HOW TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY FOR BAHA'I
The first matter to understand is that the battle is spiritual. Ephesians 6:12 says "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood (your relative/friend) but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places." We are not fighting your loved one. They are in spiritual bondage. We are going to deal with the demonic spirits which blind and deafen them to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, and which prevent them responding to Him.
Make sure there is no unconfessed sin in your life. If so, get it right with God. Then know your authority in Christ to overcome all the power of the evil ones. "I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions (demons), and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven," (Luke 10:19-20).
If possible, ask another Christian believer to agree with you in prayer. "...If two of you agree on earth concerning anything you ask, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven," (Matthew 18:19).
What if you are alone, and have no-one to agree with you? Lorri MacGregor (a former cult member who now heads up a Christian ministry to reach people in cults) recommends you ask Jesus or the Holy Spirit to agree with you. Then pray to God in the name of the Saviour Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit directs you.
Bind the principal demonic strongman, "The Spirit of Deception," in the name of Jesus Christ. "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven..," (Matthew 18:18). There will be other demonic spirits which need to be bound, so ask the Holy Spirit for the names or effects caused by these and other demonic spirits, and how to remove their influence from your loved one.
Ask God to release and loose your relative/friend from these demonic spirits and all others which control them. "...Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven," (Matthew 18:18).
Ask the Lord to release your loved one's emotions, which have been held in fear and bondage for so long. The Holy Spirit will do this gently and lovingly, so that the person comes to understand who they really are, and how much Jesus really loves them. Ask the Lord to sovereignly fill your loved one with His precious Holy Spirit.
Be assured that God is now at work in their lives to release them from their bondage. Pray for their salvation, in faith. If the person is a family member, God's promise to you is to "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your household," (Acts 16:31).
If they are not a family member, God gives another promise for you to appropriate in prayer for them. "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise... but is long-suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance," (2 Peter 3:9) and "God our Saviour... desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth," (1 Timothy, 2:4).
God's Word is plain, He doesn't want your relative/friend in the Baha'i to perish, to be wiped out on Judgement Day. God wants them saved, and we have a commission from Him to do the job in prayer, and to find out how.
Keep on praying in faith for your loved one. Experience shows that perseverance produces the best results, so don't be discouraged if there are no positive signs for a while. Ask the Lord to make His word alive to them, to show them the truth, even from their Scriptures.
Make sure there is no unconfessed sin in your life. If so, get it right with God. Then know your authority in Christ to overcome all the power of the evil ones. "I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions (demons), and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven," (Luke 10:19-20).
If possible, ask another Christian believer to agree with you in prayer. "...If two of you agree on earth concerning anything you ask, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven," (Matthew 18:19).
What if you are alone, and have no-one to agree with you? Lorri MacGregor (a former cult member who now heads up a Christian ministry to reach people in cults) recommends you ask Jesus or the Holy Spirit to agree with you. Then pray to God in the name of the Saviour Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit directs you.
Bind the principal demonic strongman, "The Spirit of Deception," in the name of Jesus Christ. "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven..," (Matthew 18:18). There will be other demonic spirits which need to be bound, so ask the Holy Spirit for the names or effects caused by these and other demonic spirits, and how to remove their influence from your loved one.
Ask God to release and loose your relative/friend from these demonic spirits and all others which control them. "...Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven," (Matthew 18:18).
Ask the Lord to release your loved one's emotions, which have been held in fear and bondage for so long. The Holy Spirit will do this gently and lovingly, so that the person comes to understand who they really are, and how much Jesus really loves them. Ask the Lord to sovereignly fill your loved one with His precious Holy Spirit.
Be assured that God is now at work in their lives to release them from their bondage. Pray for their salvation, in faith. If the person is a family member, God's promise to you is to "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your household," (Acts 16:31).
If they are not a family member, God gives another promise for you to appropriate in prayer for them. "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise... but is long-suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance," (2 Peter 3:9) and "God our Saviour... desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth," (1 Timothy, 2:4).
God's Word is plain, He doesn't want your relative/friend in the Baha'i to perish, to be wiped out on Judgement Day. God wants them saved, and we have a commission from Him to do the job in prayer, and to find out how.
Keep on praying in faith for your loved one. Experience shows that perseverance produces the best results, so don't be discouraged if there are no positive signs for a while. Ask the Lord to make His word alive to them, to show them the truth, even from their Scriptures.
DEALING WITH GENERATIONAL INIQUITIES
"Heavenly Father, creator of heaven and earth, I come to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, your Son.
I come as a sinner seeking forgiveness and cleansing from all sins committed against you, and others created in your image.
I honour my earthly father and mother, and all my ancestors of flesh and blood, adoptive or step parents, but I utterly turn away from and renounce all their ungodly practices, sins and iniquities.
I forgive all my ancestors for the effects of their sins on me and my children.
Thank you, Father, for sending your only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to die in my place; to pay the penalty for my sins through His shed blood, and to bear the punishment for the sins and iniquities of my ancestors in His bruised and bleeding body on the Cross of Calvary. Thank you that He is my Holy Scapegoat.
I choose now, to confess and take accountability for the sins through my family bloodlines back to the fourth generation, and to the tenth generation for sexual sins, known and unknown.
I confess and renounce all idolatry, known and unknown, also all involvement with occult power and looking into the hidden things of darkness by my family and ancestors.
In the name of Jesus Christ, I now break and renounce all blood oaths, blood covenants, blood dedications, blood ties and all blood bondages to Satan and any other false gods by my family and myself.
I also cancel all ungodly documents, agreements and assignments against me and my family, past, present and future, and I apply the blood of Jesus Christ to cancel them. I declare their penalty has been paid in full by Jesus at Calvary.
I confess all ungodly behaviour, spoken words, thoughts and negative emotions that have had an ill-effect on my family bloodlines, on my marriage and other relationships.
I repent of all word curses spoken over or to others. I release each person from any offence caused, and release my rights to revenge, for the Word of God says that revenge is the Lord's only.
I confess the operation of rejection in my family bloodlines in every form, especially that which is now affecting me, my marriage and my family.
I confess any addictions in my family bloodlines, known or unknown.
I renounce the effects of any untimely death, and any effects of war in my family bloodlines. I give to the Lord Jesus Christ all unresolved grief from these deaths, and from death of expectations. I ask you, Lord Jesus, to release me from the consequences of all unresolved grief and disappointments attached to the death of expectations.
I renounce all areas of false guilt and false responsibility in my family bloodlines. I confess and renounce all religious restrictions, and perversion of the Gospel in my family bloodlines, either from a Christian denomination or church, from a different religion, faith or tradition, or from cultic involvement. I renounce any hereditary illness, whether physical, emotional or mental, and any other weakness in my family bloodlines. I confess and ask forgiveness for any failure by myself and my ancestors for stealing from God by not bringing to Him our tithes and offerings as His Word commands. This has permitted the Devourer to plunder my family's wealth. I confess this grievous sin and I repent and ask your forgiveness now. I choose now to be generous, so I break the curse and spirit of poverty off my life now, in the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke every related spirit, including greed, covetnessness, stinginess, and self-reliance; and I command all such spirits to leave me now harmlessly on my natural breathing, and to go to your appointed place of judgement and not to return to me or my family, in the name of Jesus Christ. I confess, repent and renounce any and all adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality or bestiality which has been practiced by myself or my family bloodlines. In the name of Jesus Christ, I now cut off all the effects of these sins, known and unknown, including all ungodly soulties, and I break every curse involved, in Jesus' name. I also bind every spirit which empowered these curses and ungodly soulties, and I command you all to leave me now, and go to your place of appointment to await your judgement in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Father God, I come before you in the name of Jesus Christ, confessing these sins and weaknesses which may affect me. I release my ancestors into the freedom of my forgiveness. No longer will I blame them for how I am. I now lay the punishment and inherited weaknesses on the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, my scapegoat; on His bruised and bleeding body on the cross. I receive your forgiveness and release from their effects. Thank you, my Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that I can cast my burdens on YOU. Please heal me, renew me and lead me in your ways, that my life may bring glory to your name. Amen
PRAYER OF ACTION
I come as a sinner seeking forgiveness and cleansing from all sins committed against you, and others created in your image.
I honour my earthly father and mother, and all my ancestors of flesh and blood, adoptive or step parents, but I utterly turn away from and renounce all their ungodly practices, sins and iniquities.
I forgive all my ancestors for the effects of their sins on me and my children.
Thank you, Father, for sending your only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to die in my place; to pay the penalty for my sins through His shed blood, and to bear the punishment for the sins and iniquities of my ancestors in His bruised and bleeding body on the Cross of Calvary. Thank you that He is my Holy Scapegoat.
I choose now, to confess and take accountability for the sins through my family bloodlines back to the fourth generation, and to the tenth generation for sexual sins, known and unknown.
I confess and renounce all idolatry, known and unknown, also all involvement with occult power and looking into the hidden things of darkness by my family and ancestors.
In the name of Jesus Christ, I now break and renounce all blood oaths, blood covenants, blood dedications, blood ties and all blood bondages to Satan and any other false gods by my family and myself.
I also cancel all ungodly documents, agreements and assignments against me and my family, past, present and future, and I apply the blood of Jesus Christ to cancel them. I declare their penalty has been paid in full by Jesus at Calvary.
I confess all ungodly behaviour, spoken words, thoughts and negative emotions that have had an ill-effect on my family bloodlines, on my marriage and other relationships.
I repent of all word curses spoken over or to others. I release each person from any offence caused, and release my rights to revenge, for the Word of God says that revenge is the Lord's only.
I confess the operation of rejection in my family bloodlines in every form, especially that which is now affecting me, my marriage and my family.
I confess any addictions in my family bloodlines, known or unknown.
I renounce the effects of any untimely death, and any effects of war in my family bloodlines. I give to the Lord Jesus Christ all unresolved grief from these deaths, and from death of expectations. I ask you, Lord Jesus, to release me from the consequences of all unresolved grief and disappointments attached to the death of expectations.
I renounce all areas of false guilt and false responsibility in my family bloodlines. I confess and renounce all religious restrictions, and perversion of the Gospel in my family bloodlines, either from a Christian denomination or church, from a different religion, faith or tradition, or from cultic involvement. I renounce any hereditary illness, whether physical, emotional or mental, and any other weakness in my family bloodlines. I confess and ask forgiveness for any failure by myself and my ancestors for stealing from God by not bringing to Him our tithes and offerings as His Word commands. This has permitted the Devourer to plunder my family's wealth. I confess this grievous sin and I repent and ask your forgiveness now. I choose now to be generous, so I break the curse and spirit of poverty off my life now, in the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke every related spirit, including greed, covetnessness, stinginess, and self-reliance; and I command all such spirits to leave me now harmlessly on my natural breathing, and to go to your appointed place of judgement and not to return to me or my family, in the name of Jesus Christ. I confess, repent and renounce any and all adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality or bestiality which has been practiced by myself or my family bloodlines. In the name of Jesus Christ, I now cut off all the effects of these sins, known and unknown, including all ungodly soulties, and I break every curse involved, in Jesus' name. I also bind every spirit which empowered these curses and ungodly soulties, and I command you all to leave me now, and go to your place of appointment to await your judgement in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Father God, I come before you in the name of Jesus Christ, confessing these sins and weaknesses which may affect me. I release my ancestors into the freedom of my forgiveness. No longer will I blame them for how I am. I now lay the punishment and inherited weaknesses on the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, my scapegoat; on His bruised and bleeding body on the cross. I receive your forgiveness and release from their effects. Thank you, my Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that I can cast my burdens on YOU. Please heal me, renew me and lead me in your ways, that my life may bring glory to your name. Amen
PRAYER OF ACTION
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RENUNICATION
If you have ever held religious studies with Baha'i members, or attended any of their buildings or temples, then you will need to repent of these involvements before God, ask His forgiveness, plead guilty without excuse, then "...Confess with your mouth (out loud) that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead," (Romans 10:9). Then ask Jesus to come in and be Lord of your life. Ask the Holy Spirit to come and fill you, removing all traces of the deceptions of the Baha'i, to help you understand the Bible the way God wrote it, and to help you build up your relationship with Jesus every day.
In the name of Jesus Christ, bind the spirits listed above and cut them off from you and your family. If you have difficulty doing this, then please contact us by clicking on Jubilee Resources Enquiry Page, or contact a competent Christian leader near you to assist you.
Find Bible-believing Christians and spend time with them. Please explain to them you are coming out of deception and need their encouragement and support at least until you are firmly on your feet. If some disappoint you (probably through not understanding your need), don't be put off. There are caring Christians around who can and will help.
In the name of Jesus Christ, bind the spirits listed above and cut them off from you and your family. If you have difficulty doing this, then please contact us by clicking on Jubilee Resources Enquiry Page, or contact a competent Christian leader near you to assist you.
Find Bible-believing Christians and spend time with them. Please explain to them you are coming out of deception and need their encouragement and support at least until you are firmly on your feet. If some disappoint you (probably through not understanding your need), don't be put off. There are caring Christians around who can and will help.
This information is taken from:
"Unmasking the Baha'i Faith - An Impossible Oneness?" by Russell J. Moore, (ISBN 0 9583417-7-X) published by Jubilee Resources, PO Box 36-044, Wellington 6330, New Zealand. To obtain copies of this book, please click Web Shop.
Notice
Copying of this is both permitted and encouraged provided reference is made to where it comes from.
Written testimonies of changed lives also are welcome.
If additional prayer and ministry is required, or information is required about other spiritual deceptions, please contact us by clicking on Jubilee Resources Enquiry Page. For reasons of distance, we may refer you to someone based closer to you. We have counselling referrals available in many countries particularly in North America, Australia and Europe.
"Unmasking the Baha'i Faith - An Impossible Oneness?" by Russell J. Moore, (ISBN 0 9583417-7-X) published by Jubilee Resources, PO Box 36-044, Wellington 6330, New Zealand. To obtain copies of this book, please click Web Shop.
Copying of this is both permitted and encouraged provided reference is made to where it comes from.
Written testimonies of changed lives also are welcome.
If additional prayer and ministry is required, or information is required about other spiritual deceptions, please contact us by clicking on Jubilee Resources Enquiry Page. For reasons of distance, we may refer you to someone based closer to you. We have counselling referrals available in many countries particularly in North America, Australia and Europe.