Leading Prayer Ministry 

Instructions for leaders of individual prayer ministry
     --at the end of the seminar.
We have talked all week—now is the time for prayer! Remember the heart is still broken wherever hurt or pain is still felt in the memory. Only Jesus can heal the broken heart—prayers of repentance and reconciliation are necessary for Him to be able to do His work.

• Introduce yourself and your prayer partner(s)

• Pray to open the session.

• 2 questions to ask to help them get focused. It is OK to start with where they are at (present fruit), but always be looking for the roots (which often go way back).

What key issue(s) are you still struggling with?
Where does it still hurt?

• If they are not sure, begin with their earliest relationships and earliest memories. Then take the pain and apply the keys of the kingdom once you ask them: “are you willing to pray/forgive/confess/believe?” (whichever is needed)

1. Repent (of any agreements with the enemy) and receive forgiveness.
2. Repent (of the sin of un-forgiveness) and give forgiveness
3. Repent (of any unbelief) and choose to believe God’s truth as it applies.

• When the prayers are completed, rebuke any spirits you discern, then pray for God to heal the broken heart, and ask Him to speak to them.

• Allow time for the Lord to speak. Ask what they have heard.

• Close with prayers of thanksgiving and infilling.

• Remind them to “walk it out”!

Suggestions for difficult passages
In your ignorance, you sinned. In their ignorance, they sinned against you.
Are you willing to forgive? If not, are you willing to confess that as sin?

• Let the Holy Spirit convict—do not “force” recognition of a sin upon them.

• If they will not take steps to forgive, gently speak to them about the necessity of forgiveness and let them know that we cannot minister beyond that point.

• Ask if they will at least pray the “Lord, help me want to want to forgive them prayer” as an invitation to God to begin working with their hearts.

Model prayer by the person seeking ministry

Father, I renounce _________ in the generations of my fathers and I repent of having walked in it myself.  I repent of my own sin(s) of ___________ .  Forgive me and break its power over me.

Model prayer by the leader

In the name of Jesus I come against any spirits or curses in the generations of your fathers that are associated with __________ .   I break your power and cast you out and I cut through all ties of generational bondage to _______ in Jesus name.

In the name of Jesus I take authority over all spirits associated with______ . Come out from the core of their being. I break your power and I cast you out in Jesus’ name by the power of his Spirit. (and by the power of his shed blood)

Guidelines for ministry team members

• There is to be one team leader who will do the interviewing and leads the prayers. Others on the team are there to pray and to discern, writing down what they discern and passing it to the leader (speaking only with permission). One person will act as scribe to keep a not too detailed record of the ministry and to write down the scriptures ministered to give to the person being helped.

• Know that the person’s healing and progress in the Lord does not depend upon you. Let the weight of the concern for the ministry time truly fall on Him.

• Begin with introductions. Open with prayer. Encourage them with appropriate scriptures and by reinforcing their faith with reminders that God loves them and wants to heal and free them. 

• Because we will only have 20 minutes for ministry with each person, focus on one key issue that is still unresolved. Do not let them ramble or go into a lot of personal history—keep them and yourself focused on the one issue. 

• This is not a time for your own testimony, for preaching or teaching, or for counseling. Seek to identify the spirits behind a stronghold that they have been wrestling with this week and then minister to help them receive deliverance.

• Think of this ministry as ministering scriptures and ministering by prayer—this is not a time for counseling (which we do not do for legal liability reasons) or for teaching (which they have had a lot of already this week).

• Be careful how and where you touch people. Ask permission to lay on hands. Don’t pressure people to repent, if they aren’t ready. Refrain from praying out loud in tongues to avoid confusion or giving offense.

• Leaders: once the spirits are discerned, show where they need to fall out of agreement, lead them in renunciations for generational sin and individual sin. Then break the power of any curses and cast out the spirits. Remember that forgiveness of others must come first, before self forgiveness can truly be ministered.

• Make sure they have come to at least a measure of peace and release before closing. Finally, bless them and pray for infilling. Encourage them and remind them of the journey to freedom that now lies before them.