Deliverance Prayers - Day 14 - SOUL (MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS) - PUT IN RIGHT MIND BY DELIVERANCE

The following are excerpts from the Bible that show how God heals the soul and puts those that are tormented in their right mind by deliverance:

Matthew 4:23-24, They were tormented, possessed with devils and lunatic; He healed them all.

Matthew 8:26-33, "Why are ye fearful, o ye of little faith?" Do not fear deliverance! There were two possessed with devils exceedingly fierce; He said Go" into the herd of swine. They were delivered and healed.

Matthew 17:14-21, He was a lunatic and sore vexed; Jesus rebuked the devil and he was cured. The disciples had unbelief and little faith. Sometimes we need to fast and pray before deliverance to cast out certain types of strong demons.

Mark 5:2-20, He was possessed with the devil, and had the legion. After casting out the unclean spirits (devils), he was sitting, clothed and in his right mind. 

Mark 9:17-27, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. "He could then speak and hear. The father believed. This kind required fasting and pray- praying which Jesus did. 

Luke 8:26-39, He had devils, unclean spirit, Legion, many devils. "He that was possessed of the devils was healed, and in his right mind." Jesus told him to go give his testimony. The people were afraid and asked Jesus to leave rather than glorying in the miracle of setting the man free.

Luke 9:37-42, "The devil threw him down and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child." 0 faithless and perverse generation why don't you believe in deliverance? "And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God" - deliverance. 

Acts 8:22-24, Simon had the gall of bitterness and was in the bond of iniquity. He was bitter and sinning. We should ask forgiveness for bitterness (resentment) and for our sins, then cast out bitterness out of the soul.

Acts 16:16-18, "A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. "Paul, being grieved turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the Name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." This is the method for deliverance.These verses talk about those who are tormented, possessed with devils, lunatic, exceedingly fierce or sore vexed; and who had unclean spirits, dumb and deaf spirit, Legion of demons, gall of bitterness, bond of iniquity, and spirit of divination. The demons were cast out in the Name of Jesus Christ and the people were healed, cured and put in their right mind. If we have problems with the mind, will or emotions, we should use deliverance to help ourselves.

Matthew 4:23-24 Torments, possessed with devils and lunatic - healed. 

Matthew 8:26-33 Two possessed with devils exceedingly fierce - cast out.

Matthew 17:14-21 Lunatic and sore vexed - cured. 

Mark 5:2-20 Unclean spirits - right mind.

Mark 9:17-27 Dumb and deaf spirit - came out of him.

Luke 8:26-39 Legion of demons - in his right mind.

Luke 9:37-42 Unclean spirit - healed the child. 

Acts 8:22-24 Gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity - forgiven thee.

Acts 16:16 18 Spirit of divination - came out of her.

As you can see, JESUS cast out demons in the synagogues, in all Galilee, outside, in the multitude, in houses, at the seashore, in a ship, in the plain, in every city and village, and finally everywhere among the people. I researched the Bible on where JESUS cast out demons; it is essentially everywhere he went. I believe this is what JESUS wants us to do. Since we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we can have church anywhere two or more are gathered together. This can be you and the person you are ministering to.

What is casting out demons? Mark 16:17 says "And these signs (casting out) shall follow them that believe (Christians) in My name (JESUS) shall they "cast out 'devils'." Cast out means to eject, bring forth, cast forth, drive out, expel, pluck, pull out, take out, thrust out, put forth, send away and send forth. Casting out demons is a command, not a prayer. For example, the following is a command for DELIVERANCE. "Spirit of rejection I command you to come out of me, John, Jane, etc. in the name of JESUS".

There is some strong scripture that applies to those who fight against DELIVERANCE, especially in the church:

Matt. 7:6 Dogs...do not throw your pearls before swine.

Matt. 23:27-28 Hypocrites...whitewashed tombs - full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness, full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

They are not fighting against the DELIVERANCE ministers, but against God and His Holy Bible. I pity them when they stand before God in the Great White Throne Judgement!

It is clear from the many scriptures that JESUS cast out demons everywhere He went and He wants the Christians to follow His pattern of ministry. The world will never be conquered for God from Satan unless DELIVERANCE is practiced world wide! We should have church everywhere we go.

We need all-out spiritual warfare against Satan and his forces of evil. If you look at the statistics of the world, you can see that Satan is winning the battle. There will only be a small percentage of the world population in Heaven. It is estimated that only about 2% of the world population and 25% of the Church population will make it to Heaven. "Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matt. 7:14). 

LIST OF SCRIPTURES

Matthew:

4:23-24 All Galilee, Synagogues (vs.23)
8:14-17 Peter's house (vs. 14)
8:28-33 Seashore (vs. 32)
9:32-33 Outside (vs. 32)
10:7-8 Everywhere (vs. 7)
12:15,22 Great multitudes (vs. 15)
15:22-28 Coasts (vs. 22)
16:13-19 Coasts (vs. 13)
17:14-21 Multitude (vs. 14)

Mark:

1:23-27 Synagogues (vs. 23)
1:32-34 Door-House of Simon and Andrew (vs. 33)
1:39-41 Synagogues, all Galilee (vs. 39)
3:9-15 Small ship (vs. 9)
5:2-20 Out of ship (vs. 2)
6:10-15 House (vs. 10)
7:24-30 House (vs. 24)
9:14-27 Multitude (vs. 14)
9:33,39 House (vs. 33)

Luke:

4:33-36 Synagogue (vs. 33)
4:38-41 Simon's house (vs. 38)
6:17-19 Plain (vs. 17)
8:1-3 Every city and village (vs. 1)
8:26-39 Seashore (vs. 26)
9:37-42 Down from the hill (vs. 37)
11:14-22 Synagogue (vs. 15)
13:11-17 Synagogue (vs. 14)

~Bits and Pieces of the Deliverance Manual by Gene and Earline Moody

PRAYER

Father, I thank You that You have blessed me with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.

Through skillful and godly wisdom is my house (my life, my home, my family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation]. And by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches—great priceless treasure. The house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall stand. Prosperity and welfare are in my house, in the name of Jesus.

My house is securely built. It is founded on a rock—revelation knowledge of Your Word, Father. Jesus is my Cornerstone. Jesus is Lord of my household. Jesus is our Lord—spirit, soul, and body.

Whatever may be our task, we work at it heartily as [something] done for You, Lord, and not for men. We love each other with the God-kind of love, and we dwell in peace. My home is [deposited into Your charge, entrusted to Your protection and care].

Father, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, in Jesus’ name. Hallelujah! Amen.

Deliverance Prayers - Day 13 - Bind - Loose - Agree

BINDING, LOOSING AND AGREEING - Binding and loosing in agreement is one of the most effective weapons in our warfare that can be used for deliverance as well as our everyday life. We can bind or loose anything that God has given us the authority to bind or loose.

Scripture - Use the following scripture as your authority:

Matt. 16:18-19 & 18:18-20 (Binding and loosing)

Matt. 28:18-20 (All power is given me in heaven and earth.)

John 20:21-23 (Remitting and retaining sins)

I Cor. 5:4-5 (With the power of our Lord Jesus Christ)

II Cor. 2:10-11 (For your sake I forgave it in the person of Christ.)

I John. 3:22 (Because we keep His commandments)

I John. 5:14 (Ask anything according to His will)

Binding - Binding is a temporary measure and should be done daily. If we can't cast out the demons for some reason, then we can only bind them. Binding is also preparatory to casting out demons. Binding a demon will not cause him to leave; he must be cast out.

Loosing - Once the demons are bound, then we can loose them out of a person. We can also loose spirits of God. We prefer to use more direct commands to cast out demons than the word "loose" such as "I command you to come out of him/her in the Name of Jesus" (Mark. 16:17). Repeat this verse three times to let it have an affect on you.

Agreeing - It is very important for us to agree together in prayer to bind and loose. It is very powerful when husband and wife agree in prayer each day. It is extremely powerful when the entire congregation of a church agrees in unity and not dissension.

Daily Prayers - Binding, loosing and agreeing should be done on a daily basis, not necessarily just for deliverance, but for our home and family, finances, job and business, country, ministry, etc. We bind all powers, principalities, evil forces in this world and spiritual forces in high places. Repeat the following: "We loose the powers of God: warring angels, ministering angels, the Holy Spirit and the Seven-Fold Spirit of God. We bind up every force of evil and loose every force of good that we have the power and authority to do so in Jesus' Name. We agree together in the Name of Jesus Christ."

Agreeing - We can make covenants with God or Satan which will result in blessings or curses. If we walk together in the spirit, we must be agreed in our hearts not just in our heads or mouths. It is better to agree with your enemy than to suffer the consequences. Husband and wife make a strong team before God when they can truly agree and seek Him. Witnesses will not agree when they are false. We should not agree to subject our bodies, the temples of God, to fornicate with idols. Father, Son and Holy Ghost agree as one. 

Binding - We can bind (or bound) our soul with our words. We can bind the Word of God on our hearts. We can not bind or loose the things that God controls. We can bind up the brokenhearted and set at liberty those that are in spiritual prisons. We can bind Satan, the strong man, and tear up his playhouse in this world and in Christians. God gave us the Keys of Heaven to do His Work here on earth. We are commanded to bind the forces of evil from ourselves and others. We can not destroy the works of Satan unless we use the weapons of God: binding, loosing and agreeing. 

Loosing - God can bind or loose cords on us of affliction or death. We are to help others loose the bands of wickedness and get rid of the heavy burdens. We are commanded to loose the forces of evil from ourselves and others.

First, we are to agree on earth to overcome the forces of evil. Second, we are to bind the forces of evil here on earth. God will then bind the forces of evil in Heaven that affect us here on earth. Third, we are to loose the forces of evil here on earth. God will then loose the forces of evil in Heaven that affect us here on earth. 

There are times when we only want to agree with another Christian (in the Name of JESUS CHRIST) about some matter. There are times when we only want to bind the forces of evil and leave the evil forces in place. There are rarely times when we only want to loose the forces of evil to do their dirty work. 

Generally, we want to complete the job and eliminate the source of the problem when we can. This means that we agree on the job to be done, bind the forces of the enemy, and finally loose the forces of evil from the person. 

In DELIVERANCE, we agree to get rid of the demons in a person's body: flesh and soul. Then, we bind up the forces of the demons so that they can not manifest or harm anyone. Finally, we cast out the demons in JESUS' Name out of the person's body into dry places. Now the demons are on the outside of the body and the person must guard against letting the demons come back into his/her body by wrong actions. 

WE ARE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY!

Satan and his forces can not make you do anything unless you and/or your ancestors have yielded in this area of sin enough times for the enemy to get a foothold. Even then, it is your choice to obey the demons.

Is Satan responsible for all of your mistakes? No, you are responsible for most of the mistakes! We can not blame the Devil for our mistakes; he is not a scapegoat for us to conveniently use to escape our responsibility. Is Satan greater than God? Not hardly.

We make mistakes in every area of our lives. The main areas are mental, physical, spiritual and material. Another way of saying this is the areas of spirit, soul, body and our environment. Or you could use the words: salvation, baptism, healing, DELIVERANCE and prosperity.

We make many mistakes in mental matters. These mistakes are caused by ignorance, not seeking the Leadership of the Holy Spirit, false teaching, etc. The mistakes in judgement cause us many problems in our business, ministry and personal lives. We have mental and emotional problems, and will to do the wrongs things.

We make many mistakes in physical matters. We don't know how to take care of our bodies or we don't care about the consequences of our actions. We abuse our bodies and then expect God to instantaneously heal us or rid us of the physical problem.

We make many mistakes in spiritual matters. There are many reasons why we are unlearned in the Ways of God. The church allowed Satan through the centuries to take away many of the true teachings of God. God may be bringing the teachings back in the end times.

We make many mistakes in material matters. We don't know how to handle the material goods that God gives us such as money, property, etc. We are not good stewards of what God has trusted us with. We do not tithe and give offerings, and God curses us with poverty and want.

If you make a mistake of not following the Bible, Leadership of the Holy Spirit or Perfect Will of God, then God can not bless you. He must turn you over to Satan to curse you. Satan will attack you until you seek God, repent, break curses, break demonic ties, cast out demons, and finally start following the Lord.

PRAYER - "Father, forgive me where I have misunderstood and misapplied Your Word. Help me to truly understand the Principles of the Bible especially in the areas of Agreeing, Binding and Loosing. Help me to meet Your Requirements so that I will have Your Power to destroy the works of the enemy. Forgive me where I have made mistakes in tactics in the war against Satan. Forgive me when I said "The Devil made me do it". Help me not to be my own worst enemy.

Lord, I now pray for myself, this DELIVERANCE service and this camp meeting. Please have your way in my life and the lives of others so that we can be set free. I agree with all provisions in the Bible. I agree with God, with those present and with those who pray for the Camp.

We agree to DELIVERANCE from the demons in those present. We bind the forces of demons inside and outside of anyone present. We loose ourselves from the demons and command that they come out of our bodies and souls. We ask these things in the Name of JESUS CHRIST, our Lord, Master and Savior. Amen."

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~Bits and Pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Earline Moody

Deliverance Prayers - Day 12 - THE DEVIL HAS SOME TRICKS HE PLAYS ON US – NO ONE ESCAPES

The Devil wants to lull us into carelessness, seduce with selfish desire and destroy us with gradualism.  He whispers, "Throw all caution to the wind, be wild, crazy and reckless, follow the crowd, look for worldly excitement.  "He'll paint sin up real pretty.  (Heb. 3:13) But instead warn (admonish, urge and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened (into settled rebellion) by the deceitfulness of sin - (that is,) by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamour of his sin may play on him.  Satan never has his cigarette ads show an older person throwing up his lungs in the death grip of lung cancer.  When he suggests sex sin, it is not shown as it is - death from sexual disease or diseased, deformed and retarded children, mental, emotional terrors and grief over sins, and the curses put upon oneself and descendants.  He paints a pretty picture and uses peer-pressure to try to force us into his trap.

The Devil knows humans very well.  He has had many centuries to learn to trap us.  Humans have a great weakness.  It's called self.  We like to see, own and eat pretty things, we love the praise of our peers and we like to think we're smarter than the average human.  We like short cuts to all the above.

When we see we are caught in his trap, we get mad at each other and blame each other or God, but we seldom blame the Devil.  So, he generously adds hate to the list of demons he has in us.  The demons job is to play us along and when we begin to realize what has happened, he slams the trap door shut and tries to convince us that there is no way out. But, God has made a way out for all Christians. 

Satan and his host have power and authority (Eph. 6:12) in the heavenly sphere.  If we follow the suggestions given us by his demons, he will gain more and more power and authority to hold us captive until he has destroyed not only us but our children for many generations. 

"But God" - these two little powerful words hold the key to triumphing over the power of the Devil.  If we turn from Satan to God, we qualify to use the power and authority over Satan that God has given to all his followers.  Luke 10:19 BEHOLD! I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER OVER ALL THE POWER THE ENEMY POSSESSES.  This power we have is through the blood and name of Jesus Christ, God's son, and our obedience to his commandants.  Our trouble is that most of us do not use hardly any of the power we have been given.  In fact, we'd rather believe the love gospel than to have to resist anything.  We certainly do not want to wage war against the Devil and the demons. 

Even as Christians, we do not have the right to attempt to use this power unless we are willing to study the Bible and discipline our lives.  This does not mean that we have to be perfect in every way; it means that we are always going after God and learning to obey more and more. 

SUBMIT TO GOD - James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  We are always getting things out of order.  We want to resist the Devil before we submit to God.  It requires: 

1. We must accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, Master and Saviour.

2. We will begin a diligent study of the Bible.

3. We will accept Biblical principals as our own.

4. We will begin to live by these Godly principals.

5. His will for our life is more desirable to us than our necessary food. 

Only as we begin and continue these things, can we say we are submitted to God.  Then and only then will we begin to be able to resist the Devil and have him flee from us.  With the Devil and demons, our words don't work but our actions will.  We can only say we have put on the whole armour of God after we have actually done it.  Eph. 6:11-18 must be an active part of our life. God wants obedience that comes from our desire to please God.  As we are learning to bring ourselves into subjection to God we may have to force ourselves to obey.  It is our actions we force not our desire.  Breaking old habits requires diligence.

We have power to bind and loose according to Mat. 16:18-19.  We bind the demonic activity within us and attacks on us in the name of Jesus Christ.  Our purpose in binding them is to cast them out.  Binding demons in someone is not done to control their will but to control the demon in them.  God has given each of us a free will so we do not ever try to control another person's will. 

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PRAYER - Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before you.  I cover myself with the blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST as my protection.  I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to you.  I take a stand against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in my prayer life.  I address myself only to the true and living God and refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer.  Satan, I command you, in the Name of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, to leave my presence with all your demons.  I bring the blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST between us.  I resist all the endeavors of Satan and his wicked spirits to rob me of the will of God.  I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind.  I pull down the strongholds of Satan. 

"Satan, we come against all powers, principalities, evil forces in this world and spiritual wickedness in high places.  We come against all demons inside or outside of anyone present, over this city, state, nation and world, in Hell or out of Hell.  The Bible says, 'Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.'  We intend to exercise that power to set ourselves free.  Satan, we come against you by the power and blood of JESUS CHRIST, by the Word of God, by the name of JESUS, by the authority of the Believer, in the unity of our spirits.  Satan, we tell you that we sit in heavenly places with our CHRIST JESUS.  We are over you, your fallen angels, your demons and all forces of evil.  We command you to line up in rank and file and order, and come out quickly.  We bind every power that you have and loose ourselves from you in the name of JESUS."  Amen!"

~Bits and pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Earline Moody

Deliverance Prayers - Day 11 - KEEPING WHAT YOU HAVE - MAINTAINING DELIVERANCE

HOW SHALL WE KEEP DELIVERANCE? 

1. Study and apply the Word of God to your thoughts and actions (I Peter 3; II Tim. 2:15). 

2. Discipline your mind and live according to God's directions.  You are responsible for the use of your mind and the actions of your life (II Cor. 10:5).

3. Remember no action takes place until the mind plans the action (I Cor. 10:13).

4. When you fail get up and start over, remember the Bible says that we are knocked down but not knocked out (Rom. 6:16, 12:21; II Cor. 4:8).

5. Use the Word of God against evil thoughts and demonic attack.  Jesus did this at His temptation.  When demons come back to attack or tempt you, take authority over them in the name of Jesus Christ.  Immediately begin to tell them about Jesus' death and resurrection which were done for you (Matt. 4:4,7 ;10).

6. Don't fear demons; be consistent and fearless against them.  Remember no demon gets into anyone who has not given ample ground for its entry (Phil. 1:28).

7. Clean out the home you live in.  There should not be anything in your house that calls demons.  Ask the Lord to guide you to things in your home that displease Him.  Be sure and check out all your jewelry.  Most of our Christian jewelry in actually from pagan origin (Deut. 7:26).

8. Fellowship with other Christians (Heb. 10:25).

9. Fight against fleshly appetites daily (Gal. 5:19-21,24).

10. Don't return to old sinful friends or places or old thought life (I Cor. 5:7).

11. Maintain a attitude of gratitude and praise to God for all His blessings (Deut. 28:47-48).

12. Pray always in all manner of prayer (Matt. 13:33).

13. Maintain a loving attitude even to your human enemies (Matt. 5:44-46).

This is an extremely important part of deliverance.  We can spend a long time casting out demons but maintaining your deliverance is your part and no one can do this part for you.  You have to maintain your own deliverance; it is the hardest part of deliverance.  You will have to change your mind, the way you think, and you and you alone will have to change the way you act.  You will have to study and obey the Word of God.  It's not a matter of how much you read the Bible but how much you obey it's precepts. 

PRAYER - This is a sample prayer, you may be led by the Holy Spirit to add or change it to suit you own needs.

Lord Jesus Christ, I agree with this lesson.  I agree with the Holy Word of God.  I want deliverance for the right reasons, so that I might serve you and do the things you would have me to do.  I renounce all selfishness.  I want to do and be all you have planned for me.  I want to walk within your perfect will.  Help me Lord Jesus to maintain my deliverance.  As I seek your face, show me how to do this.  I agree with you, Lord, I will maintain my deliverance.  I will submit myself to you and I will seek your face.  I thank you, Lord Jesus, that you will help me maintain my deliverance, and to stay free and to go on with you.

Now, Lord Jesus, I forgive my ancestors and my descendants and anyone else who has hurt me or sinned against me.  I ask that you forgive them and bless them with all spiritual blessings.  Forgive me Lord Jesus for my many sins, I forgive myself for sins against my body.  Now I break every curse, every hex and every demonic tie that binds.  I break every soul tie brought about by witchcraft or sexual impurity. Lord Jesus, restore my fragmented mind.  Send your angels out to recover anything Satan has stolen from me.  Lord Jesus, stir up the demons in my subconscious mind.  I Command them to identify and reveal themselves as unto Jesus so that they can be cast out.  I ask all these things I ask in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, my Lord, my Master and my Savior.  I take authority over Satan according to the whole Word Of God which I accept in simple childlike faith.  It is in Jesus' name I pray.  Amen 

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~Bits and pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Earline Moody

Deliverance Prayers - Day 10 - The Art of Selfishness

The teaching of humanism in America's public schools is a perfect study of Satan's use of gradualism.  As the years have gone by, it has increased in intensity until people are becoming utterly self-centered, lazy, looking for something to help them escape reality, someone to blame for their failures and dependent on government for those things we should be doing for themselves.  Reading and heeding the teaching of the Bible seems like a fantasy to us.  Therefore, we Christians find ourselves seeking a God who will take care of all our problems for us.  We cannot understand that God has cut a covenant with us and never cuts out on us.  We are the ones who ask God to do both His part and ours.

We often, in moments of mock piety, ask God to sit on the throne of our life but do not consider what it will mean.   Once I was carried away with fantasy and asked God to sit on the throne of my life.  His answer was "It's a little crowded here; we cannot both sit here".  We need to consider what this kind of prayer means and not ask such a thing unless we mean to make the changes that will be required of us.

The Christian life requires a Christian to become deeply involved in correcting the problems in his own life, thereby learning to know God and himself and becoming strong in faith as he sees his obedience to the scriptures bringing corrections in his body, soul and spirit.  Then his life will be a strength and encouragement to all people both saved and lost. 

A man can never be so good that God will have to accept him for his goodness alone without that man accepting God's way of salvation, repentance and worship.  God is not obligated to receive our works in place of obedience to His Word.  This is the basis of all false religions.

The Biblical principals we are to live by are contained in Matt. 22:34-40 and Mark 12:29-30.  We tend to forget that if we love Jesus we will work at keeping all His Commandments (John 14:15).  II Timothy 3:1-7 is the results of breaking the Ten Commandants (Ex. 20:1-17).  

It is easy to see selfishness is the force breaking every commandment.  

Because spirits of self are very sneaky and try to trick and confuse us, pray something like this before you begin this study. 

PRAYER - "Father, I come to you now in the name of Jesus asking you to send the Seven - Fold Spirit of God upon me (Isa. 11:2) to help me to understand the selfishness in my life.  I bind all self spirits from interfering with my understanding of my motives and actions.  Give me wisdom to attack my problems.  Grant me the ability to see my motives and actions as you do. Father, please forgive, cleanse, and instruct me in your way.  I repent of accepting humanism as a religion to live by.  Father, help me to comprehend the many subtle ways it has controlled my ideals and actions, clouded my view of you and of life, and kept me from understanding your Word.  I now take authority (Luke 10:19) over all the power of the enemy, and I bind him and his demons from interfering now.  I ask you Father to send warrior spirits and angels to assist me (Heb. 1:14).  In Jesus Name, Amen." 

We complain about the young being so selfish.  Where do you think they were trained?  Look in the mirror.  Selfishness is a lack of control of self indulgence.  One proof of the Holy Spirit's work in us is self control (Gal. 5:5, 22-26).  V.22 But the fruit of the Holy Spirit, (the work which His presence within accomplishes) - is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness:  V.23, (meekness, humility) gentleness, self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such there is no law.  V.24, And those who belong to Christ Jesus, the Messiah, have crucified the flesh - Godless human nature - with its passions and appetites and desires. 

Let's just take a look at how we parents really flub up.  Let's use the coming Christmas Season as a case in point.  We loose demons of self-centeredness on our children plus those of idolatry.  We say to them every so well meaning, "What would you like for Christmas?"  He probably hasn't thought to much about it unless we've allowed him to get brain washed by TV.  So we start him on the self trail. 

As a teacher I can tell you that it takes a month or more for your child to get this self-centeredness under control if at all.  My assistant and I would have to bind up idolatry and self-centeredness, and loose Godly spirits on the children for weeks after they came back to school.  We would use scriptures about self-control, good work habits and generosity to help them get back into school work. 

As we continually probe for their desires, we are really sicking demons on the child.  As parents, we should have the good sense to know what toys our child should have and when.  We should have enough spiritual strength to teach the children why they can and cannot have certain things.  When they say everyone else has it or does it, a parent gets a great teaching opportunity.  If you do not have sound convictions, you will not be prepared to calmly and powerfully teach with enough conviction to convince them of your confidence in your knowledge. 

We don't just wait for holidays, we are constantly asking the children, "What do you want for supper?"  If there are three children, there will be no agreement.  Why not take on your responsibility and make a wholesome meal; those who don't like it may wait until the next meal - no snacks.  When they get hungry, they will eat. 

What about clothes?  Parents are paying; they should say what you wear.  If you are on your own and paying you own bills, you may choose. 

Lately, I hear and see moms and dads begging children to obey.  In our day we didn't beg, we told them what they could or could not do.  Those children seemed to be better adjusted and happier than now.  It is really more disgusting to see an Ahab daddy beg a child to be good than to see a mom giving in.

You will need to study your own motives to see why you do the things you do. They may point to your own need to face up to the need for deliverance from rejection, bitterness and rebellion, etc.  Refusing to shape up, once saved, is serious rebellion and stupidity. 

Do you have enough strength to read, study your Bible and obey it?  Will you take the time to teach your children Biblical principles?  Will you be strong enough to stand up to their objections as the family begins to come into order?  The children really respond well to their father's teaching them.  Our children would really be kicking up a fuss.  After Gene talked to them, they would correct quickly. 

When we break any commandment, curses are loosed on our children.  This means that demons have a right to work on our children to get them to sin and allow in more demons.  Begin by recognizing and truly repenting of sin in breaking God's commandments.  Then repent with sincere repentance for each commandment you have broken. 

PRAYER - "Dear Father, forgive me for setting up gods to worship, especially the god of self.  For placing self on the throne of my life and for serving my wants.  I ask you to give me understanding of myself and the motives for my actions.  Help me to understand how I became my own god.  I do repent for being selfish, of always looking out for myself, of always wanting the best for myself and my family.  I am also ashamed to see how I have taught my children to be selfish.  Please forgive me for my selfish motives and acts, the way I have tried to and have manipulated others to get my desires.  Forgive me for serving you to bring honor to myself.  Oh Lord, please cleanse me and instruct me in your way.  I will apply myself diligently to learn your way and do it." 

It is a serious thing to make a vow to God and not pay it.  If you plan to keep this vow, you may pray a prayer something like this: 

For the men: "Dear Father, I will apply myself to study Biblical principals.  I will live them and teach them to my children.  I will not berate nor harass my wife and children as they learn." 

For the women: "Dear Father, I will apply myself to study Biblical principals.  I will incorporate them into my life.  I will live them and teach them to our children.  I will not belittle or disrespect my husband as he leads us."  ~Earline Moody

Continue reading "The Art of Selfishness"

~Bits and Pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Earline Moody