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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

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Tuesday 13th June 2017

Today’s exhortation – Royal family

Not long ago, I observed the royal family of England on Tv and the confidence and poise with which they carried themselves struck a cord with me. I’m sure they all have their own problems but the way they carried themselves, you wouldn’t have known it. Which leads me onto us, we belong to a more Royal and prestigious family and therefore we ought to carry ourselves even better than they do. We are called to rule and reign with Christ and the bible says, “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,” Ephesians‬ ‭2:6‬). It doesn’t get any higher than that! No doubt we encounter many hardships but it doesn’t change our DNA. When God sees us, He sees overcomers, warriors and above all He sees Himself in us through Jesus Christ our Lord.

I can’t imagine Prince Charles begging to get into Buckingham palace and neither should we beg to go into the throne room of our Father in heaven. Sometimes the world may seem to be on our shoulders but in reality it’s not, It’s under God’s feet! The bible says, “This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool….” (Isaiah‬ ‭66:1‬). We ought to walk into any place expecting to see God’s favour and we ought to be shocked when we pray for healing and don’t receive it because it’s His will that we’re healed. May Almighty God open our eyes, hearts and minds to the reality of who we are in Christ and may He remove any lies and inferiority complex we may’ve carry in our lives. Amen

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Thursday 8th June 2017

Today’s exhortation – biblical healing of ungodly beliefs (UGBs)

The first thing we must always remember about ourselves is that God loves us and wants nothing but the best for us. However the best for us is to be like Christ and so part of God’s plan is to transform us into the image of His Son. In order to be transformed into the image of Christ, our thinking has to change so it lines up with God’s truth and not the facts of our experiences. Facts in our lives are those undeniable situations that are present now or have happened. But there is a higher truth which is God’s truth! His truth is what His word says about the situation we may be in. The thing about God’s truth is that it’s not seen by the natural man who is looking at the facts, but the spiritual man who is not looking at the facts, but at God’s power to change the situation.

Eg. In the miracle of feeding 5000 people with five loaves and two fishes, the disciples saw only five loaves and two fishes and said it wasn’t enough. Jesus saw it and said it was enough. They saw facts but Jesus saw the power of God to use the little to do great things. Here are some typical UGBs most of us have –
A) Rejection- I don’t belong; I’ll always be lonely; the best way to avoid hurt is to be by myself; no one will love me, just myself.
B) Unworthiness, Guilt & Shame – I’m not worthy to receive anything from God; I’m a bad person; I’m the problem;
C) Others – my best years are behind me; I’ll always have financial problems; I messed up my life; I’ll always be insecure, shy, fearful; I’m all alone; God loves others more than me; God only loves me when I do right; I can never love again.
Please pray and ask God to show you other areas in your life you carry ungodly beliefs and list them. We’ll pray tomorrow.

Francis Hans-Jorie