Psalm 94:21-23: They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own Wickedness yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off. This passage makes it very clear that the believers are constantly facing warfare from the camp of the enemy. Life itself is a battle and we all have battles to fight regardless of our disposition towards those battles. Whichever part of the world you travel to, you will discover that all men in all nations have something in common Life is a battle. You will hardly find anyone who has not fought battles or who is not presently fighting one. Some people come across their own battle very early in life. Others come across their own battles at the middle of their lives. Unfortunately, some people come across their own battles at old age. I don't know what your personal history looks like but I suppose you have probably had one or two bouts with the battles of life. Here is a startling truth which is worthy of urgent consideration. Until you understand the ministry of conflict, you will continue to suffer. Many people come to our services and programmes because they could not obtain relief or total solutions to their problems from all the places they had gone for help. Some people have discovered that the false assurances which they were given by those who patted them at the back, telling them everything was overturned out to be untrue and mere palliative. Some people were told to claim their victories and believe that all their problems were solved. Such people were told to believe. They later realized
that such theoretical statements are far removed from the realm of reality. They noticed that what they were told could only pass the test of theory. The practical realities which they faced made them to know that their problems were intact. We have had very strange experiences when we tried to minister to such people. We have noticed that fierce and vicious demons often answered us saying that they are lords over the victims. Victims of such satanic problems generally come to us after discovering that television-show-business and modern day Christian dancing has not provided the help which they were looking for. If you area black man, you must realise that your situation is quite different from the situation of the white man. The environment in which you live is quite different from the environment which can be found in the white nations. Any Christianity that does not emphasize spiritual warfare is mere children's play. Christians are not supposed to fear the devil, but they must recognise the existence of sinister forces. It is gross stupidity to misjudge your enemy. Satan is the original lawbreaker. He will never hesitate to exploit any weakness in your life against you. He will use all his slackness in your spiritual life to gain advantage over your life. The devil often attacks people in the realm of the dream. Your dreams can be divine while it can also be demonic. A divine dream leaves a positive impact upon your life. You remain calm, happy and blessed after such a dream. The moment you have a satanic dream, it brings misery, sorrow, emptiness, and confusion into your life. Do you know that most of the sleeplessness which people sometimes experience is caused by some wicked spirits If you fail to incubate your sleeping time in the fire of the Holy Spirit, you will continue to experience nightmares. A wise man once said "If you have a bad night, you will surely have a bad day" Perhaps, that statement was made in realisation of the fact that the devil generally attacks peoples' nights in order to destroy their days.
The reason why many of our problems have remained resistant to prayer can be traced to the fact that the roots of such problems have remained unknown to us. As long as the roots of your problems remain unknown, it will linger fora long time. A woman was brought to one of our services half dead. She had jumped down from a two-storey building and knocked her head on the ground. She cried bitterly until a good Samaritan rushed her to the hospital. As soon as she was rushed to the hospital, doctors ran her through diagnosis and concluded that she was perfectly OK. She began to cry because she knew that she was not OK. She was brought to the church and prayed for and she became alright temporarily. However, she discovered that she had a strange problem. Here is the problem. Whenever there was a lot of food in the house her brain would begin to function abnormally. Whenever there was no food in the house, and the whole house was empty she would be hungry but she would be mentally O.K. She became so tired of herself that she wanted to commit suicide. That was what brought her to the church. She told us that she had gone to several places without receiving tangible help. We ministered to her and the Lord delivered her from the bondage. God gave us an insight to the root of her problem. That was how we were able to tackle her problem from the root. As we ministered to her, we discovered that two weeks after she was born, she started crying day and night. Her parents and relatives did not understand her strange behaviour. However, some doctors later discovered that her problem could be traced to the fact that her mother had insufficient milk. Although they thought that they were feeding her, the baby was getting nothing from the mother's breast. That experience invited demons into the life of the innocent baby. The spirits stayed quietly in her and remained unnoticed until she grew up and got married. She was always OK whenever the husband had no money to buy food. Immediately the husband was able to stock the pantry with food items, she would begin to misbehave. The demon of hunger and poverty would begin to make her behave like a mad woman.
Can you see that, that woman's case was quite complicated? It is crystal clear therefore, that whenever a situation has a deep demonic root we must employ the ministry of conflict to tackle it. Evil spirits can remain in obscurity for decades. They can wait patiently until the time of their operation is due. They can remain concealed until something provokes or activates them to commence operation: We have dealt with lots of cases which were brought into the open as a result of being challenged through aggressive warfare prayers. The victims of such problems came to the church and prayed like others. They also went back to their houses to continue such fervent prayers. As a result of such continual fervent prayers, the spirits that were formerly residents in them became challenged. Such powers would become angry and begin to react violently. If you step on a broken bottle and you are given some first aid treatment you cannot be completely free from the effect of such broken bottles until the pieces of the bottle are removed from your leg. If you scratch the place the pain will comeback. This will show you that the solution is grossly unsatisfactory. Spiritual warfare is directed against powers of darkness not towards a person. If you are warring against human beings you are wasting spiritual times. If you want to wage a successful spiritual warfare in the spiritual realm, you must discern your enemy. You must ask yourself the following questions. What is the problem? Is it a natural malfunctioning of the human body? Is it a curse? Is the victim under conscious or unconscious covenants? Is the victim demonised?
Is he suffering as a result of a self-inflicted curse? Is he suffering because of the activities of drinkers of blood and eaters of flesh? Is the problem caused by household enemies? Can it be traced to being bewitched by demons, witches and wizards? Is there an enemy in the camp of the victim? If the root is unknown, the problem may remain forever. Many people's problems are persistent because they are unable to identify the root of what they are going through. Many people who come to church are unable to detect the source of their problems. The enemy has succeeded inputting cataract in their eyes so that they will not see. Satan has blinded many people with lack of vision. The enemy has placed a strongman in charge of many peoples' cases. Such demonic strongmen are deaf to weak prayer commands which are issued against them. Mechanical prayers will amount to sowing seed on hard concrete. No matter how regularly you water a seed that is sown on concrete it will never grow. No matter how effective your fertilizer is, it will not make any seed to grow if the seed is sown on the wrong soil. The most experienced farmer in the world will not succeed ingrowing seed on a rock. Such seeds will not grow once there is no contact between the soil and the seed. It is unfortunate that the devil has erected concrete slabs on the lives of many people. The presence of such concrete slabs can be both dangerous and frustrating. Unless you crack the concrete open you may not be able to grow any seed successfully. All concretes must be cracked open so that the good seed which God wants to plant in your life will grow and fourish. If what I have said so far describes your situation it means that you are qualified for the ministry of conflict.
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