DELIVERANCE
Breaking Free, The Journey to Deliverance and Overcoming Life's Challenges
What is Deliverance?
Obadiah 1:17 “But upon Mount Zion shall be [deliverance], and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possession.” Psalm 107: 6-7 “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses. 7And he led them forth by the right way that they might go to a city of habitation.”
Deliverance is the act of being set free from something that has held you captive or hindered your progress. It can refer to physical, emotional, or spiritual liberation from various challenges that we encounter in life.
Deliverance implies to snatch, take away, or deliver out of the hands of stronger powers or forces Exodus 18:8-11. A rescue from bondage or danger. It is an act of God whereby God rescues His people from danger, or from the hands of powers that are too strong for them 1 Samuel 17:37; 2 Kings 20:6, Psalm 7:2; 17:13; 18:16-19; 59:2, 33:19, Psalm 22:19-21, Psalm 56:13; 86:13; Hosea 13:14, Exodus 3:8; 6:6; 8:10.
WHY WE PREACH DELIVERANCE
Isaiah 61: 1-3. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Luke 4: 18-19. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
WHO NEEDS DELIVERANCE?
- if you were conceived in adultery or fornication
- if your parents contemplated aborting you
- if you were abused as a child
- if you have been raped or molested
- if your mother had a difficult pregnancy
- if you almost died during the first few years of life
- if you had imaginary playmates in childhood
- if you have been chronically ill all your life
- if you grew up in a war zone
- if you have been ridiculed all your life
- if you have a history of sexual perversion in your bloodline (adultery, rape, incest, etc.)
- if you have been accident-prone all your life
- if you have a history of poverty in your life and/or in your family
- if you have engaged in a lifestyle of cheating, robbing and theft.
- if you are afraid of being alone
- if you are extremely uncomfortable around people
- if you are intensely jealous of others
- if you were involved with the occult
- if you are attracted to, or have consulted palm readers, satanic advisors and psychics.
- if you have been involved with abortion
- if you have chronic headaches or mental confusion
- if you have a difficult time reading the Bible or praying
Other definitions of deliverance:
- It is to close the doors opened to the enemy
- It is to damage the works of Satan in your life
- It is to undo heavy burdens
- It is to break evil yokes
- It is to possess one’s possession
- It is to escape from every satanic prison
- It is to capture back what the enemy has stolen
- It is to be victorious in your dreams at all times
- It is to serve quit notice on every infirmity
- It is to kill every satanic embargo
- It is to break every evil covenant
- It is to destroy the chains of darkness
- It is to break curses and spells
- It is to hunt down and destroy destructive habits
- It is to send back evil arrows to the senders
- It is finding your place in the market square of life
- It is the destruction of satanic dreams
- It is release from the altars of affliction
- It is release from witchcraft cages.
- It is correct positioning.
- It is to break the chain of poverty.
