SPIRITUAL STRENGTH IN PSALMS

Throughout the centuries the Psalms have been a source of personal inspiration and spiritual strength. In the course of dealing with the adversities of life, people are often frustrated by not being able to express adequately their emotional pain or mental anguish. The Psalms release us from that frustration. With emotionally drenched complaints, humble confessions, desperate please, penitent prayers, or screams of pain, the writers of the Psalms skillfully expose and express the yearnings of our deepest thoughts. This use of the Psalms is often the first step toward our own deliverance. By song and Spirit they comfort the lonely, strengthen the weary, bind the brokenhearted, and turn the eyes of the downcast up toward their Creator. Hope returns, faith is renewed, and life again becomes bearable.

PRAYER

As GOD’S OFFICIAL legislator and law enforcement agent I come in the name of the resurrected Jesus, whose I am and whom I serve, “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, things in earth, things under the earth, that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” 

I effect and enforce God’s original plans and purposes over and against the plans and purposes of Satan.  I decree and declare that in this battle no intrinsic, no extrinsic weapon, be it emotional, financial, physical, social, psychological, spiritual, organizational, interpersonal, formed against me shall prosper. I place upon myself the armor of light and of the Lord. Truth to cover my loins, the breastplate of righteousness to cover my heart and chest cavity, the gospel of peace to cover my feet, the shield of faith to defensively and offensively cover my body, the helmet of salvation to cover my head, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ a robe of righteousness, the glory of God is my reward (Isaiah 58:8)

I decree and declare that the weapons of my warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God. I pull down strongholds, cast down vain imaginations and every high thing that lifts itself against the knowledge of Jesus Christ. My thoughts are now subject to the Lordship of Christ.

I speak that God’s anointing destroys every yoke in my life, and that my soul, my spirit, my body now functions in order according to divine systems of protocol. I decree and declare that I am healed and Spirit-filled, sickness and diseases are far from me. I establish divine parameters, boundaries and borders, and legislate and establish the laws of the kingdom of heaven to govern all activities within.

I overrule and disallow, I veto every diabolical sanction, subverting activity, injunction, directive, mandate, or order, which opposes the will of the Lord concerning my life, my ministry, my finances, my family, Hallelujah. I disannul diabolical decisions and rulings concerning my ministry, and concerning my life, and the lives of family members, my friends, my associates. 

I take control over the airways, the galaxies, systems, realms, regions, domains, spheres, stratospheres, hemispheres, atmospheres. Anything that will affect me negatively. I bring it unto the obedience and the Lordship of Christ, and I decree and declare that those things are aligned. I dispossess master spirits and employ Michael's, archangels, the angelic host to handle any satanic contentions, disputing, strivings, resistance concerning this injunction.

I decree and declare successful divine and angelic undertakings, under girdings, reinforcements, and assistance. According to Your Word in Psalm 103:20, I summon angels that now excel in strength and to marshal and protect my personage and property, and possessions.

Jehovah Gibbor, contend with those that contend with me, fight against those that fight against me. Take hold of the shield and buckler, stand up for my help. Draw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Clothe yourself in your garments of war. Muster your devices, gather your weaponry and ammunition from your divine arsenal. Make bright your arrows, gather your shields, let vengeance be your ultimate goal as you overthrow the chariots, the horses, the riders. Let terror strike the hearts of my enemies, and cause their hearts to fail. (Psalm 18:7-19)

HEALING PRAYER

Father, You are the great physician who promised that you will place none of these diseases upon us. You are our healer, you are our deliverer, you are our way maker, you are our miracle worker. You said, in Isaiah 53:5 that you were wounded for our transgression, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with your stripes, we are healed. Father we decree and declare according to 3rd John chapter 1:2, ” Beloved, I wish above all things that you will prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers”. Father, I know that You want me to be healthy. I know you want me to be happy, I know you want me healed, I know you want me to prosper, I know you want me to succeed, I know you want me to walk in optimum health. I know that you want me to live without pain, without hurt, without stress. I know that you want me to live disease free, sickness free, stress free, and therefore I decree and declare according to Your word I am healthy and physically fit. Sickness and disease are far from me, by Your stripes I am healed.

I am healed from every physical, physiological, biochemical, bio-electrical malfunction, from emotional wounds, psychological illnesses, from physical discomfort, from sickness and diseases. I speak Jeremiah 17:14-15 over my life. Heal me, oh, Lord and I shall be healed, save me and I shall be saved for thou art my praise. Behold they say unto me, where is the word of the Lord? Let it come near. You sent your word to heal us from all our diseases. You word is nigh unto me this day. According to Psalm 107:20, I declare that I am healed by the word of the Lord. I speak to every part of my body, be healed.

Spirit of infirmity, loose your hold over my life and the life of my loved ones. Let the fountains of infirmity, affliction, discomfort and pain, dry up now! Let poison and toxins dry out of every part of my body now. Neutralize the negative effects of viruses and bacteria, drugs and medical treatment now! I decree and declare that any and all physiological, biochemical, hormonal, neurological, organic, systemic, cellular or molecular damage sustained from stress, exhaustion, medication, pharmaceuticals, drugs, medical treatment, X-ray, chemo-radiation therapy, monoclonal antibodies, etc. It is reversed now! I speak health and healing over my cells, my organs and systems. I speak healing to my glands, I speak health and healing over my mind. I speak health and healing over my body. 

I speak that my brain is healed. My frontal lobe, my parietal lobe, my Occipital lobe, my temporal lobe, the limbic system, the Pituitary glands, the thalamus and the hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, medulla, oblongata, brain stem, nervous system,Corpus callosum, Cerebrum, Cerebellum, They are all healed and they have come under divine alignment and you are functioning like God has ordained you to function. Father I decree and declare that my mind has been healed, heal my thought processes biochemically and bio-electrically. Let there be no miss firing between the left and right brain. I decree that there is perfect balance in my mind, my body and my life. Heal me emotionally, physiologically, right down to my soul.

Heal me of suppressed emotions, denial, anger, bitterness, rage, loneliness, feelings of isolation, fear, unbelief, doubt, confusion, distress, stress, sadness, depression, frustration, victimization, resentment, blame, abuse, misunderstanding, projection, suggestions, bad report, evil report, negativity, Innuendos, hallelujah that undermine my health and healing. Reverse the atmosphere that I am living in. Remove the tension from out of my house, out of my environment. Heal me of regret, revenge, unforgiveness, jealously, envy, conflict, self hatred, insecurity. Deliver me from the snare of venomous contamination's, emotional blackmail, emotional attachment, soul ties, malicious gossip, spirit of inheritance, toxic and toxic relationships, poisons of the mind, poison of my spirit, pain, discomfort, discouragement, fear of death, confusion, hemorrhaging, hemorrhaging of joy, hemorrhaging of peace, hemorrhaging of my finances, hallelujah! Heal me God of hemorrhaging of natural and spiritual resources. Oh, God heal me. Let there be no more deterioration, disorientation, disillusionment, depression, suicidal thoughts, feelings of isolation, loneliness, fatalism or fatalities, railings, allegation, or death.

Free me from all negative emotions. I shall no longer hold bitterness, or strife or falsehood, or jealously or slander or envy or defiance, or offenses, in my heart, in my soul towards anyone. I release them, I let them go, I forgive them. Father because I recognize all of the negative effects that these emotions and these attitudes have had on my body. Today I choose to let it go. I release offenses, I release bitterness, I release negativity, I release toxic thoughts, I release toxic relationships, I release fear, I release doubt, I release worry, I release bitterness, I release hurt and I say it unequivocally in the name of Jesus, offenses go, bitterness go, negativity go, toxic thoughts go, toxic relationships go, fear go, doubt go,  worry go, bitterness go, hurt go.

Father, I trust You to fight my battle, fight on my behalf, I cannot fight this any longer. Father, I release You, You are the God that wars on my behalf and I release Angels as well. And I decree and declare that according to Psalm 91:1-16 You said in Your word that ”He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him will I trust.  3. Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the Fowler, and from the perilous pestilence.  4. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.  5. You shall not be afraid for the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; I rebuke night fears in the name of Jesus. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. 6. Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that waste at noon. 7. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.  8. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked.  9. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the most High, your dwelling place, 10. No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. 11. For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all you ways. 12. In their hands, they shall bear you up, lest thou dash your foot against a stone. 13. You shall tread upon the lion and cobra: the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. 14. Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. 16. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him My salvation.” Father, I decree and declare this entire, hallelujah, portion of scripture over my life.

DEUTERONOMY THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES

Deuteronomy identifies the book’s content with Moses: “These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel” (1:1). “Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests” (31:9) may well refer to his writing of the entire book as well. Moses’ name appears nearly forty times in the volume, and the book clearly reflects Moses’ personality. The first person pronoun used freely throughout its pages further supports Mosaic authorship.

Both Jewish and Samaritan tradition are unanimous in identifying Moses as the author. Christ expressly acknowledges Moses as the author of the book’s content as do Peter and Stephen (Matt. 19:7, 8; Mark 10:3, 4; Acts 3:22; 7:37).

The last chapter, which contains the account of Moses’ death, was probably written by his intimate friend Joshua.

Moses and the Israelites began the Exodus from Egypt about 1440 b.c. They arrived on the plains of Moab where Deuteronomy was likely written about 1400 b.c. on the occasion of the speaking of its content to the people “in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month,” of the fortieth year of their wilderness wandering (1:3). This was just before Moses’ death and Joshua’s leading of the Israelites into Canaan. Deuteronomy therefore covers less than a two-month period, which includes the thirty days of mourning for Moses’ death.

Moses was now 120 years old and the Promised Land lay ahead. He had led the Israelites out of captivity from Egypt and through the wilderness to receive God’s Law at Mount Sinai. Because of Israel’s disobedience in refusing to enter the land of Canaan, which God had promised them, they had wandered aimlessly in the desert for thirty-eight years. Now they were camped on the eastern border of Canaan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor in the uplands of Moab overlooking Jericho and the plain of Jordan. As the Israelites prepared to enter the Promised Land, they faced a turning point in their history—new foes, new temptations, and new leadership. Moses called the people together to remind them of the Lord’s faithfulness and to challenge them to be faithful and obedient to their God as they possessed the Promised Land.

Deuteronomy is a series of farewell addresses by Moses to the Israelites as he prepares to die and as they make ready to enter the Promised Land. Although God had forbidden him to enter Canaan, Moses experiences a strong sense of anticipation for the people. What God had promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob centuries before is about to come true. Deuteronomy is the proclamation of a second chance for Israel. Israel’s lack of faith and disloyalty had prevented the conquest of Canaan earlier. The majority of the people with Moses at the threshold of the Promised Land had not witnessed the scenes at Sinai; they had been born and reared in the wilderness. Thus Moses exhorts them thirty-five times to “go in and possess” the land. Thirty-four times he reminds them that this is the land that the Lord is giving them.

As this new generation of Israelites poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses vividly recalls with them God’s faithfulness throughout their history and reminds them of their unique covenant relationship with the Lord. Moses realizes that the Israelites’ greatest temptation in the new land will be to forsake God and to take up the worship of the Canaanite idols. Thus he is concerned for the perpetuation of the covenant relationship. To prepare the nation for life in the new land, Moses expounds the commandments and statutes God had given in His covenant. Obedience to God is equated with life, blessing, health, and prosperity. Disobedience is equated with death, cursing, disease, and poverty. The covenant showed God’s children the way to live in fellowship with Him and with each other. So powerful is Deuteronomy’s message that it is quoted over eighty times in the New Testament.

Deuteronomy is characterized by a strong sense of urgency. Even to the contemporary reader the challenge is decisive: “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (30:19). The decision is ours.

Deuteronomy teaches that the relation of God to His people is far more than law. The indispensable conditions of our covenant relationship with God are obedience and loyalty. Our love, affection, and devotion to the Lord must be the true foundation of all our actions. Loyalty to God is the essence of true piety and holiness. Success, victory, prosperity, and happiness all depend upon our obedience to the Father. The book is a plea for our obedience to God based upon the motives of love and fear. “What does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes” (10:12, 13).

Moses was the first to prophesy the coming of the Messiah, a Prophet like Moses himself (18:15). Notably, Moses is the only person with whom Jesus ever compared Himself. “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46, 47). Jesus often quoted from Deuteronomy. When asked to name the most important commandment, He responded with Deuteronomy 6:5. When confronted by Satan at His temptation, He quoted exclusively from Deuteronomy (8:3; 6:16; 6:13; and 10:20). How significant that Christ, who was perfectly obedient to the Father, even unto death, used this book on obedience to demonstrate His submission to the Father’s will.

The unifying theme throughout the Bible is the redemptive activity of God. Deuteronomy reminds the people that the Spirit of God had been with them from the time of their deliverance from Egypt to the present and that He would continue to guide and protect them if only they would be obedient to the stipulations of the covenant.

Second Peter 1:21 clearly describes Moses, “holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” As a spokesman for God, Moses demonstrated the presence of the Holy Spirit as he prophesied to the people. Several of his most significant prophecies included the coming of the Messiah (18:15), the dispersion of Israel (30:1), the repentance (30:2) and restoration (30:5) of Israel, Israel’s future national restoration and conversion (30:5, 6), and Israel’s national prosperity (30:9).

May Adonai, the God of your ancestors, increase you yet a thousandfold and bless you, as he has promised you! (Deuteronomy 1:11 CJB)

~New Spirit-Filled Life Bible