Mind-body Connection Affecting Our Spirit

 

Is Your House Swept Clean?

 The bellow teaching is on demon spirits. A topic that is ignored by the body of Jesus Christ even though demon spirits are everywhere and keeping us in captivity.   Demons are destroying us because the body of Jesus Christ ignores demons.  Yet, casting out demons are mentioned at least 21 times in the New Testament.  Jesus taught His disciples to cast out demons and we must do the same as disciples of Jesus Christ.

Satan knows we are not a threat to him and his fallen angels because we fail to counter the attacks from them.  He knows we are not a spiritual warfare army because we don’t pray and cast out Satan and his demon spirits that cause sickness and disease.  We are in bondage and we must teach the flock how to pray and fight Satan and his demons.  We can’t afford to ignore this topic anymore!  What say you? 

Is Your Spiritual House Swept Clean?

Matthew 12:43-45 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man” Unclean spirits (evil spirits/demon spirits) do not go out by themselves.  Evil spirits are there because of two reasons.  We are born with evil spirits and their sicknesses and diseases from the past generations (Exodus 20:5) and we allow evil uncleans spirits to come in because of our sinful actions caused by disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:15-68).  Uncleans spirts only leave by casting evil spirits out by prayer in the name of Jesus, And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons, Mark 16:17.  This is our authority to cast out evil spirits and this must be done throughout the day and night when the attacks come.

“he goes through dry places and finds none.”  This is referring to places that are spiritually dry where God is absent. It is a barrenness wasteland where evil spirits find no rest. Evil spirits do not want to be in these dry places. When I cast out demons I send them to the dry places in the name of Jesus.

Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.  Evil spirits that are cast out always wants to come back in and wreak havoc in God’s children.  

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there.  Enter means evil spirts come back in because we allowed them back in.  Dwell means evil spirts want to reside or exist in a person.  The evil spirt enlists other demons to destroy the empty, swept, and put in order person. 

‘and the last state of that man is worse than the first” Because we, as in all of us, have allowed Satan and his demons spirits to bring temptation, accusations, condemnation, tribulation, hurts, destress/anxiety/fear, persecution, unloving spirits, bitterness, anger, hatred, unforgiveness and many more.  When we allow demons to work in our lives it leads to symptoms of sickness and disease.  Sicknesses and diseases are caused by disobedience which is sin in the Bible. 

Spiritual Warfare – We are in a constant battle with Satan and evil spirts 24/7.  Their goal is to kill all of God’s children including those who are not believers in Jesus Christ.   Unfortunately, we are not being trained for spiritual warfare.  Spiritual warfare that includes reading the bible and training people on how to pray effectively, praying for one another, and praying for ourselves continuously.  We are not praying throughout the day and night when the attacks come. We are not casting out demons.  The only way to keep our house empty, swept, and put in order is through prayer every time we are attracted.  This is not an option if you want to be healthy physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  God tells us in His Word that this is not an option.   In Luke 11:20, Jesus means that His ability to cast out evil spirits proves God's active, ruling power is working right now through Him and us.

Testimonies –Healing by prayer is a declaration that should be shared in church service, church functions, every ministry, family, and friends.  This is a testimony God, the Son, and the Holy Spirit hears as well. Have your heard of any healing testimonies recently?  Unfortunately, most of our testimonies are related to health issues physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  I include spiritually because it is a Godly spiritual dynamic that is invisible, but present in all of us.  It has relational actions with God, the Son, and the Holy Spirit that shapes a person’s inner moral choices, and our inner belief of God’s promises of healing. 

Is Healing for Today? – Do you really, really believe God can heal you through prayer?  Yes___ or No___?  If the answer is yes, then why are we so sick and diseased even though God Almighty promises healing?  Can’t be healed if we don’t believe, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life, John 3:16.

Prayer Revolution – A prayer revolution means a powerful spiritual shift from no prayer, little prayer, or ineffective prayer.  It changes us into a bold, kingdom-focused and effective prayer body of Jesus Christ that will to bring people out of captivity.  It is an action that challenges Christian norms of today. It moves believers from surface prayer to intense and effective healing prayer. 

We as Christians must make ourselves available for prayer so we can Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed, The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16. We cannot come out sinful captivity if we continue hide our sins that leads to sickness and disease.  We cannot continue to allow demon spirits to destroy us without fighting back in the name of Jesus!

My prayer is for the body of Jesus Christ to change from little praying to praying without ceasing, 1Thessalonians 5:17 so we can be healed.  Amen!                        TS 8/3/2026

 

 Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

Matthew 8:31 So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Matthew 12:24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

Matthew 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Mark 1:34 Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

Mark 1:39 And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.

Mark 3:15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

Mark 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebub,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”

Mark 6:13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

Mark 9:38-39 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us is on our side. 

Mark 16:9 Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.

Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

Luke 9:49 Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

Luke 11:15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

Luke 11:18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

Luke 11:19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

Luke 11:20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luke 13:32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’

 

Insomnia Prayer

The Terrors of the Night

 Science tells us insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up. It is often categorized as acute or chronic and can significantly impact daytime energy, mood, and overall quality of life.  Science only identifies the symptoms, but don’t tell us the cause.

Many, many are suffering with insomnia.  Mostly between the hours of twelve and four in the morning. These are the working hours that Satan and his crew attack God’s children. 

The bible tells us afraid (fear) and terror (overwhelming fear) are the casues.   Psalm 91:5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day.  Terror is a state of intense, overwhelming fear.

Insomnia is fear driven and there is only one way we can be healed from insomnia and it is by prayer.  Below is a prayer for those who are suffering from the terrors of the night.

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Father God, in the name of Jesus, I acknowledge you as Lord.  You are Lord over my life, Lord over this room, Lord over this night, and every hour of it.  I come to You as Your child, and I submit myself to You completely right now in this moment. I renounce every spirit of fear. I do not receive fear as my inheritance.  The Word says, “God has not given me a spirt of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” 2 Timouthy1:7.  I take that as my portion, and I reject what the enemy has been pushing on me in these night hours.  I renounce fear, the terror by night, the dread that greets me when I open my eyes, the anxious thoughts that circle and will not stop. I renounce them in the name of Jesus Christ. I renounce every spirit of heaviness.  I renounce the weight that sits on my chest in the dark hours, the depression that speaks before I am fully awake, the dark cloud that has been waiting for me.  I do not receive it.  “Isaiah 61” says that, In the place of the spirit of Heaviness, God gives the garment of praise.  Lord God, I put that garment on right now. Thank you, God.  I renounce every spirit of restlessness and sleeplessness, every spirit that pulls me awakens when God intended me to rest peacefully.  Satan, you have no right to torment me.  I belong to God, in the name of Jesus.  Jeus purchased me with His own blood, and He gives His beloved sleep.  That sleep is mine and I receive it.  I renounce every spirit of accusation, every voice that rehearses my failures in the night and tells me I am beyond help.  That voice is a lie.  “Romans 8:1: tells us “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”  None!  I receive that truth and I stand on this promise.  Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, by the power of His blood shed at Calvary, and by the authority He has given to every believer, I command every spirit of fear, every spirt of heaviness, of restlessness, of accusation, and of dread to leave me now.  Not later, now!  You have no legal ground in my life.  Every ground you claimed has been canceled at the cross.  I command you evil spirts to leave now in Jesus’ name.  Now breathe.  Receive what the Lord is doing in this moment.  Lord, I receive Your peace.  The peace that surpasses all understanding. Let it guard my mind and my heart tonight, as Paul promises in Philippians 4.  I receive the sleep You give to Your beloved children.  I receive the protection of Psalm 91 over my body and my home.  Thank you, God, thank you Lord Jesus, and thank you Holy Spirit.  Amen!

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That is your prayer. It is yours.  Every word belongs to you.  Every night, without anybody in the room, without a minister laying hands on you, without any special conditions, you have the name of Jesus, and the name of Jesus is authority enough.

Like all prayer, you may need to pray this more than once.  Deliverance is sometimes instantaneous.  Most often it is a process because we tend to bring back the very thing that led us into captivity.  Prayer is a process of sustained resistance.  Do not be discouraged if evil spirts test you again the next night.  Just pray again and hold your position in the name of Jesus. Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Something happened in the spirit realm when you spoke these prayers.  The word of God does not return empty, Isiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.  The name of Jesus carries real authority, and you are not the same as you were prior to these prayers.  Amen and Amen!                                                    Tony 7-17-2026

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                                                                                                                      

Prayer Part 1

 1 Timothy 2:1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

God calls us to pray for all people.  Not just one person, not just Christians, or not at all.  Every person on this planet is a child of God and they need prayer.  We are called to pray for protection, healing of physical, emotional, and spiritual health issues.  God calls us to intercede on their behalf.  To intercede for someone means to intervene, plead, or act on their behalf.  It means "standing in the gap" to help someone facing difficulty, resolve a conflict, or advocate for a need they cannot easily handle on their own. 

Everyone is Suffering – Every Christian and non-Christian is suffering with something.  We are suffering with emotional and physical health issues because most don’t pray, or pray very little, or we don’t know how to pray, or we don’t pray effectively. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much James 5:15. 

Effective Prayer

I use this verse many times as an example of how to pray effectively, anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad Proverbs 12:25 NKJV.  Anxiety is fear in the Bible.  Depression is caused by fear. Fear is sin and God tells us not to fear hundreds of times in the Bible.  Effective prayer is casting out the fear that is causing the depression rather than the praying away the depression symptoms.

Sin and Symptoms

Jesus taught about sin that leads to health issues and how to be healed, then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 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 (greater illnesses) come upon you.” John 5:10-14.  A woman was caught in adultery and Jesus said to the Pharisees in John 8:7 He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”  Afterwards, Jesus told the women sin no more in verse 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”  What is the correlation between the depression verse, the paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda, and the adulterous women?  Sin caused the issues (symptoms).  This not any different than all of us who have sickness and disease.  Don’t take my word.  Take the Word of God who tells us why we have sickness and disease.  It is because of the curses of disobedience in Deuteronomy 28:15-68. Disobedience is sin.  God lists many sicknesses and diseases symptoms and includes all sicknesses and diseases not listed in verse 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the Lord bring upon you until you are destroyed because of our disobedience.  Jesus commands all of us to sin no more!

The Church of Today – The Great Commission

I have visited many, many churches over the years in Denver and the western United States when I was traveling for work.  All of the churches, with one exception, are doing the same things.  They have praise, they teach the Bible, they tell you don’t do this, and don’t do that.  They have people at the altar for prayer, but very few make themselves available for prayer.  The prayer that can bring them out of captivity.

What I have found is very few are carrying out the entire commandment Jesus gave to the disciples before He went to be with His Father.  Most churches preach the gospel but are not consistent with the rest of the commandments from Jesus.

Most people and even Google reference Matthew 28: 18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The commandment in Mark 16:14-18 digs deeper with additional instructions that are at a different spiritual level that are not being mentioned or applied as much in today’s church body, Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Mark 16:14-18 is Jesus’s blue print for bringing people out of captivity and we must follow His instructions.  His instructions are not an option to ignore if we want to be healed. 

·       Jesus tells every believer to preach the gospel.  We can’t teach the gospel if we don’t read the gospel, or won’t teach the gospel.  The gospel is God’s blueprint on how to live a Christian life.

·       Jesus commands us to cast out demons.  They are frequently referred to as "unclean spirits", "evil spirits", or simply "dark angels of Satan." Anger, fear, confusion, unsound mind, bitterness, unforgiveness, slander, envy, jealousy, unloving, curses, and hatred, to name a few are demons.  Why are we afraid to say the word “demon” in and out of church? Don’t ignore or fear demons that contribute to sickness and disease because we have power and authority over demons, 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, Lucke 10:19.

·       They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.  It means that believers have the authority to act as conduits of God's healing power by physically touching and praying for the sick and diseased, resulting in physical, emotional, and even spiritual belief restoration.

The church body of Jesus Christ is sick and diseased because we are not praying for one another at every church function, before, during or after, when needed so we can be healed.  We are not praying for ourselves throughout the day and especially when we are being attacked, or before we lay down to sleep.  Satan is attacking us 24/7 and we don’t counter these attacks.  Confess your sins at night, cast out those evil spirits, ask for God to forgive you, and declare one or more of these scriptures at night before you go to sleep:

When you lie down, you will not be afraid (fearful); Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet, Proverbs 3:24 NKJV.

Psalm 91:5-6 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence (diseases) that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

Psalm 4:8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Bottom Line

We must pray because there is no other way to be healed. The keys to healing are:

·       Believing God can heal you according to His promises of healing – and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you” Exodus 15:26

·       Confess to God that you need prayer for your sins – I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin Psalm 32:5.

·       Make yourself available for prayer – Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  Jame 5:16 NLT.

·       We must access God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in and out of church.  Not just Jesus as I seen in most churches, I have visited.  God is the head of Jesus, But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God, 1 Corinthians 11:3.  Every prayer should start off with “Father God, in the name of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit…..”  Folks, we cannot be healed if we are not praying for one another and self. We cannot be healed if we are not praying during the day and night.  It is everybody’s responsibility to pray. We cannot put the entire burden of prayer for healing on the Pastors and a few prayer warriors. 

Prayer Warriors – We must raise up an army of additional prayer warriors at all ages for those in need, which is all of us.  Prayer warriors need prayer as well and they need us to pray for them. 

Availability – Again, we must make ourselves available for prayer.  I frequently ask people if they need prayer everywhere I go, public, private, or at church functions.  The vast majority say “no.”  I recently ask a married prayer warrior couple if they needed prayer and they said no.  It’s like they were afraid to expose their issues for fear of being judged as flawed. 

Altar Prayer – All the churches I have visited have people available to pray for the flock at the altar.  Very, very few come to the altar.  Instead, they rush out the door like a cattle stampede.

Prayer Outside the Church Sanctuary – Would it be a blessing to have prayer warriors outside the sanctuary during service available to pray for those who need prayer?  Especially the elderly who suffer the most?

Programing People for Prayer – This means preparing them and encouraging them to seek prayer, before during and after any church functions.  This has to be consistent to a point where everyone will consider making themselves available for prayer. 

The Praying Church of Jesus Christ – Basically, Jesus in His ministry did two things.  He taught and He prayed.  As a result, people were being healed because of prayer by Jeus and His disciples.  The Bible tells us that four and five thousand came to hear Jesus and to be prayed for.  Prayers that led to healing testimonies.

Healing Testimonies – The church of Jesu Christ grew because of healing testimonies.  The same can happen to any church of today if we pray.  We must encourage the entire church to pray.  Prayer will lead to healing. Healing will lead to healing testimonies.  Have you ever heard a person share their healing testimony on stage?  Healing testimonies will cause your church to explode because they want to be healed!

The Seven Churches in Revelation – Are we being hindered?

Loveless Church – “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

The Persecuted Church – “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

The Compromising Church – “But I have a few things against you, because you have those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

The Corrupt Church – “Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.”

The Dead Church – "I know your works; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead." a religious congregation that operates as a social club or traditional institution but lacks spiritual vitality, genuine faith, and missional purpose

The Faithful Church – “I know your works.  Because you have kept My command to persevere, also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

The Lukewarm Church – “So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”

Is it possible that the characteristics of the seven churches are represented in today’s modern Christian church and church body directly and indirectly without realizing it? Are some churches and individuals loveless, persecuted, compromised, corrupt, dead, faithful, or lukewarm? Are there trouble makers in church that can kill the church spiritually?  Things we must consider in the church of today.

Lastly – Is there a church out that is willing to do what Jesus did in His ministry?  A church that is a Faithful Church.  A faithful church body that will focus on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.  A faithful church and a body of Jesus Christ that encourages teaching and praying. A faithful church body that uses their power, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind, 2 Timothy 1:7 and authority, 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, Luke 10:19 to bring ourselves and others out of captivity because of our sin. A faithful church who will lead other churches to do the same.

Will the Body of Jesus Christ continue to be in captivity to sickness and disease because we fail to pray for one another consistently so we can be healed?  Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  Jame 5:16 NLT.                                                                                                                   Tony 6-19 -26                 

Stress, Anxiety, and Our Health

 Members of the Kingdom of God,

I pray you are doing well.  The below is a teaching on stress, anxiety, fear, and how it affects our health.  Everyone suffers with fear at one level or another.  Fear can be passed down the generation line, it can be a trauma which has a stressor (fear) tied to it, fear of being hurt, fear of being abused, fear of not being loved or worthy to be loved, fear of verbal attack, fear of getting sick and many more.  Our biggest fear we have is fearing into the future.

I pray you get something out of this teaching and I encourage you to share.  It is knowledge that is very useful.

Lastly, I know this is rather long (4 pages) compared to other teachings, but it only takes 10 minutes to read.  Quite a bit more if you really study this and apply it to your life.  Reponses, questions, or prayer requests welcomed.

Blessings to you all,

Tony

Stress, Anxiety, And Our Health

I was led to write this teaching based on a lady we prayed for this past Tuesday at a church prayer gathering.  She was in the hospital with several issues.  Just mentioning and going to the hospital causes stress and anxiety.  One symptom she had was difficulty breathing. Stress and anxiety caused the millions of air sacs to constrict or narrow in her lungs making it difficult to breathe.  Stress and anxiety are fear in the Bible.

Would you pray away this women’s symptoms or would you pray away what caused the symptoms?  We prayed away the causes which is stress/anxiety/fear in the name of Jesus.  James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective, NIV.  Praying away the symptoms is not effective prayer,

The following stress and anxiety information is from WebMD, Mayor Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and others on the effects of stress and anxiety from a science and medical perspective.  Interesting to note is fear is not mentioned by science and the medical field.  Yet, fear is mentioned 353 times in the Old Testament and 104 time in the New Testament (Bible Gateway NKJV). Even Christians seldom say “I’m in fear” or “I am fearful.” They don’t want to be judged as flawed.  Yet, we don’t have a problem saying “I am stressed. Why would any Christians declare stress or anxiety over their selves?  It is a spoken curse. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so, James 3:10.  We can be programmed by our own spoken curses making our sickness and disease worse!  How many times have you heard a person listing their sicknesses and diseases.  God is trying to tells us about fear and we ignore His warnings.  God says “do not fear” throughout the Bible.  Why do we disobey God?  Disobedience (sin) leads to sickness and disease according to the Bible in Deuteronomy 28:15-68.

Stress and Anxiety

Chronic stress and anxiety triggers prolonged releases of cortisol and adrenaline, which take a severe physical toll on the body. This continuous "fight-or-flight" state significantly increases the risk of developing, or exacerbating a variety of serious sicknesses and diseases.

Excessive Cortisol Drip – An excessive cortisol "drip" typically refers to either long-term exposure to excess cortisol or hypercortisolism.  Because the body relies on cortisol for metabolism, immune function, and stress (fear) response, too much of it triggers widespread physical and mental health issues. 

Stress and anxiety play a role in cortisol drip, but it is not the cause as I have written in a previous teachings. Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit (bitterness, envy, jealousy, and anger) dries the bones (bone marrow and white T cells that fight off immune disease).  Excessive cortisol destroys the white T cells that are critical in destroying infected or cancerous cells and to coordinate the overall immune response against foreign pathogens (infections, viruses, parasites, and bacteria).  Proverbs 14:30 A heart that has peace is life to the body, but wrong desires are like the wasting away of the bones, NLV.

Science says excessive cortisol drip can lead to the following physical and mental symptoms:                                                                                                                                                                                  

Weight Gain: Cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone, causes weight gain by driving the body to store visceral fat—deep belly fat surrounding internal organs. It does this through a combination of increased appetite, altered fat distribution, hormonal disruption, and metabolic slow down.

Skin Issues: Thinning skin that bruises easily, slow wound healing, and purple stretch marks on the abdomen and hips.

Hormonal & Reproductive Impacts: Irregular periods and excessive body hair in women, and a low sex drive or erectile dysfunction in men.

Metabolic & Bone Issues: High blood pressure, elevated blood sugar (potentially leading to Type 2 diabetes), and weakened bones (osteoporosis).

Mental & Cognitive Effects: Heightened anxiety, depression (fear), irritability, and issues with focus and memory (forgetfulness, brain fog, dementia, and a whirlwind of thoughts causing confusion).        Inflammation: Constant exposure to high cortisol blunts your immune cells' receptors. Cortisol can no longer suppress the immune system, leading to unchecked inflammation of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Key Science and medical point – Cortisol can destroy soft tissues. As a catabolic hormone, chronic high levels—whether from long-term—force your body to break down proteins in your muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joint and, knee/shoulder cartilage, and connective tissues (cells, fibers and ground substances).

The top most common sicknesses and diseases linked to stress and anxiety include:

Cardiovascular Disease: Chronic stress elevates blood pressure, increases heart rate, and causes long-term strain on arteries, raising the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Tony’s notes: 120 million people have high blood pressure.  Most stress issues are fearing into the future.

Gastrointestinal Disorders: The brain-gut connection means stress can cause or worsen conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastritis, and peptic ulcers.  Tony’s notes: IBS is mostly specific to women.

Type II Diabetes: High levels of stress hormones interfere with insulin production and blood sugar regulation, increasing the risk of developing diabetes. Tony, notes: More than 36 million people have Type 2 diabetes.

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Anxiety often leads to emotional eating and high cortisol levels promote the storage of fat, particularly around the abdomen.  Tony’s notes: Approximately 74% of Americans are overweight.    

Chronic Insomnia: A hyperactive nervous system and racing thoughts severely disrupt sleep architecture, creating a vicious cycle of fatigue and heightened anxiety. Tony’s notes: 30% to 40% of U.S. adults experience occasional or short-term insomnia symptoms, while about 10% to 15% suffer from chronic insomnia

Weakened Immune System: Elevated cortisol suppresses the immune response, leaving the body more susceptible to frequent colds, flu, and infections. Tony’s notes: 24 to 30 million people Have some form of autoimmune disease. Additionally, about 6.2% of adults and 2.6% of children are considered immunocompromised

Autoimmune Flare-ups: The inflammation caused by unmanaged stress can trigger or worsen autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Tony’s notes: Cortisol causes inflammation.

Skin and Hair Conditions: Stress-related inflammation and hormonal changes can exacerbate or trigger skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis, and acne, and may lead to hair loss. Tony’s notes: Elevated cortisol levels trigger excessive oil production, break down collagen and elastin, weaken the skin's moisture barrier, and increase inflammation.  Thinning hair is directly tied to stress/anxiety/fear.  Fear causes the blood vessels feeding the hair follicle to narrow resulting in thinning hair and/or baldness.  Note; baldness in men can be a result of generational baldness.

Tension Headaches and Migraines: Emotional stress and anxiety. Tony’s notes: Must include any trauma which has a stressor (fear) tied to it.

Depression and Mood Disorders: Chronic activation of stress pathways alters brain chemistry, serving as a primary risk factor for developing secondary clinical depression.  Tony’s note: Everyone has down moments which is caused by fear at one level or another.  The only way to fight depression is to pray away the cause.  God tells us what causes depression in Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad, NKJV. Fear causes depression and God tells us a good word makes it glad.  Meaning, a good word is prayer that casts out the fear that causes depression. We must teach this to all believers so they can come out of depression with this scripture:

Prayer Against Depression – Father God, in the name of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I/we cast out the fear that is causing depression and we pray healing and deliverance from depression, Amen!

What Is the Next Step? – We are responders emotionally, physically, and spiritually to our thoughts, good and bad.  Bad thoughts affect our health. 

We must get involved together with others at our emotional, and physical levels in order to help us come to grips with our innermost thoughts, innermost fears, and innermost hurts that have led to physical, and mental sickness and disease. 

We must understand that our sickness and disease is in opposition to God’s promises of healing.

We must understand that we can only be healed from sickness and disease by God through prayer. 

We must increase our knowledge on what causes sickness and disease according to Deuterium 28:15-68. 

We must increase our teaching and prayer for all ages and at all functions in the church. 

We must become a praying church so that we can take back what Satan has stolen from us.

We must make ourselves available for prayer. We do this by confessing our sins to one another James 5:16

Bottom Line – The church of today is not making progress in the area of sickness and disease and we all suffer.  We say we believe in healing, but why are we not being healed?  What is our first option when we are sick and diseased? Doctors or God?  I can assure you God won’t charge you a cent for His healing!

We are trending down from an already critical point.  We are in perilous times according to: 2 Timouthy 3:1-5 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that, NLT.  We are losing the battle because of our disobedience.

God’s Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear, Stress, And Anxiety

“Perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in (God’s) love” 1 John 4:18. This includes EVERY fear/stress/anxiety that causes fear related health symptoms.

We all can cast out fear by declaring our love to God and receiving His perfect love every day.  Do you know how much God loves you?  God loves us so much He sent His only Son to die on the cross for us.  Have you consistently told God how much you love Him? 

This simple uncomplicated prayer will bring healing to you.  It is God’s promise.

Prayer – Father God, in the name of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, I want to declare my love to You.  I know you love me so much that you sent your son Jesus to die on the cross for me.  I receive Your perfect love that casts out all fear that has led to sickness and disease in my life.  In the name of Jesus, I pray for healing and deliverance from fear. Amen.

I do this every night and many times during the day.  Do this and you will see fear symptoms begin to minimize and eventually bring healing to you from fear related sicknesses and diseases.  It’s God’s promises of healing from His Word. Do you believe what God Promises?

I don’t teach about these subjects to judge or condemn people, any church, any church function, or any church ministry.  I am communicating what the Bible tells us all to do so we can come out of captivity from sin.  We are to follow the blueprint of Jesus Christ and His church ministry as we wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!  Tony 6/3/2026

Pastors Need Prayer

 I was led to put this teaching together last week primarily because we need to pray continuously for pastors and for one another because Satan attacks us 24/7.

My teachings are not specific to any one person or church.  They are specific to what the Bible tells us to do and to mirror the ministry of Jesus Christ so that we can come out of captivity.

 Pastors                                                                                                            5-28-2026

Ephesians 4:11-16 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Each of these have a responsibility for the edifying of the body of Jesus Christ

Apostles – One who is sent out or a messenger

Prophets – Acting as a mouthpiece to deliver direct messages from God to correct or guide

Evangelists – Is a missionary who travels from place to place to spread the Gospel

Pastors – A recognized or appointed person serving a local church or parish

Teachers – Responsible to impart biblical wisdom and the importance of leading by example

This is called the five-fold ministry.  Not one is more important than the other.  They are called to work together to instruct, enlighten, and uplift the Body of Jeus Christ for the Kingdom of God.  Everyone has been called to do one or more of the five-fold ministry. 

Today, we are going to focus on the pastors in today’s church.  In many cases the modern pastoral job description is often unmanageable, requiring leaders to act as CEO, counselor, event planner, spiritual guidance and primary leader of prayer. This "over functioning" frequently leads to extreme responsibility and pressure to perform the functions of the church even though the Body of Jesus Christ should be contributing more, especially in the area of prayer. 

Spiritual attacks on pastors are broadly viewed within Christian theology as intense, targeted spiritual warfare designed to distract, discourage, or derail church leaders. Because pastors lead congregations, the enemy targets them and can cause widespread fallout in the church. 

The pastor and even his family have become the focal point of the church and have become a target of criticism by the church body, others, and even family.  They will attach pastors through anonymous letters, emails, gossip, slander, browbeating and even church insurrection.

Many pastors are forced to build a bubble of protection around them and their families.  It can be very difficult to trust anyone for fear of being attacked.  This is fearing into the future leads to stress and anxiety.  They are forced to withdraw and trust only a few. 

I put this teaching together last week and it is interesting to hear the topic yesterday at church.  It was focused on Proverbs 6:16-19, so I added this to the teaching.

There are six things the Lord hates—no, seven things he detests:

1. haughty eyes, 2.
2. a lying tongue,
3. hands that kill the innocent,
4. a heart that plots evil,
5. feet that race to do wrong,
6. a false witness who pours out lies,
7. a person who sows discord in a family.

Although this applies to everyone, it applies to those who come against leadership in the church as well and especially the pastors.

What Can We Do to Help Church Leadership?

The most effective thing we can do is to pray for our pastors consistently and especially prior to the church service.  The following is a prayer covering that I pray each morning before I go out into this evil world.  It is a very, very effective and a powerful prayer declaration. 

Father God, in the name of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I pray a hedge of protection covered by the blood of Jesus and Psalm 91.  I cancel all evil assignments against me directly or indirectly.  Thank you God.

I can’t count the number of times I have dodged harmful attacks from Satan directly and indirect attacks that Satan worked through others.

Folks, we must be a praying body of Jesus Christ.  We cannot be part-time prayer warriors because the attacks are full-time.  We have power and authority over evil according to Luke 10:19 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.  We are called to do what Jesus taught us to do in scriptures. This is not an option.                                Tony 5-28-2026