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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello Everyone,

A Personal Story of The Unexpected:

Last Sunday, because of an Award I had received from Woking Borough Council last year; I was invited with a Guest – my younger Daughter Rachel; to a Civic Happening in the Town Square in Woking and afterwards for Refreshments at a local Hotel.

This was the occasion of “Giving the Freedom of Woking to all Ranks of the Army Training Centre at Pirbright”. It was a tear-jerking moment as the Military Band marched into the Square followed by many Soldiers. We were amazingly close to them as we sat in the front row.

A Christian Service was held. So good to hear the word of God spoken out in the centre of our Town. We eventually made our way to the Hotel with people I recognised such as our local MP and other Dignitaries. Rachel and I arrived in the Banqueting Suite; many tables were already filling up. We chose to sit on an empty table in the far distance.

Soon we were joined by the Major, who had been in charge of the proceedings in the Square, the one carrying the Ceremonial Sword. His voice filling the Square as he shouted his orders. This time in a normal, friendly voice he said to us, “Hello ladies, please may I join you, my name is James”.

Rachel and I said later how we could hardly believe what happened. Why us?

He stayed with us for the rest of the time, off-loading his life to us and sharing what it was to have held together the Military happening we had just experienced.

In hindsight, I recalled that morning at home; as I do every morning, I had held out my hands to the Lord and said, “My hands are empty Lord, for you to place into them what you want me to do today”.

 My favourite verse also came to mind, Ephesians 2.10:

As His Children, we are created to do good works which He has created in advance for us to do.

What an honour and a privilege had been mine and Rachel’s.

I pray that this coming week, God will surprise you, as He places opportunities into your hands that are totally unexpected.

In His grip.

Alice

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Prayer Letter from Alice

Hello Everyone,

I am aware of so many things happening around us here in the UK and in the World at large, and yet you as Christian Police Officers and Staff I know want to carry on as Good and Faithful Servants of the Lord, both in your family life and within your work. Hopefully the following will encourage you…

Last Sunday I had the immense honour of reading the Scripture in our Sunday Service. As you can imagine I read it many times here at home and I chose to go to the Church Building last Friday to stand on the stage, on which I have never stood before (we have a new building) and read it through, so that it would not take me by surprise on the day.

The reading was Matthew 26 14-35

As I continued to read it many times, the phrase I saw – I have to admit for the first time in my long life as a Christian, was from verse 35; the last phrase of the reading:

“And all the other Disciples said the same”

That is such a numb chilling comment. They were all being like Peter.

It so encourages me that no matter where we are and what we are, as His Children, He accepts us and forgives us.

HE LOVES YOU

In Him

Alice. 

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Wednesday 12th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – inner vows cont.

Do you have issues with trust and loving people because of past hurt and trauma? Inner vows can cause us to have, “hearts of stone.” A heart of stone is a where a person is unable to receive love. Where an inner vow has been made because of hurt, pain or trauma, we tend to build walls around our hearts to protect ourselves so that we don’t go through that pain again. The problem with this is it makes it difficult for someone with a heart of stone to be in a loving relationship with God or other people because the very walls that we set up to protect ourselves also keep God and others out or stops us giving ourselves to God or others. This is completely contrary to what the bible is founded on and that is LOVE. As with every hurt and pain, God has made a way for healing.

He says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh…” Ezekiel 36:25-27). No one likes being vulnerable but if we’re to get a heart of flesh, we must allow God to come in. A heart of flesh may leave us open to pain again but we stand to gain something far greater than and it’s LOVE. It also goes without saying that trust must be rebuilt too but you can trust Jesus, He will never ever let you down. Please sit with God today and ask Him to help you make a list of all vows and inner vows and ask Him to show you where you have built walls. If you’re struggling, ask someone who knows you to help. We’ll pray through them tomorrow.

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Monday 10th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – breaking soul ties!

“ You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free…” (Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬). God wants us to be free! And so, it is for our freedom sake that we’re praying to break ungodly soul ties in our lives. The following is a sample prayer to break ungodly soul ties and help yourself and others be free! Remember, “He who the Son sets free, will be free indeed.” (John 8:36). Please pray –
1- Father, in the Name of Jesus, I submit myself completely to You. I confess and repent of my emotional and sexual sins, as well as my ungodly Soul Ties with ………. that I’ve been involved with in an ungodly way. I ask You, Lord to forgive me for my sin that resulted in this Ungodly Soul Tie.
2- I choose to forgive and release…….. for his/her participation in this ungodly soul tie.
3- Lord, I receive Your forgiveness. Thank You for forgiving me and cleansing me.
4- I choose to forgive myself and no longer be angry at myself, hate myself, be shameful, harbour guilt feelings or punish myself.

5- Firmly Declare! Lord, I break my ungodly soul ties with ……. I release myself
from him/her and I release him/her from me. As I do this Lord, I pray that You would cause me to be all that You want me to be. (Pray this through for each person on your list)
6- Lord, please cleanse my mind from all memories of this ungodly union, so I am totally free to give myself to You and my spouse.
7- I renounce and cancel the assignments of all evil spirits attempting to maintain these ungodly soul ties.
8- Lord, thank Yoy for restoring my soul to wholeness. Let me walk in holiness by Your grace. In Jesus name I pray. Amen”

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Friday 23rd June 2017

Today’s exhortation – godly soul ties

In recent weeks, we have covered a lot of areas of inner healing which if we are not careful can become a source of condemnation and so I want to stress that there’s no sin too great to be forgiven and no chain too great to be broken. The bible says, “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John‬ ‭2:1-2‬). “Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews‬ ‭7:25‬). He is able to save all to the uttermost!

In looking at godly soul ties, I also want to point out that our God is a merciful God. However His desire, whenever possible, is that we maintain the healthy covenants we make such as the marriage vow, parent child relationships and mature friendships. An eg, of a healthy soul tie in the bible is friendship between David and Jonathan where the bible says, “…the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”
‭‭(I Samuel‬ ‭18:1‬). But, soul ties where it becomes of concern is where one spouse have not left their mother and father to cleave to their mate. This soul tie MUST be broken if the marriage is to succeed. Also, where there’s s family business and the expectation is for a child to work or even take over the business. In this situation there’s an unhealthy control by the parents over the young ones. Please list any unhealthy soul ties you may have in your life. We’ll pray to break these next…

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Thursday 22nd June 2017

Today’s exhortation – soul ties

One of the areas to deal with before driving out demons is Soul ties. What are they? They’re invisible ties that bind us to another person. There are two types, godly and ungodly soul ties and we’ll look at the ungodly one first. This is an ungodly covenant with another person based on an unhealthy emotional and/or sexual relationship. What soul ties do is create emotional and spiritual connections with another person that are sexual, controlling, excessively emotional or psychologically reliant or perverted. Eg of soul ties are, if you are married and you try to make love to your spouse and find yourself often having memories of other lovers or sexual partners at the same time or you find yourself always comparing your spouse to a previous partner.

Other times, people will say, “I don’t know why but I find myself always going back to him/her, I can’t resist. When they call, I go running.” Also having sexual dreams of old partners. Soul ties are like ropes attached to your waist and they’re connected to each person with whom you’ve had an emotional or sexual relationship. Unless they’re broken you’ll always be tied to them. The bible says, “do you not know and realise that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.]” (1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:16‬ ‭AMP‬‬). Again, one of the reasons why God warns us not to have sex before or outside marriage is because any demonic activity from one person transfers to another during sex as the two become one flesh.

Francis Hans-Jorie