Scripture:
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall
11 So
I arrived in Jerusalem. Three days later, 12 I
slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told
anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack
animals with us except the donkey I was riding. 13 After
dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well,[d] and over to the Dung Gate to inspect
the broken walls and burned gates. 14 Then I went
to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but my donkey couldn’t get through
the rubble. 15 So, though it was still dark, I went
up the Kidron Valley[e] instead, inspecting
the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate. 16 The
city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had
not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the
Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the
administration. 17 But now I said to them, “You
know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates
have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this
disgrace!” 18 Then I told them about how the
gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king. They replied at once, “Yes, let’s
rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work. 19 But
when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed
contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they
asked.
20 I
replied, “The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start
rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic claim in
Jerusalem.” (Nehemiah 2:11-20 NLT).
Taking Back My Life
I know I’ve
discussed this time and time again.
Maybe you’re sick of hearing about it, but this issue is at the center
of some of what God has chosen to use in my life, so, please, bear with me…
As I was
saying, I am a writer.
It is a
talent that the Lord God exhibited early in life. Not only did I love reading the works of
others, but I loved words. By the age of
8, I was writing award-winning essays and school plays. By age 15, I wrote my first novel. It being a horrendous bag of jumbled ideas,
and feelings, is neither here nor there.
What mattered is that by the age of 15, I wrote something that had a
beginning, middle, and end. It had
characters and a plot. It had a
purpose. Whether or not it fulfilled
that purpose is another issue altogether.
By 19, I published, professionally, my first two collections of poetry. I was also a performance artist doing spoken
word competitions and show cases. I even
fancied myself a songwriter and rapper at some point. I planned to be Lauryn Hill—only without the
singing voice of angels. By then, I had been awarded prizes for my
writings, and had also published in e-magazines and journals. I also knew, for sure by age 21, that there
was nothing else I would rather do in life besides write. Not only did I sense a burning desire to
write, but I felt like I needed to write the types of stories that would change
lives. It was more than ending up on
Oprah’s Book Club—the lack of which my mother never forgave me for, mind
you. I was going to write those novels
that were taught by snooty college professors—the kinds of novels and poetry
that seniors in high school write research papers upon (like I did on Maya
Angelou and Zora Neale Hurston). Either
that, or I was gonna write those novels that may not have been academic, but
they academically impacted millions of people—like Terry McMillan did with Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
It was
about producing works that people would really read! Not only would my novels become excellent movies—like A Time to Kill—My works were supposed to
make such a profound impact, that the readers would be influenced to make
different choices, after reading my works.
Come on! Don’t act like I am the
only one who made a significant change in life, after reading a good book—like
how I started to love my dark skin after reading Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. My works would be about sharing, somehow,
all that I had personally seen, experienced, and overcome—as well as what I had
gleaned from the experiences of others.
It was about…
Doing something…
But Momita
told me that I need to have a plan to fall back on. And Dad told me that I needed not to pursue
creative fields as an academic pursuit or for employment. There was no need to hone a God-given talent—which
is a gift. If it is meant to be,
everything would fall into place.
*Sigh* Parents…poor
things…I believed them too. It was wrong
advice, but I did believe them. I
pursued the art of doing something else…
The doing
something else was not bad. It was about
finding a career, becoming educated for it, then, unfortunately, becoming
enslaved to it. It was about not putting
forth prayer, effort, and resources towards that which God placed in my heart
to do long before I could understand what writing was, and why God loves to use
books to get ahold of people. I mean if
writing wasn’t important to God, why did He choose to write down His instructions.
Seems to me, the God Who created the sun, and sent His Son, could have
communicated with us through a variety of ways…
So I knew
the gift of writing was nothing to sneeze at, but one day, what I also knew
what that I was doing something else…and
the more I was doing something
else….the more I became distant from that thing that I was actually born to
do.
One day I
woke up and found out that it had been 10
years since I wrote one creative sentence, let alone a poem, story,
novel, or play. Let alone an article, or
creative essay. Let alone anything outside
of academic works needed to obtain the undergraduate and graduate degrees that
led me to the career that would ensure that I would be doing something else—mental health.
Not only was I doing something
else, but I was doing something “else” that drove me right outside of the
scope of the divine purposes and will of God for my life.
Don’t get
me wrong. I was doing something else,
but did God use it? He always does in
His wisdom and mercy. Did God allow me
to prosper with it, and in it? He always
does in His wisdom and mercy. God honors
our work and will allow us to make use of it.
However, there is a perfect will of God and is not just about work—as in
what we do—but about the work that is rooted in who we are and who we are meant
to be.
And that is
the difference between a career and a calling.
And a calling cannot be fulfilled when you are doing something else.
How does
one end up doing something else? How
does one end up in something that takes them away from what God has for them to
do or become? How? Well, one way for sure is through
distractions.
Distractions? I mean, we all get distracted, right? How can something as universal and silly as a
distraction cause God’s people to end up completely doing something else—so
much so that we end up being something
else in the wrong careers, wrong locations, or even the wrong relationships?
Well, one
way is through the spirit of distraction, who comes as a spirit named
Sanballat.
We first
became aware of a man named Sanballat—and the spirit force driving him—in the
Book of Nehemiah. Sanballat did not
travel alone either, oh no! He walked
with his compadres Tobiah and Gesham.
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gesham—along with the spirits driving them—were
on assignment.
Their
purpose was to distract Nehemiah from rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. But what is this spirit of Sanballat—along
with his homies Tobiah and Gesham? How
does this spirit of Distraction work against the people and the purposes of
God?
According
to the article that was featured in Charisma
Magazine Online, by Jennifer LeClare, (2013), Sanballat is a spirit that is
rooted in distraction. And not just any
distraction, mind you! Oh, no! This form of distraction is on an assignment
to derail your whole destiny! How does
spirits of distraction, or the spirit of Sanballat work?
According
to the article, “Sanballat is an enemy of revival and brings
strong opposition to what God wants to build. Sanballat is a critical
persecutor who brings false accusations against the work and the people putting
their hand to the plow. And Sanballat will rally others to the opposition
against you, like Tobiahs and Geshems, just like he did to Nehemiah.
The spirit
of Sanballat’s goal is to discourage you—to get you to quit what God has called
you to do. This spirit’s overarching mission is to thwart God’s work. It’s a
judgmental, mocking, insidious spirit that, again, sometimes comes in sheep’s
clothing. Someone flowing in this spirit may even offer to come alongside and
help you, but its intentions are to tear down—not build up—the figurative wall
God is calling you to build.”
So we have
already learned that this spirit of distraction seeks to derail God’s
plans. We know that its goal is to cause
God’s people to get off course, causing their destinies and callings to
follow. Yet, we need to be mindful of
the specific ways in which Sanballat works in our lives.
Ways the
spirits of distraction—Sanballat—works in our lives.
1
Discouragement:
In the Book of Nehemiah (2:10-2:20), when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gesham
heard about Nehemiah’s plans, what was the first thing they did? They attempted to discourage him with
laughter and mocking. They heckled his
plans, trying to make him feel foolish for pursuing his God-given vision. When that did not work, they attempted to
challenge Nehemiah’s loyalty to the king, essentially stating that there was
rebellion within Nehemiah. They accused
him of being something that he was not. Ever had someone call you crazy for pursuing
that burning desire in your heart? Ever
had people go as far as accusing you of things like showing off or being
“lofty” in your ideas? Yes, those were
people under the spirits of Sanballat (distraction) causing you to question
yourself and the vision God put in your
heart ! Keep in mind, I said, “your” heart, not necessarily anyone
else’s.
Opposition: So
Sanballat tried to discourage Nehemiah with mocking and laughter. When that did not work, what did he do? He made his accusations against Nehemiahs’s
own character and behavior. What was the
next level after that? To oppose the work. In Chapter 4, in the Book of Nehemiah Sanballat
and his crew began to spread vicious gossip to turn people away from the idea
(vs. 4:1-3). Then, the dude took it
further, and tried to actually find a way to bring the Wall of
Jerusalem—Nehemiah’s vision—down. They
made plans to destroy his work (vs. 5-6).
Ever had someone in your life actually try to destroy, derail, or delay
that which you felt led to start? I have
seen people, and their vision/work, become sabotaged by those closest to
them! I’ve seen everything from women
destroying their own sister’s wedding, to wivess ruining their husband’s
business, to parents gambling away monies that belonged to their child’s
educational fund. Sometimes the
opposition does not come in such an overt way.
Sometimes, that spirit works in those we know in a subtle way, or in a
passive-aggressive way. Sometimes it
will be that your best friend’s offers to help you out during your first
catering job, and she shows up, only to be destructive and rude to everyone at
the event. Suddenly you’ve lost
clients! Here you were, so grateful for
your friend’s help—after all, you’ve just started this life-long dream to be a
caterer, you’ve just gotten your first gig, and you couldn’t afford all the
staff you really needed to make it as
smooth as you would have liked. Your
best friend steps up and says, “I can help!” And yet she destroys it all before
you even got a chance to get up and running.
Yes, Sanballat can attack us through the help we thought was supposedly God-sent. That is why we ask God about everything—even
if we should accept an opportunity or a supposed gift or offer. Sometimes it is a counterfeit gift, nothing
more than a trap set up by Satan to distract and delay you.
The
Urgent Issue: So, you’ve raised your kids. All three have completed high school and the
last two are in college, and one is in graduate school. You’ve worked hard all of your life. You saved your money—not the money that you
shared with your husband to run your household, but your money—the funds you scrimped and saved and earned, on the side,
for your dream. Your husband knew your
dream and had no problems with you putting aside that $10 per week, for the
last thirty years, in order to pursue your dream one day. Finally, your mortgage is paid off as
well. Your husband is still
working—planning to retire in five more years, so guess what? You’re financially okay. Now, after sacrificing and waiting, you are
finally, finally able to retire a bit
early from nursing, and live off your savings, while you spend the next year
writing the novel. You’ve been praying and praying for the way and God came
through when it was time. After
confirming with God, you put in your notice at your nursing job—where you’ve
been working twelve hour shifts for the last thirty years—and you are finally, finally able to take time off to follow
your dream. You are going to write books
on being a Godly wife!
But
guess what? Sanballat—and his host of demons of distraction—decide now is the time to get your husband laid
off from his job, of thirty-five years, at the small insurance company that
just went—oh no!—bankrupt. Not only is your
husband now only getting a tiny severance package, but all of those benefits
he’d been assured of are gone. The
company cannot afford to pay out those benefits—the same ones your husband has
been paying into all those years! You’re
freaking out, but your husband assures you he has every under control—he
reassures you that he wants you not to give up your dream again. He believes somehow
you all will make it through. He is
still earning from his severance package, and will be getting unemployment. He is quite sure by the time the package runs
out, he’ll already have a new job. So he
kisses your forehead and asks you about your latest chapter, which you happily
hand off to him to read and critique.
But
then…
The
twenty-four-week package runs out. His unemployment
now brings in an income of $405 per week, versus the $1600 per week your
husband usually brings in. Sure the
mortgage is paid off, but you still have two car notes, insurance for four
cars, as well as medical insurance through Cobra that now costs $450 per
month. You can’t give up your medical
care because your oldest daughter has severe asthma issues and needs the best
care, while getting her master’s degree full-time. Her program is rigorous so she can’t really
work full-time right now. And did I
mention the two other children in college?
Did I forget gas, light, and electricity? You don’t need cable, but you do need
water! Food is also a good thing to have
sometimes.
And,
oh goodness, your second son attends college in a small Florida town, and his
car just stopped working one day, out of the blue (*wink, wink*), so you have to get him another small car to get
to classes and his part-time job.
And, oh goodness, your third daughter must
go to Italy for an opportunity to study abroad and take on an internship—as
part of her fashion textiles major.
And,
oh goodness, you suddenly find yourself calling your old boss and asking for
another position with the hospital. They
are always short-staffed so she is happy to take you back in because you need
medical insurance for your family, you need more income for your home, and you
need to put that novel on hold. Besides,
it was stupid of you to think you should give up your job for a dream.
Maybe God is punishing you for your selfishness…
At
least that is what Satan keeps whispering to you late at night while you’re
asleep!
Those
are just three ways in which Satan—through his minions of distraction—will
attempt to take you away from your destiny and the calling or vision God put in
your heart. There are a variety of
distractions—that Satan will use—sometimes large, sometimes small, sometimes
directly in opposition, sometimes dressed as a support, but actually being a
counterfeit on assignment to destroy you.
Sometimes the distraction will arrive as a person or a relationship to a
person, sometimes it will be a crisis, and sometimes it will be someone else’s
crisis that puts your mind on what God never told you to do, and keeps your
mind off of what God did ordain you
to do.
So
how do we come against the spirit of distraction in our lives? How do we send Sanballat back to the pits of
Hell?
Never get off the wall:
One thing
about Nehemiah is that no matter what Sanballat hurled at him—ridicule,
mocking, opposition—even sending four requests for a meeting to “discuss the
issues,” (vs. 6:6-7)—Nehemiah never got
off the wall. He never came down from
the height of the wall, where he was called to erect the gates, in order to get
caught up in those distractions that Sanballat tried to use against him. Nehemiah stayed steadfast, having a tunnel
vision in the Lord. But how did Nehemiah
actually do it? How did he overcome the
different potential distractions that Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gesham send his
way?
1). Speaking the Word
of God on the situation: When Nehemiah first began his
project, rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem, Sanballat’s ridicule could have discouraged a man who did not have
Nehemiah’s unwavering faith in the promises of God. When Nehemiah was mocked (vs. 2:10-2:20), did
he get upset? Throw in the towel? Did he get caught up in defending himself
(like I have often done)? No. Instead, he not only focused and stood upon
the promises in the Word of God, but he spoke the Word of God in response to
the situation. Before Sanballat could say something else, Nehemiah’s
response was, in verse 2:20, “I replied, ‘The God of heaven will help us
succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic
claim in Jerusalem.’" Nehemiah
did not even allow the mockers to speak curses
into God’s work. He reaffirmed the
vision God had placed upon his heart, and then he let that man (and the spirits
operating within him) but you have no
legal right to this place…
Sometimes
a vision from God comes only to you.
Remember what I said earlier about a vision in “your heart?” That means others may not necessarily get it,
much less be able to validate it. So you
must ask God to validate it. Go into prayer
(and fasting), until you can be confident that you have a call from the
Lord. After the Lord has confirmed
through scriptures, through others, and through His own ways of doing so, then
you speak the Word against any form of distraction that will attempt to
discourage or mock you.
2) Stay in your
position—don’t come down off the wall: As I mentioned earlier, in Chapter
Six, you see Sanballat resorting to all sorts of efforts, ploys, and tactics to
deter Nehemiah from completing his God-breathed assignment and vision. When ridicule did not discourage him, he
tried opposition, then tried destruction, and finally tried something that
essentially appeared as though it could be helpful. In versus 6:2-5, Nehemiah tells us, “then
Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, ‘Come, let us meet together
at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.’ But
they were planning to harm me. So I sent messengers to them, saying, ‘I am
doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I
leave it and come down to you?’ They sent messages to me four times in this
manner, and I answered them in the same way.”
Clearly,
not only did Nehemiah reaffirm the importance of his mission by restating, “I
am doing a great work,” he also reaffirms his focus by stating, ”…so that I
cannot come down.” My man Nehemiah takes
it further by stating, “Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down
to you?”
Have
you ever asked the devil that question?
Why should I stop now? Jesus did,
when Satan tried tempting Him out of the wilderness during his fast. Jesus refused to budge, and He was dealing
with a lot more than a few pesky rumors and messages. Have you wondered what would happen if you do
what it says in the Word, in James 4:7, and resist the enemy so he can
flee? Ever thought of not picking up that phone, for your
sister, who always seems to need a babysitter when you are about to do that
application for that Master’s degree program you’ve been talking about for five
years? Let’s take it back to that
situation I used earlier—the nurse who was forced back into the job God gave
her the means to leave to pursue her dreams.
What if she had told those mountains to move? (Mark 11:22). What if she had said in response to Satan,
“Naw! I am doing a great work, why should the work stop while I leave it and go
down to where you want me to be?”
I am pretty
sure after a while, Satan, or his spirits of distraction, would have had to
keep it moving.
Be
aware, confront the enemy: We all get tired of fighting. We all get battle weary and frustrated with
those annoying little things that pile up on us, making it impossible to focus
on that which we feel called to focus upon.
Even Nehemiah had to become aware of Sanballat’s tactics. In Nehemiah 6:6-9, one can sense Nehemiah
becoming fed up. He is fully away of
these people’s constant opposition and attempts to distract him and he makes it
known that he knows. Nehemiah writes, after
yet another accusation, “Then I sent
a message to him saying, ‘Such things as you are saying have not been done, but
you are inventing them in your own mind.’ For all
of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, They will become discouraged with
the work and it will not be done.’” In
that verse, one can sense that not only are Nehemiah’s eyes open wide with
discernment about what is happening, but he confronts the enemy with it. I’ve personally had to let people know when
the Lord revealed their true motives and intentions. People (and situations) will flee when you
confront them with the righteous discernment of the Lord. I’ve had to say, “I don’t know if you realize
it, but you’re always sabotaging my work.
Don’t you want me to finish what I’ve started?” And surprisingly that person will miraculously
keep it moving.
Ask
God to Strengthen Your “Hands”: After Nehemiah caught on to the fact
that Sanballat was not going to stop sending messages, and coming up with ways
to distract him from the work, he confronted him, as I mentioned in the previous
section. What Nehemiah also did was say,
at the end of verse 6:9, “But now, Lord,
strengthen my hands.”
God
is always aware, ahead of time, of what oppositions you will face. Ask God to strengthen you, in your calling,
wherever you are weak—ask Him to strengthen your focus, work ethic, your spirit
of excellence, or you’re your resources and finances. Ask Him to give you the power to discern that
which is being used as a distraction and then ask for the power to flee from
it. Ask God to anoint you with fresh
anointing(s) for that purpose daily. Ask
God to strengthen your hands for the work—as Nehemiah did—but also to
strengthen whatever it is that He has also given you for the work to be
completed. And most of all, ask for the
Holy Spirit to lead you in every good work.
Ask for His grace to abound so that you will be equipped to complete it (2
Corinthians 9:8), and for God to act and will for you to complete your works
(Philippians 2:13). Whatever your
“hands” are, that were gifted to you, to fulfill your destiny, go to the
Father, in the Name of Jesus, and ask for Him to strengthen, multiply, and
freshen them.
Let
the Lord fight the Battle: Remember, God is always ready to
fight on our behalf. Although I believe
in spiritual warfare and prayer warriors, who are anointed for that purpose by
God, I know that the battle is always won by the Lord. If you find yourself struggling to complete
that which you are called by God to do—whether it is a short-term assignment
like mentoring a new believer in Christ, or a long-term assignment—such as
writing Christian fiction novels about tough issues people are leery about
discussing in God’s church—sometimes you need to get back to that place of
turning the battle over to the Lord of Lords.
Yes, God gives us, through the Blood of Christ, the permission and power to take authority over devils,
heal the sick, and perform great works (Matthew 10:8). Yes, we can call on God for the protection of
all sorts of angels—warrior angels, ministering angels, messenger angels,
deliverance angels, and destiny angels—even blessing angels (Psalm 91:11; Luke
4:10), there are times we just to go to our Father and ask Him to fight the
battle. After being steadfast in his
battle against Sanballat’s efforts to derail him, Nehemiah was forced to deal
with one last attempt to get him to flee from his work—a threat upon his very
life sent through Shemaiah to cause Nehemiah to run(vs. 10). At the end of his patience, Nehemiah cried
out to God in verse 14 saying, “Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat
according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the
rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me.”
Again,
Nehemiah did not do what I might have
done, which is to go into a confrontation with those fools, who had the temerity to threaten me—threaten ME!!!
He turned them over to God, asking God to remember their actions, and to
deal with those fools for trying to run him off.
At the end
of the day, the enemy is like a
roaring lion, prowling about, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). He is not only devouring us, but our callings,
our destinies, and our provisions. Most
of all, he is using distractions—some that even appear to be good things, such
as getting involved in helping someone, or a friend’s help towards you—to
derail your entire life, often in a very subtle manner. We need to spiritually discern if a spirit of
Distraction, such as Sanballat, is distracting you from that which God has
planned for you!
No matter
what way Satan attacks you, and the work of God being done through you, stand
firm. Whether it is a spirit of
Sanballat (distraction), Jezebel (rebellion), or Python (constriction), stand
firm on the Name of Jesus, and stand firm in the position, purpose, and plan of
God for your life.
Prayer- Spiritual
Warfare Against Spirits of Distraction (Sanballat):
Father
God,
I
thank you that the Blood of Jesus, that covers me, allows me to bind any demonic
force that is against me, and ultimately is against you, Lord. No weapon formed against me shall prosper,
and I stand on the promises of God.
In
the name of Jesus, I bind and rebuke Satan, in the Name of Jesus. I bind and rebuke every demonic power
operating to distract or derail my purpose in the Name of Jesus. I command you to flee. You have no right to be in my home or in my
atmosphere. You have no right to be in
my relationships or my work. All that I
have is under the covering of the Blood of Jesus! My home is covered by the Blood of
Jesus. The atmosphere is filled with the
Spirit and Presence of the Most High God.
This ground is a holy and sacred.
This is the ground that I have declared to be a house of the Lord. I
command you to bow to Jesus and worship Him. The Bible says that every knee
shall bow at His Name, and right now, in the spiritual realm, I command you to
bow down. I command all spirits of
distraction, including the spirits of Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gesham, to be
bound and cast out into the abyss in the Name of Jesus!
I
speak to the spirits of depression, procrastination, idleness, laziness, confusion,
apathy, hopelessness and fear! I command you all to go in the Name of Jesus. I bind and rebuke any devouring spirits, or
waster spirit, dispatched to bring distractions against my destiny in various
areas of my family, home, finances, and health!
By the Blood of Jesus, I cancel your every assignment against my family
and me, in Jesus’ name!
You
have tried to knock me down, but I will rise up, and every time that I do; I am
confident that my God is protecting me and is taking me to a higher place. I stand on Jeremiah 29:11, believing God that
He has good plans to prosper me and not to harm me. I stand on the promise that God will finish
the work that He has started in me and my home. I trust that God will fulfill
those promises.
I
give all doubt to you, God. I release my worry, expectations, anguish, guilt,
rage, anxieties and fears to you, Lord. I am going to completely rely on you
like I should have done in the first place.
I cover my works, my destiny, my calling, my resources, and visions, my
plans, and my relationships with the Blood of Jesus. Please order my steps and direct my path, not
allowing me to go right nor left. I
command all doors closed on any counterfeits, in any area of my life! I command
a seven-fold restoration of any ground or goods or aspects of my destiny that
were stolen by Satan in the Name of Jesus! I come against any demonic delays,
distractions, and defeat, and form of discouragement.
I command every force operating under
any spoken curses or witchcraft, against my destiny, to be bound and cast into
the abyss in the Name of Jesus!
My
feet are steady and grounded on the rock of Jesus. I am hidden under the rock
of my Savior and no demonic entity can find the source of these prayers as I
speak confusion into the spiritual realm.
I command these prayers to get through in the Name of Jesus!
Jehovah
Nissi, You are my banner and I lift Your Name up above my family, home and
everything that I own. I lift Your Name over every bit of the work and ministry
that I do. I know you will carry us
through this temporary battle and lead us into a final victory that my destiny
will be fulfilled.
Lord,
let the healing balm of Gilead cover every wound that has been inflicted by the
enemy. Help me to make sound choices that follow your will and not my feelings.
Help me to say no to every stressful
thing that is attempting to distract me, by sucking all my time and energy in
the wrong direction. I come against all signs,
signals and distractions that are not coming from the God who cares about my
well-being in the Name of Jesus.
My
eyes are on Jesus and the will of God alone. Thank you, Holy Spirit for guiding
me. In Jesus’ precious name, I thank You for this, Amen.”
(A
portion of the prayer based on prayers by Julia Shalom Jordan).
Please look out for the next installment
of the “Take Back Your Life series, Part 2: Overcoming the Waster Spirits”.
