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KAMP JESUS In Depth Studies WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS & MORE All scriptures used are either in NKJV or NIV, unless otherwise stated, with emphasis added where necessary. PDF's may be downloaded for your use. Many of the articles are long. Take your time with your Bible and in prayer as you read and study them. WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS Being born-again gives you a new identity. Find out who you are and "who" you are hearing from, who God says you are and what belongs to you. HOW TO USE SCRIPTURE The Lord protects us and keeps us, and as we learn more of Him in scripture - we learn how to use it to keep us on track. THE ARMOR OF GOD & WARFARE Understanding the basics of spiritual warfare FAITH This is the foundation of how God works and how we are to work. Faith is everything when operating according to God's will. WHO IS GOD, HIS NAMES, HIS CHARACTER Intimacy with the Lord requires knowing "Who" He is. Allow the Lord to reveal His sweetness to you. CALLING We each have a calling, a gifting, a job. How to find out what it is; how to function in the different callings. Always keep God as your priority no matter what you do - He's the One who gave you the calling. FAMILY From parents, to spouse, to children: how to operate in this when our emotions are hugely affected. WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS Up 01. You are not your personality. You are who God says you are. 02. Spirit, Soul, or Body. 03. The Depth of the Crucifixion - It's more than we've known. 04. You ARE a Believer. 05. Judgment - Wrath versus The Day of Wrath 06. 5 Characteristics of the Born Again Spirit 07. How Great Is Your Jesus? 08. A New Race of Humanity 09. Advantage in Life God's Way WHO IS GOD, HIS NAMES, & HIS CHARACTER Up 01. God's Names Reveal His Character 02. God is Love & So Are You 03. The Depth of Communion 04. The Second Death & Great White Throne Judgment: It's more that you think. 05. Crowns - Awards for Running Our Race 06. Intimacy with the Lord 07. God has a Calling 08. How Great Is Your Jesus? 09. The Depth of the Crucifixion 10. Holy Spirit - Who He Is and How We Operate WITH Him. 11. El Shaddai - One of God's Covenant Names 12. . Understanding the Fear of the Lord HOW TO USE SCRIPTURE Up 01. Taking Scripture Personally 02. Prayer Basics 03. Foundation of Prayer 04. Guard Rails 05. Why Didn't My Prayer Get Answered? 06. Healing 07. Discernment 08. How to Use Confessions 09. How to Forgive 10. NOW! CALLING Up 01. What is Your Calling and How to Operate in it. 02. Being in Ministry, or Other Leadership Roles ARMOR OF GOD & WARFARE Up 01. Armor of God is the Armor of Light 02. What is Spiritual Warfare ? 03. Breaking Curses 04. Taking Authority 05. Cords 06. Prayers - from Nathan Reynolds website 07. Soul Ties 08. Authority in the Name of Jesus - how to take it. 09. Curses of a Nation 10. Battle of the Immortals & Knowing How to Use Your Authority! FAMILY Up 01. Believing for Your Family to Be Saved 02. Looking for a Spouse 03. Believing Stuff for Your Children 04. Believing for a Baby 05. Being a Parent 06. Marriage FAITH Up 01. The Basics of Faith - Faith is THE Substance 02. Whatever is not of Faith is Sin 03. Faith vs. Bullheadedness

What are spiritual cords, all relationships have cords, decisions have cords, decisions have reactions, repeating cycles, why do cycles repeat Cords - (yeah, it's a thing) Article below. For downloadable PDF click link below. PDF Cords Yeah, this is a thing. I know…who knew? Let’s take a look at what scripture has to say about it then how to tell if you are dealing with this and how to pray about these things. Proverbs 5:21-23 - “21 For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and He examines all your paths. 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast. 23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly” Hosea 11:4 - “I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.” Isaiah 5:18 - “Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,” Psalm 107:13-14 - “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. 14 He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.” Psalm 140:5 - “The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.” Job 30:11 - ESV “Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.” Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 - “6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, 7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” Hebrews 12:29 - “or our God is a consuming fire.” As you can see from the scriptures there are different types of cords. Some are good and some are bad. The two main types are cords of sin and traps or snares that have cords. Sin has cords. This is the most common one we have to deal with. Case in point, when there is recurring sin that you can’t seem to stop - a cycle that keeps repeating - it usually has a cord. It can also have a demon that is attached to you with that very same cord. Even if you’re repented of the sin, been studying scripture to change your thinking, but you still find the sin recurs. That is a cord. And cords can attach demons to a particular behavior. You know there’s a demon when you “can’t stop.” The other is a trap or snare. These are put in place by the devil. But he can’t place a trap unless we have created an opening or it is time for a test. Many times the openings come from our thought life. If we haven’t been taking our thoughts captive as 2 Corinthians 5:3-6 says, and mulling something over repeatedly the Lord may allow a test, or if we have started to speak what has been going on in our thoughts, then that creates an opening for the devil to throw something at us. There are also cords with relationships, whether it is a friendship, partnership in business, or romantic - all have cords. If the relationship was toxic, there were cords. If the relationship was romantic and is someone you just can’t “seem” to get over and you think of them a lot, may even have depression from it - there’s cords. All these things hang on with cords. Anything that is “plaguing” you is a cord. How to get rid of them: Ask for forgiveness of the sin and receive it. As Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 says, sever the cord(s) in Jesus Name, and loose all demons attached. Hebrews 12:29 - With the mighty fire of God Almighty, or sometimes I say the Fire of the Holy Spirit, I call the fire of God to burn up the cords and all residue of them. Like 1 Kings 18:30-39 says, His fire consumed the sacrifice with not only the animal but the wood, water, stones, and earth it was upon. There was nothing left! Ask the Lord to show you when your thoughts are going off track and take them captive in Jesus Name, cast them down, & replace with the Word of God regarding that matter.

Faith, Teaching, Wrong way to use faith, Proper way to use faith, Stubborness, Pride Faith vs. Bullheadedness Article below. Or downloadable PDF in link. PDF Faith vs. Bullheadedness 1 Corinthians 13:13 - “And now there remain faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.” If you were ever a part of the Word of Faith camp this will hit home for you. I know. I was. And I struggled at times because things weren’t working the way I thought they would from the Word of God. This had to do with being “bullheaded” and not listening to the promptings of the Lord Jesus. Rather sticking to my own ideas and thoughts , rather than the Lord’s. Definitions : 1. Faith: belief. 2. Bullheaded: stubborn, headstrong, obstinate, unreasonably stubborn. We can see from the definitions these two are very different from each other. In fact, being bullheaded is void of love. And when you are doing all you’re supposed to with Scripture, confessions, prayer, without love…It won’t work. God is love. And when we are not operating in love, we are not operating in God. Love is the root of all things with God! And if we aren’t operating in love, nothing will work. We can become obstinate when we want things to work out our way. But is your way what God wants? Two of the ways to test yourself about this check your “joy” level. No joy, then your off. (In His presence is fullness of joy.) The other is: Does whatever you’re standing on in Scripture only benefit you? Most likely it is void of love. Bottom Line: Are you staying pliable, sensitive to the Holy Spirit? Are you keeping a pliable hear to His promptings and doing what He gives you to do? Are spending time in the Word, praise, and in prayer with the Lord? Can you forgive those who have hurt you? Are you looking at our life through the lens of love? If the answer to any of the questions is “no” - then on purpose ask for forgiveness and ask the Lord to teach you what you need to know. Then act on whatever He gives you to do. Many times it is simply changing your attitude. Sometimes it’s changing how you see a situation. Always ask the Holy Spirit for help. He is our Helper. He will show you what needs to be done.

How to pray, How do I talk to God, How do I hear God, Can I hear God, What if I hear other voices Prayer Basics How to build your prayer life or add on to what you have. Article below or click link for downloadable PDF. PDF Prayer Basics How to build your prayer life or add on to what you have. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: How It Works Part Two: Types of Prayer Part One: How It Works I. Although I had been saved for many years I didn’t have a clue “how” to pray. No one taught it. I knew the Lord’s prayer and to pray in tongues but that was it. Truthfully, I didn’t even “get” the Lord’s prayer until recently. (I’ve been saved since I was 5 and 5 decades have since passed since the time of this writing.) I desired to be closer to God but had no clue how to do it. I didn’t know it was done through prayer. I also didn’t know there were different types and depths to each prayer. It is vast, deep, and wonderful! The basic daily prayer is simply spending time with the Lord in the Word and following His leading. (*See article on “Intimacy with the Lord”.) The base of all prayer is to pray to the Father in Jesus Name: John 16:23, 26; 14:13, 26; 15:16. I’m grateful to the Lord for bringing people across my path to teach me how to pray and spend time with God. I praise God for it! God wants closeness with you and it’s done in prayer. You are trusting Him and He is speaking with you and leading you for that day, and then you do what He gives you. Somedays He gives you the gentle nudge of what to do for that day, or even that week, or the situation you are concerned with; somedays He gives you His gentle peace in your heart, and even at times when everything is crazy around you He definitely instills peace. You know He has got you. Other times He moves BIG. He may show you a vision, or talk to you from within your inner man about a circumstance. God never speaks to you outside of your head! Just because you hear a distinct voice doesn’t mean it’s God. Test the spirits - all those that deny Jesus Christ is the Son of God and deny He came in the flesh are not of God. These voices come “outside” of your head. NOT from within your inner man. 1 John 4:1-6. The Holy Spirit is within you! In your heart. And when He speaks it always gives you “peace”. Peace is how you judge things - Colossians 3:15 Amplified, “And let the peace, soul harmony, which comes from Christ rule, act as umpire continually, in your hearts deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in the peaceful state to which as members of Christ’s one body you were also called to live. And be thankful, appreciative, giving praise to God always.” We are to judge what we are “getting” by whether or not we have peace about it in our inner man (John 14:26-27). If there’s “uncertainty” or something seems “off” like it doesn’t settle within you - stay away from it. Ask the Lord if you are to stay away from it entirely or do you have to shift how you handle it. He will reveal it. In my experience, most of the time it was to stay away from it completely. There have been occasions where He wanted me to handle it differently. The “sense” had a different “weight” to it. It was still an “unsettled” weight, I could tell something was “off” but it was of a lesser degree than something He wanted me to stay completely away from. He than revealed “how” I needed to operate - sometimes it was changing how I thought about the situation or needed to just let go of the way I thought about it. ALL PRAYER STARTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. BEGIN BY PRAYING A SCRIPTURE BACK TO GOD AND SEE HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS YOU. ACTS 10:44 - “WHILE PETER YET SPOKE THESE WORDS, THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON ALL OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD.” As you are speaking scripture you can hear the words coming out of your mouth. (Proverbs 4:20-27.) The Holy Spirit moves on the Word. Sometimes it’s not right away. He is waiting until your faith gets hooked up with what you speak from the the Word of God. He is often waiting to see what you will do. How will you respond? “1. Draw close to God and 2. He will draw close to you” - James 4:8. He is waiting to see what you do. He will move as you move, on purpose putting Him first. Follow what He tells you to do. It may be a gentle hunch; or a thought “comes up”; or whatever the insight, follow it out. If you don’t follow the Holy Spirit’s promptings you will, at first, get gentle “nudges” regarding it and if your keep ignoring it you will notice a “dryness”. Almost like a staleness in your prayer time and you can’t hear from Him. Go back to what He last told you. Repent for not doing it. Mean it. You don’t want anything getting in the way of your relationship with God. It is the most important thing to your life. And ask what He wants you to do. Sometimes the timing is now off and there’s nothing you can do. Sometimes you can. Whatever it is, do it. He has to be able to trust you; and trust you will do what you said about “following Him”, and that you will follow His leading. The Word is always your “guard rail”. Just like John 4:23-24 all of our time spent with God is to be done in Spirit (Holy Spirit) and Truth. As John 17:17 says, His Word is truth. So it is done by spending time with the Holy Spirit and the Word. Start by telling the Holy Spirit that He can have His way with you in prayer and then go to a scripture if there’s a scripture you have been thinking of, or ask Him where you should go to in the Word. Get quiet and wait for His prompting - it may be a “hunch” or you’ll hear His still, small, quiet voice from within you telling you where to go, or you may see the words from deep inside you that come up to your mind. Go there. Then speak that scripture out to the Lord as you read it, you can pray it back to Him if you are led to. If you are led to pray it, go as far as you can with what you know in that scripture giving Him thanks for it working in you and then other scriptures will start to “come up” from within you. THAT is the Holy Spirit bringing things to your remembrance (John 14:26-27), see where He takes you. Speak them out loud as they are coming up. He will bring words and phrases to you; you can sense “something” - unction - on a part of scripture, follow the unction; He will bring other scriptures to your remembrance; or remind you of a vision or dream He gave you; or remind you of something you saw, or someone you know, however He leads you, follow Him. If a person comes up, ask the Lord how to pray for that person. He may have you stand in faith for that person in their situation. Sometimes you may simply pray: “ (For this person) Your will be done for them in the Name of Jesus. Whatever You are praying for them Lord (Romans 8:27) I put my agreement with you.” You can intercede for someone without them even knowing. Someone I know calls this “sneaky prayer”. It’s a good thing. The Lord will have you pray about things for this person to help them and they never need to know! I know I’m hammering this again…use scripture as guard rails. You will know what is appropriate to pray for and what is not. Scripture will keep you on track. I say this because prayer is supernatural. Let’s be real about this…we don’t know how to operate supernaturally. We exist in the natural realm and God has placed a barrier between the natural and supernatural realm on purpose. That is a part of what the Word and the Holy Spirit are for. To keep us on track and not get off in the proverbial ditch somewhere. We can’t base our prayer on anything in this world: what we see, hear, smell, taste, touch, emotions (including pride- it is an emotion), and thinking. Prayer is not governed by them. In fact, emotions and our thinking (sometimes it shows up as “justifying”) will get you off in a ditch every time! I know…I have experienced this myself and it wasn’t good. I had my focus on something my thoughts told me rather than basing it on the Word of God, of which I knew what the Word said but I was still leaning to my thinking rather than the Word. This is always how believers get “off” track. Yes, God gave us our thinking mind and our emotions - our emotions will get stirred by Him but don’t base your prayers on emotions or on what you think - ever. God’s Word takes priority and He is always right, regardless of how you think or feel. If your getting moved by your emotions or your thinking, things will “feel” off, stuck, heavy, and you won’t have peace. You can tell that something isn’t right. Beware you don’t make an excuse for things being off. That is a means of “justifying” which is linked to the emotion of “pride”. It always goes off the rails. That is how to tell when you are going off on emotions or thoughts, thoughts or emotions. One is linked to the other. Thus, not following the Word and Holy Spirit. We all experience it but you have to know how to get out of it and back on track. Go back to the Word that you know. Sometimes it may be the simplest of things, like you know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and died for you and you’re saved. Maybe it’s a scripture you’ve been standing on, or one you have used for prayer, whatever it is keep speaking it out. Speak it out to stir up your faith. Speak in different rhythms. Like emphasizing the first word as you speak the scripture out. The second time repeating the same scripture, emphasize the second word; third time - third word, and so on. THIS will give you revelation - which means the Holy Spirit takes hold on that part of the Word and starts showing you things. You’ll be reminded of other scriptures, how it all fits together, and fits and cleans up your life. This starts the water of the Holy Spirit to deluge you from the dry spell of disobedience. It’s a wonderful way of getting back on track AND staying on track. We all make mistakes. No big deal. Forgive yourself. Learn from them. We operate in a physical world, we don’t know how to operate spiritually. You will make mistakes somewhere along the line. It’s okay to do that but don’t stay there. Allow the Holy Spirit to teach you. His is our Teacher and Comforter. That’s why we have the Holy Spirit and the Word to keep us on track in the realm of the Spirit. That’s what God’s Word is for, helping you to operate Spiritually in a physical world. The Spirit realm changes what is in the physical realm. In all things and in prayer, no matter the type, allow yourself to be led by the Holy Spirit and the Word. There is a “flow” back and forth in prayer: Spirit and Word; Word and Spirit; sometimes you are spending more time in the Word before the Holy Spirit grabs hold together with you - when He does flow, follow Him, do what He leads you to do. Go as far as you can, then when He “lifts” - the unction is gone - go back to scripture. This is the root of everything, of how to follow the Holy Spirit moves with the Word and it deepens your understanding and relationship with the Lord. Ephesians 4:17-24 (NKJV and NIV) So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do; in the futility of their thinking, they are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality (the fives sense realm) so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in Him in accordance with the Truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds. (Be renewed in the Spirit of your mind.) and put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. We see in this scripture that this is a choice we have to make once we are born again. Someone can still be born again and never do this. They are still saved but their life will be difficult because they won’t follow the Word and the Holy Spirit. We have to choose to put on the new self. We do this by making a commitment to the Lord and ourselves to do this, to follow the Holy Spirit and the Word, the Word and the Holy Spirit. Always flowing from one to the other. They are not separate. If you are noticing a separation, then something is off. Ask the Lord for correction. He will show you. * II. The Holy Spirit IS the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation Knowledge (Ephesians 1:17-18). You can’t be around Him, giving Him the priority and obeying His voice without having Wisdom and Revelation Knowledge. That is “Who” He is. He is power. He is love. He is life. He is water - the washing of water by the Word (Ephesians 5:26. (That’s why when we don’t do what the Lord says things feel stale and dry.) He is the Word. He is truth. He is IN you! Lean into Him to lead your prayer. Always. He will guide you. Yes, you have to learn how He flows. Sometimes He will do something for a while like nudging you to stay in scripture for a longer period with shorter times in actual prayer; then He changes it up and it’s longer times in prayer and shorter times in the Word. Sometimes He may have you do confessions (from the Word) as your prayer time after reading the Word. Although He shifts things He never goes contrary to the Word. Whatever He has you do is the season you are in. * III. Most of the time prayer is done alone but don’t neglect praying with the brethren. There are a great many things you can learn in group prayer, or it is often termed “corporate prayer”. There is greater power of God in manifestation, greater anointing, greater moves of the Spirit, thus greater revelation from God, and miracles as God deems necessary, along with the other gifts of the Holy Spirit in manifestation with corporate prayer: word of wisdom; word of knowledge; discerning of spirits; tongues and interpretation of tongues in a corporate setting; prophecy; and healing. * IV. Our God is powerful. It’s staggering to me that the God that controls everything, the universes, all matter, all creatures, it’s all His…He can reach out to us through His Word and through prayer. He wants intimacy with His kids. That’s us. Crave a closeness with Him. All parents want a closeness, a trust with their own children. It’s like any Godly parent who is teaching their child, they do not lie to them, and they would be very frustrated if their child does not believe them. Same with the Lord. We can believe Him. He can’t lie. What He speaks is truth. Trust goes both ways, on both sides: the parent and the child - the child trusts the parent and the parent has to know they can trust their child. That takes time at first. Another example to think about: a parent will not trust their two year old to drive a car. This shows there are stages of development. Don’t neglect the stage you are in. There are important lessons in each one. In Strong’s Concordance "prayer" is #4335 - PROSEUCHOMAI - “properly, to exchange, to wish, pray, literally to interact with the Lord by switching human wishes (ideas) for His wishes as He imparts faith.” With the proper definition in mind you can see that prayer is most likely different than what you had previously thought. In prayer we are interacting with the Lord. We exchange our ideas and thinking for the Lord’s thoughts and thinking. His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). What He says on the matter through His Word is His direction for us. We have to humble ourselves and let go of our pride and worldly way of thinking and think the way He thinks. He created everything, He knows how things truly work. And He gives us the faith to do it! He does this while He is showing us how to handle a particular situation and with what actions to take. Even if He gives you a vision, it will go with scripture. It always goes with scripture when He gives you things. He never leads or speaks apart from scripture. As you’re reading a particular scripture, a certain verse seems to “jump off the page.” This is the Holy Spirit highlighting something to you. It’s a scripture you get curious about or excited about. Write it down in your notebook. You may not get the answer right away but the Lord will show it in His time. All of this is the Holy Spirit helping you! He is the Teacher and this is one of the ways He teaches. Stay supple to Him, with Him, to His leading and promptings. And keep a prayer journal. Date each day, and put down the scripture the Lord gives you and what was revealed to you, and anything else for that time in prayer. It’s good to have it to look back on. * V. Devote yourselves to prayer… NIV Colossians 4:2; Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit…KJV Ephesians 6:20; …always wrestling in prayer. For you, that you may stand firm in all the will (Word) of God, mature and fully assured. Col.4:12. “Devote; praying always; always wrestling (with our flesh); standing firm in His Word”: this seems like an impossible task but it’s simple. It’s staying in an open conversation with the Lord all throughout your day, allowing Him to lead you in everything: driving to work - maybe He leads you to go a different way, could be because of traffic, or seeing someone you know and are to talk with, or avoid an accident, or simply enjoying the drive going in a different way; or going to the store - He may lead you to pick something up you didn’t know you needed, but you obeyed the unction and when you get home you find out it was something you needed; going to a coffee stand you don’t usually go to but again you see someone that the Lord is leading you to speak with. These are the types of things that will happen as you keep your “Spiritual antenna” up and be led by the Lord throughout your day. “Prayer” is simply conversation with the Lord all day and doing whatever He tells you to do. One last bit before we get into the different types of prayer: allow God to help change the way you do things. You do this by taking His revealed thoughts to you from His Word and make them your thoughts, and then follow them up with subsequent action. Don’t base anything on “how you feel.” You can’t trust feelings. But you can trust the Word. When a thought comes up that is contrary to His Word and what He has shown you, cast down that thought in Jesus Name and replace it with the scripture that speaks on that subject matter. As you are speaking with Him, you know He hears you because you are His sheep and you hear His voice (2 Corinthians 10:3-6; John 10:27; 1 John 5:14-15; John 9:31; 1 Peter 3:12). Yes, prayer is done by faith, like all things, to please God. We know what His Word says and we act on it, no matter what we “feel” like or what we “think.” As our Lord Jesus Christ said in the Garden of Gethsemane, “If it be Your will take this cup from Me. Nevertheless, not My will, but Yours be done.” As we submit our will, our “thinking and feelings” to God and His Word God imparts faith to us to accomplish what is needed. It is an “interaction.” He will let you know what He wants and then you are to follow it out. But it is up to you to allow Him to mold and shape you in your prayer time with Him. He gives you the faith, boldness, and strength to carry it out, just like He did with Jesus. God truly does love you and wants to help. Let the Helper help you. Part Two: Types of Prayer Basic prayer is conversation with God but there are particular types of prayer. It’s kinda like life. For specifics in prayer, like life, there are certain rules for things. Like opening a bank account - there is a way it has to be done, you have to bring in your ID, sign papers, deposit money. It is different than buying groceries - there is a particular way that is done. Or obtaining a drivers license. All have different protocols. Prayer is the same way. And like all things with God, no matter what it is, it all takes faith…which God has imparted to you! And faith comes from hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Yes, you already have faith but you have to build it up by spending time in the Word and then acting on it. This is how to activate it. We believe the Word and act on it. It’s that simple. These types of prayers help you on your journey with God and continue building and growing your relationship with Him. And there’s such a joy from the Lord as you are standing on His Word knowing it will come to pass just as He has said. And as you see your prayers answered it is exciting. For you are His sheep and you hear His voice! John 10:27. And whatever you ask in Jesus Name it is given to you (John 16:23). All types of prayer require faith. This means we believe His Word because God spoke it and He is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19). That’s what faith is and God put it in us. “Faith” means: believe. We all believe something. Including atheists. They believe there is no God (Romans 1:18-32). We use faith whether we know it or not. Everyone believes something. So faith, believing what God said, pleases God and when we approach His throne room in prayer, which is what we do when we close our eyes focused on Him, we do it with praise and thanksgiving from faith knowing we have our requests asked in Jesus Name (James 5:15-16; Hebrews 4:16; John 14:13-14, 15:23-24). All prayer is with the Holy Spirit’s leading - Romans 8:26. He will help you pray even when you don’t know what to pray. When you are praying using scripture the prayer doesn’t need to be long. It needs to be in faith on His Word. We don’t do the work. He does. We simply do the “believing”. God has already given the answer in His Word, and you are putting your agreement with Him. Now that’s a winning team! I view God as both my father and my best friend. He knows what is best for me. I would not have the same exact conversation with my father or best friend every day. I would instead have a variety of conversations - different lengths, different reasons for conversation, and more. Just keep in mind- God always knows best so His timing is best. Therefore the answer to your prayer is in His timing. * Here are the types of prayer. They are not in any special order. Use as seems appropriate. All prayer starts with a scripture - pray it back to God for the given circumstance then follow the type of prayer below. Agreement - Matthew 18:19-20. An agreement prayer is when two or more people pray together in agreement over a situation. When the Bible says, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” It is no joke. Mountains move when people come together in prayer. It is a prayer of faith, using the Word that you are agreeing on over a situation. It can also be done as a group petition prayer - corporate prayer. This is when people come together, agree on what they are asking God for from His Word, and then pray about the subject in agreement with the Word you are basing it on. Agreement prayers are powerful. You simply have to agree. That’s it. That is a powerful thing. When the brethren come together to pray for each other like James 5:14-16 and Acts 13:1-3, and Acts 2 were all powerful times of agreement prayers of the brethren. It’s interesting to think that our Lord Jesus was able to send His Holy Spirit down to earth after His resurrection, in Acts 2, because of their unity (agreement) in faith on the Words that Jesus spoke -“And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”” Acts 1:4-5. They were in unity, agreement in the upper room which I believe was necessary for the Holy Spirit to come upon all who were there. This was corporate. A group. Never happened before. Plus as people are in a group they can keep each other in check. Previously the Holy Spirit was on individuals in the Old Testament. This is what fellowship is for. Sometimes we need one another when things get tough or start to get weird. God is not weird, neither is His Holy Spirit. He is not the Holy Spirit of weirdness. He’s the Holy Spirit of POWER! Of Love. And of a Sound Mind. Even Jesus asked for His brethren Peter, James and John to pray with Him in Gethsemane. Jesus needed the prayer support. It is not a light matter. Know that when you are praying by yourself you can put your agreement with Jesus - He is ever making intercession for the saints and He is always leading us in triumph (Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 2:14). This is also agreement! You and Jesus, a winning team! 2. Faith - James 5:16 “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” “Fervent” means: mighty, effectual at work. We know our prayers are effectual and fervent. Don’t get stuck in wrote prayers. Be real with God. He will always lead you, and your prayer will “avail much.” And Mark 11:22-26 “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. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” The prayer of faith is using the Word and believing what it says over your situation and be sure you don’t have any unforgiveness. That easy. Technically, you don’t really have to pray, rather “say” to the situation. Speak to the situation what God has already said about it in His Word. And as often you think of the situation, speak the scripture you are using regarding it. That’s what is referred to as the “scripture you are standing on.” Since God has already said it in His Word so you don’t have to ask. for it. It is already given. Now simply speak to the situation in your life and be sure to watch your words after you’ve prayed, that you don’t contradict your prayer. That is being “double-minded” as James 1:5-8. If you notice you said or did something that was contradictory to what you prayed, ask for forgiveness and cancel those words out in Jesus Name, and restate the scripture your standing on over the situation. Keep speaking over the situation until the situation changes. And be sure you don’t have any u unforgiveness. God cannot answer your prayer as long as there is unforgiveness. Unforgiveness acts like a wall blocking the answer from manifesting. Remember Hebrews 11:1, 6 says - “Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance about what we do not see...And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” 3. Praise and Worship - Praise and Worship is some of the most powerful prayer when you dip into your Spirit by the Holy Spirit. Allow Him to lead you. John 4:23-24 “God is a Spirit, and those that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.” This means when you come to God do so in honesty of heart, praising Him with His Word that has “stood” out to you; and/or has come to pass for you. As He gives you thoughts that come up deep within you, speak them out as praise. There is usually a scripture He brings up and a memory of something…speak it out in Praise to the Father for bringing it to pass. At times Psalm 100 - “I will enter into His courts with thanksgiving, and I will enter into His courts with praise.” You can begin your prayer this way. With Praise and Worshiping the Father. There is no one like Him! And Hebrews 13:15 - “Through Him (Jesus) then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name.” Do a study on the Names of God. Worship Him with His amazing Names. Then see how the Holy Spirit directs you in this. Follow Him. Gifts of the Spirit will always flow when you pray this way. Don’t get “stuck” in emotionalism. That will ALWAYS get you off track. Keep the Word on the forefront of your mind and if things are getting off and weird, go back to that particular scripture and speak it out loud. Repeat it. Other scriptures may come up from within you, speak them out. This is the flow of the Holy Spirit and follow it, Him, as He leads you. Follow the Holy Spirit when you can sense His flow; then when it seems to get “dry” go back to scripture. As you speak those scriptures out the Holy Spirit will take hold together with you on those scriptures and then you’ll sense His flow again. He works like this, back and forth. Spirit and the Word, just like Scripture says. 4. Corporate Prayer - is known as praying together, like the prayer of agreement, or praise and worship. Can be done with 2 people or many more like an entire church. The flow of the Holy Spirit is different depending on the number of people. This is all over the Book of Acts where brethren got together for prayer. Read these to see what happens in corporate prayer: Acts 1:14; chapter 2; 4:23-31; 11:27-29; 12:5, 12-17; 13:1-4; 16:25-26, 21:4-14. It is group prayer in tongues like Acts 2 describes. Just in case someone was taught “this has passed away” - that phrase is not scriptural. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Besides all the above scripture and 1 Corinthians 14:18 (Paul was telling them how to hold a church service in chapters 12-14 and flowing with all the giftings of the Holy Spirit and not only emphasizing praying in tongues.) As with ALL prayer, you begin with a scripture. *For example: Whoever is leading the prayer read out loud Jude 20, Isaiah 28:11-12, with Romans 8:26-27 and Ephesians 1:17-23 - “Heavenly Father, we come to You today in the mighty Name of Jesus. We thank You for Your Word for Your Word is truth. As we are gathered together in unity to pray whatever you want us to pray in tongues corporately, we know as You have said in Jude 20 that this will build up our faith for what we are believing for in our personal lives by praying in tongues; and as Isaiah 28:11-12 that You have given us tongues for which You are to speak to this people and it’s a rest! We don’t struggle. We rely on You Holy Spirit. Have Your way. We simply open our mouths and release the Holy Spirit language that is within us in Jesus Name. We know as Romans 8 says that the Holy Spirit will only speak what the Father wants spoken, He quickens us as we pray, He bears witness that we are children of God, and the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness when we don’t know what to pray so we roll over our tongues to the Holy Spirit as He leads our mouths. Thank You Holy Spirit for making intercession for us according to the will of God. And we also are expecting Ephesians 1:17-23 for our eyes to be enlightened to what You want us to know. Giving us insight, wisdom and revelation knowledge in the knowledge of You!! We give You all the praise for it, in Jesus Name.” - The prayer leader and the corporate body begins in tongues and if the Holy Spirit is reminding you of other scriptures, pray them out loud, then when you go as far as you can in English, you start praying in tongues. Be cognizant of one another. Don’t ignore each other or “steam roller” over (“run over”) each other as you are praying together. Being “loud” is not better and can interfere with the move of the Holy Spirit. You can be just as effective if your more subdued. But there are times when the Holy Spirit may want you to do something in particular, like shout out a word like “NO!” And then words in English will start to flow out. Speak them as they come up. He usually gives a word at a time. A word. Then another word. Eventually a sentence will come out. Defer to one another. Meaning when you can tell the Holy Spirit is really moving on someone, pray quietly next to them. Hook up your Spirit with their Spirit intentionally. By choice. We each have a river of living water flowing inside each of us by the Holy Spirit. When you intentionally “hook up” with them, you are bringing your two rivers together into one. There is more power. More anointing. Follow the flow. You’ll notice the prayer becomes like a conversation. Agreement may come out of your mouth. Like you will respond to something he or she says, like “yes!” Or “that’s right.” You may even find yourself repeating words that they are speaking. Even in tongues. In general whether you are praying alone or corporately, slow down your enunciation. Words that come our of your mouth may be the same as the person you are listening to; or words that sound “odd” - write them down; words may come out in your birth language (if it’s other than English) or in another language you know. Write them down. You may be a person whom the Lord works through with visions. He may give you a vision as you are praying. Write it down. You may get scriptures with it. Whatever you get, even if it seems silly, write it down. One time when I was in corporate prayer, many years ago, with my church the words: “kitty, kitty, kitty” kept coming out. Then other people were getting it on occasion. (That’s corporate prayer.) None of us knew what it was about. Didn’t matter. We had all written it down. Then one day I was watching a documentary of something ( I won’t get into it all) but that word was used by the government to describe Iran. This made sense to me because the Lord aways brings up nations when I pray. It didn’t make a lot of sense to others because the Holy Spirit works differently with them. And there was another layer to it: “kiddie, kiddie, kiddie”. We all know what that means now. However the Holy Spirit works through you, you will find out as you pray in tongues. Some folks get things about people groups; others about states; others about individuals. How ever the Holy Spirit leads, follow. If you get a heavy unction with sobbing, follow it out, BUT don’t stay there! Keep going until you hit JOY! In His presence is fullness of Joy! Never stay in the heaviness and sadness. Yes, at times it’s appropriate because the Holy Spirit is grieved about a certain matter but He doesn't stay there and neither should you. It’s common in corporate settings for prophecy to come up. It may be spoken over the gathering of people praying, over your state, or nation. If someone is praying prophecy over you, keep in mind the source of where this is coming from. Is this person in tune with the Holy Spirit? Are they in God’s Word often? Is it a bold prayer, or does it line up with more of a “doctrine of men” type of preaching? If it doesn’t make sense to you - through it out. If :it’s important to you the Lord will bring it up again. This is where 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 is super important: “Do not quench the Spirit, Do not treat prophecies with contempt BUT test them all; hold on to what is good reject every king of evil.” Overall don’t lean to your own thinking. You have to dip into your inner man, into the Holy Spirit and follow His lead. He may have you do something that is not in your comfort zone, like hook up with another believer for a time in prayer. So important to keep Proverbs 3:5-6 in mind, “I trust in the Lord with all my heart and I lean not to my own understanding. In all my ways I acknowledge Him and He directs my paths.” Then when it seems like the unction has lifted on the corporate prayer and it gets quiet. Stay quiet. Sometimes the Lord likes this - “Be still and know that I am God.” When the time is right and you can tell that the prayer time is ended, everyone compare your notes with each other. We all see in part and know in part, so when we compare notes we get a bigger piece to the picture. If you have never prayed this way I encourage you to! There is nothing like it!! 5. Petition - A.) Petition prayer is when you ask God for something. Like the prayer of faith, you get a scripture that the Holy Spirit seems to be highlighting to you regarding your situation, and pray it back to God in faith, and believe you receive. Then praise Him for the answered prayer until it manifests. B.) There is another type of petition prayer. It is when you are not sure what the Word says about your situation OR you do know but you are struggling to get your will in alignment with God the Father’s - like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane asking for the Father to take this cup from Him…”nevertheless not My will but Yours be done.” We need to humble ourselves to the answer God gives us even when we don’t like it and be obedient to do what He says to do. C). There is another type of petition, it is Habakkuk 2:1-3 (NKJV and NIV) - “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, ’Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables (or upon a notepad), that he may run that reads it (a herald may run with it). For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry (linger), wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.’” If the Lord has given you a dream or vision of something, take that dream back to Him and pray over it, questioning what needs to be done with the information He has given you. There may be one of three ways He will have you pray: 1. to stop the dream or vision from coming to pass; or 2. He will have you pray to decrease the intensity of what you saw in the dream or the vision; or 3. He will have you pray in order to prepare people for what is coming. With this last one He may give you additional information about it. With dreams and visions, most of the time the person will have the interpretation right away but sometimes they don’t and need to ask the Lord for interpretation. He knows what it means and will tell you in the right time, it His timing anyway. Sometimes it’s not right away. Sometimes it may be a while. Other times if you are in corporate prayer the Holy Spirit may remind you of it - mention it at the appropriate time because we all have slightly different anointings and someone may have the interpretation of it. Or several people may have different parts the Lord will give them to interpret. 6. Deliverance - This may be done for yourself or someone else. Simply understanding your Authority in Christ Jesus and knowing what He did at the cross takes care of any mess the devil tries to throw at you (Luke 10:17-19; Genesis 1:26-28; Colossians 2:13-15; Ephesians 1:20-23; 1 Corinthians 2:5-8). Yes, there are specifics: 1. What “doorway” did you open to allow the demon access; Is it a family curse (shows up as cycles that keep repeating in your life); Is there unrepented sin; Is there unforgiveness; is it a curse that came from an item you bought or received from someone (yes, Romans 8:2 but if there is unrepented sin the curse has access). Whatever the doorway is, close it, in Jesus Name, and get rid of the item if it’s attached to an item in your possession. It may be from a movie you saw, or music you listened to, or a book you read. Whatever the doorway, repent of opening it and close it in the Name of Jesus; then loose all demons that entered through it in Jesus Name; then cast them out/off of you in Jesus Name, AND very important: cut all cords to the sin (Isaiah 5:18; 5:21-23). (Yes, being born again you can have a demon in your flesh. It’s not saved. Your Spirit is. And the demon can dwell in your flesh. Depending on the situation it can be in your body, in your thinking, tied up in your emotions. Especially if it’s a driving force and you can’t control the situation like addictions (demon of addiction, linked to unforgiveness and sometimes to a family curse) - that is telling you it’s demonic. The devil forces. And he has come to steal, kill, and destroy. You can always tell by what is showing up in your life. 1. Repent of the sin, whether it’s from you or generational family curse; 2. Cut all cords to the sin; 3. Loose and cast out and off all demons; 4. All done in Jesus Name, the Name ABOVE all names, and receive your deliverance in Jesus Name. *Don’t get caught up in this. People have become heavily involved in this, even as a ministry and yet, it’s not an official ministry from the Word (Ephesians 4:11-12 ”—apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the saints (maturing) for the the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ.” And 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 doesn't say anything about deliverance as a ministry. Yes, deliverance is a part of the basic ministries of Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 12, but it is not a stand alone ministry. I am saying this because many of the brethren have gotten hurt. Some, severely. There can be many reasons why. You have to know that you know your Authority that was given to you by Jesus Christ and you are coming from a place of victory because the devil is under your feet (1 John 4:4; Ephesians 1:20-23). REMEMBER: don’t make the devil out to be bigger than God. Never will be. Never was. Ain’t going to happen. He is under God’s feet. God has already defeated Him so don’t put up with any of his mess. Many believers are too focused on his shenanigans rather than on God. If that’s you, change your focus. Put your focus on Jesus - like Peter on the water- Peter got his eyes off Jesus and on his circumstances and that’s why he began to sink…he wasn’t really walking on the water per se…Peter was walking on the Word - Jesus said, “Come” - That’s what Peter walked on. The Word and eyes on Jesus! 7. Intercession - Intercessory prayer means praying on behalf of someone (1 Kings 13:6; Isaiah 59:15-16). This type of prayer is powerful because you are praying in behalf of someone and petitioning God for them. It may start in English praying a specific scripture for their circumstance, then you may roll it over into tongues to see where the Holy Spirit leads. Follow the Holy Spirit. You may simply get “peace” about the situation; or He may have you pray a scripture over them and receive it for them. Sometimes He may have you pray in tongues over the person for a while. Maybe even several months. Whatever it is, do it. Tremendous power is made available through the Holy Spirit to change things that may not happen any other way. 8. News prayers - This one may sound odd but there is a point. It’s a type of intercessory prayer. Again, if the Holy Spirit leads you to do this. You can look at your news feed or something that you saw during the day - something that “strikes you” or maybe it just bugs you, take it to the Lord in prayer. Ask Him about situation. You are interceding on behalf of the situation and people involved. You may be praying for an industry - like the medical industry; or space industry; or other businesses; or maybe for the dealings of countries with a war; or individuals in a circumstance that was reported like a building that blew up or a tornado. Whatever it is see the Holy Spirit leads you. He will bring up things regarding the situation to you. He may have you stand on certain scriptures to pray in behalf of the situation and people. Sometimes it can be intense. Nevertheless, always go until you hit victory. Joy. Even if it’s “on purpose” because you are praying from faith that He has the situation in hand. 9. Tongues - (See “Corporate Prayer" also.) In your private prayer time when you are by yourself it is a good idea to pray in tongues. At the very least because of what Jude 20 says, “But you, beloved, build up yourself in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.” Sometimes you simply need a Spiritual vitamin shot! It builds you up. If you're feeling worn down, it’s a good thing to do. As with all prayer, begin with scripture. I like Jude 20 and Isaiah 28:11-12. Speak them back to the Father in Jesus Name expecting to be built up in faith and having rest (meaning “don’t struggle”. You can’t do anything anyway - just open your mouth in tongues). Pray in tongues for as long as you are led to or have time to. Then when you end the prayer, thank the Lord for the answered prayer. You don’t have to know what you prayed. After all Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14:14 that when you pray in tongues your mind is unfruitful. Since we know our minds are unfruitful we can then keep our minds focused on scripture while tongues is coming out. Then listen to the sounds of the words coming out of your mouth. Slow down the words. Write down any that capture your attention. Especially a word or words that repeat. I find that if I do an internet search of those words that they mean something very specific. You’ll figure out the spelling, follow the unction of the Holy Spirit. What “seems” right. You will eventually learn “how” the Lord has you pray. For me, I pray for nations, sometimes political things that are going on; someone I know prays for the lost; another prays for Israel. Whatever it is, that is what you are called to do. Just follow the Holy Spirit. Sometimes words in English will come out, sometimes prophetic - depending on how someone grew up or what you have been exposed to, this type of prayer is sometimes misinterpreted, misused, or misunderstood. Whatever comes out, write down what you get. If you don’t remember that’s fine. Simply trust the Lord. He will do what needs to be done. There are some people that I know that when they pray in tongues they get “down loads” of teachings the Lord is giving to them, to the Body of Christ. There is no private interpretation of scripture (2 Peter 1:20-21). There are all sorts of things the Lord can do through tongues. All we have to do is let Him. And they are all important because the devil doesn’t know what you are saying and you are putting God’s Word into the atmosphere to bring to pass whatever He needs. A note on prophetic prayer : this simply tuning into the Holy Spirit at a particular moment in time and then giving it a voice and action but it is only when you are truly tuning in to the Holy Spirit and what God wants said or done and speaking it out loud. Notice in 1 Corinthians 12 it is a “word” of wisdom and a “word” of knowledge. It often starts that you get a single English word. Speak it. It will probably repeat. If it does, ask the Lord out loud what the word means. He will begin to show you with either a “knowing” in your Spirit, or remind of you of a scripture, or show you a vision, or prophecy will start flowing out of your mouth. Of course, this can be misused. You have to be “knuckling down” in your Spirit to get out what He wants said and not what you want. You won’t remember most of it. Guaranteed. Whatever you do remember, write it down. If the Lord wants you to remember, He will bring it to your remembrance (John 14:26). Since we are human and we are prone to sin, many times people try to pray prophetic prayers over what they want, or what they believe a person wants, instead of what God is telling them to say or do. You can tell by the “feel” of it (I hate using that word: “feel” but you get my point.) Something is “off.” Stop. Go back to the scripture you are standing on for this time of prayer, repent, and ask the Holy Spirit to instruct you. Be teachable. Find the way God wants to handle it rather than your own ideas. It’s about submitting your thoughts to His. There is one more element to praying in tongues : if you are obedient to moving as the Lord leads you. There can be a time, it’s a little hard to describe it properly but you will understand my meaning, where you are “unsettled”. It can be as if your “on edge”. Something is “not right”. You may even sense a “heat” coming from within your very depths. You have been following His leading. Reading the Word and praying. And yet there is this “unsettled-ness” or “uneasy” within you. This means the Holy Spirit is putting a “burden of prayer” upon you. Get alone and pray in tongues!!! Remember Romans 8:26 “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” Trust the Holy Spirit’s leading and just let the tongues flow! Sometimes it may be for 10 minutes, sometimes it may be for a few hours. Keep at it until the burden lifts. You’ll be left with peace or laughter in the the Holy Spirit (anytime praying in tongues, pray until you hit “peace” or laughter, sometimes the Holy Spirit will really put a laughing bit on ya! Go with Him! It removes “junk” that may have been sitting on you). Times like this are crucial. There is something urgent the Lord wants prayed over. The Holy Spirit will reveal some aspect of what you are praying over. You may not know the whole thing because He doesn’t reveal it entirely. But you will get the idea of what you are praying over. Simply follow His lead. When I have experienced this, and it’s only been a few times that it’s happened in my life, each time I was praying for a person who was in danger. One time, I knew the person, and praise God nothing ever happened to them because the apparent prayer enabled the event to be stopped. Thank You Jesus for making tremendous power available! On another occasion, the event happened. I didn’t understand at the time and was deeply concerned about it. In time the Lord showed me that there are three reasons why He has us pray. When the Lord gives you things, whether it’s in prayer, dream, or vision, there are one of three ways to pray about it: 1. To stop the event; 2. Decrease how serious the event will be; 3. Can’t stop the event nor can it be decreased but you can prepare the person(s) heart(s) for it. Whatever it is pray over it. The Lord has it worked out with how He wants it handled and He is leading you to do it. How amazing is it that the Lord is including us in these types of things! Yes, it is a type of intercession and it’s the Lord doing it in another way. 10. Confession - A confession prayer is taking something from the Word of God and putting yourself in that scripture changing pronouns and word to make it personal and speaking it out over your life. For example: 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (creation): old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself in Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing (not counting people’s sins against them) their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word (the message) of reconciliation.” Now, take that word and put yourself in it by changing a few of the words to make it personal. Then speak it out to the Lord over yourself and your life: “Therefore, since I am in Christ, I am a new creature: old things have gone away and all things have become new, and all things are of God in me, Who has reconciled me to His very self, hallelujah! And all these things are of God - He has reconciled me to Himself by Christ Jesus and has given me the ministry of reconciliation not counting my sins against me and has committed unto me the Word of reconciliation. Thank You Jesus for Your astounding love for me!” 11. Guidance - A guidance prayer is type of prayer that asks God for both wisdom and direction. This is based on James 1:5 and Ephesians 1:17-18. If we seek God for both of them, not separate from each other, we can use His Word and His direction to make sure we are walking the righteous path to do His will. This is a prayer of faith. Simply speak the scripture in James and/or Ephesians and thank the Lord for giving it to you. Then wait quietly. He may tell you right then, or He may take a while. Stay in expectancy. He will show you. 12. The Lord’s Prayer - For me this was hard to fully understand because in my youth I was raised Catholic. So it didn't "mean anything" - it was something you said to appease the priests or nuns. But I have since studied it and it is helpful in learning the proper things to pray for when you are new to prayer or don't know what to pray. The Lord’s Prayer is an example of prayer that was prayed by Jesus in Matthew 6:9. I like it in The Scripture translation of the Bible (it's a word for word translation. It is below). In this prayer, Jesus gives specific step-by-step guidance on how we can talk to God. This doesn’t mean this is the only way we pray, but if you are wondering what type of prayer is best for you, this is a great place to start. Sometimes when you don’t know what to pray, go to this prayer. It starts with worship: “Hallowed by Your Name.” Because holy is the Name of the Father (*See study on the Names of the Father). His Kingdom HAS come on earth and remind the enemy of this, pray that His will be done (for the situation) on earth as His will is of course done in heaven. Ask that He give you direction in His Word (Jesus is the Bread of Life, Jesus is the Word) as well as food for the day; and ask for the Lord to forgive you of your sins and you forgive those who have done wrong against you; and ask that He not lead into trial, meaning not test you but deliver you from the evil one. For His is the Kingdom, the Power, and Glory, Forever!!. Matthew 6:9-13 "This, then, is the way you should pray: 'Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your Name be set-apart, 10. let Your reign come, let Your desire be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11. Give us today our daily bread. 12. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13. And do not lead us into trial, but deliver us from the wicked one - because Yours is the reign and the power and the esteem, forever. Amen.' 13. Praying the Bible - (*See “Foundation of Prayer” article.) Where there is God’s word, there is an ability to turn it into a prayer. I like using as a foundation all the prayers in the Epistles. These cover everything. But you can use any scripture, Old Testament or New. 14. Dedication - A dedication prayer is to dedicate a specific thing to God. Most often when we pray a dedication prayer, we are praying our dedication to God. A dedication prayer is a type of prayer that enables me to get back into focus and truly give it all to God. As John 3:30 says, “He must increase but I must decrease.” There have been times I haven’t kept on track and realize I haven’t spent my usual time with the Lord in prayer, or didn’t do what I said I would do (dedication) of praying if He wakes me up in the middle of the night. I got lazy and wanted to sleep. I had to repent. Then I asked Him what He wanted me to do. Rather than what I thought. Always ask the Lord if He wants you to make that dedication. It may be something that you think is important but God doesn’t. 15. Blessing - A blessing prayer is to ask for God’s favor, or blessing, over a specific part of your life or someone else’s life. A popular blessing prayer from the Bible is from Numbers 6:24-26: “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” When we ask God to bless a specific part of our lives or upon someone else, may we remember that we do it to further enhance His kingdom, not our kingdom on Earth. Take a look at Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12 and Proverbs 11:25. And another part is when you are visiting someone you can pronounce a blessing upon there home Matthew 10:12-13. There's also another blessing prayer in the Book of Jubilees. It was prayed by Abraham's father over him, Jubilees 12:29 - "Deliver him (me) from the hands of evil spirits who have sway over men's hearts. And let them not lead him (me) astray from You (Father God) And I pray that he (I) does not walk in the deceitfulness of his (my) heart, (in Jesus' Name)." 16. Breath prayers and Emphasis prayers - A breath prayer is a type of prayer that breaks down a Bible verse into breaths. It can help us when we are frazzled or stressed to bring it back to God and rely on God’s inner peace rather than our own. For example, Psalm 23: [Breathe in.] The Lord is my shepherd; [Breathe out] I shall not want. etc. Doing this with a short Bible verse can help us re-orient ourselves to the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and Savior when our emotions and/or our thoughts try to beat us (2 Peter 3:18.). Emphasis prayers - similar to the breath prayers, these re-orient ourselves and connect us directly to the Holy Spirit. Like the breath prayers, this is good to do with short verses because you will speak out the entire verse each time. Take the first word of the scripture and emphasize it on the first speaking of it. Then take the second word and repeat…etc. For example, (part) 1 John 1:5: (word in Bold is emphasized) GOD is light and in Him is no darkness at all. God IS light and in Him is no darkness at all. God is LIGHT and in Him is no darkness at all. God is light AND in Him is no darkness at all. God is light and IN Him is no darkness at all. God is light and in HIM is no darkness at all. God is light and in Him IS no darkness at all. God is light and in Him is NO darkness at all. God is light and in Him is no DARKNESS at all. God is light and in Him is no darkness AT all. God is light and in Him is no darkness at ALL. This can be done with any verse of scripture and restores you with the fire of God and His revelation about that verse. 17. Listening - This is something I saw someone post that I liked. I do this in my prayer time but I never gave it a name. It simply was my quiet time with God. What the woman said who posted this was: “It may be my favorite (prayer) because I avoided it for so long. For so much of my life, I constantly prayed to God like a genie and forgot to actually listen for His responses.” For me, this is all part of “Be still and know that I am God” - Psalm 46:10. Prayer is a conversation. Not just “you” talking. Listen to what He has to say. As always follow the peace in your heart - Colossians 3:15. “No peace” - stay away from it. “Peace”- then your good to go. Another note from the woman who has written about this: “I was praying over a tough situation for months one time, not knowing which decision to make. Finally, I felt a nudge from God that said, Hey, would you like my opinion? (God probably isn’t sarcastic like I am, but that is what the nudge felt like to me.) So I stopped and tried my best to still my mind. Every time I would lose focus, I would pray a breath prayer and redirect myself. It turns out that God didn’t want me to make a decision yet. I felt peace after listening to God. More than anything, I encourage listening prayers to be just as often as all the other types of prayer combined.” I concur about listening for what the Lord has to say, and not making a move until you know. I listen to God every time I pray. I ask the Lord how He wants me to pray. It may be different than what my thinking is or my understanding. He knows what’s best and He will direct your steps if you allow Him to. Conclusion Prayer is a constant, ever-evolving relationship with God. Like any relationship. Just because you can’t see Him doesn’t mean it’s not happening. You will find it is more real that any relationship you could ever have. Some of these ways of praying may feel weird and awkward at first, but sometimes it takes a bit of awkwardness to break through. Trust Him. As you use these new ways of being closer to God you will learn how to follow Him. If you want to see results in your prayer life, changing the way you pray can be a huge help. Just as you would not expect to see results in your physical fitness if you never changed your workout routine, you will not see results in your prayer life if you never change your prayer routine. There’s a phrase: “You are where you are because of the things you’ve done.” So change it up. Find a new way to connect with God and step out of your “comfort zone.” You’ll never be the same.

faith, for children, protect my children, keep them from harm, What does God say about my children Believing Stuff for Your Children Article below. For downloadable PDF click link. PDF Believing Stuff for Your Children As a parent it’s your responsibility to pray for your children. But what do you pray? The Lord understands the yearnings of your heart for your children. He is there and knows exactly what your child needs even if you don’t. As stated in other articles, God can’t lie - Numbers 23:19 - what He has said is a guarantee. Yet it is difficult when our emotions are so involved. Don’t lean to your emotions. They cause the worst trouble. Instead lean into the Word of God and His promises for your children. There are two parts of “what” to be aware of with your children: 1. praying the promises of God as a means of rejoicing, not asking. Because it’s already given; 2. Is knowing when the Holy Spirit is giving you a warning for your kids. We will get into both. They are vital to know. 1. Praying in thanksgiving the promises of God for your children When you pray a scripture regarding your child, make it “yours.” Put your child’s name in the scripture. Let the Lord speak to you through that scripture. He will show you insights. They may come up as “thoughts”. He may “show” you something specific. Whatever He shows, hold on to it. If you have questions, ask Him. He will reveal it. Sometimes right aways. Sometimes not, it may take a while until you get it. Either way, trust Him. Realize that your child/children are God’s children first! He gave them to you. You are to be their “steward”. To train them in the things of God, teach them to obey God, teach them a relationship with God. Children copy their parents. That’s how it goes. So when your relationship and life is strong with God, theirs will be also. Including when they rebel. “Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is older he shall not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6. As long as you did what you are supposed to do they will turn around. If you didn’t for whatever the reason, maybe you hadn’t received Jesus yet, or maybe you simply didn’t know - TRUST GOD! They are HIS kids first! Pray these prayers over them. It will change things! I will place 4 scriptures with a prayer using the scripture. You’ll get the idea. Subsequent scriptures are listed without the prayer and you can add a prayer as you’re using the previous examples. Romans 12:2 - “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” “Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I pray for my son/daughter. Lord Jesus, help him/her not to be conformed to this world, to his/her friends and going with the crowd and their ungodly notions. Cause him/her to lean in to You. To trust You in every situation - especially when he/she won’t tell me. That’s normal. But he/she can talk with You. Lead him/her. Talk them through each situation. And I thank You for it, in Jesus Name.” Psalms 103:17-18 - “…The Lord’s love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness with their children’s children—18 with those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.” “Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I want to thank You that Your love is to (child’s name). You love him/her even more than I do. I thank You that You watch over them and that Your righteousness is with him/her. Lord Jesus, lead him/her in everything. If he/she is not listening to You, Holy Spirit lean on him/her, convict them if what (they) are doing is not right. Show them the way out. I thank You for taking care of (name). He/she is yours first. I am his/her steward. Show me what else I need to do to help in the situation. And I give You all the praise and glory for it, in Jesus Name.” Ephesians 1:17-23 and 3:14-21 - “17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people, 19 and His incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills everything in every way.” And “14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from Whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its Name. 16 I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” “Father God, I ask You and thank You for giving (name) Your wisdom and revelation knowledge and that (his/her) eyes are enlightened to Who you are and (his/her) place within in You! That they fall in love with YOU! And know what Your calling is for them. And that (he/she) knows, that (he/she) knows, that (he/she) knows what YOUR inheritance is, that is in (him/her) and what is YOUR amazing power that is IN (him/her) because they believe in You. I pray Father God that You show (him/her) how bid You are and how powerful You are and that You are within them! This is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead!! That (he/she) knows that the very same power of You is IN them! And that (he/she) knows this power is in all of the Body of Christ of which (he/she) is a part of and fill it up with Your glorious Self! I thank You Father God that we have Your Name! The Name of Jesus is Your Name and we have it to. It’s not something we only say. It’s part of “Who” we are in Christ Jesus and I thank You for revealing this to my kid(s). I pray Father God that You strengthen them with Your might in their inner man, the Holy Spirit Power in their inner being, so that the fullness of the Anointing - the Holy Spirit - can display Himself through (him/her), in Jesus Name, because (he/she) knows that You are there! I pray and I thank You for it that (he/she) is ROOTED and grounded in Your love and Your love passes Your knowledge to (him/her), and that (he/she) is filled with ALL the knowledge and fullness of You. Now I give YOU all the glory for this because I know that You do even more than what I ask or think according to Your Power that is at work within me and within (name).” Psalm 127:2 - “"It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sweet sleep." “Father, it says in Your Word, that You give Your beloved sweet sleep. So in the Name of Jesus, I pray that You give (name) sweet undisturbed sleep. I loose all the fiery darts and arrows the enemy has thrown at them during the day (Ephesians 6:16). Holy Spirit, I ask You to cleanse all the residue from those darts and arrows from their bodies and seal my girls in the Blood of Jesus. I ask that You loose all the attacks from the enemy not only in (his/her) bodies but their souls: our mind, will and emotions; purging all the areas in us that have been affected by these attacks. I ask that You seal our bodies and souls in the Blood of Jesus and by The All Powerful Name of Jesus. I know there is nothing with more Authority than the Name of Jesus and His Glorified Blood which He spilled for us. Father God before I sleep I place my spirit into Your hands for safekeeping as I know that You love me and will take care of me as I rest.” As you can see how you “put yourself” and those whom you are praying for into scripture, you can do this with any scripture and use it as a prayer. Below are some scriptures that are useful. It’s not all of them by any means - that would be the entire Bible. Also read Proverbs. There are many passages there that are helpful. And remember to go on to part 2 - following the unction of the Holy Spirit when He is giving you a warning about your children. Joel 1:3 - “Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.” Psalm 51:10, 12 - “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.” Philippians 4:4-7 - “4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Deuteronomy 4:9 - “9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Mark 10:14 - “When Jesus saw this, He was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” 2 Corinthians 12:14 - “After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.” Proverbs 18:24 - “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” John 13:34-35 - “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” Proverbs 17:9 - “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Psalm 91 Jeremiah 29:11-13 - “11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” 2. Knowing when the Holy Spirit is giving you a warning for your kids As a parent, it’s a God-given ability, when you just “know” what’s going on with your kids. When you have that “knowing” it is not random. God is letting you know so you can pray to stop what is happening. “Knowing” or a vision, or a dream are all ways He can let you in on what is happening or about to happen. You may already have insight how to pray and what scriptures to use. If you do not, ask Him. Stay quiet until you know. Have your Bible because He will direct you to certain passages. For safety always be ready to plead the Blood of Jesus on your child and on the situation they are in; cancel any assignments the devil has launched against them; and pray the 91st Psalm over them…and anything else the Lord tells you to do. Let me share something from my own life. Many may know that I had a stroke when I was 26. That attack of the stroke was intended to take me out. I was in a coma for 3 days. Recovery was tough. Couldn’t read. Couldn’t write. Very difficult time speaking. Paralyzed on the right side of my body. And at that time I was a professional dancer. My entire life changed in a moment. Prior to this event, like 8 or 9 months, my mother had been led by the Lord to pray particular scriptures over me - confess them over me: Psalm 91:16 - “With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.” Psalm 118:17 - “I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.” Isaiah 54:13 - “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children.” The Lord had been impressing her to pray these over me each day for 8 or 9 months! He wouldn’t let her off of it. As she did this she was planting these scriptures in her heart by speaking them over me each day for all those months, and she could handle what she was about to be told. When she received the phone call about what occurred and was told that I would die, she immediately spoke these scriptures out of her heart to the person who had called her. Good thing too. She had to negate the words that were being spoken around me from friends and doctors. speaking - that I “wasn’t going to make it.” She spoke the Word over the situation in my life, took Authority over the negative words by speaking the Word of God. She cancelled out the words of death and destruction others were speaking. Words create. Words can activate the demonic realm to bring them to pass or God's realm to bring them to pass. And mom had to stop those words of death that were be spoken with the Word of God. You see, when people are in life threatening situations most do not know what to do. They freak out. They speak what they fear. And they attempt to be “sympathetic” saying, “oh, poor Rina (or whomever). (She) used to be such a great ……”. Instead my mother would retort: “No, she will not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. Great is her peace, her wholeness, in Jesus Name. And she has a long life because of what the Lord Jesus has done!” Usually there was silence on the other end of the phone. And a quick, “Oh, ok.” It wasn’t much different when she got to the hospital. They all thought she was nuts. But who cares when you’re trying to keep your kid alive. Speak the Word of God! It changes things! “Let there be light. And it was so.” That’s how you handle crisis situations. No matter what it looks like. No matter what you think. No matter what it feels like. Words create life or death - what kind of words will you speak over your children?

How do I pray for my family, how do I believe for my family, How do I believe for my husband, How do I believe for my wife, How do I believe for my children, will my child go to hell, will my husband go to hell, will my wife go to hell, will my children go to hell Believing for Your Family to be Saved Article below. For downloadable PDF click link. PDF Believing for Your Family to be Saved It’s not what you think. It’s much easier than you think! When the Lord gives you insight into this, you’ll never be the same. Depending on what church you have learned about the things of God, or people who have imparted “Christian” ideas/ideals into you will form the kinds of “doctrine” you have held on to. We all have them. Even the unsaved think certain things because of what they have heard from the believer’s camps. We don’t want to base anything on “doctrine of men” - instead, we want to see what God says about it. Because that is all that matters. As a foundation, “what do you believe?” Meaning, that “God has got your back, no matter what?” I hope so. Because He does. No matter what, God can’t lie. He doesn’t have the ability. Yes, there are some things God can’t do. He can’t lie. He cannot go against His own Word. If He said it…now hold on to your hats…If He spoke it, yes, it’s a promise… which means it’s a covenant! And God doesn’t break His covenants. Psalm 89:34 - “I will not violate My covenant or alter what My lips have uttered.” What God has said - He has said. It cannot return void but will accomplish that which He pleases and it will come to pass!! Isaiah 55:11 . And there’s one more bit to add, if this wasn’t enough: Hebrews 6:13-15 - “13When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for Him to swear by, He swore by Himself, 14saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” 15And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.” What this means is the covenant God made with Abraham, a promise, God made it to Himself! Track with me on this. When two people make a promise to one another, they are basing it on themselves to keep that promise. God did exactly that. Because He couldn’t swear to a greater power. He IS the Greater Power. Since He swore His Own Word to Himself this means the promise CANNOT be broken. It will come to pass. No matter how long it takes! This being said, God has promised us that ALL of our family and household (or those who are our circle of friends) will be saved - Acts 2:39; Acts 16:31; John 6:44 . He also said in 1 Timothy 2:4 that He would have ALL men to be saved and come unto the knowledge of the truth. And again in 2 Peter 3:9 - “9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” What I’m saying is this - relax. Your family and friends will be saved. God promised and He is not a man that He should lie, Numbers 23:19 . It may not happen in the timing you like, but that doesn’t really matter. God has a plan. Trust Him. He’s got it. And if you haven’t read the article on the Second Death and Great White Throne Judgement , do it. It is not easy to read but all who are God’s will be back with Him for eternity! God is not going to loose any of His kids. Like the parable of the Prodigal Son, God is not going to loose any! We can trust Him. So when you start getting nagging thoughts and feelings about loved ones not being saved, start praising God and rejoicing in Him because He will bring His Word to pass. A person cannot. It’s God Who does it. So praise and rejoice in Him for already having done it, even if you don’t see it yet, because it is surely coming to pass!

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Are curses real? How does a curse happen? What is a curse? Curses of a Nation Article is below. For Article press link for PDF below. PDF Curses of a Nation Beyond Generational Family Curses There can be more than a curse upon a family passed down from one generation to the next as Numbers 14:18-20 states. Yes, we are redeemed from the curse of the law as Romans 8:2 says but say you are the first to get saved in your family, you may have the curses broken when you got saved. But sometimes the Lord doesn’t do that. He wants you to learn about it to help free others. And there are more than curses of the family line. There are curses within the land and the rulership of that land. For example, if you live in the United Kingdom, there are curses upon that land for the way the empire has been governed. Plus, if you live in Ireland there are curses upon that land as well. There are three reasons why curses of a nation come on the people: 1. The rulers of that nation disobeying God; 2. The priests of that nation disobeying God; 3. The people of that nation disobeying God. Jeremiah 2:7-9 - “I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit an rich produce. But you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. 8. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who deal with the law did not know Me; the leaders rebelled against Me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols. 9. Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declared the Lord, “And I will bring charges against your children, and your children’s children.” All of chapter 2 speaks of a nation from its people to its rulers, to its priests and prophets walking out on God. This nation of America has clearly done this very thing from much of the public, its rulers-no matter the party line, to bad religious leaders and false prophets. All of which are end times situations that come out in abundance. Very clearly the Lord states a nation is held accountable for its leaders, priests, and prophets, as well as the people: and how they all operate. One translation says the Lord not only brings charges, but brings a curse against the people of that land. And not to put too fine a point on it look at verses 20-25 - it’s all about being focused on immoral sex. And look at the focus point of our nation. Adultery, fornication, homosexual, transgender, beastiality, pedophilia, pornography. In the last 5 years (since 2020) these things have exploded on the public scene. Here’s another, look at Daniel 9:1-17 ESV- “1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking Him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your Name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. 8To us, O LORD, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, refusing to obey Your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against Him. 12He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by Your truth. 14Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that He has done, and we have not obeyed His voice. 15And now, O Lord our God, Who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a Name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16“O Lord, according to all Your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for Your own sake, O Lord, make Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary, which is desolate.” Daniel repented for his nation and rulers. He interceded. It’s not that he sinned but his nation had sinned and the curse upon the nation was what he was going through. When you consider your heritage, each country, perhaps empire(s) all have curses on them - on the people of that land. Even if you do not live there, the heritage is in your family line. Thus the curse is too. To make it personal this is how the Lord showed me. I had been having severe back pain before I wrote this article. It was since the start of December 2023 - it had been nearly 8 months at the time I am writing this. Sometimes it has been absolutely debilitating. I have been hardly able to work out or to even do daily tasks around the house. The original injury was in the summer of 2018. My strength is not what I'm used to. I've always been very strong my entire life. This injury has been ebbing and flowing since 2018. It has definitely tried my patience. Backstory (pardon the pun): I had pulled the ligament in my spine from the bottom of my shoulder blades to the middle of my lower back (T9-10 to L3). Once you pull a ligament there is nothing to do by way of medical means other than surgery. No way am I ever going to do a spinal surgery like that. I know my God!! By Jesus' stripes I am HEALED!!! If God be for me, who can be against me! HE CREATED THE UNIVERSE - HE CAN CERTAINLY HEAL A PIDDLY LITTLE THING LIKE A LIGAMENT! When the injury initially occurred in 2018 I did standard therapeutic means of ice and heat, light work outs with a lot of rep's, and natural anti-inflammatory ointments like coconut oil and arnica; and of course standing on healing scripture. I did both. It was fine in a couple of months. In December of 2023 I injured it again and this time it was not healing. At the time of this writing it is summer of 2024. I did the same kind of means as last time but nothing was really helping. I was only a little better. Many times I was still completely debilitated. I didn't understand what was going on. It made no sense to me. I had already broken all family curses and I didn't know of any sin but there had to be a doorway for the attack to happen. I just couldn't make sense of this. Let me give a bit more of the story: health issues have always been an issue for me since I was a young girl in school starting with scarlet fever when I was in high school. Something so rare at the time I had it (in the '80's), to other life and death issues through 2001. Jesus got me through all of it! Praise God!! Going to be completely upfront here...the week of this epitome was rough! I kinda lost it. That doesn't happen often. And with all the health stuff I've gone through and standing on the Word through it, I didn't think I could go through it again. It's too much. I simply asked the Lord to just take me home. I'm done. BUT God knows what He's doing. I trust Him. A little later when I had pulled myself together, I was asking the Lord is there some "unknown" sin, curse, what's going on? 'Cause health issues can be one of two things: unforgiveness or part of a curse. (As are anything recurring like financial issues, relationship issues, family issues.) So why now? What's going on? The Lord showed me this: Daniel 9 and Ezekiel 8. The gist is this - the curse of the Lord (Deuteronomy 28:14-61) comes ON the PEOPLE of a Nation!!!! ...because of the political leaders AND the religous leaders!!!! Duh! 🙄 I had never thought about that on other nations and cultures! I had never broken the curses that are on this country for me because I was born here: plus the curses in my heritage. This included: American Empire, Roman Empire, British Empire, & Prussian Empire. All of the blood spilled for each empire carries with it the curse of the Lord - the blood cries out to the ears of the Lord for vengeance - Genesis 4:9-12. Which also includes the sacrifice of babies, eating human flesh and drinking of blood (the life is in the blood and blood is not to be consumed). This is especially true in this nation. All the scuzzy things our politician's do, we get the curses from it! So this is what I prayed: Repented for the sins of my nation politically and from the priests of this nation (all types of priests and there are so many heretical "priests" or better to say "church leaders"). 2. Repented for the Empires of my heritage politically and the priests of each empire. 3. Received forgiveness from my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 4. Cut all cords to the sins of my nation that I was born in and the nations of my heritage. Proverbs 5:21-23. 5. Asked the Lord Jesus to wash me clean of it all with His precious Blood. 6. Asked the Lord to lift His curse off of me in Jesus Name. 7. Announce that I receive His deliverance in Jesus Name!! MY BACK HAS BEEN PAIN FREE since the prayer! Now...word of caution...I did a bit too much that day because I felt so good and am not in shape like I used to be 5 years ago before the injury, so a bit sore the next day. BUT I AM FREE OF THAT BACK INJURY!! HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE YOU HAVE WROUGHT FOR ME!!! **ADDENDUM: Since I wrote this article a few months ago (June 2024) and it is now October 2024 I have something else to share. God is the One who heals!! And there have been times when my back has given me trouble. When I'm not in the Word like I usually am it's worse. I know it will fully heal, total restoration, and it will take the time that it takes. For whatever the reason, it's fine with me. God has a purpose. God is good! And God heals - always! There's no sickness in heaven but we do live in a sin fallen world with un-renewed bodies. No matter what, healing comes!!! Total restoration! Jesus Christ is my Lord and He will never leave me nor forsake me even to the ends of the earth!

Teaching, Faith, Biblical truths, Biblical faith, how to use my faith, how does faith operate, do I have faith Faith Article below. Or click link for downloadable PDF. PDF Faith The substance of all things - Faith For we live by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7. Faith is how we live whether we know it or not. As Hebrews 11:6 says, we know faith pleases God: “But without faith it is impossible to please God, because he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder to those that diligently seek Him.” For we live by faith and not by sight for without faith it is impossible to please God, because we believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. Since we are to live by faith, how do we get it? Do we already have it? If so, how does it operate? 1. WHAT IS FAITH Scholars call Hebrews 11 the “Faith Chapter.” Some call it the “Icons of Faith Chapter.” Not only does it describe what faith is, it also describes details of how faith works in Biblical examples through these icons of faith. We see “how” faith worked from Abel to Enoch, Noah to Abraham, Sarah to Isaac, Jacob to Joseph, Moses to Joshua and all the warriors at Jericho, Rahab to Gideon, and so much more. If you want to do an in-depth study of faith, look at each of these examples in the Old Testament and study how these people functioned in these crazy and heroic incidents, with Hebrews 11. It gives a bigger picture. Now let’s look at the definition of faith: Hebrews 11:1 and 6: Now faith is the substance of things hope for, the evidence of things not seen…But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Faith is THE substance. It’s the “substance” of things. In verse 3, it is how the worlds were framed by the Word of God. So this means “faith” and the “Word” go together. (We will get to that in the next chapter.) Faith is the substance. It is the make-up of things. All that we see at its core level is made up of faith. The substance. 2. Faith is THE evidence of what you cannot see. This means if you can see it, it’s not faith, it’s manifestation. You are only operating in faith if you cannot see it. Let’s take a look at Romans 4. I also call this chapter a faith chapter, Romans 4, shows how faith operates. (You will see this in more later.) Romans 4:17-22 “As it is written: ‘I have made you the father of many nations,’ before Him Whom he believed, God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, ‘So shall thy seed be.’ And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.” God’s spoken Word IS the evidence! It will come to pass. God spoke His Word regarding creation in Genesis 1-3 and it was so. All the promises of God are evidence! All we have to do is believe like Abraham did and give praise to God for it before we see it take place. Take God at His Word. He is not a man that He should lie, He will do what He has promised - Numbers 23:19 - if He said, it is done. 3. It pleases God for us to use our faith in Him and He rewards us for using our faith. Like any parent, when you’re child says they don’t believe you, it is frustrating to say the least. A good parent wouldn’t lie to their child. It’s no different with God. What He has told us in His Word is so. And in Hebrews 6:13 we see God made the promise to Himself. Since He did that with Abraham, He has done it with all of us. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. What He has done before He does again. By making the promise to Himself, He knows that the promise cannot be broken. He will never break His own promise, unlike the fickleness of mankind in their fallen state. That’s how we know God’s Word will never change. Not in Him nor in heaven. It is His Word and that settles it. 2. WHERE DOES FAITH COME FROM Romans 10:17 - Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. We get faith or better to say “build up” our faith by reading and studying the Word of God, and by making scriptures that “stand out” to us as our daily confessions. We do all of this in our quiet time with the Lord, going wherever He leads us in scripture. This requires getting quiet with Him, using a scripture like Psalm 119:18 - “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things out of Your law,” and speak it back to Him and asking Him where to go. For example: “Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I thank You for Your Word. It is truth, and Father, I ask that You would open my eyes that I would see wonderful things out of Your Word, direction, edifying, and whatever You want to share with me. So where would You like me to go?” Then be still and wait until it comes up from within you. Not outside of you. His Holy Spirit is WITHIN. You may have a thought that floats up from deep within you to your mind. Or you may hear His still, small, quiet voice. You may see the words of the name of the book, like “Colossians” come up in your minds eye. Whatever it is go to that scripture. You know it’s right when an “ah-ha” moment comes from where you are reading. It may be a verse or a couple of verses, or the entire chapter that are speaking of a particular subject directly TO you. When this happens you “see” something that you have never seen before and it answers a question you’ve had or a thought that you’ve pondered. It can even be something you’ve pondered for a very long time. No matter what the case may be, it’s an answer for you and you will have “peace” and “joy” about it. It always puts a “spring to your step.” (Colossians 3:15 AMP.) Always have a notebook handy, write the date and the scriptures He leads you to that day, along with the ones that were the “ah-ha” scriptures and whatever revelation you got from it. These notebooks are good logs of how the Lord is teaching you. You can always refer back to them and when you do it stimulates your faith again. Faith in Greek means “believe.” Everyone believes something. Including atheists. They believe there is no God. Every human on the planet has faith. It is part of our make-up. But how we use it is important to recognize because whether we know it or not, we are using our faith for ourselves or against ourselves. We are believing the best, God’s Word, for ourselves; or believing the worst for ourselves. And whatever we “believe” is what we speak. Speaking it is what brings it to pass - Genesis 1. When we find that we are believing bad things for ourselves it’s time for a faith “build-up” and find out what God has said about us instead of what we think, feel, or have been told. God always shares good news of who you are in Him! * How to know when we need to build up our faith: 1. When you pray, is your automatic thinking going along the lines of - “That would be nice but I don’t know if that will really happen. We’ll see.” *Remember , “I don’t know” is doubt and is the opposite if faith. Technically it is faith being used against ourselves, faith in the worst happening instead of God’s promise; and faith cannot be “seen” so if those words are in your thinking take notice. 2 Corinthians 5:7 - We live by faith, not by sight. If we can see it, it’s not faith. This means you need a faith build-up by a change your thoughts with what God says about you, not by what you can see. 2. Assess where your heart is - do you, deep down, go in line with scripture and you’re excited about the promise of God, or does it feel like “something” is missing. If it feels like something is missing, this means you are praying from “mental assent” rather than “knowing, that you know” that it will come to pass. Mental assent is easy to happen and it’s sneaky. Because you know a particular scripture, like “by His stripes I was healed,” doesn’t mean you’re using your faith. And when you have that hollowed out-empty feeling when you're are praying and declaring your health/healing means you need a faith build-up. 3. If you are afraid that something will happen/not happen. Having “fear” is not of God. 2 Timothy 1:7 - God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. When “fear” shows up, it - the spirit of fear - is trying to get you off your stand on the Word of God. Cast that evil spirit out of your thought life in the Name of Jesus. We are to control what we think, not let our thoughts run rampant, if we do we will get into trouble - 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 “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 through 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.” * All three of these “thoughts” denote building up our faith is necessary. Faith is like a “spiritual muscle”. It needs to be worked out. We have to build it up. Little by little. Strengthen our faith with the Word that says “who” we are. Like John 17:23 - God the Father loves you as much as He loves Jesus. This is a statement of fact. It has already occurred. Now we simply believe it. Then we build up on these kind of scriptures until we use the Word regarding things that have not “shown up” yet, like healing, as we used in the earlier example. Take time away with the Lord and get into the scriptures regarding that area. Since we are using healing in this example, go to all the healing scriptures. There are hundreds of them. Read them. Speak them. The ones that get you excited, write them down, and make it personal. Like 1 Peter 2:24 - “By His stripes I was healed and I am healed, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He lives in me and there is no sickness in Him and no sickness in me. I refuse the right of illness in my body. My body belongs to Jesus. I am healed. Thank You Jesus.” As you do this there will be an attack. There always is when you’re standing on the Word. It’s the parable of the sower. Immediately when the Word is sown, the devil comes to steal the Word that’s been sown. He does it in a few ways according to Luke 8 and Matthew 13: The devil steals the Word because the person didn’t understand it; or … If you receive it but have “stony” places in your heart, or hard-hearted, typically it is unforgiveness or pride, or both, they will keep the Word from manifesting. The person has no root, meaning the Word hasn’t taken root. They haven’t kept meditating on the Word, speaking that Word, and then when tough times come because of the Word that was sown they let go of it. Or… The cares or worry wipe out the Word, or the lying of money to your head - thoughts that you ponder on about money (whether your rich or poor doesn't matter, it can be either.) These will come up when we are acting on the Word. Guaranteed. Jesus told us twice, in Matthew and Luke. So know it. Stay steady on the Word. Keep feeding your Spirit with the Word and control your thoughts. When you do this you have the victory in Him. * When you write all the scriptures down that get you excited, make them personal like the example I showed for 1 Peter 2:24. These are your “confessions”. Pray them back to the Lord as declarations over your life. The Holy Spirit takes hold with you on the Word and you get excited. That’s how you know you’re on the right track. (Romans 8:26.) There is one more part to add for the faith build-up and that is praying in the Spirit. It builds up our faith by praying in tongues as Jude 1:20 says - “But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.” There are times when you are standing in faith for a particular promise to come into manifestation, you’ve been reading the scriptures, confessing them, casting down vain imaginations and replacing them with what the Word says about your situation - but it hasn’t come to pass yet. This is when praying in tongues is imperative. It builds up your faith, and it’s the Holy Spirit Who is strengthening you. All believers have the ability to pray in tongues because all believers have the Holy Spirit. You cannot be born again and not have the Holy Spirit. He is the one Who has planted God’s incorruptible seed in your heart and shed the Love of God in your heart. He is there. And praying in tongues is always God’s will - Romans 8:26-27. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Like everything else with God, you do it by faith, because God said you can. Open your mouth expecting. Isaiah 28:11-12 - “For with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to His people. To whom He said, “This is the rest wherewith You may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing…” 3. HOW DOES FAITH OPERATE Let’s look at what we have learned from the scriptures so far: We all have faith because God has put it within us because He created us and faith is the substance of all He created - it is our substance - Hebrews 11:1. Since we are made in the image of God, this means that is also a part of His substance, faith. God is love and He is faith. When God speaks faith comes out from within Him. We are in His image. What is coming out is from within you. Faith pleases God - Hebrews 11:6, because we believe in Him and know that He rewards us for diligently seeking Him. Faith is the evidence of what we cannot see. If we can’t see it, we have to use our faith. Faith is like a muscle, it can be built up, and that is done with the Word of God through reading and confessing it, and by praying in tongues - Jude 1:20, and casting down vain imaginations and replacing them with what the Word says. We do this by speaking the Word to ourselves and when we cast out thoughts that are not Godly, out loud, we then replace it by confessing the Word once again. * I. In Romans 1:17 - “The just shall live by faith; and Hebrews 10:38 adds - Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” This makes sense because God has told us in His Word that faith is what pleases Him, so if we don’t operate in faith, He’s not happy. We will frustrate Him. In fact, in Galatians 2:21 - “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” We want to please our Father God so we operate in faith, not in works. II. We know faith resides in us and “just” in Romans 1:17 and Hebrews 10:38 is the same word used as “righteous”. We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus - 2 Corinthians 5:21. He is our righteousness. It’s not by anything we have done. Therefore we are just, whether we feel like it or not. It’s not based on our “feelings,” it’s based on THE truth, the Word. And we are to live by faith, believing what God has told us. We do this because it pleases our Father God. A child always wants to make his parents happy, to please them. Galatians 2:16 - “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the Fatih of Christ, not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” And this goes with Galatians 4:5-6 - “To redeem them that were under the law, what we might receive the adoption of sons. And Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.” Look again at the earlier scripture Galatians 2:21 - my own words - if we get caught in works, we are making Christ’s death of no effect and that frustrates God’s grace. Simply believe what God has said. He took care of everything. It’s our Spirit’s that are re-created, incorruptible - 1 Peter 1:23 - “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which lives and abides for ever.” God took care of everything. It is our soul (mind, thinking) that has to be renewed and our bodies that will be transformed into incorruptible at the resurrection. III. We are to call those things that be not as though they were - Romans 4:14 and Genesis 1. We have to speak to situations. Do this in your prayer time. Take out your scriptures, if you wrote them down, or if you mark them in your Bible, get them in front of your eyes and declare God’s Word over situations in your life until they manifest the promises of God. IV. James 2:12 - “So speak and so act as people should who are to be judged under the law of liberty.” We are to not only speak or declare God’s Word over our lives but we are to act like it. Act like it has already taken place. Depending on the situation “acting” like it is merely an “attitude” adjustment. Where you “look ahead” as it’s already happened. For example, getting a new job. See yourself in that new job. What your daily routine is like with it and so on. Yes, you are using your imagination. God gave it to you. This is what the Bible calls “hope”. As Romans 4:18 - “…against hope, Abraham believed in hope…” - means worldly hope is merely “wishing”. There’s no power to it. But when you have a promise from God, it creates a vision in your imagination! That’s what you hold on to! That’s what Abraham did. He kept imagining himself as the father of many nations. Proverbs 4:20-21 - “My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to My Words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;” When you hear words, those words create thoughts. They create images. This is imagination. And when you do this from God’s Word it creates Godly hope. Godly expectation. God will bring it to pass!! That’s what you keep your mind on. V. Romans 14:23 Berean Literal - “But the one doubting has been condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and anything that is not of faith is sin.” KJV says, whatsoever is not of faith is sin. That’s a sobering statement from the Lord. 4. CONCLUSION We are to live by faith, God’s way of operating. We don’t have to. God will never make us do something we don’t want to do. But there is so much joy, peace, fulfilling life to be had when you live by faith. Make the choice to live by faith, and not by sight. Here is the list all together: We all have faith because God has put it within us because He created us and faith is the substance of all He created - it is our substance - Hebrews 11:1. Since we are made in the image of God, this means that is also a part of His substance, faith. God is love and He is faith. When God speaks faith come out from within Him. We are in His image. What is coming out from within you? Faith pleases God - Hebrews 11:6, because we believe in Him and know that He rewards us for diligently seeking Him. Faith is the evidence of what we cannot see. If we can’t see it, we have to use our faith. How can we believe for something when we see it?! Faith is like a muscle, it can be built up, and that is done with the Word of God through reading and confessing it, and by praying in tongues - Jude 1:20, and casting down vain imaginations and replacing them with what the Word says. We do this by speaking the Word to ourselves and when we cast out thoughts that are not Godly, out loud, we then replace it by confessing the Word once again. We are the just and we shall live by faith. If we draw back God will not be pleased. Romans 1:17; Hebrews 10:38. We are not justified by works but by the faith of Jesus Christ, Galatians 2:16. We are to call those things that be not as though they were, Romans 4:14 and Genesis 1. We have to speak to situations. Do this in your prayer time. Take out your scriptures, if you wrote them down, or if you mark them in your Bible, get them in front of your eyes and declare God’s Word over situations in your life until they manifest the promises of God. James 2:12 - “So speak and so act as people should who are to be judged under the law of liberty.” We are to not only speak or declare God’s Word over our lives but we are to act like it. Act like it has already taken place. God’s Word creates thoughts! Allow the Word to create imaginations in your mind of what the promises coming to manifestation “looks like” in your life. Whatever is not of faith, is sin - Romans 14:23.

Are curses real? Can curses be in a family? How do I know if my family has a curse? Causes of a curse, How to break curses? Symptoms of a curse, Requires true repentence - not only trying to rid the symptoms Family Curses #2 This comes from Kana Ministries at River of Life Church in South Africa. Link is in article below and also in PDF. PDF Family Curses #2 Results effect the family line for generations: like financial problems, allergies, sinuses, asthma, glandular problems, death, and division and violence in the family, migraines, fear, deception and spiritual or physical blindness, breathing problems, choking, and control, curses on the tongue and throat, and mouth, such as, speech disorders, cleft palate and silence, curses on my mouth, teeth, throat, vocal cords, sinuses & nose, heart attack and breast cancer through this blood oath. the curse of death through heart and lung disease, chest and circulatory problems....and so many more. Included is an excerpt of a longer article from River of Life Family Church in South Africa, link included to full article. Only a small portion is included below. See link for full article: https://www.kanaanministries.org/Downloads/Warfare/Freemasonry-AllYouNeedToKnow.pdf HOW DO WE GET FREE: - In Prayer: Speak out loud and Declare Lordship of Jesus Christ – over every area of your life. These oaths may have been taken by forefathers up to 4 generations back. Renounce them for your forefathers and mothers up to your line including oaths taken in boy scouts, girl scouts, doctor, nurse, police and fire, all take "oaths" that have been set in motion by the masonics. Do it all in Jesus Name. It is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who makes us free. PRAYER : "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the God of Abraham Isaac & Jacob, I acknowledge my need of you, and accept you as my Lord and Savior. I invite you now to be Lord of my life, Lord of my spirit and my relationship with you. Lord of my body and my behavior, Lord of my mind and my thinking, Lord of my tongue and the things I say, Lord of my emotions and my reactions, Lord of my will and all of my decisions, Lord of my sexuality, Lord of my time, my home, my family, my possessions and position, Lord of all my relationships with others. Thank you Jesus that Your Blood was shed that I might be free ... Amen" NOTE : "Renounce" means give up by formal statement, to disown or repudiate, to refuse to accept as true. The Action required to take away satan's Rights is Confess, Repent and Renounce. (What we must do) PRAYER : "Father God, Creator of Heaven and earth, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ Your Son. I come as a sinner seeking forgiveness and cleansing from all sins committed against You, and others made in Your image. I honor my earthly father and mother and all of my ancestors of flesh and blood and by adoption, but I utterly turn away from and renounce all their sins. I forgive all my ancestors for the effects of their sins on my children and me. I confess and renounce all of my own sins. I renounce satan and all of his works in my family and me. I renounce and forsake all involvement in Freemasonry or any other lodge or craft by my ancestors and myself. I renounce witchcraft, the principal spirit behind Freemasonry, and I renounce Baphomet, the Spirit of Antichrist and the curse of the Luciferian doctrine. I renounce the idolatry, blasphemy, secrecy, and deception of Masonry at every level. I specifically renounce the insecurity, the love of position and power, the love of money, covetousness, and greed, and the pride/arrogance that would have led my ancestors into Masonry. I renounce all the fears that held them in Masonry, especially the fear of death, fear of men, and fear of trusting, in the Name of Jesus Christ. I renounce every position held in the lodge by any of my ancestors, including Tyler, Master, Worshipful Master, or any other. I renounce the calling of any man Master, for Jesus Christ is my only Master and Lord, and He forbids anyone else having that title. I renounce the entrapping of others into Masonry, and observing the helplessness of others during the rituals. I renounce the effects of Masonry passed on to me through any female ancestor who felt distrusted and rejected by her husband as he entered and attended any lodge and refused to tell her of his secret activities." Strongmen over Freemasonry:  Jezebel  Anti-Christ  Death and Hell  Freemasonry  Lucifer  Brumaus – under-girding powers of lawlessness & freemasonry Bind and isolate the strongmen, then Loose the yourself from their control and send them to the foot of the Cross of Jesus Christ. RENOUNCING & BREAKING THE OATHS: 1. I renounce FREEMASONRY with all its oaths, secrets, curses and rites. 2. I renounce the spirits of FREEMASONRY, BAPHOMET, LUST, IDOLATRY, AND BRUMAUS. 3. I renounce every ANCESTRAL spirit of FREEMASONRY, IDOLATRY, BAPHOMET, BRUMAUS and LUST in my family line. I renounce the curse of the LUCIFERIAN DOCTRINE and commitment of the family to Lucifer. I renounce the Eye of Horus ("all-seeing-eye") at the top of the Freemasonry pyramid, and totally reject it as the deceptive representation of the eye of Lucifer. 4. I renounce and cancel the anti-Christ mark and seal from my family line in the Name of Jesus Christ. Father, I ask you to release the power of the shed Blood of Jesus and apply The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ as a seal on my forehead. Rev 22:4 "And they shall see His Face, and His name shall be in their foreheads.” 5. Break generational Links and Ungodly Soul Ties - place The Cross of Jesus Christ between candidate & generations back to the 10th Generation (destroy all curses, hereditary diseases). 6. Break ungodly soul ties with relatives, partners, members or officers of Freemasonry lodges and all other affiliated organizations such as Eastern Star, Orange Lodge and The Buffaloes, etc. 7. Anoint middle of forehead with oil and cast out 3rd eye of Horus 8. Close off the "all seeing eye" on the lodge wall 9. Break the power of mind control and psychic power affecting the mind. 10. loose the mind to the truth of The Lord Jesus Christ. NOTE: - isolate and bind all 2nd degree and upward spirits, away from the 1st degree as you deal with that degree. When you've completed renouncing the degree, loose the candidate from all the demonic associated with the 1st degree and send it to the foot of the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ for His direction Do this for each degree. It might help to break up your introduction into 2 or 3 main points, so it’s easy for you to follow. Each paragraph or two should focus on one point. The Blue Lodge (1st , 2nd & 3rd degrees) is the Foundation of all Freemasonry – These Prayers knock out the foundation Entered Apprentice (1St Degree) - "Shock of Entrance" If you attend one meeting, you joined 1. I renounce the "New Birth" of Freemasonry, and all surrender of the will to an antichrist spirit. 2. I renounce the oath 3. "of having my throat cut from ear to ear, my tongue torn out by its roots, my body buried in the rough sands of the sea ". 4. I loose myself from all curses of allergies, asthma, glandular problems, death, and division in the family. 5. I destroy the power of the 1st degree rituals. 6. I remove the blindfold (hoodwink) from my eyes, and destroy the curses of migraines, fear, deception and spiritual or physical blindness. 7. I cut the noose (cabletow) from around my neck and destroy the curses of breathing problems, choking, and control. 8. I renounce 1st degree initiation rites of violent blows to the throat and the resulting curses on the tongue and throat, and mouth, such as, speech disorders, cleft palate and silence. 9. I destroy the curse of "cut-throat" off my life, and finances. 10. I renounce the oath ―of having my tongue torn out by the root and split from tip to root ". I destroy all curses on my mouth, teeth, throat, vocal cords, sinuses & nose, and I Claim the promise of Psalm 107:20 "He sent His Word and Healed them and delivered them from destruction." 11. I renounce the hand symbol across the throat and destruction of headship in ministry or leadership. 12. I renounce the oath, "you will not be able to speak in the day of Judgement" or make your own defense in time of accusation, and I destroy the curse of speechlessness, and having no voice. 13. I destroy the power of the point of the dagger/sword/compass from my left breast and the curses and fear of heart problems connected to it. 14. I renounce any blood covenant involving blood letting. 15. I renounce the words spoken of "entering as a poor candidate seeking light" and the poverty and spiritual blindness resulting from it. 16. I remove and break the power of pauper's clothing with its poverty and humiliation. 17. I renounce & destroy the power of the password - "Boaz" and, the 1st degree handshake with its curse of pride and infirmity. 18. I destroy the power of kissing the Masonic Bible and bowing at a Masonic altar thereby bowing to false gods (Baphomet). 19. I remove and renounce the 1St degree white apron and destroy the curses of infirmities, especially in ankles, knees and hips of women. 20. I renounce all surrender & submission to, and destroy the power of, "The Great Architect of the Universe" and the false gods and idolatry of Freemasonry in my life. 21. I renounce and break the curse of Masonic false unity, and Masonic anointing with oil. - isolate all 3rd degree and upwards spirits. Fellow Craft Degree (2nd Degree) PRAYER: I renounce the oath "...of having my left breast torn open my heart plucked out and fed to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field ". 2. I remove the hoodwink of the 2nd degree and the cabletow from around my right arm/shoulder with its curses of infirmity. 3. I loose myself from fear of the dagger/sword/compass to my right breast. 4. I remove the 2nd degree pauper's clothing and its curse of poverty & humiliation. 5. I destroy the power of the 2nd degree hand grip and the sign and passwords - "Jachin" and "Shibboleth" 6. I ask God for cleansing from touching/kissing the Freemasonry Bible, and the 2nd degree tools 7. I remove the 2°d degree apron and break the power of its curses 8. I destroy the power of the "Great Architect of the Universe" - 2nd degree. 9. I loose myself from the curse of the claw on my breast and heart. 10. I destroy the power, and loose myself from every curse and fear of heart attack and breast cancer through this blood oath. I destroy the power and loose myself from the curse of death through heart and lung disease, chest and circulatory problems. 11. I destroy every curse of being shot or stabbed in the heart, And the curse of premature death from me and my descendants and I Loose those of my house into longevity and spiritual maturity. 12. I renounce the badge of Fellowcraft and all obsession with gaining knowledge. 13. I renounce all emotional hardness, apathy, indifference, unbelief, deep seated anger, and hardness towards God and spiritual things. 14. I renounce the plumb line of Freemasonry, and destroy the curse of false 15. masonic righteousness and justice. -isolate all 4th degree and upwards. Please See Link Above For Entirety of Article.

How to use your faith for your family, believing for a baby, children, family, husband, wife, Christain, God, Jesus, Scripture, Bible, Teaching, Believing for a Baby Article below. For downloadable PDF click link. PDF Believing for a Baby All good things come from the Lord Has not the One God made you? You belong to Him in body and spirit. And what does the One God seek? Godly offspring. - Malachi 2:15. Having children is a blessing from the Lord. It’s all over Scripture. But when a couple struggles to have a child it can mean two things: a curse that typically comes from a generational curse; or it’s not the timing of the Lord. Ask the Lord what your situation is and respond accordingly. In this article we will deal with the curse and how to pray regarding it. First we will look at only a few scriptures about how the Lord blesses people with children. Until you are sure that this is God’s choice to bless you with, you will not think correctly about it. Deuteronomy 7:14 - “You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.” Exodus 23:26 - “There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.” Genesis 30:22-23 - “Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb. So she conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach.” There are many other Scriptures like these. And there are many Scriptures about barrenness that show it is always a curse. Let’s take a look at where the curse comes from. Genesis 20:17-18 - 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18 for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.” All of Genesis 20 describes what happened. Remember this is before Moses. The Lord hadn’t given Moses His Word on the “do’s” and “don’t’s” , particularly Leviticus 18 about sexual relations (see chapters 16-20) — what is sinful and what is not. By giving his wife to Abimelek, (which you think he would have learned after what happened with Pharaoh in Genesis 12:10-20), it created a curse upon Abimelek and all in his household. Now before anyone gets hung up on the “do’s” and “don’t’s” - it’s not about the Law. Jesus took care of all of that. Our “doing” is to stay tight with the Lord and do whatever He tells us to do, and stay in love. Love with Him and love for others. That’s the “doing”. One more note about Genesis 20 - notice it wasn’t just the women who were barren. Abimelek also had the curse. It can do down the male side or the female side of families. Back to what creates a curse of barrenness. As Genesis 20:17-18 states, taking another man’s wife/another woman’s husband causes barrenness. In Leviticus 20:20-21 says if there is incest in the family it causes barrenness and if someone marries their bother-in-law or sister-in-law there will be barrenness. In Deuteronomy 28:15, 18, 45, 47 - says that if you do not obey the Lord when He tells you to do something - like in your prayer time and study time (not about the “do’s” and “don’t’s”of the Law) and if you do not serve Him with joyfulness and gladness of heart, that a curse can come upon the womb: "15 “But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you…18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb..45 “All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you…47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,” Sins of the forefather/foremothers get passed down from generation to generation - Numbers 14:18-20 - “18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’ 19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.” 20 The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked. What to do about these things in prayer: Verbally repent of the sins of your forefathers/foremothers, and of your own sin. Receive forgiveness for your entire family, including yourself. Renounce and Break the curse in the all powerful Name of Jesus. Break all cords to the curse and family members, including you and your spouse. Release forgiveness of anyone who comes to mind. Renew your mind by replacing thoughts, attitudes, and action (what you think, say, and do) with what God’s Word says regarding these things. When an old thought or attitude comes up - cast it down in the Name of Jesus and replace it by verbally quoting the scripture regarding it. You don’t need to memorize scripture. As you keep the Scripture(s) in front of your eyes, over time they will come pouring out of your heart and mouth. Resist old patterns of behavior. Don’t allow yourself to go there, in Jesus Name. Again, speak the Scripture out loud to yourself regarding the situation. STAY IN PRAISE and THANKSGIVING TO GOD until the manifestation comes to pass! Until your little one is in your arms! You don’t need to repeat repentance for your forefathers etc. It’s done! Go to praise instead!

warfare, authority, what is a curse, how do curse happen, can I break a curse, can I stop a curse, cycles, God, Jesus, Bible, delcaring the Blood of Jesus over yourself breaks curses, requires true repentence Breaking Curses Article below. For downloadable PDF click link. PDF Breaking Curses Ancestral Curses and Others Curses Ties that Bind Have you noticed that “something” isn’t right? There are bad cyclical things that happen routinely in your life; and/or in your family line or in your own family. These things are the result of a curse. Numbers 14:18-20 - 18. “‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving the sin and rebellion. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation. 19. In accordance with Your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.’ The Lord replied, ‘I have forgiven them as you asked.’” Proverbs 26:2 - TMT - “You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or that swoop from a swallow.” There are several kinds of curses and one area we all have to deal with are family curses. As the scripture in Proverbs tells us, if we are dealing with a curse, then it is “deserved”. Meaning something has happened to make that curse come upon us, whether we did it or someone in our family line back to the 3rd or 4th generation. Curses can happen for several reasons: Ancestral (Generational) Curse: typically this shows up in the area of health like “genetic” disorders and diseases; can also be mental issues; alcoholism; dying early; disabilities; cursed marriages in family line; accident prone and such things. Curses can come from buying items that have been cursed. Once the item is in the home things will begin to arise. Depends on what the curse is. When an item is cursed it has a demon attached to it. (All curses have demons attached.) Unrepented Sin. A person places a curse on you: this occurs from a witch —white, black, or other color-named witches; sorcerer; fortune-teller; psychic; tarot card reader; palm reader; necromancer, soothsayer, diviner; even horoscopes. What to do about these things in prayer: (There is a basic prayer at the end.) Recognize where the trouble came from and talk with the Lord about it. Do what He tells you to. If you’re not certain about what you heard, you always double check what you heard in your spirit or the thought that came up from deep within you with the Word of God, scriptures regarding that subject matter. Never listen to “voices” from outside of your head. God doesn’t speak to His children that way. He is within you. His Voice comes from within. Verbally repent of the sins of your forefathers/foremothers, and of your own sin. And if it is something you purchased, repent of having bought it, and get rid of the item. Receive your forgiveness of you and your entire family lines. Renounce and Break the curse in the all powerful Name of Jesus. Break all cords (Proverbs 5:21-23) to the curse upon you and family members and burn them up with the Fire of the Holy Spirit - for He is a consuming Fire! (Hebrews 12:29; Matthew 3:11 and Acts 2:3.) Release forgiveness of anyone who comes to mind, including the person who placed the curse (if relevant). Renew your mind by replacing thoughts, attitudes, and action (what you think, say, and do) with what God’s Word says regarding these things and your life. Speak the scripture out loud to yourself. When an old thought or attitude comes up - cast it down in the Name of Jesus and replace it by verbally quoting the scripture regarding it. Don’t just think it. Speak it. That’s how you will change your thoughts. You don’t need to memorize scripture. As you keep the Scripture(s) in front of your eyes and speak with your mouth (confession), over time they will come pouring out of your heart and mouth. It’s the Holy Spirit that helps you do this. Resist old patterns of behavior. Don’t allow yourself to “go there”, in Jesus Name. Again, speak the Scripture out loud to yourself regarding the situation. As Proverbs 27:19 and 23:7 - “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart” and “For as he thinks in his heart so is he.” Change your negative automatic thinking of yourself with the Word of God. Every time an old pattern of thought comes up, cast it down in Jesus Name and replace it with the appropriate scripture that contradicts that thought. Choose scriptures on the subject matter that excite you! That excitement, that joy, is the Holy Spirit Who is taking hold together with you!! Those are the scriptures to use to renew your mind. STAY IN PRAISE and THANKSGIVING TO GOD until the manifestation comes to pass! You don’t need to repeat repentance for your forefathers etc. It’s done! Go to praise instead! The devil will attack. Guaranteed. And try to make you think you didn’t get free. All he is doing is attempting to make you “take doubt” on. Don’t give in. Never surrender! We have already won by what Jesus did on the Cross! For eternity!! Don’t put up with him trying to make you doubt that you’re free. Instead PRAISE GOD - ‘cause YOU ARE FREE! And praise is the most important thing we can do - it is our mightiest weapon: TPT Psalm 149:6-9 - “God’s high and holy praises fill their mouths, for their shouted praises are their weapons of war! 7. These warring weapons will bring vengeance on every opposing force and every resistant power— 8. To bind kings (Ephesians 6:12) with chains and rulers with iron shackles, 9. Praise-filled warriors will enforce the judgment-doom decreed against their enemies. This is the glorious honor He gives to all His Godly lovers. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!” Satan doesn’t stick around when you praise. So get your praise on! PRAYER for family curses: “Father God, I come to You in the mighty Name of Jesus, and I thank You for the mighty power You have given me through the Name of Jesus and through His ALL Powerful Blood! You sent Your Word and healed us! Jesus is the Word, my Lord and Savior, and I am so grateful to You Father God for sending Him to redeem us. Now I recognize a curse on my family and I intercede for my family right now. I stand in the gap and repent of all sins, and cancel all oaths, rituals, contracts and such like that caused this curse to come upon me (us) from (name the person if you know, or yourself and) and my forefathers and foremothers. I receive Your forgiveness for me and my entire family in line and I thank You for it. In Jesus Name, I renounce and cancel the curse; and loose all devil(s) off of me and my family and cast them off permanently. You can never return, In Jesus Name. I cut all cords to the curse(s) that had kept us bound and Holy Spirit I ask for You to burn them up with Your glorious fire! I release forgiveness to (name person or people who come to mind). We are free in Jesus Name! Whom the Son has set free shall be free indeed. I thank You for it Lord Jesus! Holy Spirit help me with this, with old thought patterns and actions regarding this. Show me when I get into old patterns of thought and behavior and as you show me I will immediately stop my thinking in Jesus Name (and/or the behavior) and cast that thought down and replace it with the appropriate scripture regarding the situation (if it’s healing, replace old negative thought with a healing scripture that excites you; if it’s problems in marriage, go to the appropriate marriage scripture, etc). Thank You Holy Spirit for Your help. And every time this situation comes up in my thoughts I will praise You God for Your delivering me!!! Thank You Jesus!”