Spiritual Warfare

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Spiritual Warfare
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Standing in the GapEzekiel 2230 -
Fervent Intercession

• Example of Abraham interceding for Sodom and
  Gomorrah
• Identification and empathy We not
  they
• deep repentance for the sins of forefathers,
  ungodly leaders etc

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Blowing the Shofah

• Blowing the shofar is powerful in spiritual
  warfare
• 1. as a warning or wake up call
• 2. a call to battle
• 3. celebration of victory

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Worship is a powerful weapon

• Exalting the Lord lifts our eyes from the natural
  to Gods throne room and draws on the
  supernatural power of heaven

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Prayer Gatherings

• Agreement in prayer and unity across
  denominational racial and cultural boundaries is
  powerful.

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Breaking Bread and sharing Communion

• Is a sign of unity and reminds the enemy of the
  power of the blood of Jesus.

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Being a Watchman

• 1. be alert to events in the
  news/media
• 2. hear what God is saying
• 3. be obedient in acting

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Intercession with reference to Watchtowers (John
Stubbe)
We need prayer watches, including children,
like the Moravian church 24 hours a day for
100 years!

• In the bible, there are two types of watchtowers
  mentioned
• migdal - Isaiah 5, Matthew 2133-in relation to
  watching over the harvest
• mitzpah at gates or corners of the walls
• Isaiah 216-8, a military watchtower.
• This can be interpreted as meaning that we need
  two types of intercession
• praying in the harvest i.e. praying unbelievers
  into the kingdom
• warring against the enemy

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Territorial Mapping

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• Cindy Jacobs defines this as researching a city
  to discover the inroads that Satan has made
  preventing the sharing of the gospel
• George Otis of Transformations, describes it as
  an attempt to see the world as it really is and
  not as it appears.
• It involves researching the history to discover
  the important people and events, godly and
  ungodly behaviour, especially any covenants made.

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Digging the Wells of Revival

• Involves finding out about the
  history/background.
• Who started it? How long did it last? etc.
• What were the character traits of the
  individuals?
• e.g. Jacob wrestling with God.
• It is understanding Gods heart and the
  background.
• Find out where any witchcraft came from.
• Where did it start? When?
• Know the seasons so that you can plan counter
  action.
• It must be well planned and organised.
• Document everything as this gives a sense of
  direction.
• The trust worthy character of the leaders gains
  respect
• from the public.

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Territorial Spirits

• Territorial spirits operate in specific
  geographic locations affecting the behaviour in
  homes and areas.
• There are things you do in the bathroom, you
  cant do in the gateway! e.g. living room, office
  rituals. Some are not allowed to operate in area
  X.
• e.g. plagues in one area, peace in another. On
  one side of the road, people freely receive
  tracts whilst on the other they are rejected.
• It is important for intercessors and missionaries
  to make a covenant to obey God and go wherever he
  sends them.
• Sodom and Gomorrah- the spirit of homosexuality
  caused the destruction of these towns.
• Homosexuality can destroy a whole nation. We
  must stand against homosexuality in the Church
  and not compromise!
• The 7 Churches of Asia - each had its own
  territorial spirit,
• which God judged.
• The Church must be purified. It will be judged
  first!

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Praying for Specific Territories

• Jesus prayed for a specific territory, Jerusalem.
  He had to die there. So did many of the
  prophets,
• Stephen and other disciples. (Matthew 23 37-39)
• A main mental hospital in Jerusalem is in a place
  where
• a lot of blood has been shed.

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Persistent Prayer of Faith Works

• Daniel 1013 The Prince of Persia resisted for
  21 days. The archangel Michael came to help.

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Curses for Disobedience Blessings from
ObedienceJonah 1 The city of Ninevah (and whole
nation) was ripe for Gods judgement.

• Jaffa was the place of decision for Jonah to
  disobey
• God and to suffer being cast into the sea and
• swallowed by a whale,
• but for Cornelius to obey and come into
  blessing.
• The body often suffers when we disobey.

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Jesus proclaimed judgements on Korazin and
Bethsaida. (Matthew 1120-24 )

• Most of Jesus major healings took place in
  Capernaum.
• (9 out of 44) Peters mother-in- law, the
  paralytic, blind men, the leper, the Centurians
  servant, the woman with the issue of blood and
  Jairus daughter was raised.

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Types of sin that bring the judgement of God

• 1. Idolatry - Has an area been dedicated to
  foreign gods?
• Deuteronomy 2715 cursed is the man
• who carves an image or casts an idol.

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2. Shedding of bloodDeuteronomy 2725 Abortion
is illegal. An embryo has a mature spirit e.g.
the baby lept in the womb (John the Baptist
recognising Jesus in the womb. (Luke141) It
is possible to receive a curse in the womb

• 3. A decision of leaders to reject God or to
  engage in ungodly practices.The place then
  becomes a gate for evil and has to be redeemed.

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War Memorials and Victory Arches

• These glorify war and the spirit of death.
• Pouring wine on the ground and speaking life
  brings healing and cleansing.

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Places of Conflict, Family Feuds, Battlefields

• Repentance is needed , especially where innocent
  blood has been shed.

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4. Injustices Deuteronomy 2719 Cursed is
the one who perverts justice for the alien , the
fatherless and the widow.

• e.g. in Senegal -a door of no return on slave
  ships.

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Calcutta, city of wonder

• Built by the British for 1 million people-now 26
  million are trying to survive on the same area of
  land. Women are giving birth where people are
  dying of disease in open sewers. Beggars, buses
  and cows are all vying for space.

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5. Immorality on a city wide level. Deuteronomy
2721-23 -incest and bestiality

• 6. Total disregard for Gods law
• Deuteronomy 2815 - curses for disobedience-on
  the city, country, womb, land, crops barreness
  and disease.

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• CURSES Who can pronounce a curse?
• God e.g. Genesis 314-19 on the serpent, Adam and
  Eve
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  and the ground
• b. An angel Thus saith the Lord.. e.g.
  striking Zechariah dumb
• ( Luke 120)
• c. a father (parent) Genesis 925 Noah cursed
  his son Canaan Genesis 494 Jacob cursed his
  son Reuben.
• d. Gods anointed servants- e.g. Joshua
• N.B a son cannot pronounce a curse or break a
  curse on his father.
• We cannot curse God or an anointed man of God.
• Beware- if you submit to the authority of one of
  these,
• for example by taking your shoes off, they have
  the right to pronounce a curse on you!
• The devil is illegally reigning through the
  ignorance of Christians.

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What is at the foundation? Buildings are often
places where laws are made. Covenants can be put
under the foundation stones.

• Joshua 626 a floating curse whoever tried to
  rebuild Jericho would loose the firstborn son and
  whoever set up the gates,
• his youngest son would die. This was fulfilled
  50 years later
• (1 Kings 1634)

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Breaking a curse is essential.

• 2 Kings 219-22 Elisha healed the spring in
  Jericho by throwing salt on the water. It was
  only after Elijah went to heaven and Elisha
  received the double portion that the curse could
  be broken.
• Personal repentance is not enough. God has given
  us the anointing/mandate to break a curse.
• Oil or water can be used to cleanse an area.

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WATER SPRINGS are often places used for demonic
power and the sites of war.

• Find out the times and seasons in which witches
  operate.. Dont take grace as a covering for sin,
  there are consequences!
•  Cut off of all curses and covenants made over a
  water place.
• Put salt or oil on the water e.g. Elisha healing
  the spring in Jericho

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GATES The Summer Solstice is a Major Spiritual
Gate

• Stonehenge is an ancient pagan site of sun
  worship and is the focal point for witches, New
  Age worshippers and Druids to gather at sunrise
  on the longest day.
• Christians need to reclaim this gate through
  worship and by cancelling occult curses in the
  name of Jesus Christ.

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GATES Places of Government / Political Gates

• We need to break the power of any ungodly
  contracts/laws that have been made
• proclaim Gods Kingdom to come and for the
  government to be on His shoulders.

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Praying for our Cities (Jim Goll)

• We need to pray and work for the kingdom not just
  the church. i.e. must break down the barriers
  between clergy and laity.
• We need watchmen
• on the walls
• prayer walking about the city
• on the hills(taking the high places) and in the
  countryside.
• Pastors and prophets and intercessors need to
  come together from different groups and
  denominations and agree in prayer. Similarly
  gatekeepers and watchmen need to co-operate.
• We must lift up governmental and commercial
  eldership.