Gateway Worship Center: November 8, 2015----At War Against The Spirit of Religion

November 8, 2015

I’M AT WAR WITH THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT by Apostle Axel Sippach:

There’s an old adage that says “choose your battles wisely.” And one battle as an apostle that I’m engaged in on a regular basis is with the religious spirit. I cannot stand this spirit and am fed up with its destructive effect on emerging leaders, along with many others. It works with witchcraft, deception, seduction, control and manipulation.

It seeks to imprison you in a box of limitations to keep you manageable, or enslave you on the plantation for personal gain. It wants to keep the church at status quo – not progressing forward. It will quench your creativity and innovation.
It will stifle your dreams and cloud your vision. It doesn’t care about your life or your future. It wants to derail your journey to destiny. And attempts to close every open door of opportunity you have along the way.

It always says wait – wait – wait – wait, and then after you have waited and waited, it says – now you’ve waited too long – ha ha ha, you’re washed up now.
I hate this spirit!! I have seen this pattern over and over again for more than 30 years – and it’s always the same. IT IS WITCHCRAFT!

The Apostle Paul had to deal with this spirit in the Church of the Galatians. In Galatians 3:1 he is so upset he says “You foolish Galatians – WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU????”

He says what is wrong with you? How can you let yourselves come under this spell? This is witchcraft! You started in the Spirit, and now you want to try and perfect your salvation through the flesh? You see, Paul had been building them up with the message of New Covenant grace in Christ – the “good news” revelation he had received from Jesus Christ.

But then after he would leave, Judaisers from the Jerusalem Church would come, saying they had letters of commendation from James or the Jerusalem elders, and preach a contrary message to enslave them back to the law, telling them they could not be saved unless they came in through the law of Moses and got circumcised first. Paul said in Galatians 5:7 “You were running a good race WHO CUT IN ON YOU???”

Please DO NOT ALLOW this religious spirit operating through people to keep you from the truth, NOR to derail your destiny and future. As you can see, I’m pretty stirred up here, BUT I FEEL AN ANOINTING FROM THE HOLY GHOST while writing this, and I want to pray for some of you who need this spell broken off of your lives:

Father, in Jesus mighty Name I take authority over this deceptive destructive religious spirit that has held anyone captive reading this post, and I command it to loose you NOW. I break the power of its spell off of your mind and your spirit. May the Spirit of Truth invade your mind and make you free right now – and let the anointing break every ungodly yoke of witchcraft!!!

I command your darkness to flee and pray the light would now flood your being, and that the revelation of who you are in Christ and what you destiny is in Christ would now replace all deceptive lies of the enemy.

I DECLARE YOUR DELIVERANCE AND FREEDOM IN CHRIST AND DECREE THE WORD THAT SAYS THAT THE THIEF NOW FOUND MUST RESTORE 7 TIMES.

Father – do a work of acceleration by your Spirit and take those free quickly to the place where they are supposed to be in this season concerning their destiny. Let them finish this year strong, and enter 2016 with strong faith pursuing you and all you have planned for them with wild abandon ready to see great fulfillment. Thank you Father. In Jesus Name!!! AMEN! LET IT BE SO!!
Axel Sippach

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