What are hurtful and destructive prayers? These are the types that are used to control people and circumstances. These are prayers and spoken words against scripture and they bring a lot of confusion, stress and destruction where there should be a lot of healing and encouragement. These are the types of things that are called friendly fire. Soldiers on the field in battle know the dangers of friendly fire. Destructive Prayers!

Most of the time these prayers and spoken words are rooted in selfishness and judgment. These prayers and words can actually release demonic powers and spirits to harass and torment individuals and groups. The body of Christ has enough hardship facing it without adding these types of conflicts to the battle. Be careful how you pray and watch the words you speak. If this is happening to you, break the words, the curses, the soulish prayers and the assignments levied against you in Jesus’ Name. Pray for those who are standing against you. Ask the Lord to turn every situation for His good. Keep your focus.

The Lord told us how we should pray. Everyone deserves to know the love of the Lord. No one deserves an eternal separation from Him. It is my prayer that everyone would know His love. Far too long, we’ve condemned others with our words and then we wonder why they don’t want to hear what we have to say. We’ve let preachers preach from their pulpits with the law instead of grace, mercy and love. They simply don’t know Him who is love. Jesus’ focus wasn’t in condemning the world, instead, He came to save it. Why is there hatred, bitterness and corruption in the Church? It is there because we, as a body, are still carnal and immature. We haven’t grown and matured much at all as a whole. We don’t need the world to bring us down because we are doing a pretty good job of it ourselves.

My focus in writing is to let each individual, who reads these pages, know that they are loved. We live in a world of many people. We are surrounded by crowds all the time and yet we are the most lonely people I know. Our laws and state of the world have separated us from each other. We don’t know who to trust. It seems like everyone is one step away from turning on their friends. Most of this is out of money problems and greed. People are so hurt, broken and battered, they simply don’t know where to turn.

I challenge each of us to make a change. Let’s not be the way others are and step down to their level. Let’s take the higher road. If we give out of love, it will return to us in a greater proportion. Love is the one thing we can keep on giving and always have an abundance of more to give. It keeps getting better. Maybe we’ve had some bumps in the road and maybe even some crashes. Right now, our hearts may be bruised, broken and torn. There might even be a temptation to seek revenge and retaliate. Don’t! Don’t go down that road. Take the high road instead of forgiveness and love. Even if your emotions are desperately crying out within you, simply make a choice to go the high way and eventually those emotions will have to line up with your will. Don’t let your emotions control you.

If you think that no one else cares, know this. I purposefully spend time from my family twice a week to write these posts. I write because I care and I want to encourage. I write because I know that you might not ever talk personally to anyone about your problems. I write because I want you to know that you are okay. The Lord will meet you where you are if you’d only ask Him. You can tell Him anything, in fact, He already knows everything anyway, but you need to let it out. You may think that others ought to see where you are. They don’t and possibly can’t unless you tell them. They may not be able to see, because maybe they’ve never been there. Jesus has been there and He knows what you are going through. Not only that, but He knows what you need to make it through. It is your choice.

May the Lord pour out His love into your heart. May His grace and mercy overtake you. May His tenderness reach into your heart and heal all of your hurts. I may never get to meet you, but I hope this has helped. It was no accident you found and read this post. Please check out any of my other posts to help in different areas. Take the time you need and let His healing make you whole again. Rest in His love. Rest from the stress.

Joseph