I also say to you
that you are Peter,
and on this rock
I will build My church,
and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it.
And I will give you
the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
and whatever you bind
on earth
will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose
on earth
will be loosed in heaven.
Gods very thought here is
in a state of being
already bound
or already loosed
or to put it another way
when we bind on earth
it is already bound in heaven
and when we loose something
in this earth
it is already loosed in heaven.
Would we dare enter the house
of a mighty man
and steal his property?
First he (Satan the devil)
must be overpowered
and tied up by one
who is stronger than he(Jesus).
Then his entire house
can be plundered
and every possession stolen.
Luke 10:18,19
And He said to them,
“I saw Satan fall
like lightning from heaven.
Behold,
I give you the authority
to trample on
serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy,
and nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
1 John 3:8,9
He who sins is of the devil,
for the devil has sinned
from the beginning.
For this purpose
the Son of God
was manifested,
that He might destroy
the works of the devil.
Whoever has been born of God
does not sin,
for His seed remains in him;
and he cannot sin,
because he has been
born of God.
we must remember when using these keys
it always has to be about
Kingdom purposes.
Binding and loosing
is the confidence
and assurance we have
when we confess, decree or declare
of God's order and Governing Power
against the disorder
of sins power,
satans rule
over something.
Discernment is important
to identify
who the strongman is.
This can be asked of
The Holy Spirit.
Satan’s belongings are undisturbed
as he stands guard over
his fortress kingdom,
strong and fully armed
with an arsenal of many weapons.
But when one stronger
than he comes (Jesus)
to attack and overpower him,
the stronger one will empty
the arsenal in which he trusted.
The conqueror will ransack
his kingdom and
distribute all the spoils of victory.
This is a war
Luke 11:21-23
When a strong man,
fully armed,
guards his own palace,
his goods are in peace.
But when a stronger than he
comes upon him and
overcomes him,
he takes from him
all his armor in which he trusted,
and divides his spoils.
He who is not with Me
is against Me,
and he who does not gather
with Me scatters.
Our hand-to-hand combat
is not with human beings,
but with the highest principalities
and authorities
operating in rebellion
under the heavenly realms.
For they are a powerful class
of demon-gods
and evil spirits
that hold this dark
world in bondage.
Because of this,
we must wear all the armor
that God provides so
we’re protected as we confront
the slanderer,
for we are destined for all things
and will rise victorious.
This may even need fasting
Mattthew 17:14
And when they had
come to the multitude,
a man came to Him,
kneeling down to Him and saying,
“Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is an epileptic
and suffers severely;
for he often falls into the fire
and often into the water.
So I brought him to Your disciples,
but they could not cure him.”
Then Jesus answered and said,
“O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him here to Me.”
And Jesus rebuked the demon,
and it came out of him;
and the child was cured
from that very hour.
Then the disciples came to Jesus
privately and said,
“Why could we not cast it out?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Because of your unbelief;
for assuredly, I say to you,
if you have faith as a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move;
and nothing will be impossible for you.
However, this kind does not go out
except by prayer and fasting.”
We as believers
have the right to declare
authority to call down
or resist satan
and bind the strongman
In the Name of Jesus Christ
When we do this
it important to
assist each other in prayer
There is strength in numbers
understand more of
authority and the chain of command
of God's people.
never move without
the Holy Spirits authority
and direction.
Luke 13:11-13
And behold,
there was a woman
who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years,
and was bent over
and could in no way
raise herself up.
But when Jesus saw her,
He called her to Him
and said to her,
“Woman, you are loosed
from your infirmity.”
And He laid His hands on her,
and immediately
she was made straight,
and glorified God.
When our hearts move with God's heart
compassion rises to meet the need.
When Jesus saw her condition,
His heart felt the Fathers heart.
He called her over
and gently laid His hands on her.
Then He said,
“Dear woman, you are free.
I release you forever
from this crippling spirit.”
Instantly she stood straight
and tall and
overflowed with glorious
praise to God!
Binding should always go with loosing.
When we bind
we secure the enemy
with presure
so he can not move.
Then we loose
to obtain liberty
using God's Word.
so to understand it
binding is on the enemy
and loosing is to sustain victory
always looking to the Holy Spirit
for the revelation
pray like this:
In the mighty and precious
name of Jesus Christ
We take authority over you satan
binding all your works
your demonic spirits assigned
against God's Kingdom kids.
We loose every person,
let them go free in Jesus Christ name
we demand you cease all activity,
maneuvers against
any child of God
we are covered by
The Blood of Jesus,
the precious Lamb slain for us.
Holy Spirit reveal to us all
the enemies plans.
lead us Lord in this attack.
YOUR WILL BE DONE IN THIS.
We thank You Lord
That You are watching over
Your word to Perform it
and it will not return void
but accomplish that
which You have sent it to do
in the Name of Jesus.
5.Fasting
When we fast,
don’t look like those
who pretend to be spiritual.
They want everyone
to know they’re fasting,
so they appear
in public looking miserable,
gloomy, and disheveled.
They’ve already received
their reward in full.
When we fast,
don’t let it be obvious,
but instead, wash your face
and groom yourself
and realize that your Father
in the secret place
is the one who is watching
all that you do
in secret and will continue
to reward you openly.
Its important to check
our motives.
Is our hearts in tune
with the Holy Spirit
set on God's purpose?
Never fast to impress anyone
except God.
Luke 4:1,2
Then Jesus,
being filled with the Holy Spirit,
returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
being tempted for forty days
by the devil.
And in those days He ate nothing,
and afterward,
when they had ended,
He was hungry.
Fasting and Prayer together
make us more sensitive
spiritually to God's Word,
to hearing His voice.
causing us to have more power
in our lives
to combat the
forces of the enemy.
Acts 13:2
As they ministered to
the Lord and fasted,
the Holy Spirit said,
“Now separate to Me Barnabas
and Saul for the work
to which I have called them.”
Then, having fasted and prayed,
and laid hands on them,
they sent them away.
Isaiah 58:6-8
Is this not the fast
that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
Is it not to share
your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring
to your house
the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked,
that you cover him,
And not hide yourself
from your own flesh?
Then your light shall
break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall
spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness
shall go before you;
The glory of the Lord
shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call,
and the Lord will answer;
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
The Holy Spirit led Jesus
into the lonely wilderness
in order to reveal his strength
against the accuser
by going through
the ordeal of testing.
And after fasting for forty days,
Jesus was extremely
weak and famished.
Then the tempter came
to entice him to provide food
by doing a miracle.
So he said to Jesus,
“How can you possibly be
the Son of God
and go hungry?
Just order these stones
to be turned into
loaves of bread.”
He answered,
“The Scriptures say:
Bread alone will not satisfy,
but true life is
found in every word,
which constantly goes forth
from God’s mouth.”
Matthew 4:4
It is written,
Man shall not live
by bread alone,
but by every word
that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
We can see
that there is a spiritual
and physical discipline
given by fasting
when we look at
A prophetess named Anna
was also in the temple court that day.
While Simeon was prophesying
over Mary and Joseph
and the baby,
Anna walked up to them
after she had been
serving God
with night-and-day
prayer and fasting
and burst forth with
a great chorus of praise
to God for the child.
And from that day forward
she told everyone in Jerusalem
who was waiting
for their redemption
that the anticipated
Messiah had come!
Luke 2:36-38
Now there was one,
Anna, a prophetess,
the daughter of Phanuel,
of the tribe of Asher.
She was of a great age,
and had lived with a husband
seven years from her virginity;
and this woman was a widow
of about eighty-four years,
who did not depart from the temple,
but served God
with fastings and prayers
night and day.
And coming in that instant
she gave thanks to the Lord,
and spoke of Him
to all those who looked for
redemption in Jerusalem.
Fasting also produces
a passion to pray for
our country
our community
our church
and our family
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends
of the bridegroom
mourn as long as
the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom
will be taken away
from them,
and then they will fast.
Fasting ensures us of
strengthened spiritual prayer.
prayer that reaches
the throne room of God
breakthrough.
Acts 10:30,31
“Four days ago I was fasting
until this hour;
and at the ninth hour
I prayed in my house,
and behold
a man stood before me
in bright clothing,
and said, ‘Cornelius,
your prayer has been heard,
and your alms are
remembered in
the sight of God.
whenever we pray,
we should be alone with our Father
praying to Him in secret.
And our Father,
who sees all we do,
will overwhelmingly bless us.
Matthew 6:6
But you, when you pray,
go into your room,
and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father
who is in the secret place;
and your Father
who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
Nehemiah found great humility through
fasting and repentance
and Daniel received
revelations of God's way
and God's will for the future.
It also strengthens
us with authority
and power
in our prayer life
for Spiritual Warfare.
Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him,
“Away with you, Satan!
For it is written,
‘You shall worship
the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Then the devil left Him,
and behold,
angels came
and ministered to Him.
Never think that fasting
is a punishment
but more that it will
give us a better prospective,
a proper mentle attutude
view it as a way to
willingly get closer
to God diligently
by humbling ourselves.
Moving our heart closer
and closer to God,
and he will come
even closer to you.
But make sure we
cleanse ourselves
as we are all sinners
and keep our heart pure
and stop doubting.
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God
and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands,
you sinners;
and purify your hearts,
you double-minded.
Lament and mourn and weep!
Let your laughter be turned
to mourning and
your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves
in the sight of the Lord,
and He will lift you up.
As we fast we will notice
our spirit being more sensative
to the moves of the Holy Spirit.
spiritual gifts become
more accessable
an unction to funtion
and discern becomes hightened.
a keener prospective
of Gods word and
the depths of revelation.
Our prayer life will
become more focused.
At this point
its important to have
definite goals in mind
to bring our prayers
into an offensive.
Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
Our vision as intercessors
is to destroy strong hold
the enemy has erected
in the lives of those around us
If they are not living in
Love, Joy, Peace
patience, kindness, goodness
faithfulness, gentleness, self control
then there is a stronghold at work
which needs to be taken down.
There is a divine intervention
in heaven when we
begin to war on this earth.
There is three possible modes
a soldier can be in
when they go to war
defensive
detente
and desertion.
our goal is to see
the enemy flee so
we must be determined
to see them defeated
in our heart.
we must be comitted
at being in the offensive.
advancing and taking ground.
Our spiritual weapons
The Name of Jesus
The blood of Jesus
Our agreement with God
Binding and loosing
Fasting
Praise
Word and Testimony.
There are two spiritual
tools that go hand in hand
Obedience and Faith
in all cases it is rare
to find one without the other.
Faith in Gods provision
requires obedience
to His word.
Gods provision for us will work
when we apply faith
having faith in the weapons
God has provided for us.
Faith in
the Name of Jesus
The power of Jesus
Faith to know
that power exists in us,
dwells in us,
enpowers us.
The truth is
as we follow Him in faith,
believing in Him,
we will do the same
mighty miracles that He did
even greater miracles than these
because He goes to be
with The Father!
John 14:12-14
Most assuredly, I say to you,
he who believes in Me,
the works that I do
he will do also;
and greater works
than these he will do,
because I go to My Father.
And whatever
you ask in My name,
that I will do,
that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything
in My name,
I will do it.
Let the faith of God be in us
Listen to the truth
the Holy Spirit speaks to us
If we say to this mountain
with great faith and having no doubt,
Enemy or problem or sickness
be lifted up and
thrown into the midst of the sea,
and believes that
what we say will happen,
it will be done.
This is the reason He urges us to
boldly believe for whatever
we ask for in prayer
believe that we have
received it
and it will be ours.
Mark 11:22-24
So Jesus answered and said to them,
“Have faith in God.
For assuredly,
I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain,
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’
and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things
he says will be done,
he will have whatever he says.
Therefore I say to you,
whatever things you ask
when you pray,
believe that you receive them,
and you will have them.
One of our most important
training exercises
is declaring the victory we have,
decreeing the victory Christ has won.
Speaking The Word of God
loud and strong.
establishing strong
foundational faith thoughts.
The meditation we have done
can be used by the Holy Spirit
who will quicken to us
scripture for different stiuations.
We can demolish every
deceptive fantasy
that opposes God
and break through every
arrogant attitude that is raised up
in defiance of
the true knowledge of God.
We capture,
like prisoners of war,
every thought
and insist that it bow
in obedience to
the Anointed One.
Our attitude need to be
Faith, obedience and belief.
these are opposed to
fear, doubt and unbelief.
our objective then is to
Speak faith as a command.
Acts 16:18
And this she did for many days.
But Paul, greatly annoyed,
turned and said to the spirit,
“I command you in
the name of Jesus Christ
to come out of her.”
And he came out
that very hour.
At this point we can now see
that that there is a commitment
involve with obedience.
The Holy Spirit will
impress on us the need to
pray for people and
we may even sense
what they are going through.
Its important at this point
to understand that these
problems they are having
are not transfered to us
but we only sense as
The Holy Spirit shares
which gives us a greater insight
for what to pray.
This becomes more as
we commit ourselves
to God and draw closer.
we are chosen to withstand
the enemy and
aggressively oppose him
and all he stands for.
Hell hates it when we
go to prayer in this attitude
so he will try to stop us
by throwing diversions
in our path.
When we commit to prayer
we can be sure
his plans are foiled.
Revelations 12:10,11
Then I heard a
loud voice saying in heaven,
“Now salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of
His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brethren,
who accused them
before our God
day and night,
has been cast down.
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love
their lives to the death.
we conquered him
completely
through the blood of the Lamb
and the powerful
word of his testimony.
we triumphed because
we do not love and cling
to our own lives,
even when faced
against death.
Why, because we are hidden
with Christ in God
Our crucifixion with Christ
has severed the tie to this life,
and now our true life
is hidden away
in God in Christ.
Colossians 3:3
For you died,
and your life is
hidden with Christ in God.
As He laid down His life
we now must lay down our lives
interceeding for others
1 John 3:16
By this we know love,
because He laid down
His life for us.
And we also ought to
lay down our lives
for the brethren.
we were joined
with him in his death,
then we are joined
with him in his life!
we are joined
with him in his sufferings,
then we will reign
together with him
in his triumph.
2 Timothy 2:11-13
This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
Praying in The Spirit
This is our communication.
very much like having
a radio and talking to
base command
we use this mainly
in our devotions,
praise and worship.
When we speaks in tongues,
no one understands a word we say,
because we are not
speaking to others,
but to God
we is speaking
intimate mysteries in the Spirit.
sometimes we can find ourself
in a position of
not knowing what to do
or pray for.
This is when we
Pray in the Spirit.
by doing this we can
bring needs before the Lord
Our helper
The Holy Spirit
enables us to pray
the perfect will of God
The Holy Spirit uses us
like a conduit
praying through our spirit
our prayer language.
When we pray in the physical
we can be inflienced by
all earthly things.
Feelings, thoughts
desires, experiences,
understanding, will
and the enemies favorite,
distraction.
also if we dont know Gods word
very well, this will inflience
our physical prayers.
Our God gives us
a heavenly language
that superceeds
our mind, will and emotions
giving us an advantage
of no physical interruptions.
The Holy Spirit takes hold of us
in our human frailty
to empower us in our weakness.
For example,
at times we don’t even know
how to pray,
or know the best things to ask for.
But the Holy Spirit rises up
within us to
super-intercede
on our behalf,
pleading to God
with emotional sighs
too deep for words.
Romans 8:26,27
Likewise the Spirit
also helps in our weaknesses.
For we do not know
what we should pray for
as we ought,
but the Spirit Himself
makes intercession for us
with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
Now He who searches
the hearts knows what
the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession
for the saints according
to the will of God.
when we pray in tongues
Our spirit prays
but our mind is unfruitful.
this is not a bad thing
we just have no clear understanding
of what is being said.
Remember we are praying
the perfect will of God
when we do this.
Since we have this confidence,
we can also have great boldness
before Him,
for if we present any request
agreeable to His will,
He will hear us.
And if we know that He hears us
in whatever we ask,
we also know that
we have obtained
the requests we ask of Him.
The important point here is
we pray according to His will
If it dos'ent line up
with the word of God
we can expect not to receive.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive,
because you ask amiss,
that you may spend it
on your pleasures.
When we pray in the Spirit
we dont understand
but God does.
He supplies us causing us
to be built up.
as we pray He strengthens us
and encourages us
in our spiritual fight
we will constantly
and progressively
build ourselves up
on the foundation
of our most holy faith
by praying every
moment in the Spirit.
If we attach our hearts
to the love of God
and receive the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who gives us eternal life.
Jude 1:20,21
But you, beloved,
building yourselves up on
your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit,
keep yourselves
in the love of God,
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
As we press into God
The Holy Spirit will
prompt us at times
to be on alert
with opportune time
and strategies. our hand-to-hand fight
is not with human beings,
but with the highest principalities
and authorities
operating in rebellion
under the heavenly realms
hold this dark world in bondage.
So when we pray in the Spirit
we have the authority
of heaven behind it.
Embrace the power
of salvation’s full deliverance,
like a helmet to protect
our thoughts from lies.
And take the mighty
razor-sharp Spirit-sword
of the spoken Word of God.
Pray passionately in the Spirit,
as you constantly intercede
with every form of prayer
at all times.
Pray the blessings of God
upon all his believers.
Ephesians 6:18
praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end
with all perseverance
and supplication
for all the saints
James 5:16
Confess your trespasses
to one another,
and pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
The effective,
fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much.
Prayer in a conscious act
if we are praying in the spirit
or praying in our will,
we consciously detemine to do it.
so it is with faith.
When Peter walk on the water
his faith action
was to get out of the boat
he moved his feet on the water
in obedience to Jesus say come.
The miracle was faith in action
our miacle is speaking
a language we dont understand
we step out in faith and utter.
The Holy Spirit gives us
this utterence as we
step out of the boat.
The more we use it
the better it gets.
So here’s what we’ve concluded.
we will pray in the Spirit,
but we will also pray
with our mind engaged.
we will sing rapturous praises
in the Spirit,
but we will also sing
with our mind engaged.
The enemy knows that
The Holy Spirit will
point us at his weakest defence.
As we pray in the spirit
praising and worshiping
the Lord we can also
regain territory for
those who we are praying for.
Let us look at our weapons
1.Our authority in
The Name of Jesus
There are three areas
The Name of Jesus
has power over
Earth, Heaven and Hell.
our body is now
the sacred temple
of the Spirit of Holiness,
who lives in you?
You don’t belong to
yourself any longer,
for the gift of God,
the Holy Spirit,
lives inside your sanctuary.
1 Corinthian 6:19
Or do you not know that
your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit
who is in you,
whom you have from God,
and you are not your own?
We have the right
to take the Name of Jesus
and use it knowing
He is stand right here
with us in Glory.
Luke 10:19
Behold,
I give you the authority
to trample on serpents
and scorpions,
and over all the power of
the enemy,
and nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
We have been given
power and authority
over the power of the enemy
In the name of Jesus.
We can ask the Father in
His name
The Lord will do
whatever we ask Him
to do when we ask Him
in His Name.
And that is how the Son
will show what the Father
is really like and bring glory to Him.
Ask The Lord anything in His Name,
and He will do it for us.
John 14:13,14
And whatever you ask in My name,
that I will do,
that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything
in My name,
I will do it.
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and
given Him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow,
of those in heaven,
and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth,
and that every tongue
should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of
God the Father.
Everything that is in Heaven
on Earth or under Earth
has to bow at
The name of Jesus Christ.
God recognises His Name
everytime we use it.
The devil looses ground everytime
we use The Name of Jesus
Say the name of Jesus
By the authority
vested in us in
The Name of Jesus
we bind you satan,
we bind all principalities,
and come against powers,
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in
the heavenly places.
We break the powers
over this situation
We loose any stronghold
and destroy every evil work
or assignment
in the Name of Jesus
Father we ask
that Your will be done
which we praise You for.
In the Name of Jesus
and by Your authority
we declare it done
in the power of the
Holy Spirit.
Thankyou that the power
of the Holy Spirit
working in us
anoints us with His
Authority to use
The Name of Jesus
to defeat and destroy
The works of the devil.
As intercessors
we must use the authority
vested in the Name of Jesus
to put a stop on any
work of the devil
that is wreaking havoc
with God Kingdom saints.
We who join ourselves to the Lord
are mingled into one spirit with Him.
God will unveil within us
the unlimited riches of His glory
and favor until
supernatural strength floods
our innermost being with
His divine might
and explosive power.
as we constantly use our faith,
the life of Christ will be released
deep inside us,
and the resting place of
His love will become
the very source
and root of our life.
we will be empowered
to discover what every
holy one experiences
the great magnitude
of the astonishing love of Christ
in all its dimensions.
How deeply intimate
and far-reaching is His love!
How enduring and inclusive it is!
Endless love beyond measurement
that transcends our understanding
this extravagant love
pours into us until we are filled
to overflowing with the fullness of God!
Ephesians 6:16-19
that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with
might through His Spirit
in the inner man,
that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith;
that you,
being rooted
and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend
with all the saints
what is the width and length
and depth and height
to know the love of Christ
which passes knowledge;
that you may be filled
with all the fullness of God.
God raised Jesus to life!
And since God’s Spirit of
Resurrection lives in us,
He will also raise our dying body
to life by the same Spirit
that breathes life into us.
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him
who raised Jesus
from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ
from the dead will also give life
to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit
who dwells in you.
When Jesus asked Peter
who he thought he was
Peters reply united Them together
their relationship
became personal.
there was an acceptance.
This is our key
to use the name of Jesus
in a personal relationship
with Him
our time of fellowship
is vital and needs to be nutured
only then will we truely
understand to bring
Him Glory as we use His name.
Acts 3:1-8
Now Peter and John
went up together to the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And a certain man
lame from his mother's womb was carried,
whom they laid daily
at the gate of the temple
which is called Beautiful,
to ask alms from those
who entered the temple;
who, seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple,
asked for alms.
And fixing his eyes on him,
with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
So he gave them his attention,
expecting to receive
something from them.
Then Peter said,
“Silver and gold I do not have,
but what I do have I give you:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
rise up and walk.”
And he took him
by the right hand
and lifted him up,
and immediately his feet
and ankle bones received strength.
So he, leaping up,
stood and walked
and entered the temple with them
walking, leaping, and praising God.
Miracle signs
will accompany us as we believe:
we will drive out demons
in the power of Jesus name.
we will speak in tongues.
we will be supernaturally
protected from snakes
and from drinking
anything poisonous.
And we will lay hands
on the sick and heal them.
Mark 16:17,18
And these signs will
follow those who believe:
In My name
they will cast out demons;
they will speak with new tongues;
they will take up serpents;
and if they drink anything deadly,
it will by no means hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover.”
2. Our covering
The Blood of Jesus
.
But now the Anointed One Jesus
has become the King-Priest
of every wonderful thing that has come.
For He serves in a greater,
more perfect heavenly tabernacle
not made by men.
And He has entered once
and forever into
the Holiest Sanctuary of All,
not with the blood
of animal sacrifices,
but the sacred blood
of his own sacrifice.
And He alone has made
our salvation secure forever!
Under the old covenant
the blood of bulls, goats,
and the ashes of a heifer
were sprinkled on those
who were defiled
and effectively cleansed them
outwardly from their
ceremonial impurities.
Yet how much more will
the sacred blood of the Messiah
The Lamb of God
thoroughly cleanse our consciences!
For by the power
of the eternal Spirit
he has offered himself
to God as the perfect Sacrifice
that now frees us from
our dead works
to worship and
serve Our Living God.
Hebrews 9:12:14
It was symbolic for
the present time in which
both gifts and sacrifices are offered
which cannot make him
who performed the service perfect
in regard to the conscience
concerned only with foods and drinks,
various washings,
and fleshly ordinances imposed until
the time of reformation.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
But Christ came as High Priest
of the good things to come,
with the greater and more perfect tabernacle
not made with hands,
that is, not of this creation.
Not with the blood of goats and calves,
but with His own blood
He entered the Most Holy Place
once for all,
having obtained eternal redemption.
For if the blood of bulls and
goats and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
how much more shall
the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God,
cleanse your conscience from
dead works to serve
the living God?
Through the Blood of Christ
we receive Salvation,
we are birthed into His Kingdom.
Through the Blood of Christ
We have atonement,
are sins are blotted out.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are redeemed from the curse,
paid in full and purchased back to life.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are justified,
no longer guilty
acquited of all sin.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are made Righteous,
in right standing with
The Lord God, our Father.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are given santification
we draw our eternal salvation,
joined together with Christ
In Him we are given
wisdom, virtue
our holiness and
our redemption.
Through the Blood of Christ
our sin is cancelled out
never to be remembered.
Hebrews 9:22
And according to the law
almost all things are purified with blood,
and without shedding of blood
there is no remission.
Through the Blood of Christ
everything in God's provision
is given to us
we are reconciled
into God's Love.
Through the Blood of Christ
we have overcoming power
victorious power
our delegated authority.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love
their lives to the death.
Through the Blood of Christ
God provides deliverence
we are released from the powers
of darkness and brought into
His glorious light
Colossians 1:13
He has delivered us
from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of
the Son of His love,
Through the Blood of Christ
we have forgiveness
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
Through the Blood of Christ
we are cleansed from all sin
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light
as He is in the light,
we have fellowship
with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanses us
from all sin.
Through the Blood of Christ
we have a new covenant
Hebrews 10:9,10
then He said,
“Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.”
He takes away the first
that He may establish the second.
By that will we have been sanctified
through the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.
Hebrews 15-18
But the Holy Spirit
also witnesses to us;
for after He had said before,
“This is the covenant
that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their hearts,
and in their minds I will write them,”
then He adds,
“Their sins and their lawless deeds
I will remember no more.”
Now where there is remission of these,
there is no longer an offering for sin.
Our place is to remind the enemy
of what God has already done
completed and sealed.
we plead the Blood of Jesus
over us and all for protection
it is a doorway protection
in the spiritual.
we are in essence
wiping the entrance
with the blood of the lamb
so the enemy can not touch
what we have claimed.
death has lost its sting.
1 Corinthians 15:55-58
O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
The sting of death is sin,
and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The blood of Jesus
secures peace and victory
and is complete.
3.Agreeing with The Holy Spirit
Many time we will be called
to spiritual battles
by the Holy Spirit
It's in those times we
need to be in agreement
with another or in
one accord.
Acts 2:1
When the Day of Pentecost
had fully come,
they were all with
one accord
in one place.
Its important to have
a prayer partner
or partners.
when we are of the same spirit
in our prayers
it creates a strength
of spiritual power
increasing overcoming faith.
Allow the Holy Spirit
to choose for you
and dont look to the physical
in any choice of who
you prayer with.
one of the most important
things to remember
is that communication between
you and your prayer partner
has to be frequent and secure.
Another thing to do
is test for
purety, Holiness,
being above reproach.
look out for hidden agenders.
when we sense
all is good
do a final prayer asking for
God's blessing till you sense
He is pleased.
An eternal truth:
If two of us agree
to ask God for something
in a symphony of prayer,
Our heavenly Father
will do it for us.
For wherever two or three
come together in honor
of my name,
He is right there
with us.
Matthew 18:19,20
Again I say to you that if
two of you agree on earth
concerning anything
that they ask,
it will be done for them
by My Father in heaven.
For where two or three
are gathered together
in My name,
I am there
in the midst of them.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
Though one may be
overpowered by another,
two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord
is not quickly broken.
We need to pray in Gods will
and it will take time to
get into agreement
in harmony with
prayer partners.
its important to
stop imitating the ideals
and opinions of the culture
around us,
but be inwardly transformed
by the Holy Spirit
through a total reformation
of how we think.
This will empower us
to discern God’s will
as we live a beautiful life,
satisfying and perfect
in His eyes.
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed
to this world,
but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.
If our hearts are pure
and right
God's Grace will abound.
As we continue
we will learn to discern
our prayer partners heart
and the Holy Spirit
will lead us into all truth.
as we pray
be conscious not
to listen to bad reports
or wispers the enemy may
try to effect us with.
we must stand on what
God has told us
our sure footing
is on God Word.
if it lines up with
Gods word we are solid
overcoming and victorious.
Always start by
asking the Holy Spirit
to be present as we start to pray.
pray in one accord with Him
For and agreement.
4.The Locks of Heaven
Binding & Loosing
God will give us
the keys of heaven’s kingdom realm
to forbid on earth
that which is forbidden
in heaven,
and to release on earth
that which is released
in heaven.
Matthew 16:17-19
Jesus answered and said to him,
“Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you,
but My Father who is in heaven.
And I also say to you
that you are Peter,
and on this rock
I will build My church,
and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it.
And I will give you
the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
and whatever you bind
on earth
will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose
on earth
will be loosed in heaven.
Gods very thought here is
in a state of being
already bound
or already loosed
or to put it another way
when we bind on earth
it is already bound in heaven
and when we loose something
in this earth
it is already loosed in heaven.
Would we dare enter the house
of a mighty man
and steal his property?
First he (Satan the devil)
must be overpowered
and tied up by one
who is stronger than he(Jesus).
Then his entire house
can be plundered
and every possession stolen.
Luke 10:18,19
And He said to them,
“I saw Satan fall
like lightning from heaven.
Behold,
I give you the authority
to trample on
serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy,
and nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
1 John 3:8,9
He who sins is of the devil,
for the devil has sinned
from the beginning.
For this purpose
the Son of God
was manifested,
that He might destroy
the works of the devil.
Whoever has been born of God
does not sin,
for His seed remains in him;
and he cannot sin,
because he has been
born of God.
we must remember when using these keys
it always has to be about
Kingdom purposes.
Binding and loosing
is the confidence
and assurance we have
when we confess, decree or declare
of God's order and Governing Power
against the disorder
of sins power,
satans rule
over something.
Discernment is important
to identify
who the strongman is.
This can be asked of
The Holy Spirit.
Satan’s belongings are undisturbed
as he stands guard over
his fortress kingdom,
strong and fully armed
with an arsenal of many weapons.
But when one stronger
than he comes (Jesus)
to attack and overpower him,
the stronger one will empty
the arsenal in which he trusted.
The conqueror will ransack
his kingdom and
distribute all the spoils of victory.
This is a war
Luke 11:21-23
When a strong man,
fully armed,
guards his own palace,
his goods are in peace.
But when a stronger than he
comes upon him and
overcomes him,
he takes from him
all his armor in which he trusted,
and divides his spoils.
He who is not with Me
is against Me,
and he who does not gather
with Me scatters.
Our hand-to-hand combat
is not with human beings,
but with the highest principalities
and authorities
operating in rebellion
under the heavenly realms.
For they are a powerful class
of demon-gods
and evil spirits
that hold this dark
world in bondage.
Because of this,
we must wear all the armor
that God provides so
we’re protected as we confront
the slanderer,
for we are destined for all things
and will rise victorious.
This may even need fasting
Mattthew 17:14
And when they had
come to the multitude,
a man came to Him,
kneeling down to Him and saying,
“Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is an epileptic
and suffers severely;
for he often falls into the fire
and often into the water.
So I brought him to Your disciples,
but they could not cure him.”
Then Jesus answered and said,
“O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him here to Me.”
And Jesus rebuked the demon,
and it came out of him;
and the child was cured
from that very hour.
Then the disciples came to Jesus
privately and said,
“Why could we not cast it out?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Because of your unbelief;
for assuredly, I say to you,
if you have faith as a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move;
and nothing will be impossible for you.
However, this kind does not go out
except by prayer and fasting.”
We as believers
have the right to declare
authority to call down
or resist satan
and bind the strongman
In the Name of Jesus Christ
When we do this
it important to
assist each other in prayer
There is strength in numbers
understand more of
authority and the chain of command
of God's people.
never move without
the Holy Spirits authority
and direction.
Luke 13:11-13
And behold,
there was a woman
who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years,
and was bent over
and could in no way
raise herself up.
But when Jesus saw her,
He called her to Him
and said to her,
“Woman, you are loosed
from your infirmity.”
And He laid His hands on her,
and immediately
she was made straight,
and glorified God.
When our hearts move with God's heart
compassion rises to meet the need.
When Jesus saw her condition,
His heart felt the Fathers heart.
He called her over
and gently laid His hands on her.
Then He said,
“Dear woman, you are free.
I release you forever
from this crippling spirit.”
Instantly she stood straight
and tall and
overflowed with glorious
praise to God!
Binding should always go with loosing.
When we bind
we secure the enemy
with presure
so he can not move.
Then we loose
to obtain liberty
using God's Word.
so to understand it
binding is on the enemy
and loosing is to sustain victory
always looking to the Holy Spirit
for the revelation
pray like this:
In the mighty and precious
name of Jesus Christ
We take authority over you satan
binding all your works
your demonic spirits assigned
against God's Kingdom kids.
We loose every person,
let them go free in Jesus Christ name
we demand you cease all activity,
maneuvers against
any child of God
we are covered by
The Blood of Jesus,
the precious Lamb slain for us.
Holy Spirit reveal to us all
the enemies plans.
lead us Lord in this attack.
YOUR WILL BE DONE IN THIS.
We thank You Lord
That You are watching over
Your word to Perform it
and it will not return void
but accomplish that
which You have sent it to do
in the Name of Jesus.
5.Fasting
When we fast,
don’t look like those
who pretend to be spiritual.
They want everyone
to know they’re fasting,
so they appear
in public looking miserable,
gloomy, and disheveled.
They’ve already received
their reward in full.
When we fast,
don’t let it be obvious,
but instead, wash your face
and groom yourself
and realize that your Father
in the secret place
is the one who is watching
all that you do
in secret and will continue
to reward you openly.
Its important to check
our motives.
Is our hearts in tune
with the Holy Spirit
set on God's purpose?
Never fast to impress anyone
except God.
Luke 4:1,2
Then Jesus,
being filled with the Holy Spirit,
returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
being tempted for forty days
by the devil.
And in those days He ate nothing,
and afterward,
when they had ended,
He was hungry.
Fasting and Prayer together
make us more sensitive
spiritually to God's Word,
to hearing His voice.
causing us to have more power
in our lives
to combat the
forces of the enemy.
Acts 13:2
As they ministered to
the Lord and fasted,
the Holy Spirit said,
“Now separate to Me Barnabas
and Saul for the work
to which I have called them.”
Then, having fasted and prayed,
and laid hands on them,
they sent them away.
Isaiah 58:6-8
Is this not the fast
that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
Is it not to share
your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring
to your house
the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked,
that you cover him,
And not hide yourself
from your own flesh?
Then your light shall
break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall
spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness
shall go before you;
The glory of the Lord
shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call,
and the Lord will answer;
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
Into the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
The Holy Spirit led Jesus
into the lonely wilderness
in order to reveal his strength
against the accuser
by going through
the ordeal of testing.
And after fasting for forty days,
Jesus was extremely
weak and famished.
Then the tempter came
to entice him to provide food
by doing a miracle.
So he said to Jesus,
“How can you possibly be
the Son of God
and go hungry?
Just order these stones
to be turned into
loaves of bread.”
He answered,
“The Scriptures say:
Bread alone will not satisfy,
but true life is
found in every word,
which constantly goes forth
from God’s mouth.”
Matthew 4:4
It is written,
Man shall not live
by bread alone,
but by every word
that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
We can see
that there is a spiritual
and physical discipline
given by fasting
when we look at
A prophetess named Anna
was also in the temple court that day.
While Simeon was prophesying
over Mary and Joseph
and the baby,
Anna walked up to them
after she had been
serving God
with night-and-day
prayer and fasting
and burst forth with
a great chorus of praise
to God for the child.
And from that day forward
she told everyone in Jerusalem
who was waiting
for their redemption
that the anticipated
Messiah had come!
Luke 2:36-38
Now there was one,
Anna, a prophetess,
the daughter of Phanuel,
of the tribe of Asher.
She was of a great age,
and had lived with a husband
seven years from her virginity;
and this woman was a widow
of about eighty-four years,
who did not depart from the temple,
but served God
with fastings and prayers
night and day.
And coming in that instant
she gave thanks to the Lord,
and spoke of Him
to all those who looked for
redemption in Jerusalem.
Fasting also produces
a passion to pray for
our country
our community
our church
and our family
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends
of the bridegroom
mourn as long as
the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom
will be taken away
from them,
and then they will fast.
Fasting ensures us of
strengthened spiritual prayer.
prayer that reaches
the throne room of God
breakthrough.
Acts 10:30,31
“Four days ago I was fasting
until this hour;
and at the ninth hour
I prayed in my house,
and behold
a man stood before me
in bright clothing,
and said, ‘Cornelius,
your prayer has been heard,
and your alms are
remembered in
the sight of God.
whenever we pray,
we should be alone with our Father
praying to Him in secret.
And our Father,
who sees all we do,
will overwhelmingly bless us.
Matthew 6:6
But you, when you pray,
go into your room,
and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father
who is in the secret place;
and your Father
who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
Nehemiah found great humility through
fasting and repentance
and Daniel received
revelations of God's way
and God's will for the future.
It also strengthens
us with authority
and power
in our prayer life
for Spiritual Warfare.
Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him,
“Away with you, Satan!
For it is written,
‘You shall worship
the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Then the devil left Him,
and behold,
angels came
and ministered to Him.
Never think that fasting
is a punishment
but more that it will
give us a better prospective,
a proper mentle attutude
view it as a way to
willingly get closer
to God diligently
by humbling ourselves.
Moving our heart closer
and closer to God,
and he will come
even closer to you.
But make sure we
cleanse ourselves
as we are all sinners
and keep our heart pure
and stop doubting.
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God
and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands,
you sinners;
and purify your hearts,
you double-minded.
Lament and mourn and weep!
Let your laughter be turned
to mourning and
your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves
in the sight of the Lord,
and He will lift you up.
As we fast we will notice
our spirit being more sensative
to the moves of the Holy Spirit.
spiritual gifts become
more accessable
an unction to funtion
and discern becomes hightened.
a keener prospective
of Gods word and
the depths of revelation.
Our prayer life will
become more focused.
At this point
its important to have
definite goals in mind
to bring our prayers
into an offensive.
Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
