 Good morning everybody. Good morning to all of you. Hope all of you are doing well and Thank you for joining in for our week 7s class Welcome to all those who are at our e-learning platform as well. We welcome you and Encourage that you keep learning and Staying at pace with the course. I hope each of you are doing well and are being blessed we are at our seventh week of class today and we have been studying healing and deliverance and we were in the Portion of receiving healing and deliverance. So last week We started off with the topic and we looked at before that we looked at bases of our healing and deliverance and This week the week before we did begin to focus on how we can receive our healing and deliverance So as always Just to wake each one of us up and know that we are in Present here in class. Maybe would somebody like to quickly Have a recap we were we stopped at part of the action steps On on receiving the healing and deliverance, but before that we were looking at How do we receive that healing and deliverance? So would would someone like to briefly bring about what we had learned initially and then we can Progress into class. So anybody? Okay, thank you. I mean, yes We spoke about how our healing and deliverance takes place and one of the ways did we we had said was through our healing comes through our sanctification and through our consecration, which becomes a normal part of our of a believer's life where we are constantly Setting ourselves apart and consecrating our lives and keeping it apart for the work and for the purposes of God Yes, so that was the first thing that we looked into was healing through sanctification and consecration What were there were two more points that we That that we looked at Would anyone else like to attempt or to the second point? Okay, the second one was where Healing comes just by being in the presence of the Lord during times of worship in times of prayer is where we Receive our healing where we are at a place Where there is an anointing of the Holy Spirit and just being in the presence of God either by Worshiping by reading the word by praying in tongues But just enjoying that embrace and communion with the with the Lord that is that is healing that comes about Okay, and yes, the last one was how we can we need to gird up our loins. We need to actively Resist the enemy submit to Christ and resist the enemy and we as a part of that We were looking at those ten action points and you know, we had to break away because of Because of our shortage of time, but we will be going through those ten points again and a couple of points after that that really focuses on how we need to Make changes in some of some of our of the way that we carry out ourselves Certain disciplines in our life a lifestyle changes that we may need to Carry out, right? So I'm on for all of you who would like to follow through the notes. We are going to be starting from page 23 onwards last week. We had begun with the steps towards Towards it towards our healing and deliverance through an active participation or through active resistance We looked at how you know, we also We we were not just looking at this as an academic exercise, but we were also going through this place of of Receiving that healing and deliverance and one of the first things that we did was to repent to repent and turn away from that which is which has displaced the Lord turn away from our ways that has caused disobedience to God and Coming to a place of confessing our whatever has We've been in we've engaged in in our minds or in our hearts or even in our actions So we came to a place of repent repentance and confessing those wrong thoughts those Words that we may have used those inflicting words. We've used over ourselves Confessed of our habitual sins or our continual sins and also if there is and has been any participation in Any kind of occult practices, so that's what we did first And as as a follow-up with that We sought the Lord for for forgiveness knowing that he is a God who's merciful and just and faithful to forgive us our sins when we reach to him and so we came to a place of not of forgiveness not just of Asking for ourselves for the for the kind of Effects of the kind of things we've thought or the kind of things we've done but also being able to release forgiveness towards others who has caused us that trauma caused us a kind of Made us hurt or Or has bought us to a place of betrayal or a place of resentment We we release that we Come to came to a place of releasing forgiveness to those who would have hurt us and those who we who we may be holding continuously accountable to accountable to Yeah, and also those who we feel are responsible for the kind of pain and struggles that we may be going through We also came to a place of forgiving Coming to a place of forgiving ourselves For the choices that we have made or for the wounds that we have created within ourselves for the mistakes that we have done and all of this under the Knowledge and believing that that you know This our sins and our forgiveness has been given to us because of what? Christ has done on the cross. So that's that's where we we stopped and I'd like to keep going on in that same You know the same momentum that we started last week doing this absolutely prayerfully and doing it As an application for ourselves Recognizing that there can be different areas in our life that is in bondage or that is in oppression and Coming to a place of receiving that healing and deliverance. Okay, so that's where we we We stopped and we we will start over on a fresh today starting on with the fifth point But before that, you know, I just would like to commit our time to God and ask that his holy spirit Hours around us and is active with us right now. Even as we do that convicting us bringing to memory revealing to us areas That that they do need that submission. Okay, so let's Let's just take some time to just pray Heavenly Father, we come to you in the name of Jesus Knowing God that you have made every provision for us for our freedom For our deliverance and for our wholeness Lord even as we Learn and just as much exercise and apply what we learn to our own lives We pray that the power of the Holy Spirit would take over and We will begin to see Your release father from from things that have that have held us in captivity over many years Father even as we Do these steps God we pray that it will be powerful Over our lives, but this is just not something we do as an exercise or something that we're learning about But Lord that we will engage one-on-one with you and have your power take over us So that we can experience the freedom for which you you died for us Thank you Lord. We ask this in your precious name. Amen Okay, so After having come to a place of repentance and seeking forgiveness Upon page 23 for those who'd like to follow along we also Recognize and acknowledge that God's word is true Hebrews gives says that God's word is living and powerful which means when we Accept God's word when we meditate and when we take on when we take hold of God's word We are releasing life Into the dead situations in our lives in our in our life So we are called to accept what God Says about us because that's what God knows us God knows us inside out he knows every part of our lives and Regardless of what you may be going through or how strongly you feel against what God's word says There is nothing greater than this truth that God's word is true and powerful and living and Will do what will accomplish what it was sent forth for there's no greater truth than that What we are feeling or what we are experiencing are Is nothing compared it's not real as Compared to God's word okay because in the scripture in itself God says and he declares That his word is truth John 17 17 says my word is truth okay, and What what when Jesus is praying for his disciples? He says Sanctify them by your truth. It is only the truth of God that can keep us Set apart or keep us holy or keep us consecrated unto him In John 832 says it says the truth shall make you free It's not our own works or our own abilities But it is the truth of God's word that sets us free so whatever areas in our lives or in your life right now that you are facing significant problems we we pray and You know ask God that We are given the mind and the will and The spirit to receive what his word says about us in those areas instead of What we may believe or what others have said or even what you are experiencing inside of you now each of us know the specific areas of Fear or oppression that you're you're facing right and It it could be a fear of your own future fear or fear of the future of your children or Something that concerns concerns you that you have not seen as As going well So what does God's word see about about our future the verse said we all know So well, you know thing that you can you can say backwards Jeremiah 2911 it says for I know the thoughts So God knows the thoughts that he thinks of you and what are those thoughts thoughts that are of peace That will give you a future and a hope and not thoughts that are wicked or evil So when you go by your day and you're thinking about your future and you have these questions of what if What if this turns out to be like this? What if my my My provision turns out to be like this What if the future of my family turns out to be like this if my children take the same path What if they turn out to be like this? So scripture says that he has thoughts of peace Thoughts of future and a hope So all of the thoughts that we are thinking are not thoughts of hope and thoughts of the future thoughts of peace They are more to do with strife and fear and discard and discouragement and disappointment But scripture says the thoughts he has of us is that of peace and that that which will give us a future and a hope So we go back and embrace that word and say no matter what I feel right now I look to your word that says my future is that of peace. My future is that which has hope Psalm 31 15 says my times are in your hand and If if we have entrusted the Lord with with our times He knows best of what he wants of us So no matter where you are today and the trajectory of the course of your life looks Looks very convoluted or looks very dark or looks as if you cannot see anything Declare and say Lord my times are in your hands and you're the one who gives me that hope Or if there is a fear about others fear about Maybe even just doing certain things when opportunities come your way You're really not able to proceed because there is that knowing daunting fear that keeps coming and what does scripture say scripture says in First Timothy 1 7 it says God has not given us a spirit of fear But he's given us a spirit of power of love and a sound mind. So as you get into Those activities or things that you are afraid of maybe those opportunities that that are given to you Declare and say I don't have a spirit of fear. God has given me as a sound mind instead or let's say if there could be of Just feelings of abandonment or rejection by people that you that you love God's word said you are that you are accepted in the beloved or God says that That that he he is you know in Psalms it it talks about how the Lord is the is the capstone or the cornerstone that the builders have rejected and Yet it says that you have become my salvation So no matter what kind of rejection or things that you face You don't have you do not stay there Because the Lord is the one who has taken away your sins has taken away your burdens has taken away your shame Okay Lots more of other scripture that says we're the ones who will find Favour and high esteem in the sight of God Proverbs 3 verse 4 and it says when we trust in the Lord with all our hearts and when we don't lean on our own Understanding we find that's that that fave and and that's where we are called to be or Some five verse 12 says with favor. He will surround us as with the shield so no matter what kind of Issues you are going through or or opportunities that are in your way embracing God's word and talking and and Encouraging your heart and and bringing about the truth of God's word saying I'm just Speaking that truth that that is going to bring life to all that is dead You know the the fear that makes you beaten down and dead when we speak of the favor of the Lord when we speak of Our trust in him when we speak of the esteem that we have in the sight of God And man, you know that all of that begins to It will need to submit will need to fall aside or there could be feelings of Adequacy or insufficiency that you may be feeling the worst that we we Always talk about is you can do all things through Christ who strengthens me What does it say here? It says all things. There's nothing that you will find lack in there's nothing that You will be short of it is all things through Christ who strengthens you or two Corinthians 3 5 that says Not that we are sufficient of ourselves or to even think that we have anything of ourselves But our sufficiency is from God everything that we need Is found sufficiently in God so any kind of inadequate inadequacy or inability or incapacity nor Inabilities to do certain things we take on God's word and embrace it and Keep Standing on that truth because that truth will go forth To accomplish what it was sent for sent forth for so embracing Embracing God's word now in your situation. It may be something else. It may be the fear that You know that may if you're a parent a fear whether your children will be of the Lord Speaking God's word say that says that my children are taught of the Lord and great will be their peace or that The Lord will pour out his spirit over our sons and daughters on the last day So just declaring God's word that that they are blind eyes will be opened to see the knowledge of his will or They're they're inner man's will in a man will be opened will be enlightened by the word of God. So so keep Declaring and believing what God has for you or In situations maybe where your homes that is probably strife in your homes or There are arguments or discouragements Speaking God's word and saying there will be rejoicing in the tent of the righteous or the tent of the righteous will stand the tent of The upright will stand and as you declare that, you know, God's word comes forth as as powerful and as living In your situation. So whatever those situations may be, you know come to a place to look at where you are at at God's word and And and bring those truths out to you to to your spirit to your soul The next thing that we we need to recognize is to renounce lies So renouncing lies require a declaration. It needs to be done You know, I would say, you know, speak it out loud You need to come to a place of rejecting what you have believed in about yourself about your situation so far and That renouncing is an active thing that you do. It's it's something that you actively do not just Understand but declaring it with you know, your mouth that you will not have anything To engage in with what has happened in the past. So for that you need to Be aware that what are the lies that you have been believing in and also come to a place of rejecting those lies that you have been believing in and you what you're doing is you're declaring God's word over that You're declaring what Jesus and Jesus has done for you on the cross and across and you're boldly Declaring the truth of his word in those specific specific problems and need to be it that that's required to be addressed You know scripture scripture in Romans 10 it says the word is near you in your mouth and in your heart And so if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the You will be saved. So when you confess What you believe in your heart of what God says in his word, it says you will be saved So let's look at some specific areas where you feel there are problems And it may be very similar to what what we saw in the previous previous point and these may be some of the points So let's declare God's word over your situation And this is something that you can do you have the authority and you've been given the the power to do it all Because you have a right standing you have a righteous standing in In in God so right now, let's take some time to declare What God says about you in your situation? Remember that you are able to do what God says about you and whatever God has spoken about you That's what you will carry out So whatever your situation is here and and even as as you know as as I'm I'm bringing this out I'm sure there are there are places that that that that is evident in your own life that That you recognize that has been Beaten down because of the lies of the enemy. It can be about yourself. It could be just thoughts about yourself about Who you are or or certain valuations of yourself You feel that you you you're not good enough or that you know You have sinned so much that God even God would not save you now all of this are lies That's not the truth. There is no sin that God has not paid for Whether it's the smallest one to the most biggest one that that you couldn't even imagine Yourself doing it is a lie that Satan puts you under when you believe that even God cannot save you Even and and you hear people saying that right now. That's a lie That's a deception. That's something that he said against you that is absolutely Untrue that is not what God's word says God says that he will take away our sins as far as the east is from the west He remembers your sins no more. So come to God whatever it may be it may be this fear about God not forgiving you fear about you're not having salvation fear about Maybe your future fear about how you will About the approval of others Around you it is a fear or feeling of a sense of abandonment that everyone may leave you Because of what you believe in there could be so many things. I just want you to take some time right now Maybe I just give you a minute to just Just spend that time with the Lord and just a renounce every lie every every untruth that Satan has bought about to you and reject that and believe what God says about you it with Specifically to your situation. So let's just take that one minute to do that In in your own spaces in your own homes Wherever you are just take some time to do that Now once we have come to a place of renouncing What we also need to identify to do is to be able to close every entry point or every place That we have given the enemy to enter in You know, even even something as as a small Door is enough for the enemy to take control and there may be certain things that may not That that that probably is something that maybe a pattern or a behavior that was not engaged That you wouldn't engage in but something that was engaged by someone else in your home or in your family You know just coming to that place to close all those doors to close all those points Where that there has been been an entry it could be certain generational bondages, you know, maybe People in the previous generations have Engaged in either certain practices or even in some some form of an addiction or And or a wrong maladaptive coping pattern that seems to have continued on or would have opened the door into Into your life or into the life of your family so we want to come to a place of just renouncing and Canceling every maybe rituals or any Dedications that were made any setting apart any Consecrations that were made any offerings That either you or maybe though or those in your generation have done to those that are not To those who are false to that which is false or to that which is which is a wrong doctrine or a wrong discipline or even involving in Certain practices of the occult, however However playful or childish it may have seen may have been it's yet it is an open opening So you what you what we're going to do right now is is to shut those doors And any entrance or any Welcome that the evil spirit has got we are breaking that access right now and Declaring that every evil spirit has no access back into your life So if there is something that you need to do if you identify even as you know, we are discussing this if you identify anything in In you, you know, maybe Put on your body Like like certain charms or amulets or any of that any kind of a dedication that's been made You know destroy those those Those charms or those artifacts or those Onemans or anything that you have placed which you may be wearing or which you may be housing at your home that had probably been dedicated to evil spirits Take time to just ensure that all of that that is destroyed I think even as I'm saying this I just want to you know, bring about something a Friend of mine when I was in in college in in my 11th and 12th Someone gave me, you know made with a paper mache. They gave me a And that was in my home for a very long time This is this is way back when I was 1718 that I got it and it looked very nice and it looked like a like a good showpiece in my room and However, I had no clue. I had no understanding or no Thought that's something like that can bring about a sense of oppression Within my life and maybe the life of my family and it is only years later that I that I understood that that that that artifact as Harmless as it looks can be carrying something there and it creates an open door You know in our lives, so I you know the minute that I I heard that I made it we took it and I burnt it and You know, we never understand that you know some things that we keep May not be something that that has been consecrated unto the Lord. So if when we look at you know, one of the Scripture passages that is given here is about Cain and how he harbored anger in his heart. So, you know in God asks him and says, you know, if if you do not do well, you know that it's that sin that lies at your door And it's a desire is for you, but you should rule over it. That's something that God is reminding Cain to saying that this is crouching at your door and if you don't do anything about it It is going to come over you or even Paul talks about that in Ephesians, you know Be angry but do not sin and don't let the Sun go down in your anger because that gives the place to the devil So every time you're harboring something you open the door even to a specific emotion Maybe anger or resentment or Bitterness you've opened the door for the enemy to walk in so Let's just take some time and that is there's a prayer here And I'm going to read that out right now here for us and as I do that you know Join in with me to cancel and to nullify and to renounce Every Dedication or anything that that we have we have performed and we have been engaged in either with our knowledge or I or outside of it Okay, let's let's just take some time to pray in Jesus name. I cancel and I negate nullify all dedications prayers rituals sacrifices and vows that have been made by me Or those in my family My generation my previous generation or my ancestors to false gods or goddesses I Cancel the effects of any of my or My ancestors involvement in the occult and its practices I Declare in Jesus name that I severe all ties Towards these spirits and these demonic powers in Jesus name. I renounce all Associations with demonic spirits. I cancel all Curses all spells Witchcrafts enchantments renounced over me and by my family by me or By anybody else In Jesus name Amen, amen now Even as we have renounced this now it is to expel it to identify and Bind every work of that spirit so Once that the spirit gets You know has a space or a doorway in it begins its activity Now we we want to identify and bind it and expel it So we need to break every influence that the spirit has had over our lives over our activities over our words over our thoughts over our Interactions and we want to cast out this evil spirit that has gained entrance into our minds Or into our souls and and we want to destroy the the hold that it has over us and that which it has Created over our lives and expel every spirit that is there within these within this Oppression and within this stronghold, you know, we read that in in What what Jesus has said in Matthew 12 28 to 29 it says I cast out demon demons by the spirit of God Surely the kingdom of God has come upon you So if how can one enter a house a strong man's house and plunder his goods unless he binds the strong man, so let's come to a place of Binding what the what the evil spirit Has has engaged with in our lives and and expel that out We are taught, you know in Paul talks about it and says that our weapons of our warfare are not fleshly I'm not carnal, but they are mighty in God for pulling down stronghold So the weapons that we have are something that is supernatural and you and I have the authority To do that. We have the authority to cast down Everything that exalts itself against who God is or against the knowledge of God and so we bring down Whatever whether it be an action whether it be a thought or whether it be a word that has been In submission to the evil one and take it to the obedience of Christ, okay? So let's just take some time to do that As we as I read out this let's let's take this time to do that came in Jesus name Lord, I bind an expel out of my being every evil spirit Every unclean spirit that has gained access or entrance of any kind now you can By name Specifically take the name and expel out that spirit You know call it by name with regard to the problem that you may be facing or the condition You may be facing like the spirit of infirmity or the spirit of fear or the spirit of depression or the spirit of strife or the other spirit of Abandonment whatever it is that that you are Facing right now call it by that name or by the activity that it is it is Associated with and and bind it take some time to do that on your own right now Lord in Jesus name. I shut every door to these evil spirits and Declare right now that they have no more access or entrance into my life. I Declare I am washed and cleansed and covered by the blood of Jesus By his blood. I am redeemed and Purchased for his purposes. I am the Lord's property and The devil has no claim has no hold over me. I Am free in the name of Jesus Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Thank you for the work that you have done in us right now Thank you for the freedom that we experience as a result Lord of your Shed blood for us for the authority that you have given us to expel to cast out That which is not of you. It is no permission in us in Jesus name. Thank you. Thank you Lord I mean it's such freedom to experience the You know that that that that sense of a sense of Joy and that sense of not being bound in chains But knowing that just by what Christ did for us on the cross nothing that you have to do But as you believe in as you as you renounce it as you expel it as you cast it out and stand in that freedom You know your life is being changed and all the those fears of whatever you may be holding or harboring on to Leaves leaves. It is no power over you Okay, and this is something that you know, you keep doing over time because there may be You know, I was just talking to a friend of mine and She was mentioning about a struggle. She was having with with another person and the the kind of Anger she felt at that point of time. She said it opened the door to the enemy So much so that you know by the end of that entire conversation. She found herself Beating herself up, you know, I mean literally beating herself up and coming to a place of feeling such self-loathing and Self-condemnation that you know, she just went and picked up a scissors and she cut off her hair Because there was a there was a conversation with regard to that so just so she was she was saying, you know just Opening a door to some bit of anger and resentment that that was not identified You know that she thought would just go away or would be natural Took hold of her and opened the door for the enemy to cast her into a state of oppression and and you know serious Struggles of what what she felt about herself So it was it was it was the spirit of self pity and it was the purity of self-condemnation that came in You know and took rule rule over her and you know, she said she just took that that evening to She was appalled by what she saw, you know It's never something that she's ever engaged in but she was so appalled that she said you know She took that time to just renounce all of that just come to a place of repentance and renounce and get her house cleaned up so that you know that That that even that that a remnants of anger and bitterness That door is not left open So it is necessary for us to do this on a regular basis because we interact we do certain things We are engaging with people and ourselves and and the slightest of door that opens is is the you know Satan really knows how to edge his way in if you've seen cockroaches coming into the house It needs just a little space for it to enter. It doesn't need anything You know, it doesn't need a wide open door It just needs that small crevice because that's how it can walk it. So remember to to keep Doing this over time as you know as you go in in your spiritual journey Now after we have come to a place of you know Releasing and and expelling out the next thing that we need to do is to you know Remember we spoke about that when when the house is clean If you need to ensure that you maintain the house you need to keep keep Conscious of ensuring that it is set apart it is kept clean Otherwise, you know the more that it is not maintained the more you're going to have pests and things walking walking walking in So to be able to consecrate yourself to the Lord and you when you present yourself and all of yourself It's not one part, but it is your Soul your body your soul and your spirit your entire being and everything unto the Lord So you're consecrating not just your body and the affections of your body or the desires of your body But you're consecrating your mind. You're consecrating the way you feel your emotions You're consecrating your thoughts your decisions the choices that you make you're consecrating your words you're consecrating your appetites all of that to the to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and When when when we keep doing that when we consecrate are all of our beings we are in a place of of of being Fiddled, you know, but there is place that you know like in revelation talks You know Jesus says I stand on the door and knock and he comes and he's waiting to come in and win you over But it needs a place where you are open to a set apart yourself What if we remember, you know, when we spoke about consecration last week We said it is keeping ourselves set apart from anything that may defile us So anything that that could capture us back into the into the hand of the enemy or into into You know, do not let Satan get a foothold So it says anything that may defile us even in the natural anything that defiles us To set apart from that is what consecration is about. Okay, so let's take This time to go through this prayer and just come to to a place where we can be we Bring ourselves to the Lord. We set ourselves apart to the Lord We offer and say Lord, I am setting myself and I'm making this commitment this covenant with you that I do not want anything to defile me anything Is there as a pleasure that that can be defiling to me? That's something I want to I want to severe it all off I want to cut it all off and I want to keep myself consecrated. So let's let's just pray together I'm going to read out to the sprayer and you know Follow with follow me through this heavenly father in Jesus name. I Consecrate and I set apart my entire being to you I Consecrate my spirit. I Consecrate my soul But I consecrate my decisions and my choices everything that I determine To do that I will to do I consecrate that Lord, I consecrate my emotions my feelings my sentiments I Consecrate it. I Consecrate my thoughts my Imaginations my dreams. I Consecrate my pictures The images I have Lord, I consecrate My words The things that I say I Consecrate my hands and my feet. I Consecrate where it goes in the natural Lord, I consecrate myself my body my desires my Appetites I Consecrate it wholly to you. I Declare that this body is The temple of the Holy Spirit This body is not For sin It is not for disease for sickness or any Evil work My soul Belongs to you Oh Lord in a whole hearted devotion. I Consecrate all of me every part of me my cells My tissues my organs my ligaments my joints my hearts Things seen things unseen things I can hold things. I cannot hold I Consecrate it wholly into you and I declare my being to be holy as Unto you in Jesus name Amen Amen All right Great. Okay Let's take a break of 10 minutes and we will come back We will resume once we are once we've come back. So get a cup of coffee we have more to go and more to to just experience our freedom and You know just I mean, I think it's so so joyful to to be in a place of Freedom from anything that can captivate us but accept the love the Lord. Okay. Catch you soon in 10 minutes We'll be back in my clock. It's 10 50. We'll be back at 11. God bless