THE NIGHT OF BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER AND KEYS TO IT

If you decide to pray with the video from last night’s prayer night you will find that it is all about “Breakthrough”. What do I mean by Breakthrough? Breakthrough is the place where life-changes happen. In the life of a church, it is when the Holy Spirit is in control. The people are being saved, healed, baptized in power and relationally filled with love. This is always my goal in a breakthrough.

I’ve also seen breakthrough for individuals be financial, emotional, spiritual and relational. I see it in my mind as truth violently hitting the deception or lie that has kept us from believing our heavenly Father! Remember it is the Intimate knowledge of the truth that brings freedom!

Breakthrough is not always a one-time thing. Although it can come all at once but I’m never surprised when it comes in smaller installments as we grow and pray. There have been some things that get a break, but then the season changes and another break is needed. So with that said…

THINGS WE NEEDED TO SEE BREAKTHOUGH IN THIS WEEK

At the end of this week is an encounter retreat at the church where I am the prayer pastor. It is a weekend that requires a breakthrough! A real move of God cannot be manufactured by us.

That is part of the thought process that was over my heart as I prayed the better part of the day on Tuesday. I use the word pray as including time in the Word. I also had some emails and such to answer as part of my office duties since we are in encounter week.

AREAS NEEDING BREAKTHROUGH THIS PARTICULAR WEEK

The Lord spoke during the day about three areas that we needed to see “Breakthrough” this week so the prayer people could pray effectively.

1. Encounter
2. Sunday services/weekend services
3. Network pastors (they are pastors that come to our church and our senior pastor ministers and mentors them)

With breakthrough in mind I used the verse out of Micah.

Micah 2:13 (NKJV)
13 The one who breaks open will come up before them; They will break out, Pass through the gate, And go out by it; Their king will pass before them, With the LORD at their head.”

THREE THINGS THAT ARE NORMAL TO THE PROCESS OF BREAKTHROUGH

When we come to pray together for breakthrough I look for several things to happen. I love when it all happens in one night. When I first started leading prayer in the church where I am now, it took more than one night for these three things to happen. After years of prayer here, it can happen in one night so don’t get discouraged if the process takes a little while.

THESE ARE THE THREE ELEMENTS

1. First we come into agreement with God that He wants breakthrough (We did this with scripture)
2. Then we identify the areas that the Holy Spirit wants broken through and we come into agreement with that Word (the Word of God) and we speak and pray it
3. Then we do spiritual warfare

Why do we do warfare? Didn’t Jesus already take care of that? Yes!!! Jesus did take care of defeating the devil so we are now Jesus’ representatives in the earth (Bible calls us ambassadors) to enforce the victory that Jesus bought and paid for with His own blood!

Matthew 12:29 (NKJV)
29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Jesus makes it known in these verses, in the context of the demonic, that there are strategies formed by darkness to protect Satan’s interest. So if we are going to see the release of the captives of an enemy, we must use our spiritual authority to bind darkness and to set the prisoners free. On the video you will hear me do this very thing using authority.

These three things will release breakthrough!!!!

THIS WILL WORK WHERE EVER YOU GO TO CHURCH

Many ask me how they can see a breakthrough of the Holy Spirit in their church. This is what I say. “God wants to breakthrough more than you want Him to!” So you may wonder what the problem is.

Is God weak? Can He not breakthrough and revive His church and transform a city? I assure you that He is not weak or incapable of getting the job done. Truth is, Jesus already completed the task of releasing the entire human race from the arms of wickedness if they will accept His sacrifice on the cross sealed by His resurrection.

But there is dark propaganda in the world running interference with the hearts and minds of the people. So even though their freedom and breakthrough has been secured, a cleverly formed lie keeps them from God’s intentions over their lives.

So here we are on the earth amidst darkness that is technically defeated but still active and we must agree with God’s Word and pray and bind and loose. This is why we are intercessors…prayer warriors…watchers on the wall. To enforce what Jesus did for the people. That’s why we use our authority!

SO KEEP AFTER IT!

If you will keep after it concerning these three things, then you will see breakthrough in due season and changes will begin to be obvious.

I’VE SEEN THIS IN EVERY WORK

Over the years, I have seen this type of relationship with praying people, the Lord Jesus and His Spirit bring a move of God everywhere we have done it. It has worked in small churches and large ones, in schools and places of business.

USE THE VIDEO TO HELP YOU PRAY FOR YOUR CHURCH, FAMILY, CITY OR BUSINESS

This time of prayer can be used to help you know how to pray over areas of life that need breakthrough.

BY THE WAY

I had a word of knowledge about a woman who thought dreams about people dying, and then they did die, was a gift. She was there at prayer and came up afterward and we renounced that demonic gift and time will tell she is free of that terrible burden!!!

 

© Copyright Lisa Swayze 2017