Pr James Kawalya
What is
deliverance?
Deliverance
is not an event but a process of discipleship for transformation. (2
Corinthians 3:16-18)
Deliverance
involves renouncing the past, renewing the mind and embracing the whole counsel
of God to serve the purpose of God. (Luke 1:74-75)
Deliverance
involves identifying bloodline covenants, seeking forgiveness from bloodshed,
opening the prison with the keys of the kingdom, asking the soul to be born and
match the body, spirit and age.
Deliverance
is complete through acts of righteousness to draw the glory of God to our
souls, family, workplace and all the other aspects of our lives. When our soul
is healed, we can host the glory of God. God wants us to be delivered so that
we can carry the light. The Word of God in us produces light.
Acts of
righteousness include:
1) Prayer
lifestyle
2)
Consecration fasting
3) Giving
from the heart
Fasting,
the power to deliver
Fasting is
a form of worship that humbles us and reminds us of our dependent on God, and
brings us back to our first love.
Fasting
causes the roots of our relationship with Jesus to go deeper.
Fasting is
a proclamation that God is greater than our appetites and situations. in this
we magnify Him as He enlarges our spiritual coverage.
Fasting is
the secret key that unlocks heaven's door and slams shut the gates of hell.
Introduction
to Prophetic Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual
warfare is a demonstration of power, through the victory of the Cross
(resurrection power).
Deliverance
is the demonstration of authority. (2 Corinthians 4)
Before
resurrection, the disciples mostly did deliverance because Jesus had given them
authority but they had not received power.
Power came
after the resurrection when He descended to the deeper parts of the earth and
disarmed Satan. (Matthew 28:18)
The church
is called to battle and dislodge forces of the kingdom of darkness.
Ephesians
3:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 and to make
all see what is the [a]fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created
all things [b]through Jesus Christ;
Spiritual
warfare started in heaven. (Revelation 10)
Traditional
vs Prophetic Warfare
Traditional
spiritual warfare focuses on binding spirits and pulling down strongholds.
Prophetic spiritual warfare focuses on dislodging satanic infrastructures and
systems, and establishes nations and communities into their destinies.
Prophetic
spiritual warfare centres on bringing nations into their God ordained
destinies. Traditional warfare is more of pushing back powers of darkness and
their agendas.
Prophetic
deliverance is introducing the presence of God into communities and nations.
Traditional warfare deals with strongmen, strongholds and powers. Prophetic
deliverances deal with waves, currents, storms and elements.
Both
approaches must understand the operation of the three venues of spiritual power
and influence.
1) Altars
2) Gates
3) Thrones
Purposes:
1)
Establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
2) Bring
nations, tribes, people into their destiny.
3) Set at
liberty those oppressed.
4) Manifest
the reason of the appearing of the sons of God.
5) Reclaim
inheritance surrendered to the devil.
Requirements:
1)
Spiritual sensitivity and spiritual intelligence.
2)
Spiritual skills and disciplines.
3) Endued
with power.
4) Angelic
engagement.
5) The
status of our spirit through exercise.
The Stand
of the Church
Jesus
destroyed the devil’s empire and gave us authority. Jesus did not only conquer
demons that inhabit people but also demons that operate outside human bodies.
(Matthew 28:18)
Establishing
the Kingdom of God implies entering territories that are terribly occupied by
forces of darkness. The power to destroy such forces has been given to the
Church.
Matthew
12:28-29 New King James Version (NKJV)
28 But if I
cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come
upon you. 29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s
house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he
will plunder his house.
Ephesians
1:19-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
19 and
what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who
believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which
He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead
and seated Him at His right hand in the
heavenly places, 21 far above
all principality[a] and [b]power and [c]might
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in
that which is to come.
22 And He
put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over
all things to the church, 23 which is His
body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Matthew
16:18-19 New King James Version (NKJV)
18 And I also
say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My
church, and the gates of Hades shall not [a]prevail
against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth [b]will be
bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Luke
10:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
19 Behold, I
give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
An army
chosen by God. The Lord desires to raise generals of faith in the Church.
Through constant engagement, the Church will rise as the latter army of the
Lord. We are soldiers of the Cross.
War Against
Evil Altars
Altars are
gates into the spiritual realm.
Deuteronomy
12:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
2 You shall
utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess
served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green
tree. 3 And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and
burn their [a]wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of
their gods and destroy their names from that place.
1) Destroy
the Horns
Psalm 75:10
New King James Version (NKJV)
10 “All the
[a]horns of the wicked I will also cut off,
But the
horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”
Oh
carpenter of God, break the horns of darkness to irreparable pieces in the name
of Jesus. Amen.
Every power
causing stagnant in my life be disgraced forever in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Evil
counsel against my breakthrough turn into foolishness in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Every
hunter looking for my destiny be blinded in the name of Jesus. Amen.
2) Nullify
Sacrifices
Ask God to
reject all petitions and sacrifices of evil altars in your territory and your
bloodline.
Eg. Elijah
and Baal prophets. (1 Kings 18)
2.1)
Activate the Sacrifice of Calvary.
I
acknowledge that there can be no greater or more potent sacrifice than the
blood of Jesus Christ. Amen.
2.2) Charge
the Blood of Jesus against evil sacrifices.
I raise the
blood of Jesus Christ against any evil sacrifice offered on evil altars around
my territory. Amen.
2.3)
Petition God to Nullify Covenants of evil sacrifices.
I cause the
voice of the blood of Jesus Christ to speak a better covenant. Amen.
3) Retrench
Evil Priesthood.
Declare
that you are a holy priesthood, a chosen nation. A people belonging to God. (1
Peter 2:9)
Ask God to
wipe out every form of evil priesthood in the bloodline and your territory.
Evict evil
priests from their offices and positions and cancel all their decrees and
petitions.
Desecrate
and paralyse every tool and skill they use in their duties.
Forces,
Powers, Personalities and Systems
Ephesians
6:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
12 For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
We are
dealing with forces, powers, personalities and systems.
Most of our
battles are against personalities.
But wars
are against systems. For example, communism against capitalism, the Cold War
[geopolitical tensions after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc
(Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (United
States and its allies)].
Also in
spiritual warfare, there are times that it is not against demons but against a
system or a culture in the city, tribe or nation.
For
example, how are you going to battle against a political system that promotes
wickedness and injustice?
It is a
system, a doctrine or a belief that you are fighting against.
How do you
deal with materialism?
How do you
deal with a religious system that is holding people captive or an idealogy that
is hindering the purposes of God?
How did
Paul battle the Greeks? What did he do in Athens? He went around the city and
preached to the altars of the city before he went before the council to present
the gospel to the Greeks. (Acts 17:16–34) Because he knew it was a system
supported by a force and promoted by personalities. There was a personality behind
the force. And there was a network that Paul had to preach to until their minds
were cleared.
The war
against terrorism is not against the terrorists. You remove one suicide bomber
and another would appear. You arrest one and another ten would appear. There is
an ideology behind them. Behind them, there is a system. Eg, how explosives are
made, etc. Dealing with the person and the personality may not break terrorism
in a nation. Behind them, there is also the force. When they attack, they
target the personality and the system of a city or a nation. Break the system
and the nation becomes a failed nation. Manipulate the system and they can
possess an entire city.
When the
enemy attacks the church, the pastor is targeted. The enemy assassinates the
character of the pastor. Break the person or destroy the personality, interfere
with the system or fail the system and cause the people to support the new
system or agenda.
Signs,
Wonders and Miracles
1 Kings
18:15-40 New Century Version (NCV)
15 Elijah
answered, “As surely as the Lord All-Powerful lives, whom I serve, I
will be seen by Ahab today.”
16 So Obadiah
went to Ahab and told him where Elijah was. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 When he saw
Elijah, he asked, “Is it you—the biggest troublemaker in Israel?”
18 Elijah
answered, “I have not made trouble in Israel. You and your father’s family have
made all this trouble by not obeying the Lord’s commands. You have gone
after the Baals. 19 Now tell all Israel to meet me
at Mount Carmel. Also bring the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the
four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 So Ahab
called all the Israelites and those prophets to Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah
approached the people and said, “How long will you not decide between two
choices? If the Lord is the true God, follow him, but if Baal is the
true God, follow him!” But the people said nothing.
22 Elijah said,
“I am the only prophet of the Lord here, but there are four hundred
fifty prophets of Baal. 23 Bring two bulls. Let the
prophets of Baal choose one bull and kill it and cut it into pieces. Then let
them put the meat on the wood, but they are not to set fire to it. I will
prepare the other bull, putting the meat on the wood but not setting fire to
it. 24 You prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and
I will pray to the Lord. The god who answers by setting fire to his wood
is the true God.”
All the
people agreed that this was a good idea.
25 Then Elijah
said to the prophets of Baal, “There are many of you, so you go first. Choose a
bull and prepare it. Pray to your god, but don’t start the fire.”
26 So they took
the bull that was given to them and prepared it. They prayed to Baal from
morning until noon, shouting “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no
one answered. They danced around the altar they had built.
27 At noon
Elijah began to make fun of them. “Pray louder!” he said. “If Baal really is a
god, maybe he is thinking, or busy, or traveling! Maybe he is sleeping so you
will have to wake him!” 28 The prophets prayed
louder, cutting themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed,
which was the way they worshiped. 29 The afternoon
passed, and the prophets continued to act like this until it was time for the
evening sacrifice. But no voice was heard; Baal did not answer, and no one paid
attention.
30 Then Elijah
said to all the people, “Now come to me.” So they gathered around him, and
Elijah rebuilt the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 He
took twelve stones, one stone for each of the twelve tribes, the number of
Jacob’s sons. (The Lord changed Jacob’s name to Israel.) 32 Elijah
used these stones to rebuild the altar in honor of the Lord. Then he dug a
ditch around the altar that was big enough to hold about thirteen quarts of
seed. 33 Elijah put the wood on the altar, cut the
bull into pieces, and laid the pieces on the wood. 34 Then
he said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the meat and on the wood.”
Then Elijah said, “Do it again,” and they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a
third time,” and they did it the third time. 35 So
the water ran off the altar and filled the ditch.
36 At the time
for the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went near the altar. “Lord, you
are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,” he prayed. “Prove that you are the
God of Israel and that I am your servant. Show these people that you commanded
me to do all these things. 37 Lord, answer my
prayer so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you will
change their minds.”
38 Then fire
from the Lord came down and burned the sacrifice, the wood, the
stones, and the ground around the altar. It also dried up the water in the
ditch. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell
down to the ground, crying, “The Lord is God! The Lord is God!”
40 Then Elijah
said, “Capture the prophets of Baal! Don’t let any of them run away!” The
people captured all the prophets. Then Elijah led them down to the Kishon
Valley, where he killed them.
How did
Elijah break the stronghold of Baal in the entire Israel?
At that
time, Baal was the official god of Israel. King Ahab’s wife, Queen Jezebel, was
also a prophetess of Baal and she had 500 prophets.
Elijah
appeared and said, “I serve the living LORD, the God of Israel. And it will not
rain until I say so.” (1 Kings 17:1)
It was a
prophetic declaration. It was a prophetic proclamation.
Then he
went into hiding and later reappeared and said, “The God who answers by fire,
He is God.” (1 Kings 18:24)
The miracle
of fire from heaven was the answer to the prayer of Elijah.
Then Elijah
prayed for rain and it did. When it rained, the nation knew that the God of
Elijah is a true God. The people’s minds changed. Demons had to leave.
Strongholds are in the minds.
God wants
you to go to your community and people will see a demonstration of signs,
wonders and miracles.
Filled with
the Holy Spirit, we are able to operate in the miracle working power of God; we
are able to do warfare through signs and wonders.
Through
prophetic warfare, Jesus encountered a Samaritan woman at the well, told her
all that she ever did, and an entire city was saved. (John 4:1-42)
Are you
that one person whom God will use to save an entire city?
Rules for
Effective Spiritual Warfare:
1) Rule of
Alliance
1.1) Break
all alliances in the soul with the strongman.
In every
warfare, the personality that we are dealing with is a strongman.
1.2) Study
the characteristics of the strongman and decide if his character traits are in
your soul.
When the
devil came to Jesus, Jesus said He has nothing in common with the devil.
(Matthew 4:1-11)
Check if
there is pride, arrogance, anger or rebellion in you or your team members.
Check if there is immorality or fornication in your soul. Make sure there is no
covenants with the strongman.
God is
ready and willing to do miracles.
But
miracles do not happen because you still have alliances, attachments or
connections with the evil strongman. There is still deception in your soul. How
do you expect to fight the devil who is the father of lies when your own life
is full of lies?
The devil
only needs a foothold to build a stronghold.
Always check your soul. Iniquity in
the soul is an alliance with the evil one.
Ephesians
5:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.
2) Rule of Authority
2.1) The level in which we can
attack and do warfare is directly related to the level of our authority and the
level of our relationship with the Lord.
The deeper our relationship with
God, the higher the level we can do warfare.
How is your relationship with the
Lord? How close and intimate are you with the Lord?
Are you friends with Jesus? Do you
love Him or do you love His power?
Do you know His voice?
Is Jesus more precious to you than
the victory that you want in this battle, that even if you lose the battle
you’ll still have Jesus? Are you going for the battle for fame and money or for
the love of Jesus? Is it because you going for the battle to live a life of
freedom and prosperity or is it because you love the Lord so much that you are
ready to lay down your life, even if you are to die in the battle? There are
times that you have to put aside your ambition and desires because you love
Jesus.
3) Rule of Silence
Power in silence.
Every spiritual man’s power is in
his ability to spend enough time in silence in the quiet time.
3.1) The power of the spirit is in
the clear communication of the spirit which comes from the renewal we get every
day from silence.
The power of Jesus was in His
routine. Every day He would look for a place and spend time alone in silence.
Elijah was in silence for three and
a half years before he came to deal with Baal.
Power is quiet time. Let God
minister to you.
If you are a person who performs
miracles and does spiritual warfare, you must be a person who practices silence.
Silence is a way of renewing the
spirit and healing the spirit so that you are able to fight.
3.2) The practice of silence
enables a man to reach a high state of stillness.
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
(Psalm 46:10)
Just stand and see the punishment
of the wicked.
In stillness and quietness, we have
the confidence and power.
In stillness and quietness, your
spirit commands the angels.
There are times God will tell you
not to do anything. Just go to the corner of the street and stand there.
Stillness means letting the Holy
Spirit minister to your mind as you forget what is surrounding you.
In your heart and in your mind, you
are active.
What you are doing is that you are
making the other faculties of your body to be quiet in order to concentrate on
the ministry of the Holy Spirit to you.
3.3) Stillness sharpens a man’s
sensitivity and discernment.
Many people in the church have not
been baptised in the Holy Spirit. It is a process.
A spirit cannot enter you without a
point of contact in you because the gates of your spirit and the gates of your
soul are guarded by what you are covenanted with. It has to go through
different phases, different layers, different membranes in the spirit,
different gates and different doors in order to establish itself into your
spirit.
Demons enter through your will.
That’s why they come through the power of suggestion. They will suggest
something and if you agree, they will come into you.
The gates of the body, mind, soul,
heart and the seven gates of the spirit must open for a spirit to enter you.
Meditate on the Word of God. Go
through the Bible as you are still and quiet.
Battles are easy if you are
discerned and sensitive.
3.4) Silence every morning helps
the spirit to heal from the bruises of the previous day’s spiritual battle.
This means that every day we are being renewed inwardly by silence.
When the spirit is bruised and
wounded and you keep going to battle, it will begin to wound and hurt the soul.
Before you know it, the body becomes sick.
All sicknesses and diseases begin
in the spirit that is bruised and wounded.
Every morning you need to heal and
take away all the wounds and bruises of the previous day before you start to
battle again.
Ephesians 6:13-18 New King James
Version (NKJV)
13 Therefore
take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand
therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod
your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above
all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God; 18 praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
The Table of the Full
Armour of God
ARMOUR
|
MEANING
|
APPLICATION
|
Belt
|
Revelation
of our freedom from captivity
|
Guard
the heart and mind not to doubt your confession
|
Breastplate
|
The
confidence of our righteousness in Christ Jesus
|
Walk by
faith in the finished work of Calvary
|
Gospel
|
Rest
that comes from making peace with God
|
Stand
firm as a witness of His resurrection
|
Shield
|
Assurance
of the power in the name of Jesus
|
Obeying
His commands
|
Helmet
|
The joy
of eternal life and preservation
|
Living
with the hope of eternal life
|
Sword
|
The
victory in the Word of Christ
|
Teaching,
praying and living by the Word
|
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