The Arm of the Wicked
Prayers
1. The arm of the wicked will not prevail over my life, family, and destiny in the name of Jesus.
2. I prevail over all the works of the arm of the wicked working against my life, family, health, career, academics, business, finances, ministry, and destiny by the power in the blood of Jesus.
It is my prayer that:
The most high God, the man of war, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, will roar, He will prevail over your enemies and give you permanent and resounding victory in the name of Jesus.
Text:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)
It may seem as if we are fighting against the invisible man. You cannot see demonic spirits or the devil, except God opens your eyes. But you can see the effect of their actions. That is why the Bible says in Ephesian 6:12 that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities.
We are not ignorant of his devices, so we are not in the dark.
What is the arm?
· A hand is the part below the wrist with four fingers and a thumb in human anatomy.
· It is separated by the wrist from the forearm.
· An arm is the part that extends from the wrist to the shoulders.
· It is divided into the forearm and the upper arm separated by the elbow.
Who is the wicked?
A power (entity, supernatural, devilish, spirit, person; with capacity or potentially capable of acting against an individual or other persons) who is/are:
· evil or morally wrong.
· intended to or capable of harming someone or something.
· extremely unpleasant.
· evil or morally bad in principle or practice.
· sinful.
· Iniquitous.
· wicked people.
· steeped in wicked habits.
· mischievous or playfully malicious
The International Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) gives this definition of wicked according to the Bible:
· "The state of being wicked; a mental disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honor, virtue; evil in thought and life; depravity; sinfulness; criminality."
A wicked personality is one who has not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, is ruled by carnality, worldliness, self-government, or satanic governance, and has rejected the Lordship of the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Unfortunately, the Bible unequivocally states that unless the wicked repents: The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. (Psalm 9:17)
Also, the Bible states in Proverbs 11:21 that:
Be assured that the wicked (an evil person) will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
The arm of the wicked therefore is the power of the wicked. We will see why and how this is so.
The arm is the supporting infrastructure for the hand.
Today we will be examining some of the nature, impact, and implications of the arm of the wicked.
We will be looking at the hand of the wicked subsequently.
We will also examine later the hand of the Almighty.
In our prayer meetings, we will be destroying effects and impacts of the arm and hands of the wicked and calling on God to bring the mighty arms and hands of Almighty to give us the victory and prevail over the arms and hands of the wicked.
Nature of the arm of the wicked:
Arm of the wicked could be:
1. Strong: Empowered by wicked forces. No matter how strong, the power of God is stronger and supreme to the power of the arm of the wicked.
2. Effective at destroying: God is more than able to preserve His own.
3. Holding people in prolonged bewitchment. For example, in Acts 8:9-24; Simon Magus (Latin) or Simon the magician or Simon the sorcerer in English held the people of Samaria spell bound using a spell. The Bible says he bewitched them for a long time with sorceries. He beguiled them, charmed them, and transfixed them using the arm of the wicked – satanic diabolical powers. God’s mercy delivered the people through Phillip and Peter.
May God rescue you and yours from every form of bewitchment in Jesus’ name.
4. Satanic monitoring and darts of the wicked. In Psalm 91:5-6, the Bible talks about terror by night, arrow that flies by day, pestilence (calamities) that walks in darkness and destruction at noonday. These are works of the wicked engineered by the arm of the wicked.
I heard the story of a man who went to visit his mother in the village. After some time, his mother called him and brought a gadget that looked like an iPad (before iPads became available) and showed him his wife and children who he left in his house in the city.
She then told him that she does not have time to deal with them now as she is busy with other matters, but she would get round to afflicting them soon.
The man got back to the city and started prayer and fasting to ward of the attack from the arm of the wicked.
The terror by night, arrow that flies by day, pestilence (calamities) that walks in darkness and destruction at noonday will not come near you and your family in the name of Jesus.
May every satanic monitoring glass and equipment shatter to pieces in Jesus’ name.
Darts and arrows of the wicked sent against you will not touch you, they will go back to senders a thousand-fold in Jesus’ name.
5. Satanic hinderance: Story of woman who could not marry until her mother ‘released’ her to marry. This was after a prophecy from a man of God that whoever was behind the hinderance to the lady’s marital settlement would die within seven days. When the mother heard that, she agreed to release her daughter to marry. The mother had been afraid that the daughter would stop taking care of her if the daughter gets married. She was assured that the daughter would still take care of her even after marriage.
The arms of the wicked had barricaded the way to marriage of the daughter, the mercy and power of God delivered her.
In any way the arms of the wicked has placed, is placing, or will place satanic hinderances in your way, may the arm of the wicked be shattered and may the way of progress and achievement be clear before you in Jesus’ name.
6. Long-distance manipulation and result manipulation: I heard the story of a student who kept failing his final high school examinations. He would get an “F” in all subjects. He was living in the city hundreds of kilometers away from his village but his results, the outcome of his efforts was being controlled from his village by some powers hundreds of kilometers away.
There is no distance on the spirit.
He would write the exams twice a year and fail all the subjects. This kept going on for a number of years. In a particular year, he was tired and decided to take a break from writing the examinations. However, the examinations body, sent him results stating he had failed all the subjects with “F” for an examination he did not register for nor write.
At that point he knew that an automatic failure mechanism was in place.
So, he travelled home to his village and held a night vigil in his family house, praying through the night, arresting the evil night marauders, and destroying satanic witchcraft powers, so much so that no one was able to sleep that night and they kept appealing to him to stop the prayers. In the morning, he told all in the home including all his father’s wives and women there that he is going back to the city, and he is going to be writing his exams, and should he fail, they would see worse things than what they had seen that night.
He returned to the city, sat for the exams, and passed with flying colours.
The arm of the wicked had established an automatic failure mechanism on his efforts.
Any spell of the wicked upon your life is broken today in the name of Jesus.
Automatic failure or establishment making you move from problem to problem is shattered today in the name of Jesus.
Your efforts will yield good, positive, successful, and beneficial results in Jesus’ name.
Arrows of failure fired at you will go back to senders in Jesus’ name.
7. Haman powers and divination: In Esther 3:7, Haman and his cohorts were casting lots, using divination to determine the best day to attack and destroy God’s people. The arm of the wicked was trying to destroy God’s people. They kept checking each day until they landed on the thirteenth day of 12th month of the year – after over three hundred attempts, as they were going day by day. They were patient and counting the cost to ensure they attacked on a day they will be successful. We thank God that their plans against God’s people failed.
Powers using divination against you shall be confounded and fail in the name of Jesus.
Haman powers that want to destroy you shall be destroyed in the name of Jesus.
Powers planning destruction for you shall be swallowed by that evil plan in the name of Jesus.
8. Evil dreams: The wicked powers sometimes try to manipulate, steal, and destroy through evil dreams. You will not be destroyed in Jesus’ name.
A brother dreamt of spending money in the dream, paying for purchases being made by other people. He was paying for things like alcohol and strong drink which this believer will not normally buy in real life. If unchecked, such a person will be earning money physically but would be unable to account for the money or see anything productive being accomplished with the earnings because it has been spent in the spiritual.
We thank God that God delivered the brother completely and the evil dreams stopped.
When a person dreams (sees into the spiritual world) and evil dreams manifest in the physical it is the work of the arm of the wicked.
The arm of the wicked will not prevail over you and yours in Jesus mighty name.
Powers trying to steal from you will be confounded and destroyed in Jesus’ name.
Powers trying to manipulate you into loss shall be eliminated in the name of Jesus.
Prevailing over the arm of the wicked requires:
· Salvation (Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9-10)
· Holiness/obedience (Leviticus 20:7, 11:44)
· Knowledge of the Word of God (Joshua 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:15)
· Aggressive uncompromising prayers (2 Timothy 2:3-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Psalm 144:1, Psalm 35, Psalm 37)
Prayer:
1. Father do not let the arm of the wicked prevail over my life, family, future, and destiny in the name of Jesus.
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3. Invisible forces working against my life and family, perish by fire in the name of Jesus.
4. Carnality, worldliness, self-government, and satanic governance expire out of my life, family, and destiny in the name of Jesus.
5. Principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places; loose your hold over my life, family, and destiny in the name of Jesus.
6. Lion of the tribe of Judah, our Lord Jesus Christ, arise for my help, help me where I need help, deliver me where I need deliverance in the name of Jesus.
7. Let my adversary fall into the pit they have dug for me and let every net they have spread for me catch their own feet in Jesus’ name.
8. I receive healing and deliverance from every sickness and difficult situation in Jesus’ name.
9. Father lay your hand of healing and deliverance on our loved ones with special needs in Jesus’ name.
10.My life and family are shielded with the blood of Jesus against every attack from the kingdom of darkness in Jesus’ name.
11.I receive the anointing of ease in my endeavors in Jesus’ name.
12.Personal prayer points.
13.Give thanks.
Grace
