God's Power to Heal the Brain

The following prayer can be prayed for oneself or over someone else, just change the pronouns in the appropriate places. It is also important to understand how spiritually rooted issues that can affect the physical body must be addressed, such as dealing with unforgiveness (towards oneself or others), repenting for toxic thoughts and replacing negative mindsets with scripture. As a man thinketh, so he becomes. Dwell on the word of God. Speak it over the individual.

Specific, targeted prayer is needed in order to heal the mind, emotions and spirit, but often one of the things that is neglected is prayer to heal areas of the cerebral cortex in the brain. The cerebral cortex has many functions, including the higher mental functions that include areas of discernment, a variety of emotional responses, impulse control, reason, thought, memory and behavioral reactions. It has many separate functional areas with many different cell designs. The cerebral hemispheres are composed of neurons and axons. On any typical day, your brain secretes brain chemicals that act as trillions of little messengers. Seratonin, noradrenalin and dopamine are "happy messengers" that help regulate things attributed to your rest, peace and emotional balance. The brain chemical levels can fluctuate and swing out of balance depending on whether a person focuses on positive or negative thoughts. A person's thought life can actually influence the levels of hormones. Every right thought will result in faith; toxic thoughts lead to unbelief, discouragement and depression.

Thoughts Produce A Corresponding Action: Physically, Spiritually, Emotionally and Behaviorally

Seratonin functions as a regulator for your body's physiology so that your body can sleep and attain rest. Without seratonin doing it's job properly, you will not be able to sleep well no matter what you do. It is responsible for keeping your body clock and your bodily functions coordinated. It also regulates your stress fighting hormone called cortisol. Any disruption in your cortisol also affects the body's ability to regulate proper sleep cycles. It literally shifts the body to be in a state of stress. One of the first signs of being under stress is the lost ability to sleep well. Noradrenalin is responsible for setting the body's energy levels. Without it, a person feels tired, exhausted and can become increasingly more and more lethargic. (Another symptom of depression). Norepinephrine influences sleep; Epinephrine is a stress hormone and a neurotransmitter, and Dopamine functions as a pleasure center. It is the area of your brain that allows you to experience enjoyment, pleasure and a sense of satisfaction in life, but it also can act to reinforce addictive behaviors and can influence psychotic behaviors. There are other numerous brain chemicals also that can attribute to dysfunction, depression, addiction and other physical and emotional problems.

When the body goes into an overstressed mode, the person often experiences things such as overwhelming heaviness and discouragement, tiredness, lack of desire for life, activity or social contact; they feel overwhelmed and depressed. They may also feel nervous, experience shortness of breath, feel like they are having a heart attack or feel like they are having an anxiety attack. Overstressed individuals are often labeled as having a form of mental illness and may be prescribed medicine, but we as Christians can also pray specifically for God to heal the brain and any chemical imbalances that might be causing these emotional responses. Medications will always require refills if the source of the problem is not healed. Let's trust God to do that, no matter how impossible it may seem. Nothing is too difficult for Him!

 "Epigenetics shows that our thoughts and perceptions remodel our genes and not the other way around. Now the reality of the scripture “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23 v 7) begins to hit home.  shows us the power of our thought life and how it affects who we are. A phenomenal discovery is that our genes can be switched on and off by the thoughts we choose to meditate on. This has changed the conventional understanding that our genes control and determine who we are and what we become. Recent research disproves the myth that our genes shape us. Our thoughts affect which genes are switched on and therefore we shape our genes. This means that we are not, nor have we ever been victims of our biology." Excerpt taken from Healing Begins with Sanctification of the Heart, "No Disease is Incurable," 4th Edition, by Dr.MK Strydom, Eagle's Wing's Ministries. (See link at bottom of article).

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How It Connects to Impulse Control

A lack of being able to effectively manage stress is also a common trigger for addicts to relapse. Our body consists of the physical, emotional and spiritual which makes up our entire being. Human beings are hardwired to be spiritually connected to our higher source, which is our Creator. Father God made us in His image (see Genesis 1:26-28) and when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, God's Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us, reconnecting us with our Heavenly Father. When the body is overstressed, it is very difficult indeed for a person to be able to connect meaningfully with God. Overstress causes the body to go into a state of agitation; when the overproduction of cortisol is present, the body actually gets ready for war. It's ready to go into a higher state of emotional response such as fight or flight, hunger, trauma, expectation of fear or pain and other things. This is why emotional triggers seem to set a person off very quickly. Remember, the cerebral cortex is where emotional responses are activated. The cerebral cortex is also the place in the brain that has the "stop" function. It is the part of the brain that tells a person when to stop certain negative behavior. A normal healthy person would have common sense kick and and set off a "stop button" - for instance, telling them, don't go kill that person or don't commit an act of rage, etc. In a normal healthy person that button works to tell people to stop over consumption of certain things but in an addict, that 'stop button' is broken. Excessive use causes a tolerance to build up in the pleasure sensors, so the person needs more and more of that particular thing in order to feel pleasure. Its like trying to obtain the unattainable, which is why an addict will continue to use over and over again even at risk of consuming lethal doses of whatever they are addicted to. It's not a self will issue, it's a physiological and spiritual issue. The neurotransmitters actually get rewired at the cellular level in an unhealthy way. All this occurs on a subconscious level where we are not aware of what is happening. these are triggers to causing a person to feel overwhelmed, resentful, frustrated, angry or emotional - and often a trigger for addictive relapse. All of these factors working together can cause a host of other emotional, some physical and physiological problems. Ultimately though, addictions are due to several spiritual components that cannot be ignored. Demonic spirits known as Bondage, Pharmacia, Illusion, and the spirit of Alcoholism are tied together with Unloving spirits, spirits of Abandonment, Rejection, Self-Hatred, Rebellion, Unforgiveness and Bitterness. So, there is a need for deliverance and inner healing just as much as praying for the physical components. Every addict I've ever counseled has unresolved bitterness, unforgiveness, and toxic thinking which also comes from a deep bitterness of feeling abandoned, unsupported, unloved and unaccepted, usually connected to parental issues, dysfunction and instability in their childhood. These are unhealed offenses that must be dealt with through forgiveness.

Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to crafting a prayer to target specific areas of healing the brain. There can be accidents, trauma, head injury and more issues when it comes to needing healing for the brain. I can't tackle all of them today, but we can address some of the more common problems people deal with. Regardless of the cause, there are legitimate issues that can be healed with the power of prayer. How often people try to manage what is simply the fruit of the problem (the symptoms and behaviors) without dealing with the root of the problem, and the root of depression, addictions and many other things that can be attributed to an imbalance of brain chemicals is fear. Fear always magnifies itself. It is the root of anxiety, frustration, impatience, anger, depression and every wrong thought process. Fear is what causes cortisol to be over produced. Fear will send the adrenal glands into stress mode and cause a domino effect of a whole host of other physical problems. Fear is also the culprit when it comes to toxic thinking. Continued negative thought processes leads to depression and other mental illness, and can even change brain chemicals. Defective genetics and DNA that carries a curse in the cellular makeup can be targeted with our prayers, and there is now medical proof that things we once thought we were resigned to live with can be changed by the power of changing our thoughts and prayer.

 We are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image. Any defect came as a result of inherited sin carried a curse and was reproduced as a genetic defect in the DNA. This deals with the physical aspects, but we still need to address the spiritual part of the remedy, and that is the revelation of our Heavenly Father's love and acceptance. The Bible says in 1 John 4:18 that perfect love casts out all fear. Begin to delcare this as your reality. God's love and acceptance is so powerful that it will displace the wrong thoughts, fears, and insecurities that trigger the negative thinking that makes room for physical and emotional illness. Love displaces depression, anger, anxiety, insecurities, and many, many other problems. There is no reason why God should not heal because Jesus Christ paid the price for our total and complete victory, healing and restoration!

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRAYER TO HEAL THE BRAIN and RESTORE MENTAL HEALTH.

Father God,

I thank You for Your Holy Spirit that gives me wisdom to know what to ask for in prayer. I pray for myself and ask You to send the answer to prayer to _____. (You can also pray this over others).

I renounce fear, depression, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. I renounce and repent for any ways I have come into agreement with the enemy. I renounce demonic spirits known as Bondage, Pharmacia, Illusion, and the spirit of Alcoholism. I renounce  Unloving spirits, the spirit of Abandonment, Rejection, Self-Hatred, Rebellion, Unforgiveness and Bitterness.  I break every agreement I have made knowingly and unknowingly with those spirits and tell them to leave me now, in Jesus's name. I command all lying, familiar spirits related to hearing voices, auditory and visual hallucinations, be gone in Jesus' name. Go back to the abyss where you belong! Thank You Jesus for your forgiveness and restoration. I believe You are the Son of God and You can heal me. You took my sin and disease upon yourself so that I could live victoriously. Please help me live freely. Let faith rise up in me and Your Holy Spirit fill me with wholeness, power and the fullness of God.

I ask that You would heal the cerebral cortex in (my/_____'s) brain. I ask that You would fill any areas of deficiency with the fullness of Your Holy Spirit. Let the brain chemicals of seratonin, noradrenalin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and all chemicals produced by the brain be correctly balanced. Let every deficiency be filled and every over secretion be reduced to just the right levels for each individual. Let there be no over production of cortisol. Let every amino acid neurotransmitter function with perfect wholeness and soundness as it is in Jesus Christ. Let every gene that carried defective or mutated DNA that would perpetuate weakness,  compromised health, mental instability or that which carries the result of a curse be healed at the cellular level. Infuse every cell, every gene, every strand of DNA with the DNA and healing of Jesus Christ. Let every curse be broken and sent back to the source, for You O God did not give me/______ any DNA that would carry a curse. It came from the evil one, and as I submit to Your authority, I resist the devil and command him to take back everything that he has brought upon me. I pray that any damage to the brain itself, the neurotransmitters, and the centers for impulse control in the cerebral cortex be healed now in Jesus name. 

Let there be truth, light, and revelation be released in every darkened area of the brain, thought patterns and emotional responses. Heal the memories stored in the branches of the nerves. Recreate the nerve pathways and the nerve trees in perfect health. I declare new nerve tissue be formed now in Jesus's name. Let good, strong, positive memories overpower negative, destructive thoughts until the toxic thoughts are no longer present. I command all toxic thoughts and memories to be supernaturally removed from the nerve networks in Jesus's name. I speak the name of Jesus Christ into every stronghold in ______'s life and I ask that Your Holy Spirit expose the lies that _______ has believed. Let every stronghold crumble now, and I command every spirit of darkness to loose ______ now in Jesus's name. I declare and decree that Your Word is truth, and _______'s body, mind and soul must submit to the truth.

I declare You have healed me/_____ according to Jeremiah 17:14, James 5:14,15, and Exodus 23:25.

I declare You have restored ____ to health and healed their wounds, whether physical or emotional, according to Jeremiah 30:17 and Isaiah 53:5.

I delcare that _____'s spirit is not crushed, but is full of laughter that is like medicine, according to Prov. 17:22.

I declare that as ______ has confessed their sins, that according to James 5:6 they are healed.

I declare the peace of God that surpasses all understanding guards _____'s mind and heart, and their heart is not troubled according to John 14:27.

I declare Your perfect love has cast out all fear according to 1 John 4:18.

I declare according to Psalm 30:2 that as ______ has called to you for help, You have healed them.

I declare that I will meditate on the word of God, as it is written in Phil. 4:8, “Whatever is true, whatever is worthy or reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there be any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].” 

I speak to the amino acid and peptide neurotransmitters and tell them to be rewired to function in perfect health and send the proper amounts of chemicals to regulate impulse control, stress management, peace, pleasure and pain management in perfect balance. 

Let the acytlcholine functions be healed and restored to perfect health. 

Let the chemical agents and the communication messengers between brain cells function in perfect harmony, balance and soundness in every cell. 

Let all things in the molecular structure that affect mood, anxiety, appetite, sleep, temperature, heart rate, self control, discernment, impulse control, aggression, fear, stress management and other physical and psychological appetites, desires and occurrences be healed and restored to the perfect wholeness that exists in Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, let Your fullness fill my lack, for it is written, "the Lord is my Shepherd and I shall have no lack," according to Ps. 23:1. 

Let all areas that have been damaged, those areas that are genetically unsound, weak, impaired or afflicted be healed, for it is written, "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed," in Is. 53:4, 5. 

Lord Jesus, You told us, Your disciples, to lay hands on the sick and they would recover, (Mark 16:18). You said in John 14:7 and again in John 14:16 that if we abide in You, we could ask whatever we desire in Your name and Your Father would do it, because it would bring glory to Your name. So I ask that I would be healed in the cellular, molecular level of my/_____'s genes, in my DNA, and that anything that resides there that is not of Your placement, nor Your will be supernaturally removed, replaced with Your fullness and restored to perfect health right now, in Jesus name.

Holy Spirit, please give me /______ a revelation of my heavenly Father's love and acceptance so that perfect love will cast out all fear. Reveal the Father's heart towards me/them. Show me/them their truest identity as it is in Christ. Lead me/them to the salvation that is through Jesus Christ. I thank You and give You glory for the healing that is taking place now in Jesus name. Amen.

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Prayer to Be Healed from Sexual Molestation

Please read another article that discusses this topic more in depth prior to praying this prayer.I feel it can give you much more insight and understanding. http://xpectamiracle.blogspot.com/2014/08/deliverance-from-incubus-succubus-lust.html

The spirits that cause perverse actions in others are predator spirits. Lust, incubus, succubus and other perverse spirits are the cause of many sins and much shame and fear as well. When I use the term 'molestation,' it can be by a demonic spirit alone, or using someone else as it's host in order to inflict harm. Either way, an evil spirit is involved. It just doesn't always have a host body.  If you read the article mentioned above, you will have greater understanding. Regardless of whether a person is the perpetrator or the victim, they need healing and deliverance. Today we deal with deep shame, inferiority, insecurity, fear and identity issues that have resulted from lust, pornography, sex outside of marriage, and a whole host of other things, including sexual molestation, abuse, and sins perpetrated by sexual predators. The amount of people that deal with this issue is staggering and many do not feel comfortable asking for prayer on this subject. You can be set free. Bring it to Jesus, and let Him heal you. Today is a day for a fresh start!

Father God,

I need a Savior, a Deliverer. Lord Jesus, I believe you paid the price for my sin and shame when you went to the cross on my behalf. I do not have to bear the weight of it any longer. Jesus, I pray that Your blood would wash over my mind, my body and my spirit and make me clean. Renew in me a pure thought life. I come to you to ask you for healing from lust, perverse spirits and demonic attachments of incubus and succubus spirits. I take responsibility for the things I've done, the things I've allowed, and even things that have been done to me against my will. Right now I forgive ______ (speak the names of those that have sinned against you) so that I can also have my own sins forgiven, and I ask You to empower me to do so. As a matter of my will, I choose to forgive them and ask that You, Father, give me grace and strength to not take this offense back into my heart. I ask that You heal those that have perpetrated sins against me, and set us free from the perversity and sin that has had us bound. Lord Jesus, I give myself to You and ask that You forgive my sin. Please forgive the sin of my family and ancestors. Forgive all the ways that we all rejected You and rebelled against your ways, and exerted our independence from You. Forgive idolatry, witchcraft, involvement with the occult, shedding innocent blood, broken vows and covenants. Forgive the many things we have done to deny Your Lordship. Let Your blood cover our sins, I pray. Be Lord of my life. I take You as my Savior, Master, Husband, Friend, and Lord. I will not have any other gods besides You. I make a covenant with You, Jesus. Help me to be faithful to You. Thank you, Father, for accepting me and adopting me into the kingdom of God.

Satan, you are not my husband or my master. I renounce you. I divorce you. I want nothing to do with you ever again. I reject your seed and your lies. I reject, refuse, renounce and divorce all unclean demonic spirits of perversity including incubus, mare and succubus spirits, spirits of lust, pornography, pedophilia, voyeurism, domination, brutality, homosexuality, confusion, gender confusion, astral projection and spirit travel, mischievous and trouble-making spirits, spirits of double-mindedness, unbelief, anger, rage, bitterness, unforgiveness, witchcraft, lust, idolatry, hardheartedness, accusation, familiar and familial spirits, pride, rebellion, and death. I renounce the spirit of Pan, the god of sexual stimulation.I renounce the Queen of the Coast and all marine spirits. I renounce all generational spirits of molestation, rape, sodomy, unclean spirits, incest and abuse.  I renounce and divorce Lilu and Lilith, and all the offspring that comes from Satan and his demons. If there is anything of Satan's seed implanted within me, I command it to shrivel and die immediately in the name and authority of Jesus Christ. I repent for any ways that I have knowingly or unknowingly come into agreement with these spirits, and I humbly submit myself to the Lord Jesus Christ and the authority of His Holy Spirit. 


I submit to You, O God, and I resist the enemy, commanding him to flee from me and take everything he has put on me, everything he has brought into my life, and every seed that he has implanted into my belief system. I reject every seed of Satan I command them to die immediately, in Jesus name. I curse Satan's seed and declare, "YOU WILL BEAR NO MORE FRUIT EVER AGAIN," by the name and authority of Jesus Christ. His blood covers these sins and I command these doors to be shut, never to open again.

Let every cord of sin, shame, fear, witchcraft, and soul ties from ungodly sources be severed now, in Jesus name. I renounce the soul ties to former lovers, spouses, and others that may be tied to me in the spirit. Let any fragments of their souls return to them, and let any scattered and fragmented parts of my soul return to me, in Jesus name. Let all those that would practice astral projection, spirit travel, witchcraft or other occult practices against me find the door closed. Let there be blindness into this evil eye now. I bind and forbid the entrance or demonic spirits into my life in Jesus name, according to your promise in Matthew 18:18. What is bound on earth has already been bound in heaven.

I loose myself from all shame, resentment, fear, insecurity and feelings of inferiority that have come upon me as a result of sexual molestation and other sins against my body - both those that were done without my consent, and those that I may have participated in - willingly or unwillingly. I reject and refuse all perverse spirits, lying spirits, familiar spirits, incubus and succubus spirits, mare spirits, Lilith and Lilu spirits, and Lust. I command them to go now back to the abyss in Jesus name. I bind the screech owl that brings terror by night and forbid it to enter my life, that of my family or my home, in the name and authority of Jesus Christ.

I submit to You, O God, and I resist the enemy, commanding him to flee from me and take everything he has put on me, everything he has brought into my life, and every seed that he has implanted into my belief system and go now. I command all evil trees, ungodly seeds and demonic roots to come out, shrivel and die immediately, in Jesus name. Let all evil trees be pulled up by the roots out of my life now in Jesus name. I command every spirit that does not worship Jesus Christ; every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, and any spirit that does not declare Jesus Christ as Master to leave me and my household at once, in the name of Jesus.

I receive by faith the healing for my mind, my emotions, my body and spirit. I receive by faith the mind of Christ, and I choose this day to pull up the root of bitterness and replace it with the love of God. I ask You Lord to plant forgiveness, purity, obedience, peace, joy and love in place of bitterness. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and let the spirit of adoption be poured out into my heart in Jesus name. Let your love and acceptance captivate my heart, O God.

I receive by faith healing for my emotions, belief system, and perspective towards God, myself and others. I declare: “Because the Great I AM lives within me, I become what YOU are, O God. Because the living word of God dwells within me; You are transforming me, renewing my mind, to become the living word, as Your truth is lived out in me. You are transforming me to become the anointed of God. I am not a victim, I am victorious. I do not fear, the enemy is fearful of me. I declare that no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue that rises up against me is refuted according to Your word in Isaiah 54:17. I walk in the fullness of God, in Jesus name.

I thank you, Lord Jesus, for being my healer, restorer, redeemer and protector. I thank you for replacing every lie in my belief system with the truth that will set me free. Thank You, Holy Spirit for releasing revelation as to my true identity in Christ.Show me how You see me. Show me if I have believed lies about my true identity. I thank You for establishing and settling me in faith and truth, in Jesus name.

Help me, Lord Jesus, to identify and break free from any relationships that are unhealthy and undesirable in Your eyes. Help me to honor Your word, Your will and Your wishes. You know my weaknesses; I pray for strength to overcome them. For those things that You know I cannot or will not be able to overcome in my own strength, I pray that You would take them out of my hand and let it be done according to Your will for my life and for the benefit of Your will carried out in the lives of others, too. Lord, replace those relationships with better ones that will strengthen me in my walk with you, and fill the void for love, relationship and friendship.

Father God, I thank You for overcoming victory. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit and empower me to live for You. Help me to live a life that honors You and brings You glory. In Jesus name, Amen.

Healing Marriages (Prayer Included)

God wants to heal marriages and families.  If there is one thing the enemy will fight hard against, it’s the power of two in agreement. He is after marriages, families and covenant relationships. 

Dear Heavenly Father,

Help us shut the enemy out of our marriage and family. We repent for anger, power struggles, poor communication and dishonoring one another. We repent for any ways that we have rejected or disrespected one another. We chose to forgive each other of the past and we will not bring up old issues. We will not continue to blame each other for things that happened in the past. We repent for any sins of ourselves or others in our family line that led to adultery, jealousy, broken vows, and betrayal of trust or broken commitments. We ask that the sins of the past be broken off of us and forgiven. We ask You, Lord Jesus, to receive us as Your own. We believe You can heal our marriage and make it healthy. Let this be a brand new day.

We renounce fear, unloving spirits, anger, condemnation and criticism. We repent and renounce any ways we have entertained fault finding. Today we ask for grace to modify our behavior, to know when to remain silent, and appropriate ways of addressing issues. We ask for a release of Your love and grace to help bring lasting change. Give us eyes to see the positive things and help us bless those things deserving of praise. Help us to replace bad habits with good ones.

We come together now in a prayer of agreement, asking that you help us recover trust, love, honor and respect. Holy Spirit, forgive us for grieving you and not honoring Your authority over our marriage. We make a covenant with You now, and ask that You speak to us, bless us with wisdom and counsel from above. Help us to remember to honor You and ask You for help. Please protect our marriage from the plots and schemes of the evil one and workers of iniquity. Come and refresh our marriage. You can make all things new. You can resolve issues that on our own strength we cannot. Let the hurt feelings be washed away by the power of Your love. Breathe a fresh wind into us individually, but also into us as a couple, and let your love wash over our children, too. Fill us with Yourself, Holy Spirit. We need You. We cannot revive ourselves. Please, help us come back into divine order in all things and shut the enemy out of our thoughts, our responses, our family and our future. In Jesus name, amen .

Prayer For Businesses to Prosper

There are some things that God just cannot bless. He won't bless dishonesty, greed, oppression, or lack of integrity. The devil might, but God won't. God also won't bless those things that lead others away from Him and promote occult spirits, witchcraft, rebellion or lawlessness. He does bless those that earnestly seek Him and want to run their business with honesty and integrity, and He will go out of His way to bless those that remember to give back to others generously.

The kingdom of God operates on faith, love and generosity. In order to receive, you have to give. In order to reap, you need to sow. Forgiveness enters into the business realm, too. Sometimes you will need to forgive someone else's debt and show mercy rather than trying to exact every penny from someone that cannot afford to repay you. It can make all the difference between God holding back a blessing and releasing one. Trust me, you will never out give what God can give back! He has infinite ways to bless His people!

Dear Heavenly Father,


I come before you to ask for Your protection and blessing upon my home, family and business. I ask for healing on the land where my home and business are located. If any previous landowners sinned and never asked You for forgiveness, I come to You now to identify with their sins that may be affecting my ability to prosper, specifically if they did something that released a curse upon this particular piece of property. I ask You for mercy and forgiveness for the sins that were committed, and ask that any unbroken curses would be cancelled and cut off, and allow my home, family & business to prosper.

On behalf of myself, anyone in my generational line and including previous land or business owners (and/or business partners), I repent and ask You to forgive the sins of idolatry and rebellion. Forgive, I pray, any ungodly oaths and covenants that were made, including those with secret societies. Forgive me, my family line and all land and business owners that occupied the land where my business resides of unjust, unlawful or unscrupulous business practices. I break all agreements and renounce any covenants or involvement with: lying spirits, occult spirits, Native American rituals and traditions (and any other cultural traditions) that involve the use of idols, witchcraft, voodoo, the practice of hoodoo, root workers, witch doctors, conjuring, the practice of juju, black magic, Wicca, and the use of mediums, familiar spirits, and seducing spirits. Forgive me, my family line, and all previous landowners for any sins involving the abuse of trust, misuse of authority, power or influence.  Forgive any bloodshed or injustice that took place on this land, even in the settling of this nation. In the name of Jesus Christ, I confess these sins and and by the power of His shed blood, I ask for forgiveness and restoration.

Lord, as I have asked forgiveness for these sins, please also show me if I need to forgive someone else that is indebted to me. Help me to trust You in all matters, financial or otherwise, and give me the grace and compassion to forgive the debts of others. Bless those that are indebted to me and help them to have more than enough for their household. I know You command me to practice forgiveness of debts so that my own sins and transgressions can be forgiven. Let there be a release and a cancellation of every curse that has come as a result of these things. Forgive our sin for the things we know and that which is unknown. Let every generational curse be cut off now in Jesus name. Let other reputable businesses in the city of _____ prosper, too. Everything I ask for for my own business, I ask You to do for others, too. Let all demonic attachments be severed from myself, my family line and that which concerns my property and business. I command all ungodly altars to be silent and all ungodly oaths, covenants and attachments to be severed both in the earthly and heavenly realm. Now Father, as I have made these renouncements and declarations, I resist the enemy and command all unclean and evil spirits off my land and away from my family. I command all works of evil to cease immediately, and everything that has been sent towards me in order to carry out a curse must be turned back to where it came from. I bind the spirit of death and hell and declare they will no longer advance against me, my household and business. I command all that devourers to be sent back to hell in Jesus name. I ask You Father to set a hedge of protection around me, my family and this business. Father, You gave me a promise even as You gave it to Your servant Joshua many years ago. You said everywhere I put my foot has already been given to me and so I claim that victory and right of inheritance for me and my family line and for the kingdom of God. Let Your kingdom advance. Let Your kingdom come and Your will be done in my home, my life, my family and in this business. I ask You to release all the blessings that have been held back, even for generations. Let this business prosper, in Jesus name. I ask for divine wisdom, witty innovations, creative solutions and ideas that are anointed for breakthrough. Tell me the things I need to change in order to receive your blessing, and the blessing of being anointed for business as well. Holy Spirit, I invite You to be my business partner and show me how to excel. Help me to prosper in every area of my life. Let customers be drawn supernaturally by Your Holy Spirit to come into my business. Help me, Holy Spirit, to run my business with integrity, righteousness and generosity towards others so that the blessings continue to pour in. Help me to give back to others so that I set up a continuous cycle of blessings coming in and going out. I am blessed to be a blessing!  I speak blessing, increase, and favor over my family and business, and all those who enter these premises. I ask for Divine Connections and sensitivity to Your Spirit. Let me be an agent of healing, grace, love and encouragement to all who grace this place with their presence, and give me opportunities to share how You have blessed my business. In Jesus name, amen.

 Please share this prayer so that others can prosper too. When businesses prosper, it doesn't just help a few individuals; it helps the economy. The government is not our answer. There is no stability in an unstable, divided government. Prayer is the answer. With God, all things are possible.

Encountering The Lord Of Breakthrough

Jan. 12. Today we take the focus off of our own needs and focus on others. God doesn’t ask us to do something we cannot, or give something we don’t have. He just asks us to share what we have or do what we are able to do. Acts chapter 10 tells a wonderful story of a man named Cornelius who was remembered in heaven for his kindness to the poor. It moved heaven to do something on his behalf, and God sent an angel to tell him that God was getting ready to bless him and his household! There is also a wonderful story of a very poor woman in 1 Kings 17:8 that was so discouraged over her poverty, that she had given up all hope and was preparing to die. God sent one of His servants to her and his prophet asked for a bite to eat. The poor widow woman had nothing but a little flour and oil that with which she had made a small loaf of bread. It was hardly enough for herself much less feed her son and this man of God as well. She initially protested that she did not have enough, then the prophet encouraged her faith by telling her if she was obedient to his request, her flour and oil would not run dry and she would have enough to carry her through the famine.  It's when we are truly in need ourselves and give as a sacrifice that we are really tested. Those kind of tests never come at a convenient time! But if we can deny our fears and tendency to be selfish, our selflessness and acts of kindness to others causes God to release a blessing back to us. "When you lend to the poor, you lend to the Lord and He will repay!" Withholding what is in our hand leads to poverty, but generosity unlocks the resources of heaven. What a motivator to find ways to bless! 

Some years back, we got down to our last meal. All I had was a small tuna casserole, yet all morning long I had prayed to ask God to give me some idea that was anointed for breakthrough. When lunch time came, I started fixing the casserole, not knowing how I was going to feed my family that night. We were desperate for a breakthrough! Then I remembered this story from 1 Kings and I told my husband we needed to go find some homeless people to feed. We were willing to fast that meal and give it as an offering to the Lord. Little did we know that it would have a domino effect and set off a chain of events that we NEVER could have anticipated! God did supply and we never went hungry, but others found out what we had done and they wanted to help feed the poor also. So the next week, we had more food to share and we went to feed the homeless again. Each week, God multiplied resources and started providing for this little gesture of faith to our community. About the third week, God set us up. We were in one of the downtown parks in Pensacola and little did we know there had been this long standing war of sorts between the homeless, the downtown business owners, and the city manager's office. Things had gotten pretty heated as those who had clout and a loud voice made themselves known to the City Manager. And there we were, unknowingly being observed by the local business owners who were hot under the collar about us feeding the homeless in the very area where they wanted them removed. The Pensacola Independent News reported, [Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - Norm and Laura Gagnon and two friends were asked to abandon their attempt to feed the homeless in Plaza Ferdinand in downtown Pensacola after a complaint was phoned into the police. The Gagnons did not have the proper permits to hold a gathering in the city park and pass out 50 meals." Police were called to kick us out of the park but that wasn't all. Reporters just happened to have heard about us and were there observing the whole thing too. It hit the front page of the local Pensacola paper and the blog comments went crazy. So crazy, in fact, that the next day we got a phone call from the City Manager asking us to come in and meet with him. (A little intimidating, I might add!) But the crazy thing is, my husband heard the Lord tell him to ask for the premier park downtown to hold a crusade so that we could involve even more of the city and feed the poor. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! But the City Manager just wanted the whole thing to go away, and there was a lot of pressure from a lot of different people to smooth things over.  So guess what? None of this had been thought about before we got there. Totally spontaneous act of faith. We had no money. We were pretty much nobodies without a clue how to get this done, and here is my husband asking the City Manager for a park to hold an evangelistic outreach event. Believe it or not, the man said YES. So then we had to go home and think about what we had just done. I asked my husband if he was crazy. He shook his head and said he probably was, but He heard the Lord. Friend, let me tell you, we didn't hold just one crusade, we had two. The first event was held December 1, 2007 and it was put together in 52 days. (It literally became a Nehemiah event. If you read the book of Nehemiah, people came together to both pray, and build the walls that had been torn down. The walls to the city were re-built in 52 days!!). The second event was even bigger and I thought at first God wasn't going to do anything at all. But He was testing people to see if they would drop their own agendas and pick up His. For several weeks absolutely nothing happened. No phone calls, no emails...It finally came together in the last two weeks, just as we thought we might have to cancel! We fed over 600 people that day and made many prayers and declarations over the city. It was awesome. We even kicked off the event by marrying a homeless couple! On top of all this, the City fathers threw in a park where we could feed the homeless every week. They waived the permits and the fees. The body of Christ stepped up and provided everything that was needed. It brought churches together, bridged the gap between the homeless, who had many needs, and God shined the light on His body that came together to bless the less fortunate members of society. Norm became this voice of mediation between the homeless, the police department and the City Manager. I have so many more testimonies I could share. People getting healed, the local crack house family getting saved and delivered when they came out to get food, families being reunited, runaway teens going back home, miracle healings...so much happened that never would have happened if it hadn't been for a sacrificial tuna casserole. I apologize for the length of this post but I say all this to encourage you...you will never know what God has in store for you if you don't release what is in your hand! It might just set off a domino effect that is so much bigger than anything you could ever even dream up. This is the God that makes good on His promise to do exceedingly more than we could ask or imagine. If you would like to see a video of some of the pics, you can click on this link and there is a facebook link at the bottom with the video clip. http://xpectamiracle.blogspot.com/2012/07/healing-our-land-one-life-at-time.html

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The Bible tells us, "Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked." (Ps. 82:3,4). Our wonderful Father instructs us to loose the bonds of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, let the oppressed go free and break every yoke. We are told to share our bread with the hungry, help shelter the poor who are cast out and have no place to go, to clothe those that need it and stop turning a blind eye from those in want. (Is. 58:6,7). When we do something kind for someone that cannot repay us, God breaks through as the Lord of Breakthrough on our behalf. Read His promise in the next verses of Is. 58:8,9. “Then your light shall break forth like the morning; your healing shall spring forth speedily and your righteousness shall go before you. The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call and the Lord will answer; you shall cry and He will say, “Here I AM.”  I can tell you from experience this really works. We have many testimonies of sacrificial giving triggering a breakthrough!

Pray: Today I ask You, Father, to give me inspired ideas, creative ideas that are anointed for breakthrough. Lead me to those that You want me to do something for, and help me understand their need. Help me to ‘pay it forward’ and be a blessing to others. Help me to inspire others to do the same. Lord, let my faith be contagious to others!  I thank You in advance for divine connections, inspired ideas, and courage to step out in new ways of faith. In Jesus name, Amen.

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More Love, More Power

Jan.4. I have been given the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the  power of the enemy, according to Luke 10:18. Nothing shall hurt me because my life is hidden in Christ. You have made me to have dominion over the works of your hands and  You have put all things under my feet, (Ps. 8:6). Yet, the greatest commandment is to love the Lord my God with all my heart, mind, and soul and love my neighbor as myself. There is an important connection between displaying the power of God in our lives and walking in love. All believers have been given authority; but God entrusts power to those that won't misuse it, and that comes from knowing His heart, His ways, and walking in love. Jesus walked in compassion and great miracles took place. Although He had great power, He did not use it to injure others or misuse the authority and power that had been given to Him. Neither should we. This is why we go through seasons of brokenness, barrenness, stretching, testing, and trials of every variety. A heart that has not been broken of pride, arrogance, and judgment will tend to misuse authority. A heart that has not been healed of past wounds, fears and offenses will reproduce it into others. Love comes from a heart that is sensitive to the pains and struggles of others, and is humble and not looking to judge others. Love and compassion are birthed from struggles, temptations, failures and the grace that God pours in to heal our brokenness. A heart that has been forgiven much, loves much - not just God, but others, too. The testings are there to see if we will refuse retaliation, they give us opportunities to deny our flesh and walk in the Spirit. Challenges demand a response, whether we will respond in faith and love. Where you see great love, you will also find great miracles! When we walk in love, God's power in our life increases. 

"He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." ~ Micah 6:8

Pray: Father, Help me not to miss the opportunities to demonstrate love. Help me subdue my flesh rather than respond out of impatience, anger, or offense. Help me to remember who I am in Christ and that I am full of YOUR Holy Spirit that enables me to love others. Give me eyes to see who needs to be loved each day.

Holy Spirit, I cannot do it without You. Enable me each day to walk in love I pray, for it is written, ‘Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.’ (Eph. 4:32) 

I declare the love of God has been poured out into my heart by the Holy Spirit as it is written in Romans 5:5 and I walk in Divine Love. This love increases more and more each day and brings with it the ministry of reconciliation.

I declare that I am your minister to a hurting world, according to 2 Cor. 5:18,19. I am the representation of Jesus Christ in this earth, reconciling those that are suffering and struggling under the weight of their own sin, oppression, pain and in need of healing.

I declare that I am anointed to set captives free, according to Luke 4:18. I am anointed to preach the gospel, to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and open the eyes of the blind. I am anointed to set at liberty those who are oppressed and to proclaim the acceptable year of our Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.