The spiritual battlefield is littered with wounded believers who consistently and foolishly count on others to pray for them and their families.
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The toll of this ill-advised over-dependence is enormous in terms of wasted hope, wasted time, and wasted money.
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Look at this email I received a while ago:
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"Prayer for my son's deliverance from addictions"
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"Good afternoon Man of God. My Son has been struggling with drug and substance abuse for a long time.
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In 2018 he went to South Africa for rehabilitation, but in 2019 upon coming back from SA, he relapsed into his old life style.
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Prior to his going for rehab, I took him for prayers to various men and women of God, all has been in vain.
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I've also prayed every kind of prayer, and I'm still at it, giving up is not an option, Â which is why I'm reaching out to your ministry to stand with me.
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I would greatly appreciate your support, Â in Jesus mighty name."
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I constantly receive thousands of this kind of emails.
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So I checked her record.
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She signed up for the Prayer Academy in 2010 (that's 12 years ago).
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And then promptly abandoned the prayers.
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A few months later she asked for prayers on this same issue.
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I saw something disturbing about her so I wrote back:
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Thank you for your email.
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I checked and found that you have not been consistent with the Prayer Academy.
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Why? If you have not completed the Academy, how can I be sure you've learned to pray the way I teach?
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Some of the lessons were not even opened. The assignments were not completed.
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Do you understand what this says to me?
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Please kindly reply.
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God bless you
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elisha
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At that level she was forced to admit she didn't do the prayers at all.
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After that she dropped off completely.
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Only to show up 3 days ago ... over a decade later ... with the same problem!
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I sympathize with her but there's really nothing I can do to help her at this point.
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After roaming around the world for 12 years she is back with the same stubborn problem or even worse.
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What if she had done what we advise on this site?
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Which is ...
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To join as many prayer riots as she can, drawing from the support and encouragement from other eagles day after day inside the Forum.
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Week after week ... month after month.
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That problem would have been history by now.
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Not only that --
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By now, she would most likely have become her own personal prophet, and a terror to the camp of the enemy.
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Many of the eagles came here with worse problems.
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Some came with the mindset of looking for others to pray for them (not really interested in learning to pray for themselves and their loved ones at all).
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But after watching the way we roll ...
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They decided enough is enough.
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They made a decision to NOT fold their arms and watch the enemy steal their blessings anymore.
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They began to flex their spiritual muscles and the enemy quickly learned they mean business.
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Their eyes opened and they saw the hidden ladder the enemy had been using to climb into their lives and wreak havoc.
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Result?
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I get emails like this:
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"This is a great opportunity to be in the Lord’s presence.  love this ministry - it emphasizes prayer, righteousness and holiness.
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I no longer enjoy petty sins like gossip, slander and backbiting because of this ministry.
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I once used to be a Christian who could do everything just like anybody else, castigate people, slander, envy etc and pray expecting miracles but to no avail.
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This is the type of teaching that the churches are lacking.
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The instructions alone for the program are a message on its own.
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I would NOT have made it to Heaven despite being a Christian if I had died before knowing Firesprings ministry and Elisha Goodman because I led a life filled with zeal but without knowledge.
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I serve a God of mercy who gives people second chances."
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- Martha, Malawi
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(She is talking about her experience when she was at the Prayer Academy).
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Before the Academy...
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She says: I was living a life of zeal without knowledge.
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Now that's scary.
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Does that describe anyone you know?
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Congratulations for even reading this email.
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You are making a generational investment because prayer never dies.
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You're ready to forgo much (sleep, finances, leisure) for something of eternal value.
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Once again ... congratulations for joining us.
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Zeph 3:17:
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The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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Before I share one "dangerous" prayer bullet with you...
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*** To Eagles of the 24-Hour Blog  ***
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Congratulations.
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We shift the theater of action to the Forum.
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Meet at the Forum tonight.
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We ride at midnight.