The Sunday Conversation | with Pastor Luke Okoro | 24. 04. 2022
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 . Jeremiah 1:1-10; 33:3. Ephesians 6:10-18.. Luke 10: 18-20.
- ” What do ye imagine against the LORD? He will make an end:
affliction shall not arise the second time” – Nahum 1:9. - ” And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren : and his mother called him Jabez , saying , Because I bare him with sorrow.
” And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me , and that thou wouldest keep me from evil , that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested” 1 Chronicles 4:9-10.
Wherever you see a man or woman , a family or clan or group of people, a business enterprise or human endeavour passing through distress , hardship and excruciating times of challenge;
Wherever you see poverty and lack amongst people of good education certificate and competence and hardwork; or a lady or man of marriageable age lingering in singlenhood;
Whenever you see a people or individuals who should be flourishing begging for hand-outs , and living at the mercy of those who should look up to them;
Wherever you see recurring incidences of death among young people in families , or clans or groups; These are alarms that should alert you that there are evil forces at work .Indeed something must be uncommonly wrong. Yes, the Devil must have been at work. These situations and circumstances demand that something MUST be done to stop it before they become a thing of generational REPUTATION for such a people or family.
Our Conversation today will take the form of prayers , as God has opened our eyes to perceive and to see that some of our followers and readers are in various degrees of distresses arising from some evil occurrences in their lives, families and businesses as well as marriages , academics and general well being.
We are minded to believe God in this kind of Conversation because one has seen lives, marriages, families and businesses ruined and pulled into rubbles , penury, poverty and hopelessness- even when those affected worked hard, planned well and did everything human to succeed. I have seen a house burn only where there was MONEY kept. No other part of the house was burnt. I have seen a farm of birds go down the drains with all the birds DEAD, because an ancestral spirit was angry that his chicken sacrifice by their fore fathers was stopped by the generation running the FARM. Do you understand that? Hmmmm.
I have seen a woman go barren because she buried a small chicken that fell into a hole with her human waste. The owner of the chicken cursed who ever took, killed or stole the chick. But , the teen girl never knew until after marriage and pregnancy became distant. Then God showed mercy with this revelation. The curse was broken, And the daughter of Zion gave birth. These are realities . Curses and evil covenants are real. Only Prayer can put them behind a man or a woman who has come to GILGAL– where reproaches are rolled away.
I will guide you in prayer. Your duty is to believe in these prayers in FAITH; and it shall be unto you in Jesus’ name.
In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, we read of a man called Jabez. He had a peculiar matter. He realized that what others get with little or no effort were too hard for him to get. He struggled to no avail because he was born in sorrow. He was a man of sorrow , therefore, he must suffer sufficiently before he could gain success of any kind.
What did he do? He went to the LORD in prayer. He got it. And the narrative changed. Things happen when men pray and not faint. Luke 18:1. Jabez refused to accept the status quo, perhaps, a life of average performance or output. He wanted real manifestation . And he got it in great and superlative abundance.
In Genesis 32:24-32; When Jacob discovered that he needed to do something to overcome the power of DECEIT upon his life, he wrestled with God, through an angel in prayer.
In Acts 9, Apostle Paul was struck with blindness. He was led to a prophet who prayed and restored his sight.
We are drawing these instances to encourage you and boost your faith, and for you to appreciate the scriptural backing of what we are saying.
While growing up in the village – Obinokwu, Ohii autonomous community of Imo State, I didn’t see much of the elderly, until the 2000s and now. Reason being that our elders died in their 60s at most. Some died earlier, until an Evangelist from the village became incensed and organized DELIVERANCE for the community. Every family burnt their gods which couldn’t keep them to old age. It was a massive spiritual revival and reawakening. There was sincere repentance , and a turnaround for the better. Today we have people who are centenarians and several in their 90s and 80s. Early death was banished. Perhaps , by now yours sincerely would have gone since I am in my 60s. Jesus said, Just believe; And all these things shall be possible. Yours may not be early death. Perhaps, it could be pervasive poverty and lack, debilitating sicknesses and diseases, prolonged unemployment and delayed marriage and childbirth, lack of real progress in the family among members, wayward children, marital instability , separation and divorce as well as sexual incontinence and pervasion, routine violence, anger and hubristic pride and satanic arrogance. It could be disappointment at the point of success or inability to make it BIG as a people or family. The list could be endless. . But one thing certain is that you know – as my community people realized – that something is wrong..
Today, help will come your way in Jesus’ name. Amen.
The sad reality is that some of the sources of these evil occurrences could be unknown sources. They just happen because you are in the place at a time it was ripe to occur. Take the case of the man called Hiel in 1Kings 16 : 34. He was not there when Joshua placed a curse on whomsoever will rise up one day to rebuild the walls of Jericho. Yet he rebuilt Jericho at the expense of his two sons… first son died to lay the foundation, while the last son died to raise the walls. Joshua 6 :26.
At this point, am sure you can now understand that some children, some families and some individuals are suffering– not for not doing enough– but because they are contending with unknown powers and forces of darkness beyond them . The Psalmist in Psalms 140 called them violent men
and wicked people who had purposed to upturn his goings.
Ok. Let us begin by making this Prayer confession:
I confess that I am a child of God. I accept that Jesus died on the cross to set me free from sin and Satan and self. I receive Him into my life by faith. I believe in the Lordsihip of Jesus as Master and Saviour. Henceforth, He shall be my guide, my hope and my eternal resting place. I make this confession in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.( This is the foundation of these deliverance prayers because by mouth confession is made unto righteousness, and by the heart, man believeth and is saved. These prayers are not for serial, routine and aberrant and wilful sinners or disobedient believers. You must be committed to your confession and profession as a believer).
We are going to present these evil occurrences in a simple prayer pattern before God. Your duty is to say amen to them. And it shall be done in Jesus’ name.
1. I disinherit my self, ( my family and my generation, where needful) , from every ancestral worship, generational curse or blood covenant entered into by my forefathers; Or curses or covenants of blood placed upon my family and lineage knowingly or unknowingly , by reason of the superior blood of Jesus Christ, and in the name that is above all other names in heaven and on earth. I decree and proclaim that my family and my generation are free from your content , your effect and your performance in Jesus’ name. I put an end to your operations in my life and generations in Jesus’ name.
2, By the authority of God’s unbroken WORD, upon which I stand saved, I reject, renounce, refuse and repudiate any curse, any covenant or agreement standing against me, my family and my generations. I hereby cancel them , I nullify them and cause then to return back to their sources in Jesus’ name.
Because I stand upon the mercy of God , everything these curses and covenants had denied me in the past, I CLAIM and command their restoration in Jesus’name.As David recovered all that were stolen by the invading Philistine army, I also collapse the powers in these curses and covenants to recover all that they had wasted before now in Jesus’ name. I command the power of reversal to work in my favor under grace and open heavens in Jesus’ name.
3, Jabez and Ichabod were given names by their birth circumstances. Any of such names given to me and my children are hereby withdrawn and rendered of non effect . Any such pronouncements are cancelled by the power of the Holy Ghost. And as Jabez became more honorable amongst his brethren, me and my children and our generations will be first amongst equals and second to none in all matters of life and Godliness in Jesus’ name.
4, There are spiritual forces and Satanic powers that hinder :
r Progress in business and career;
, Peaceful and successful marriage and family life;
Early marriage and timely and seamless childbirth;
General growth in personal well being , Growth opportunities and great grace to make it BIG.
Today , LORD, I stand in the gap for these your children to proclaim them VICTORS henceforth in Jesus’ name.. I cripple these forces and exorcise their powers and render them useless in Jesus’ name.
Going forward you shall live in full output of who you are in CHRIST JESUS. All the forces and powers that hindered you in the past are hereby banished to abyss until the day of judgement in Jesus’ name.
(To be continued).
God bless. Happy Sunday, Prayer always!
•Pastor Okoro, a revivalist and marriage counselor, can be reached on:
08051000462.
April 24, 2022.
