How satan Stops Our Prayers.
Por John Mulinde, Obsteig (Austria) Nov. 2000COMBAT IN THE HEAVENLY REALM I (John Mulinde) want to share with you from a testimony of someone who was saved, someone who had been serving the devil. And when that man gave his testimony, it so challenged me, I did not want to believe it. I had to go ten days before the Lord in fasting, asking Him, "Lord, is this true?" And it was at that time the Lord began to teach me what happens in the spiritual realm when we pray. This man was born after his parents dedicated themselves to lucifer. When he was still in the womb, they made so many rituals dedicating him to serve lucifer. When he was four years old, he began to exercise his spiritual power. And his parents began fearing him. When he was six years, his father surrendered him to the witches to go and be trained. And by ten years, he was doing great things in the kingdom of the devil. He was feared by the normal witches. | |
He was still a young boy, but he was so terrible in the things he did. He grew up to be a young man in his twenties with so much bloodshed on his hands. Killed at will. He had the ability to go out of his body through transcendental meditation. And he could levitate. Sometimes his body would lift off the ground and stay in the air. And sometimes he could go into a trance, and come out of his body; his body would remain behind, and he would go out into the world, this is called astro-travelling. And this guy was used by satan to destroy so many churches, to break down so many churches and to destroy so many pastors. | |
One day, he was assigned to destroy a church that was so full of prayer. There were so many divisions in this church, and many confusions. And he began to work on this church. But at that time, the pastor called a fast for the whole church. As the church began to fast, there was a lot of repentance and a lot of reconciliation. And the people came together, and they began to pray for the work of the Lord in their midst. And they continued interceding and crying to God to have mercy and intervene in their lives. And as they days went by, this man was coming again and again with demon spirits against this church. But there was a word of prophecy that came telling the Christians to rise up and to wage warfare against the powers of darkness that were attacking the church. So one day, this man leaves his body in his room and goes astro-travelling. He leads a mighty force of demonic spirits against this church. Now this is his testimony. His spirit was moving in the air over the church and trying to attack it, but there was a covering of light over the church. And suddenly, there was an army of angels that attacked them and there was fighting in the air, and all the demons fled, but he was arrested by these angels. |
Yes, arrested by the angels! He saw himself being held by about six angels, and they brought him through the roof right before the church altar. There he was, and the people were praying. They were deep in prayer in spiritual warfare, binding and breaking and casting out. The pastor was on the platform leading the prayers and the warfare. The Spirit of the Lord spoke to the pastor, "The yoke has been broken, and the victim is there before you. Help him through deliverance." As the pastor opened his eyes, he saw this young man collapsed there. His body was with him, he was in his body. The young man says he doesn't know how his body joined him; he had left it in his house. But there he was in his body, he didn't know how he had entered in except the angel had carried him through the roof. | |
Now these things are difficult to believe, but the pastor silenced the church and told the church what the Lord had told him and asked the young man, "Who are you?" The young man was trembling as the demons began coming out of him. So they prayed for deliverance, and afterwards he began to share his life. This young man has now come to the Lord and is an evangelist, preaching the Gospel. He is being used by the Lord mightily in setting other people free by deliverance. One night, I (John Mulinde) went to a dinner. The sole reason I went is that someone told me about this young man, and I was so curious to see him, and see if his story was true. So I sat at that dinner and in the evening, this man was given the chance to give his testimony. He talked about so many things. Sometimes he cried because of the things he did. As he finished, he made an appeal. There were many pastors in that room. And he said, "I appeal to you, pastors. Please teach the people how to pray." The people who don't pray, can be taken in anything, in anything by the devil, and there are ways that the enemy exploits their lives and their prayers. The enemy knows even how to exploit their prayers of those people who don't know how to pray. "Teach the people how to use the spiritual armor that God provides." | |
Then
he shared how he lead expositions into the air. He would go with other
satanic agents and lots of demon spirits into the air. It was like a
shift, you've got to go and work your shift. So regularly he had a time
he had to go and wage war in the heavenlies. And he said that in the
heavenlies, in the spiritual realm, if the land is covered under the
blanket of darkness, that blanket is so thick, it is like a rock. And
it covers the whole area. And these spirits are able to go on top of
this as well as below this blanket. And from that level, they influence
the events on earth. |
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He said that when satanic agents are up in the
heavenly realm, and the Christians begin to pray on earth, the prayers
of the Christians appear to them in three forms. All prayers appear
like smoke that is rising up into the heavens.
Some prayers appear like smoke, and it goes drifting along and disappear
in the air. These prayers come from people who have sin in their lives
and they are not willing to deal with it. Their prayers are so weak,
they are blown away and disappear in the air.
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The other type of prayer is also like smoke that rises up until it reaches this rock, but it does not break through the rock. These are usually people who try to purify themselves, but they lack the faith in what they are doing as they pray. They usually ignore the other important aspects that are needed when someone prays. |
The third type of prayer is like smoke that is filled with fire. As it
rises up, it is so hot that when it reaches the rock, the rock begins to
melt like wax. It pierces the rock and goes through.
Many times, as people begin to pray, their prayers look like the first
type, but as they continue praying, their prayers change and become like
the second prayer. And as they continue praying, suddenly it ignites
into fire. And their prayers become so powerful, they pierce through
the rock.
Many times evil agents would
notice that prayers were changing and coming very close to the state of
fire, then these agents would communicate to other spirits on earth and
they tell them, "Distract that person from prayer. Stop them praying. Pull them out."
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Many times Christians yield to these distractions. They are pressing through, they are repenting, they are allowing the Word to check their spirit up, Faith has been building up. Their prayers are becoming more focused. Then the devil sees their prayers are gaining strength and the distractions begin. Telephones ring. Sometimes we, in the middle of very, very intense prayer, the telephone rings and you think you can go to answer the phone and then come back and continue praying. When you come back, you go back to the beginning. And that's what the devil wants. |
Other
kinds of distractions come your way, even if it means touching your
body and bringing some pain somewhere. Even if it means making you
hungry and you want to go to the kitchen and fix something to eat. As
long as they can get you out of that place, they have defeated you. And
he will say to the pastors, "Teach people. Set aside some time. Not
for just some casual kind of praying. They can do that the rest of the
day. Once in a day, they should have a time when they are focusing
wholeheartedly on God, nothing distracting them.
And if people persist in this kind of prayer and allow themselves to be
inspired in the spirit and keep going and keep going, something happens
in the spirit. The fire touches that rock, and it melts. And this man
said, when the melting begins, it is so hot, no demon spirit can stand
it. No human spirit can stand it. They all flee. They all run away.
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There
comes an opening in the spiritual realm. And as soon as this comes,
all this trouble in prayer stops. The person who is praying on the
ground just feels like prayer is suddenly so smooth, so enjoyable, so
powerful and intense. And I've discovered at that moment, we normally
lose conscience of time and other things. Not that we become
disorderly. God takes care of our time. But it is like you lay down
everything, and you hook up with God. And this man said that when the
prayers go through, from that moment there can be no resistance at all,
and the person praying will continue as long as he wants. There is no
resistance that can stop him.
And then he said, after he finishes praying, the hole remains open, and
he said that people, when they rise out of their place of prayer, and
they walk out, this open hole moves along with them. They are no longer
operating under the blanket. They are operating under open heavens.
And he said in that state, the devil cannot do what he wants against
them. And the presence of the Lord is like a pillar from heaven resting
on their lives. They are protected, and there is so much power inside
that pillar that as they move around, that presence touches other
people. It discerns what the enemy has done in other people. And as
they talk to people and those people are standing with them, they come
inside this pillar. And as long as they stay inside that pillar, all
the bondages of the enemy weaken.
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So when these people who have this spiritual break-through share Jesus Christ with the sinners, their resistance is low. It is so easy to bring them through. When they pray for the sick or pray about things, the presence which is there makes all the difference. And this man said the devil hates such people. And it said if there are places where prayer is regularly being prayed through like that, the presence comes upon that place and does not leave. So even the people who don't know God, when they come into this place suddenly all the bondages are weakened. | |
And
if someone cared to just minister to them patiently and with love, they
can easily be pulled through, not by power nor by might but by the
Spirit of God, who is present. And he said, if no one bothers about
these people, they come into his presence, they feel convicted, they
begin to debate whether to yield or not, but if they are not pulled
through, when they walk away from this place, bondages get stronger.
And the devil tries his best not to allow them to come back into such an
environment.
You can imagine we were all seated looking at this man. He was telling
us the things he used to do and what he used to see. Then he told us
what they would do to people who have broken through in prayer. He said
they marked such people; they studied such people. They dug up
everything they could find about such people. So they knew their
weaknesses, and when someone overcomes them in prayer and breaks
through, they communicate with other spirits and say, "Target him with
this and with this and with this. These are his weaknesses." So when
this person walks out of the prayer closet, the spirit of prayer is upon
him, the presence is upon him, his spirits are high, the joy of the
Lord is his strength. As he moves the enemy tries to bring those things
that can distract him from focusing on the Lord. |
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If it is in the temptation to sexuality, the enemy will prepare people, events, something that will suddenly draw out that passion to go towards that temptation. And if that man yields to this temptation and opens up his mind to receive these thoughts, entertains them, when he is through with everything and wants to move again in the anointing, he just discovers it is no longer there. Maybe you say, "That's not fair." Just remember what the Bible says, "Put on the helmet of salvation. Put on the breastplate of righteousness." We normally do not see the position, the place of these weapons of warfare. But remember what Jesus told us to pray towards the end of the Lord's prayer, "Take us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Every time you have a
breakthrough in prayer, as you come to the end, remember you are still a
weak human being. Remember you have not yet been perfected. Ask the
Lord, say "Lord, I've enjoyed this time of prayer, but when I walk out
into this world, lead me not into temptation. Don't allow me to walk
into the devil's trap. I know the enemy is setting a trap out there. I
don't know what form it is going to take. And I know I am still weak
in certain areas. If I am just put in the right place, I will yield to
that. Protect me, Lord. When you see me turning that corner where the
trap is, just cause me to turn to the other side. Intervene, O Lord.
Don't allow me to move by just my own strength and ability. Deliver me
from the evil one."
God is able to do that. He
is able. That is why sometimes things happen, all you need to say is,
"Thank you, Jesus." That's why Apostle Paul wrote in the book of
Thessalonians and said, "Thank God in everything for that is the will of
God in Christ for you." Some things are not good. They are painful,
and we wonder why God would allow it. But if only we knew what He is
saving us from, we would thank Him. When we learn to trust the Lord, we
just thank Him in everything.
Beloved, I don't know
whether to go deeper because I do not want to start something I cannot
finish. Let me just try to take one step forward. And this man said
that when prayer breaks through like that, the answer will always come.
He said he does not know a case where prayer broke through and the
answer did not come. He said the answer always came, but in most cases,
it would never get to the person who asked. Why? Battle in the
heavenlies. He says as long as they succeed in cutting off the open
heavens and the rock is restored, they watch this person, they are
waiting because they know the answer is definitely coming.
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And then this man spoke something that really shook my faith. It is
because of the next part he shared that I went into fasting ten days to
say, Lord, is this true? Can you prove it to me? This man said that
every Christian has got an angel serving that Christian. Now we know
the Bible says angels are ministering spirits to us. He said that when
people pray, the answer comes in the hands of the angel. The angel
brings the answer like we can read it in the book of Daniel. Then he
said something really tough; if the one who prays knows the spiritual
armors and is clothed with them, the answer comes by an angel who is
also clothed in full armor.
If the one who prays doesn't
care about spiritual armory, their angels come without spiritual
armor. Christians who don't care about what kind of thoughts come into
their minds. They don't fight the battle of their minds. Their angels
come without the helmet. Whatever spiritual weapon you ignore on earth,
the angel doesn't have it as he serves you. In other words, our
spiritual armor is not protecting our physical bodies; it's protecting
our spiritual exploits.
This man said, when the
angel is coming, they would focus and look at him and notice the areas
which are not covered, and those are the areas they would attack. If he
has no helmet, they would shoot at his head. If he has no breastplate,
they would shoot at his chest. If he has no shoes, they would make a
fire that he is walking in the fire. Now I am just repeating what this
man said. Actually, we asked him, "Can angels feel fire?" And you know
what he said to us? Remember this is a spiritual realm. These are
spirits dealing with spirits. The battle is intensive, and when they
overpower an angel of God, the first thing they target is the answer he
is carrying, and they get that from him, that is what they give through
the cults, the witchcraft, and people say, "I got this because of
witchcraft."
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Remember
what the Bible says in the book of James? All good things come from
God. So where does the devil get the things he gives to his people?
Some people who cannot have children, they go to witch doctors and
satanists, and they get pregnant! Who gave them that baby? Is satan a
creator? NO! He steals from those who don't pray to the end. Jesus
said, "Pray without ceasing." And then He said, "But when the Son of Man
comes, will He find faith?" Will He find you still there waiting? Or
will you have given up and the enemy would steal what you have prayed
for?
Then this man said that they
are not satisfied with just stealing the answer. They are also
interested in detaining the angel. And they start fighting him. And he
said sometimes they succeed in holding and binding the angel. And he
says, when that happens, the Christian is a victim on earth. They can
do anything with that Christian because he is totally left without
ministry in the Spirit.
I said to him, "Do you mean
an angel can be held in captivity by demonic forces?" This man did not
even know the scriptures by the time he was saying all this. He did not
know very many scriptures. He was just sharing his experiences. And
he said, they wouldn't hold the angel too long because as other
Christians prayed elsewhere, reinforcement would come, and the angels
would go free. If the Christian responsible did not pray through, he
remains a captive. Then the enemy sends his own angel as an angel of
light to this person, and that is where the deceptions come in. False
visions and false prophecies. False leadership, I mean leading,
guidance in the spirit, making wrong decisions of all types. And many
times this person is open to all kinds of attack and bondages.
And I asked the Lord. I
left that dinner so troubled, so troubled. I said, "Lord, I don't want
even to try and believe this." It removes all my confidence, my
security. When I went to seek the Lord, it was ten days, the Lord did
two things. He did not only confirm the things I had heard, he opened
my mind to see a lot more that this man could not tell us of what
happens in the spiritual realm. And two, he led me to see what we are
supposed to do as the things are happening so that we are not overcome
but that we can overcome. And we need to know three things and really
come to terms with these three things.
One: how to operate with the
weapons of our warfare. The Bible calls them the armor of God. It is
not our armor; it is God's armor. When we use it, we allow God to fight
on our behalf. Two: understand the relationship of the ministering
spirits-the angels-to our spiritual lives. And to be sensitive to what
is happening in our hearts as a leading to what needs to be happening in
the spirit concerning us. That brings us to the third thing: that is
the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is not
supposed to come as our servant, serving us and bringing things to us.
He does not run to and fro to the Father to tell Him what we need. That
is the work of angels. But He stands by our side. Doing what? Guiding
us, teaching us, leading us, helping us to pray the right way. And
when these things are happening in the spiritual realm, He tells us,
sometimes He wakes you up in the night and says, "Pray." You say, "No!
My time is not yet come." And He says, "Pray now!" Why? He sees what is
happening in the spirit. Sometimes He says, "Tomorrow-fasting!" You
say, "Oh, no, I'll start on Monday!"
But He understands what is happening in the spiritual realm. We should learn to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. He guides us in the paths of righteousness. Beloved we've got to stop here. Maybe tomorrow morning, we can talk about how we can pray through, knowing the battles in the spirit and how we can break through. How we can maintain our breakthrough once we have scored it. And once we learn this, it becomes enjoyable. Then we learn one thing: the battle is not ours; the battle is of the Lord! Hallelujah! |