Dear Prophetic Diaries Family,
It's essential for you all to understand what it means to have an altar in your life. Altars can be good or bad. This read will you more insight of evil altars and demonic attacks this will build your knowledge before you pray.
It's crucial to always ask the Lord for forgiveness when we pray as we are sinners but are redeemed through the blood of the new covenant, the blood of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 4:17
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” NIV
One thing that we all must remember is that our sin has consequences. The sins of our ancestors and forefathers have consequences too. It is important to ask God for forgiveness and to remove any altar that has been established into your life because of our sins. When altars are established it gives the kingdom of darkness the legal right to deploy evil spirits into our lives.
For instance, the sin of masturbation allows the enemy access to send spirit spouses to oppress you in your sleep. Those spirits then invite other spirits that can cause destruction in your life. In addition, the practice of witchcraft and ancestral worship can also establish a demonic altar in your life. Therefore, it’s important to ask the Lord for forgiveness and engage in spiritual warfare. The more you begin to pray and tear down evil foundations the more the spiritual warfare intensifies. Our foundation must be built on Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. NIV
Do not be scared. The Lord did not give us the spirit of fear but the spirit of peace and a sound mind.
The bible says our battle is not between flesh and blood but evil principalities and rulers.
Ephesians 6:12
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. NIV
Praying and asking the Lord for forgiveness and will tear down altars that had been established due to the consequence of your sin. When altars are raised they remain in many generations unless they are torn down.
Genesis 12:7
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. NIV
It’s crucial for you all to understand the foundation of repentance because as you continue to progress in this sequel you will continue to pray against evil altars and go deeper into the realms of the spirit.
What is an altar?
An altar is a place of transactions. An altar is used to offer sacrifices.
How to recognise an evil altar in your life
What are your family patterns?
Is there a constant pattern of premature death in your family?
Have you or your family members suffered from near success syndrome?
Is there a recurrent pattern of sickness in your lineage?
You can identify an evil altar when you can see a constant pattern of negativity within your lineage.
How do altars work?
Altars require a sacrifice and an altar worker. The sacrifice an altar can have is your blood. Your bloodline can be connected to an altar due to the iniquities from your ancestors, forefathers, mother and fathers house. As altars are a place of transactions, it is a portal that invites access between man and spirits. When we look at Abraham and God an altar had been built that allowed the Lord to come down and liaise with Abraham. As the altar of God had been built and established in Abraham's life we then continue to see how Jacob discovered that same altar. This highlights how altars can run through your bloodline. Altars can either invite the presence of God or evil spirits. Altars can also be established for the use of witchcraft, evil spells and occult rituals.
Genesis 12: 6 - 7
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. NIV
Genesis 35:7
7 Jacob built an altar there and called it “God of Bethel,” because that was the place where God had appeared to him when he was running from Esau. NIV
Altar's can also be established due to your own personal sin and territorial sin. When we look at Prophet Elijah and how he defeated prophets of baal there was a process he went through. The Prophets of baal were working at the altar giving sacrifices (altar worker). We are altar workers for the Lord as we constantly give ourselves as a living sacrifice.
We must defeat evil altars that have been established in our life in order for us to run the great race of faith. Spiritual warfare is a constant thing, it’s key to have the fundamentals to rage war against evil principalities and rulers.
1 Kings 18: 30 - 33
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” NIV
The Process
We need to first repair the altar of the Lord in our lives. We need to give our lives to the Lord as a living sacrifice and use the blood of Jesus Christ as the blood that speaks over our life.
Hebrews 12:24
24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. NIV
Many altars that have been established over your life can be speaking evil things against you. For example, an altar could be speaking against someone's life saying this,“Rebecca will never be successful no matter what she does”.
An altar could be speaking this kind of wickedness over your life and then sending evil spirits to ensure that those words come to pass. This could be done by sending the spirit of stagnation and delay.
Through the blood of Jesus Christ we can establish an altar of God that speaks better things over our life, the blood of Jesus Christ speaks life and not death. We can attach our destiny to the throne of grace instead of the grave.
Hebrews 4:16
16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. NIV
Remember the thief came to steal, kill and destroy. God sent his son for us to have life more abundantly, it’s important to be attentive to the patterns we see in our life and be spiritually productive.
John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. NIV
Before it manifests in the physical realm it must be done in the spiritual realm first.
Matthew 6: 9 - 13
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11
Give us today our daily bread.
12
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
NIV
Spiritual Warfare, Demonic Attacks
As we know that our fight is not between flesh and blood, we understand that evil spirits will try and torment us.
Have you ever experienced the following?
Your bed shakes during the night, especially when you’re praying.
You try to run in your dream but it feels like you’re running in slow motion.
You try to speak in your dream but your voice is really silent as if you’re struggling to speak.
You feel an evil presence that makes your hair stand up on your body like goosebumps.
You can hear unusual sounds when you’re praying (monitoring spirits).
You dream as if you're falling and you jump in your sleep.
You feel like someone is pulling your leg and you jump in your sleep.
You wake up with unusual scratches that weren’t on your body the night before.
You try to wake up but you can’t move your body (sleep paralysis).
You keep on losing things, struggling to find where you put it.
You can’t remember your dreams.
Your having sexual intercouse/ disturbing dreams when you sleep (wet dreams)
These are some examples of demonic attacks.
As you start to pray and revive your spirit, it triggers these spirits to start attacking you and tormenting you in your sleep or during the day. The warfare starts because the kingdom of darkness knows that their time of keeping you in bondage is up!
Don’t be discouraged when you experience these attacks continue to pray without ceasing. This sequel will equip you with what you need to rage war against the enemy.
In this sequel there will be spiritual warfare prayers combined with prayers that ensure you have a personal relationship with the Lord.
Buckle up children of God- you’re in for a ride!
