Prayer Part 2

 In ministry, I have found there are many, many casues of sicknesses and diseases.  There are two at the top of the list. I will focus on these two because they have many, many evil spiritual riders that add to our sicknesses and diseases. The causes are associated with demon spirits in Mark 15:17… in My name they will cast out demons. Demons are a word Christians avoid or don’t believe in.  Have you ever heard someone say they have a demon spirit working in them like anger, bitterness, and fear, to name a few? 

Spiritual Riders – A rider generally refers as an addition or attachment to the primary cause of sickness and disease.  In ministry we must address both the primary issue and the rider issues attached to the primary.  They work together to bring sickness, disease, and premature death.

The Unloving Spirit – The unloving spirt is the most damaging and its biggest rider is FEAR.  Henry Wright has ministered to over 35,000 individuals and he has come to the conclusion that most autoimmune disease are primarily the result of an unloving spirit producing feelings of not being loved, fear of not worthy to be loved, not being accepted, self-rejection, self-hatred, and self-bitterness, coupled with guilt and shame. In fact, it could be said that autoimmune diseases are primarily a self-hatred disease with fear-anxiety-stress rider attached to them.  The unloving spirit casues a person to beat up themselves every day leading to cortisol drip that destroys soft tissues and white T-cells.   It affects our auto-immune system.

Over 90% of the people I have ministered to do not feel loved.  Over 90% have not heard these words from their earthly father, “I love you.”  Or if they did say “I love you,” it didn’t mean anything to them because of the way the father treated their children.  God calls fathers  to nurture and love their wife and children.

Fear as in stress and anxiety – The Bible tells us that fear is mention 457 times in the Old Testament and New Testament.  God is warning us about fear over and over and over again trying to get our attention.  Yet, the vast majority ignore the warnings of fear and the health consequences related to fear. 

Fear compromises our health with many symptoms like depression, digestive Issues, insomnia, fatigue, pain (headaches, jaw clenching, sore neck or back issues), weakened immune system, heart symptoms, strokes, respiratory issues, restlessness, constantly on the edge, excessive sweating, hot flashes, dizziness, stress rashes, high blood pressure, and tightness of the of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.  The biggest fear of them all is fearing into the future that casues 120 million people to have high blood pressure.  In addition, fear causes inflammation of the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Inflamed muscles, ligaments, and tendons push against the nerves resulting in joint and back pain.  Fear, anger, and resentment can lead to inflammation and excessive cortisol secretion that destroys soft tissues like knee, shoulder, and spine cartilage.

Does Prayer Work – Yes, according to scripture. Yes, when we pray for one another and self!

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord…

Psalm 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

1 Peter 2:24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

Do you really believe what God promises in His Word? 

Why Are We Not Being Healed? – Actually, we are being healed when we pray initially for the issue at hand. Deuteronomy 28 tells us sin casues sickness and disease. The problem is we bring back the sin (the cause) that led to the symptoms.  Example:  We can cast out the fear that causes depression and it has to go.  Unfortunately, we allow the fear that leads to depression to come back in.  Do you think Satan is going to let us get away without ongoing attacks?  We must pray every time negative health symptom resurfaces. It is a process and if you continue to pray, the sickness and disease symptoms will minimize and eventually will not be an issue.  This applies to every sickness and disease symptom we have.

The Elderly – The older we get, the more health issues we will incur.  Why is this?  Because, by the time we are in our seventies and eighties we will have decades of sins causing sickness and disease. In addition, we have to address generational sickness and disease passed down the generational line.  A good example is fear and anger.  Fearful people (mother and father) will project their fear and anger to their children in the womb. They will program fear and anger to their children by what they say and by their actions.  Don’t take my word.  Take the Word of God, You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, Exodus 20:5 NLT. 

Spoken Curses – I want to discuss this subject because I am seeing more and more people being attacked with spoken curses.  Most people can curse you with verbal declarations/attacks and most fall by the wayside.  There are others who are very powerful and can do intense mental and physical damage to a person.  I have experienced people with Vertigo and I know it is from a spoken curse based on experience and prayer for healing.  Basically, we cancel the curse in the name of Jesus and it goes away in a few days in most cases. 

Then, there are spoken curses that afflict other parts of the body as I found out recently.  This person was experiencing stomach inflammation and pain.  Doctors do not know what caused it.  We called on the Holy Spirit and asked what caused the stomach issues.  The Holy Spirit told me immediately it was a spoken curse.  Understand, there are certain people who have high level abilities to curse people resulting in physical and mental illnesses.  They will curse you and continue to curse you unless we pray against the curses.  One must cancel the spoken curses every day. The person can spew additional curses. Again, we must renounce the curses from the person, cast it out, and pray for healing in the name of Jesus. Canceling curses are not just a onetime event. It must be continuously until the symptoms go away.

Curses of Disobedience – All of our health issues are from disobedience (sin) as it says in Deuteronomy 28.  It’s that simple. We are not perfect, but God wants us to change our ways (repent) and He gives us a way to come out of captivity with prayer.  We bring people out of captivity by teaching them how to identify the causes of sickness and disease.    We bring them out of captivity by teaching them how to pray effectively.  We teach them to pray for others and self throughout the day, “pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17.  This is the responsibility of the body of Jesus Christ.  Not just the pastors and leaders.

Deliverance – Refers to the act of being rescued or set free from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.  Basically, it means to bring people out of captivity from sin.  When we take people through a deliverance, we ask them some basic, but important questions.

·       Do you believe God can heal you with prayer? 

·       What is your relationship with your father?

·       Did your father say these words to you “I love you”?

·       Do you feel loved?

·       Do you love yourself?

·       Who hurt you in your life?

·       What are you hiding that you don’t want anyone to know about?

·       What physical and emotional sicknesses and diseases do you have?

·       Do you feel like it is never going to get better?  (hopelessness and despair)

These questions allow us to dig deeper and help us to create a profile of characteristics so that we can address each sickness and disease with prayer.

How Do We Pray – We don’t pray for the symptoms of sickness and disease.  Neither did Jesus. Jesus identified the root of the symptom in John 5:14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”  Sin is the root of all health issues and we must follow the blueprint of Jesus Christ to bring people out of captivity with prayer. 

If we can’t identify the root of the sickness and disease, we can pray away the causes that led to the symptoms.  Casting out the casues is effective prayer.  Praying away the symptom is not.

In Closing – I continually ask Christians if they need prayer at church service, church functions, prayer services, and in the public.  Over 95% decline.  Most won’t make themselves available for prayer even though they will tell you all about their sicknesses/diseases and their doctor visits.  Declaring all their illnesses is a spoken curse.  So, we have a multitude of believers in God are suffering with sickness and disease because we don’t believe we can be healed and won’t address their health issues with prayer.  Their first option and many times only option are doctors.  Don’t get me wrong. I am not advocating eliminating doctors.  I am advocating prayer to eliminating the need for doctors who only treat the symptoms with drugs.

Every one of us is suffering.  If people will not pray for you, then prayer for yourself.  If you have health issues, pray before you go to sleep every night and I promise you your health symptoms will minimize and eventually go away. I can personally attest to this.  If you want good sleep, pray this scripture before you go to sleep, You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly, Proverbs 3:24 NLT.  Do not wait on mankind to pray for you.

We must become a praying body of Jesus Christ before, during, and after all church functions.  We must pray when not attending church functions.  This is not an option.

We as fathers and mothers must train up our children on how to pray.  We do not want our children to grow up with sicknesses and diseases. It is everyone’s responsibility to teach and pray for one another so we can be healed.  O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me Psalm 30:2

God never intended for us to carry our burdens alone, but gave us power and authority to pray for one another and to pray for ourselves in the name of Jesus.  Jeremiah prays for deliverance:  Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise. Jeremiah 17:14.                                            Tony 7-6-2026