Spiritual Warfare Prayers

Jesus said on the cross. “It is finished”. If it is finished, why do we need Spiritual Warfare Prayers?  First I will not give the devil more credit than the Bible gives him.  1 Peter 5:8: “ be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”  He is not a roaring lion; he is like a roaring lion. We are also told to be vigilant. In Luke 1:18-19: Jesus says: “I saw Satan fall like lightening from Heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”

Paul then tells us in Ephesians 6:12: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

This thing that is “like” a roaring lion with his cronies conducts war in the supernatural trying to tempt people into the fiery pit of hell.

How should we go to war?

Confess all of our sins that have not been confessed. Call on the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit come and show me any sin that I have not confessed.

Say, I repent for my sins of _____________________________ [Admit it. Say it aloud.] By GOD’s POWER and JESUS’ NAME, I pray any agreement I made in committing these sins be broken. I cry out to the HOLY SPIRIT empower me to leave this. I need your enduring power to help me take the necessary steps to get out of any environment that I’m in or away from anyone’s or anything’s influence I’m under that draws me back to this sin. HELP ME TURN FROM THIS SIN IN JESUS’ NAME!

Confessing sin takes away the roadblocks

Pray on the full armor of God.

The belt of truth, God is the truth the Word is the only truth.

By faith put on the breastplate of righteousness, Jesus is the only righteous one. I want to be shielded in the righteousness of Jesus, under His Blood is the only protection is the only way to live and be strong to win every day.

My feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the Gospel of Peace. I want to walk in the Word I want to be totally available to Jesus with the Holy Spirit. I want to be prepared and confident from the Word to live the life that God has prepared.

The helmet of salvation on my head that I would have one mind purified by the Holy Spirit, with God first in everything I think and do.

Take up the shield of faith to fend off all the fire arrows of the evil one.

The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, the Word stored in our hearts and on our tongue at all times.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request.

Men in Ministry, we are ready for war! Spiritual Warfare Prayers!

BREAK CURSES In the name of Jesus, I take authority over the curse spoken by me or any others that_________________________ . [confess the verse and then the curse out loud]… I cancel this curse and all its effects, breaking off all the enemies’ power in my life in JESUS’ Name.

RENOUNCE VOWS Read Revelation 12:11  I renounce every unrighteous vow spoken over me, my family, the Men’s Ministry or My Church, by any group or individual, in JESUS’ NAME! Every ungodly vow that cripples, stops, or hinders GOD or HIS WORK in any way either in my life or at My Church I reject these vows and cancel them by the Name of JESUS.

REMOVE ALL SATANIC BLOCKS I bind and break the power of all words and thoughts coming against us, every judgment, evil power, witchcraft prayer, hex, spell, oath, covenant, secrets, agreement, accusation, blame, criticism…I bind and break the power in Jesus’ name. Father, if I have in attitude or word agreed knowingly or unknowingly with these things I ask for forgiveness.

TAKE YOUR STAND AND SHAKE OFF SATAN'S TIES As a Believer, I take my authority from Luke 10:18-21 & John 1:12. I stand on Christ’s side. He is my leader. I am following HIM! As a child of GOD, I actively, in HIS NAME, align myself with HIM body, mind, soul, and spirit.

Now as HIS ambassador I reject every evil hindrance in my life and at My Church, and I command that no spirit and no body remember them. I declare that I AM FREE from thinking, feeling or acting in accordance to these vows by the power of the BLOOD OF JESUS.

IN JESUS NAME I command all familiar spirits or other demonic forces that have attached themselves to this sin, to GO! NOW! YOU CANNOT Influence me anymore. I stand w/JESUS. GOD, I ask YOU to surround my family & me with your protection and angels.

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Who am I in Jesus?

The Bible, the Word breathed by God answers the question.  Men in ministry, after we accept the gift of salvation, we are in the Kingdom. Thy Kingdom come the will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Children of the King

I am God’s child, so I am safe: John 1:21 and 1 John 5:18

I am assured all things work together for good: Romans 8:28

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

I am a citizen of heaven: Philippians 3:20

I am holy and blameless Ephesians 1:4

I am hidden with Christ in God: Colossians 3:3

I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love, self-discipline: 2 Timothy 1:7

I am born of God an the evil one cannot touch me: 1 John 5:18

I am chosen before creation of the world Ephesians: 1:4, 11

I am included: Ephesians 1:13

I am sealed with the promised Holy Spirit: Ephesians 1:13

I am a saint: Ephesians 1:18

I am a minister of reconciliation: 2 Corinthians 5:17-20

Men in ministry accept the gift and the life God has prepared for us.

I am alive with Christ: Ephesians 2:5

I am raised up with Christ: Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12

I am a member of God’s household: Ephesians 2:19

I am more than a conqueror: Romans 8:37

I am the righteousness of God: 2 Corinthians 5:21

I am part of God’s Kingdom: Revelation 1:6

I am healed from sin: 1 Peter 2:24

I am not longer condemned: Romans 8:1-2

I am not helpless, but I am an over comer: Philippians 4:13 1 John 4:4

I am the salt an light of the earth: Matthew 5:13-14

I am a personal witness of Jesus Christ: Acts 1:8

God Provides Our Abundance

I am God’s coworker: 2 Corinthians 6:1

I am born again: 1 peter 1:23

I am a new creation: 2 Corinthians 5:17

I am redeemed from the curse of the law: Galatians 3:13

I am qualified to share on His inheritance: Colossians 1:12

I am chosen and God desires me to bear fruit: John 15:1,5

I am completed by God: Ephesians 3:19

I am sealed with Christ in the heavenly realms: Ephesians 2:6

I am a dwelling for the Holy Spirit: Ephesians 2:22

Take hold of who we are in Jesus Christ. Take hold of the gift of salvation that God gave by sacrificing His only Son. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not parish but will have eternal life. For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. John3:16-17

Men in Ministry Following is Fundamental to Christianity

Matthew 4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers; Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.

The application of the "follow" principle in the Bible is an example or a rule for all Men in Ministry.  The verses in Matthew 4 and repeated in Mark 1 see Jesus calling the Apostles to follow Him.  The calling is part of it maybe the most vital part is the response from the Apostles.

Breaking this down for our life we have to look at the Apostles, what they were doing at the time and how rapidly they responded. The Apostles were busy running their business. These guys were small businessmen. They were fishermen. Peter and Andrew fished for their livelihood. If they did not catch fish, they did not eat. and their families did not eat. 

Jesus called them, in the text it tells us  “At once they left their nets and followed Him. In Mark chapter one, it says in verse 18: “At once they left nets and followed him.” The words are the same so I would deduce that immediately they left their business and followed Jesus. Peter and Andrew dropped everything to follow Jesus.

The Christian principle of following is much like the principle of obedience. Following should be instant, complete and joyful.

The principle of following comes into reality, when we are asked to follow when we do not want to follow. Just like obedience the following principle is most in effect when we do not want to follow or when following creates discomfort.

The Apostles stopped everything they were doing, dropped everything in its place and followed Jesus. Is there a practical application to the "follow" principle? Men in Ministry, the application may be difficult to accept. When our Pastor or a leader designated by the Pastor calls us to do something, remember the Apostles and how they responded.

Men in ministry, if we are going to be men who seek God, then we need to embrace the principles of following and obedience. In both cases, we need to act instantly, joyfully and completely.

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Get the Men Out of Normal

What is normal? It is the OK. Why would anyone want to live in the OK? We have just completed the most incredible week in the 100-year history of Glad Tidings Church, San Francisco. I have only been here for 13 of those hundred so I can guarantee, without hesitation, we experienced the most incredible week in 13 years.

Sunday was the first full day of the Glad Tidings annual 40-day Fast. Sunday services were with Isaiah Saldivar. The second service went on for 4 hours few people left the building. The fire continued with revival meetings Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

People were healed of many diseases, from small aches and pans to cancer and strong foretaste of healing of Parkinson disease, evidenced by 12+ hours of no shaking. Demons came screaming out of people. At last count 11 times, demons exited the house. Most important of all the fire of God touched many people. Men and women received a massive douse of fire.

The services each night went on for a minimum of 4 hours of intense prayer, preaching, confession, worship, calling out to God and laying on of hands. It was over the top. The church was almost as full at 11 PM as it was at 7 PM each night. The final night went to near midnight the people did not want to stop.

Men in Ministry, what happens to all this fire when people leave the building? How much fire makes it to the parking lot, how much until the people exit the parking lot, how much makes it home, how much fire makes it passed the first conversation at home and how much makes it into the morning and then through the next day, week, month or year? What do you think the half-life of the fire that is not fanned and nurtured into a blaze? What is my responsibility for fanning the fire of a brother in the Lord?

Men in Ministry we agree that ministry is work. Do we agree that ministry is seated in discipleship and discipleship is seated in following and obedience?

What do you do to nurture and fan the sparks of God into blazing disciples? Is that my responsibility? Let me see. Jesus said: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

I guess that settles whose responsibility it is to take the spark, which the Holy Spirit creates and fan it and nurture it into a blazing disciple.

The Power of Prayer cannot be overestimated. Start with prayer and fasting then put action to your faith says I need to do something.  The something could be a phone call, a coffee, a meal, invite the person to a prayer meeting or an appropriate service, maybe a small church affinity group in the person’s neighborhood or a Bible Study. Prayer will give you the right action. Whatever the action fellowship is the answer in whatever form the Holy Spirit directs.

Men in Ministry, most notable the responsibility is ours.

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Men in Ministry Be Curious!!

Trying New Foods

Exploring New Horizons

This past Christmas, I bought my lovely granddaughter the 70th anniversary copy of Curious George. It contains all the Curious George stories ever written. As my son-in law-read the book to her, my daughter listened and said, "I remember that story!"

Curious George was curious about everything. When my daughter told me about remembering the Curious George stories, I thought how I needed to be curious about God. God made us to be curious. A definition of curious: marked by desire to investigate and learn. The next thing to think about is, who are the most curious people on the planet? The little children would be right in that category. Little children want to get into everything: they are always asking questions and pointing at objects and people. They have a God-given desire to investigate and learn. God put that in us. He made us very good. Genesis 1:31 says: "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good."

Men in mInistry, Jesus said we had to be like little children to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3: " And He said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." "Never enter the kingdom of heaven": not that we will have a hard time getting in, but we will never get in!

God wants us-I would say, He requires us-to be curious: curious about Him, His Word, the mission He has given us, the mission He has for me today. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find. Seek: to go in search of, or to try to discover. It is clear that our mission on earth is to stay curious, keep seeking, never give up the quest to know God.

Men in Ministry, be like little children. Not everything little children do is desirable for us. But think of those characteristics of little children that are desirable. Children were drawn to Jesus; they did not argue who would be first, and children are not absorbed in everything in the world. Small children are basically unpretentious: they are themselves, they have not yet learned to pretend they are someone they are not, they are not deceitful; little children have innocence about them. We also must remember that they also have all the potential for evil inherent in human nature; it just has not yet been drawn out of them by the world.

How do we become like little children, with that purity so that we can enter the kingdom of God? Be curious about God: praying and studying His Word. Have the desire to know Jesus, just like the little children who ran to Him and wanted to be held by Him. The blood of Jesus covers the believer, so that when God looks at us, He sees His Son. We must be dependent on God, like little children, for Him to bring us to the place of innocence and purity.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. I all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.

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Why Candy Canes at Christmas

A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would remind people of the true meaning of Christmas; so he made the candy cane to incorporate several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy, white candy to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus.  He made it hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the Church, and the firmness of the promises of God.

The candy maker then shaped his cane into the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to the earth as Savior. It could also represent the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down to reclaim the fallen lambs who, like sheep, have gone astray.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.

As much as society wants to deny Jesus, all year long.  They go out of their way to deny Him during Christmas. They want to call Christmas the holiday season. Anyone can walk around San Francisco and try to find a picture or any mention of Jesus. We are the light of the world for Jesus, He ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father, some of His last words to His disciples were Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. How are we doing?

Take responsibility for obeying the command. Stand up and be counted. Jesus forgets our sin the Bible tells us He remembers them no more. Confess the sin of disobedience, He forgives me, now let me turn from my wicked ways and start new. Holy Spirit shows me who I should witness the love of Jesus. Holy Spirit let me listen for you leadership and not get in front of you. Holy Spirit gives me the words to say when you bring me to that person. Holy Spirit once I speak the truth let their heart be open to your presence.

Jesus gave it all so that we could spend eternity with Him. He told us the world would hate us they hated Him first. So let the person think what they want to think when I tell them Jesus loves them.

John 3:16-17: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His son to condemn the world but to save the world through Him.

 Think of Jesus when you see the Candy Cane, He is everywhere this time of year.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! 

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Twas the Night Before Jesus Came

Author Unknown

'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house

Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.

Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care

In hopes that Jesus would not come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed.
 Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
 And Mom in her rocker with baby on her lap
 Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the East there arose such a clatter.
 I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.
 Away to the window I flew like a flash,
 Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash!

When what to my wondering eyes should appear 
But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here. 
With a light like the sun sending forth a bright ray 
I knew in a moment this must be THE DAY!

The light of His face made me cover my head
 It was Jesus! returning just like He had said.
 And though I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,
 I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand
 Was written the name of every saved man.
 He spoke not a word as He searched for my name;
 When He said "it's not here" my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love
 He gathered to take to His Father above.
 With those who were ready He rose without a sound.
 While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late;
 I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.
 I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight;
 Oh, if only I had been ready tonight.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear;


The coming of Jesus is drawing near.
 There's only one life and when comes the last call
 We'll find that the Bible was true after all!

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