Prayer and Curse Breaker

“Dear Heavenly Father,

Forgive me of my rebellion.  That is what has caused the demonic spirits to enter into my heart and mind and home.  Lord, I confess the sin of holding anger, bitterness, resentment and hatred in my life and heart.  I accept that Christ died on the cross so I could be free from demonic oppression, but I also understand it is my responsibility to renounce the activity that brought them in my life to begin with.  Lord, I admit I need your help and I accept your mercy.  Thank you for allowing me the power to pray in the name of your dear Son, Jesus.  Amen.”

Curse Breaker:

In the name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of rebellion, anger, hatred, bitterness, resentment, un-forgiveness, lust and power.  I know by giving these spirits entry into my life I have allowed other spirits to enter.  I renounce the spirit of fear, confusion and spiritual blindness on both of my family bloodlines in the generations leading all the way back to Adam.

I Bind the Principalities over:(your specific location___________________________ powerless to control me or my family.  I break my vow and covenants known or unknown by my actions and words.  I have given my life to Jesus Christ and have accepted His blood to cover my sins.  He has set me free from all powers of the occult.

In the name of Jesus, I formally renounce and break any and every blood or word covenant I made to any demonic entity specifically:(list the ones you know)________________________.  I ask that the Lord bind them with the powers above and beneath them to the spirit of Balak and send them to the place where the Lord will give me justice.

As the Lord is breaking and releasing me from these demonic pacts and covenants, I accept and receive His forgiveness.  The spirit of guilt, condemnation, depression and suicide must leave my presence now in the name of Jesus.

I accept and receive the Holy Spirit to fill me in all the places that the enemy had control over in the past.  I accept that I am a new creature in Christ.  As I am growing in Him, I trust and depend on the Lord to be my strength.  Lord, give me the POWER to forgive those who have hurt, used, abused and offended me. I pray that you bless them with the knowledge and wisdom that you are imparting to my spirit right now.

Heal all my wounds with your glory light and seal and protect my mind, body, soul, spirit, heart and attitude, home and family with the blood of Jesus Christ.

When Love Sees You

Blessed are you, as you weep on your knees with perfume and tears washing over My feet
Blessed are you, beggar, hopeless and blind calling for mercy when I’m passing by
Blessed are you, shaking your head at two tiny fish and some bread
Blessed are you as you tremble and wait for the first stone thrown at your sinful disgrace

Tell me your story, show me your wounds
And I’ll show you what Love sees when Love looks at you
Hand me the pieces, broken and bruised
And I’ll show you what Love sees when Love sees you

Blessed are you, walking on waves to find yourself sinking when you look away
Blessed are you, leper, standing alone, the fear on their faces, is all that you’ve known
Blessed are you, lonely widow who gave your last shiny coin to Yahweh
Blessed are you with your silver and lies, kissing the One who’s saving your life

Tell me your story, show me your wounds
And I’ll show you what Love sees when Love looks at you
Hand me the pieces, broken and bruised
And I’ll show you what Love sees when Love sees you

I see what I made in your mother's womb
I see the day I fell in love with you.
I see your tomorrows, nothing left to chance
I see My Father's fingerprints
I see your story, I see My name
Written on every beautiful page
You see the struggle, you see the shame
I see the reason I came

I came for your story, I came for your wounds
To show you what Love sees when I see you

Love Jesus...

Your Fragrance

I searched for You and found You. For many years now, You have proven that You will never leave me nor forsake me. Yet in those years, I also learned that I am not perfect like You. There were times when I kept my distance. There were times when I disobeyed. There were times when I deliberately blinded myself so I would not have to face the truth and act on it.

There were times when I could no longer smell Your fragrance.

“Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it.” When You chose me, You promised to never let go. When I chose to love You back, I did not fully understand that to let go of You… was to let go of life. When circumstances kept me locked up in a room, You came to me instead. When I began to numb, You breathed new life into me.  And so it was, that as I became bogged down with “life” I began to long for other loves that I thought I needed. I began to question why I am still alone, why I haven’t met the man of my dreams; all the while seeing my friends get swept off their feet with the men they chose to marry. Time was passing me by. Suddenly, I found myself slowing down. No time to do chores. Only time to sit down.

In these quiet moments, You breathe Your fragrance on me.

Take me back to Day One. Capture me once more. Let my heart beat to the rhythm of Your heart. You are beautiful. Wonderful. Magnificent. Your love is so wide, so big, so unfathomable. Just when I thought Your biggest surprise has come, You manage to take my breath away once more… again, and again, and again. I find myself in tears, in awe; speechless, with only a deep sigh to respond to how much love I have received and am able to give. You sweep me off my feet. When You come and meet with me, You always leave a mark that will forever stay. No logic, no human knowledge, none of the most tangible and concrete things in this world can ever contain who You are, what You are, how You are. You are immeasurable. Uncontainable. Your ways are higher than my ways. Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts. Your love and faithfulness are deeper than I could ever imagine and hope for.

I have tasted and seen Your goodness. Now I cannot let go. When I am blinded by my insecurities, You show me that I am beautiful. I am fearfully and wonderfully made; crafted by Your perfect hands. You are my God and reason for existence. I can have all the knowledge in the world, but without You, I am nothing.

“I Love You.”

There Is No One Else Exactly Like...Me

In all the world there is no-one else exactly like me.

Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it.

I own everything about me; my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself - I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes, because I own all of me.

I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me and other aspects that I do not know, but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and for ways to find out more about me.

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do - I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.

I own me, and therefore I can engineer me - I am me and I am okay.

Loving Yourself

I’m learning lessons all the time, but learning to be gentle with myself is by far the best lesson I’ve learned so far. No matter how crappy my life may feel at times, or even if I’ve over-eaten one day and feel sluggish and “fat”, in being gentle with myself means I can keep liking myself in good times and bad and also it's that glow that comes from within that makes a woman beautiful. When a woman is happy, when she is loving who she is, and when she is sharing that light with others, that’s when she’s at her most beautiful.

Meeting Jesus At The Well

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." John 4: 10-15

Some days I feel like the woman at the well. We keep trying to fix the same mistake over and over again with the same solution that seems to work only for a short while - let Jesus be the same today as He was at the well.

As I sat in my living room and ponder about the inner life of this woman; what does a failed marriage or divorce do to a woman? What does sexual involvement without a commitment from a man do to a woman? This woman’s situation can be a reflection of countless women that we might all be able to name or give face to our own experiences in life who have been made to feel, for one reason or another, that they are somehow not worth being around.  Think of how important it is for a woman to have the friendship of other women. Is it just a coincidence that she went to the well alone, or was this the reality of rejection in her relationships? No husband. No friend. 

I imagined as this woman walked to the well, she was her old self, carrying the burden of her past shame. A woman with secrets. A woman with heartache. A woman feeling very alone. I wonder if she could just as easily have been the victim of a several painful circumstances, as many of us, who had to deal with painful life circumstances that were not of our own choosing, can sometimes still be treated as outsiders. But the beauty of her darkness, is when Jesus comes to her at a time when nobody else would have wanted to be anywhere near her and he not only makes the time to listen, to really listen and be attentive but, more importantly, he respects her worth and dignity as a beloved child of God. He treats her as someone whose story is worth being told. He doesn’t shy away from the messiness of her life either. He doesn’t look at her as unclean or impure or somehow unworthy because of anything she has done or because of what others might think she has done. Instead, he speaks to and acknowledges the deepest parts of her own truth while also being willing to share with her the deepest parts of who He really is, and in so doing helps to give this weary woman a new spirit and a new sense of self. 

Like the Samaritan woman, God will seek to meet us right there in the midst of our struggles and in the midst of our own messy, everyday lives no matter what we might be trying to tightly hold on to in our hearts. We are to try and meet God right where we are because each time we do so, the promise is that God will find a way to transform us and heal us and make things new from the inside out in ways that we could have never before dreamed of or imagined.

I've also been touched and transformed by God in such moments and been encouraged to be more honest about my own struggles and my own difficult and dark places. And this opening up inside me has made a better place for God to dwell in my heart.

I’m wondering if there’s anyone reading this today that needs to connect or reconnect with God. You need to know that you can be simply engaging with the very same person with whom the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well engaged. He knows all about your past. He knows the dirty, sinful, junk of your life, and he stands right beside you, offering you living water.  He is saying to you, Come sit by me, my daughter, no more lies, No more shame, No need for secrets for in and through “ME” your will have A New Life, and A Fresh Start!  

Reach out to him right now.

Dear Lord Jesus, I am in need right now. There are things in my life about which I am ashamed. I come not as someone who has reached perfection but as a sinner in need of your love, acceptance and forgiveness. Right now, I reach out to you with all my heart. I ask you to receive me, to forgive me, to change me into someone who will become a fully devoted follower of the living Christ. Holy Spirit, I invite you to come and take over. Amen

Written By Maribel O'Neill
October 23, 2010

Bless Our Home Prayer

“Listen! I am standing at the door knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in.” {Revelation 3:20}

 Oh God, whose love is endless, we ask for Your blessing on this house, our home, that it may be filled with Your love and glory. Let our doors be open to your truth, so that we may share it with the world. Let our windows bring us Your light, so that we may help banish the darkness of those who live in sorrow. Let our walls protect us and stand firm against all that is evil, so that we may not falter as we do Your will. Let our floors be a strong foundation, on which we can begin the journey to You. Let our roof shelter us from the darkness of night and the fears of our world, so that we may have the courage to walk in Your path. Teach us to love others as You have loved us, so that we may build a home of faith and love. Guide us, so that we may offer others a place of hospitality and hope, for the strangers among us as well as for friends. In praise and thanksgiving, we pray in Jesus' Name, Amen