An arrow is an injurious
weapon that has capacity to cause a damage or death on a living object.
- Spiritual arrows are
invisible attacks from the kingdom of darkness to specific or unspecified
targets. Specific targets are those that the enemy intended to harm with their
arrows, while the unspecified are those that were not intended by the enemy but
the arrow got to them by accident or by coincident.
- Whether you are a
specified target or unspecified, if you are washed by the Blood of Jesus, you
have a promised to be protected from flying arrows.
- We shall look into this
study under three sub-headings:
1. Classification of flying
arrows.
2. Criteria for attacks by
flying arrows.
3. Conditions for
overcoming attacks by flying arrows.
1. CLASSIFICATION OF FLYING
ARROWS
1. Arrow of death.
- An arrow of death is one
sent to kill people before time. 2 Kings 4:18-22:
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father
to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a
lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. And she went up, and laid
him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. And
she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young
men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
- The boy here had no
symptoms of any sickness or infirmity, but suddenly he cried out because a
flying arrow attacked his head, and in no time, the boy died. That is an arrow
of death, we may not know the source or the reason behind it, but it got to the
boy and killed him.
- Many people had been
killed through an arrow of death in this manner or the other. Some people while
sleeping without any prior sickness will not be able to wake up again but will
die from their sleep. Some of the ghastly motor accidents or plane crashes that
has taken away many lives are as a result of an arrow of death again one or
more individual in the vehicle or the aircraft. A lot of mishap such as fire
accident, building collapsing on some people, flood disasters claiming lives,
and so on could be a product of an arrow of death form the kingdom of darkness.
- Sometimes this arrow of
death can stay for a while in a person before it will eventually kill the
person. For instance some people being attended to in the hospital already have
an arrow of death in their bodies, so after wasting money on laboratory
investigations and treatments, they will eventually die. If this arrow could be
recognized before hand’ it could be prevented or extracted from the body of the
victim and the intended death will be annulled.
- Call upon the name of
Jesus three times and ask the fire of the Holy Spirit to destroy any arrow of
death shot against you, and confess that you will live and not die in Jesus
name..
2. Arrow of Affliction.
- When an arrow of
affliction is sent to a target, it will result in various afflictions and
oppressions, most of which will not respond to any physical means of solving
the problem, unless when they are properly diagnosed spiritually and tackled
with fervent prayer under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Luke 8:43-48:
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her
living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and
touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with
him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou,
Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that
virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came
trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the
people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately.
And he said unto her,
Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
- The woman had a seemingly
medical condition but failed to respond to medical care and attention, only the
anointing of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus could break the yoke and set
the woman free.
- This kind of arrow
includes epileptic attack of spiritual origin. By the grace of God, I met a
young lady in a higher institution some years back who was attacked with the
spirit of epilepsy by her step mother. All efforts to get her cured were
without success. Several times she will be disgraced among her colleagues
manifesting this spirit. But under the Holy Spirit anointing, this yoke was
totally destroyed and the lady was permanently set free to the glory of God.
Arrow of affliction can also be an attack with the spirit of madness. A woman
was attacked by this spirit sometimes ago, and she started removing her cloth
in order to go naked into the street, but she was quickly noticed and rushed to
the hospital to receive a medical attention. While in the hospital, there will
be a temporary relief, and the problem will aggravate again. When this problem
was discerned to be an arrow from the devil, this woman was prayed for under
the anointing of the Holy Spirit and she was totally set free.
3. Arrow of confusion and
division.
- This arrow is capable of
separating chief friends. Acts 15:36-41:
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our
brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how
they do. And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was
Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them
from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so
sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so
Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; And Paul chose Silas, and departed,
being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. And he went through
Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
- Paul and Barnabas called
to work together by the Holy Spirit were actually doing fine in the work committed
unto them, until this arrow of division came against them. The argument became
so sharp that they could no longer work together and has to choose another
companion for themselves.
- This type of arrow can
also cause division in marriages. Husband and wife that have been enjoying
their lives together according to the plan of God will suddenly begin to work
against each other due to hatred and bitterness caused by the arrow of
division. Whenever contentions become so sharp in the home of a believer, this
arrow should be recognized and sent back to the sender, before leading to
breakages of homes.
- There can also be
division among family members, the father or mother against the child, a
brother or sister against another or even division or disunity in the church of
God. The brethren rising up against one another or against their leaders or
sometimes strong clashes among leadership leading to breakages and the starting
up of new local assemblies. All these are not the mind of God for us. But if we
fail to recognize this arrow and use our authority against it, God will not be
responsible for any damages recorded. Pray that the fire of the Holy Ghost will
destroy any arrow of division or confusion against your home, family and local
congregation in Jesus name.
4. Arrow of
character-disorder
- This arrow is making
people to misbehave when there is no reason for it or where they should not
have misbehaved. John 13:2: And supper being ended, the devil having now put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; John 13:26-27:
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou
doest, do quickly.
- This arrow was shot
against Judas, and he made a move of betraying his master for monetary gain.
Under normal circumstances, Judas would not have thought of doing that. But
under the influence of this satanic arrow he did it and forfeit the kingdom of
God. Many people have lost great opportunity and blessings due to the influence
of this arrow.
- We can also see the case
of Vashti, who lost the kingdom due to misbehavior. Esther 1:10-12:
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he
commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas,
the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, To
bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people
and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. But the queen Vashti
refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was
the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- No one could understand
why Vashti under a joyful celebration would refuse the king’s request. The king
thought of showing off with her beauty, a thing that should make Vashti to feel
high and honoured, yet she refused and lost the kingdom. I see this as a
satanic arrow against her glory, although it works for the good of Esther and consequently
for the good of the whole Jews. This is because God can move through any
situation to show goodness to His own people.
5. Arrow of devourer.
- This kind of arrow is
sent to attack somebody’s wealth and properties. It can come as a result of sudden
mishap resulting in great loses, or a collapse of business with great
shortage. Job 1:13-19: And there was a day when his sons and his
daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: And
there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses
feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea,
they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and
said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and
the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans
made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away,
yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and
said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest
brother's house: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and
smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they
are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
- This arrow entered into
Job’s life and all he had labored for over several years were ruined within a
shot period of time.
- Other manifestations of
this type of arrow is for somebody to be making money, but unable to have good
accountability for the money, or whenever somebody who has been saving money
for something good and an unexpected bad thing happen that will warrant the
diversion of his savings.
- One way God promised to
rebuke devourer for our sake is through our faithfulness in paying tithes and
offerings. Malachi 3:8-12: Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But
ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed
with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit
before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall
call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
6. Arrow of generational
stronghold and curses.
- This kind of arrow is
known for causing a cycle of evil within the family. It can be a particular
kind of sickness or diseases that is common within a family, or people dying
young within a family, having delay in marriage or childbearing, or difficulty
in having breakthroughs within the family. It may be as a result of a curse
pronounced upon the family or the generation at a particular time. For instance
when Elisha pronounced a curse on Gehazi, the curse was also to include the
seeds of Gehazi forever. 2 Kings 5:20-6:1:
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath
spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought:
but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. So
Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he
lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? And he said,
All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to
me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I
pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. And Naaman said, Be
content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in
two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants;
and they bare them before him. And when he came to the tower, he took them from
their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they
departed. But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto
him, whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. And
he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from
his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments,
and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto
thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
7. Arrow of destiny
manipulation.
- This kind of arrow is
arranged to alter the divine course of life. Certain wicked people are able to
see a bright glory ahead of the person and they can do something to exchange,
or prevent the glory from showing forth, and if they are not confronted by the
power of the Holy Spirit after experiencing a new birth in Christ, they may
cause a permanent damage. The brothers of Joseph were afraid of his dreams
because they understood he was going to have a brighter future than them, so
they attempted to kill him and eventually sold him to a strange land. If not
for God, the divine course of Joseph’s life could have been altered, but God
moved through the situations to fulfill His purpose in his life. You too can
experience a lasting victory over destiny manipulators by completely
surrendering your life to Christ, and praying under Holy Spirit anointing to
recover your destiny from the hands of the manipulators.
- Sometimes this kind of
arrow will make somebody to experience terrible failures and setbacks in
various aspects of lives. There can also be oppositions both in the physical
and in the spiritual against somebody’s success and breakthroughs, when under
the influence of this kind of arrow.
2. CRITERIA FOR ATTACKS BY
FLYING ARROWS
1. Unshielded or
unprotected life.
- Certain conditions make
somebody to become unshielded and such people can not enjoy divine protection
against the arrow of the enemy. This include when a man is not genuinely born
again and washed by the blood of Jesus, or when somebody born again is living
in one ore more un-confessed or un-repented sins. The only way out is to
confess your sins and repent from them all, then to receive Jesus as your Lord
and personal saviour.
2. Luke warmness and
prayerlessness.
- When a believer is not
consistent in serving the Lord fervently, not regular in church attendance and
healthy fellowship with other Christians, he will be exposed to attacks by the
arrows of the devil. Moreover, carelessness in the area of prayer will make one
to be weak spiritually and liable to attacks by satanic arrows.
3. Not putting on the whole
armour.
- Ephesians
6:10-13: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore take unto
you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
- God, who understands the
nature of our battle, and our inability to fight this battle with our own
power, has made available unto us suitable armour, and He is encouraging us to
put on the whole armour at all times. Failure to put this armour on or putting
on alternative armour would result in defeat and total downfall.
4. Ignorance of satanic
devices and of spiritual authority.
- When we are ignorance of
satanic devices and strategies, the devil can take advantage of us, and he will
succeed in launching several attacks against us and our breakthroughs. God has
given us the Holy Spirit who knows every deep and hidden thing and can reveal
them to us.
- Another area we could be
ignorant is in the area of spiritual authority God has given us over the devil
and all his agents. Luke 10:18-19: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as
lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.
- Jesus has given us power
to challenge and overcome the devil and all his agents; we should therefore be
bold to use the power we have to destroy all the works of the enemy in our
lives and against our lives.
5. Un-cleared legal grounds
- Sometimes the devil
claims a legal ground and basses to carry out his evil plans against us. This
is because certain areas where we cooperate with him or give him a chance
either consciously or unconsciously make us to loose divine protection and
liable to his attack. The Bible says who so ever breaks a hedge, the serpent
shall bite him. These legal grounds can come as a result of possession of
satanic properties knowingly or unknowingly, which we buy, borrows, or receives
as a gift from someone. For instance, there was a case of a lady who receives a
satanic ring as a gift, and as a result, she could not be totally delivered
from a serious demonic oppression, not until the ring was removed and
destroyed.
6. Unforgiven spirit, root
of bitterness and malice.
- Colossians
3:9-13: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ
is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel
against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
- God gave us instruction
in His words not to allow bitterness, anger and unforgiveness. Any time we
allow these in our lives show our disobedience to God and the devil can take
advantage of those periods to send an arrow against our lives.
3. CONDITIONS FOR
OVERCOMING ATTACKS BY FLYING ARROWS
- For us to overcome
attacks by flying arrows, we need to take the following step consistently and
seriously:
1. Pleading the blood of
Jesus for covering.
- The blood of Jesus
remains the greatest weapon against the devil that can never loose its potency
and power. Revelation 12:11:And they overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto
the death.
2. Fervency in prayer and
diligent in warfare prayer.
-We must be fervent in our
prayers at all times and be diligent in warfare prayers which should be
supported with fasting to challenge the devil and to undo all his activities in
our lives. James 5:16-18: Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we
are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the
heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
3. Clearing all the legal
grounds.
- Cancel all former
agreements with false prophets and occultist people. If you still have their
properties with you, pray very well and release all to a servant of God to
destroy. A man came to our meeting one day for deliverance, but was still
keeping a special perfume he received from a false prophet in his house. To the
glory of God, this secrete was revealed and he was asked to go and bring this
material. We burnt it in fire before he could totally be set free. Release all
satanic objects and materials within your reach for prayer. These include all
objects given to you for power, protection, or good fortune.
4. Maintaining a healthy
relationship with Christ.
- Isaiah 54:17:
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that
shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of
the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
- Those who walk in God’s
righteousness has a covenant of peace, protection and power over their lives,
and because God is a covenant keeping God, the attacks of the devil can never
prevail over their lives.
5. Extracting all arrows
and sending them back.
- All arrows that get into
your body by any means must be extracted by the power in the blood of Jesus and
sent back to the camp of the enemy. This is always evident by the taking away
of previous afflictions and oppressions from the devil.
6. Putting on the whole
armour.
- As said before, the whole
armour of God is God’s provision for His children, it must be put on at all
times in order to be victorious against the wiles of the enemies.
7. Having no fellowship
with the works of darkness.
- 2 Corinthians
6:14-18: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion
hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what
part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.
- We must make up our minds
to live for God whole heartedly and consistently, if we will maintain our
deliverance and continue to enjoy His divine protection over our lives.
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CONTACT THE MAN OF GOD FOR DEEP DELIVERANCE (READ BELOW):
ARE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING HAPPENING REGULARLY TO YOU OR IN ANY AREA OF YOUR LIFE?
1. You always miss the timing of good things, either by omission or commission?
2. You are promised help or favour by people, but before they can help you, bad things happen to them making them unable to fulfil their promises to you.
3. On the day you are invited to receive a favour or help, things beyond your control or things you don’t understand mysteriously or forcibly keeps you from going to the place of help or blessing.
4. In the midst of many people, you are always singled out for rebuke, reprimand, query, suspension, retrenchment or victimization for no just cause.
5. You are always punished for other people’s crimes and offences.
6. People somehow find it difficult to help you. They’ll rather give their help to someone else who is less deserving.
7. You or others make great efforts to make something or an occasion very successful only for you to make a little silly mistake that ruins the whole thing.
8. You always have last minute disappointments.
9. Despite your gifts, talents and potentials, men find it easy to forget, ignore or bypass you; or even use and dump you.
10. Your progress is not commensurate with your efforts (your input always exceeds the output, no matter what you do).
11. In the midst of many people, you are the one disaster strikes all the time.
12. You are always visited with regular and repeated tragedies or near death situations.
13. You repeatedly loose opportunities for political, business, financial or educational rising?
14. You labour and when it is time to reap, something somehow will push you out of place and you start again. And you keep starting things and never finishing.
15. With all you good character, sweet, loving and caring nature, your relationships or marriage is in shambles. Breakups and heartbreak pains all the time. Everything you do, it is seen and looked upon with serious fault....!
16. You do good, but you are paid back seriously with evil, and your life is full of deep hatred from people.
16. Any other repeatedly unpleasant experience that you feel no one will understand.
2. You are promised help or favour by people, but before they can help you, bad things happen to them making them unable to fulfil their promises to you.
3. On the day you are invited to receive a favour or help, things beyond your control or things you don’t understand mysteriously or forcibly keeps you from going to the place of help or blessing.
4. In the midst of many people, you are always singled out for rebuke, reprimand, query, suspension, retrenchment or victimization for no just cause.
5. You are always punished for other people’s crimes and offences.
6. People somehow find it difficult to help you. They’ll rather give their help to someone else who is less deserving.
7. You or others make great efforts to make something or an occasion very successful only for you to make a little silly mistake that ruins the whole thing.
8. You always have last minute disappointments.
9. Despite your gifts, talents and potentials, men find it easy to forget, ignore or bypass you; or even use and dump you.
10. Your progress is not commensurate with your efforts (your input always exceeds the output, no matter what you do).
11. In the midst of many people, you are the one disaster strikes all the time.
12. You are always visited with regular and repeated tragedies or near death situations.
13. You repeatedly loose opportunities for political, business, financial or educational rising?
14. You labour and when it is time to reap, something somehow will push you out of place and you start again. And you keep starting things and never finishing.
15. With all you good character, sweet, loving and caring nature, your relationships or marriage is in shambles. Breakups and heartbreak pains all the time. Everything you do, it is seen and looked upon with serious fault....!
16. You do good, but you are paid back seriously with evil, and your life is full of deep hatred from people.
16. Any other repeatedly unpleasant experience that you feel no one will understand.
SPECIAL NOTE ON DEEP DELIVERANCE:
There can be shallow deliverance, partial deliverance, unfinished deliverance; but people of destiny NEEDS DEEP PROPHETIC DELIVERANCE TO THE ROOT OF THE MATTERS OF THEIR LIVESMany Persistently Wrong Things That Happens In People’s Lives Are Answerable To An Understanding of DEEP PROPHETIC DELIVERANCE . Not just going to a deliverance and falling down and getting up…No! Or someone prophesying to you...NO! Deep Prophetic Deliverance Deals With Issues With A Root-of-The-Matter Approach and Ministration, That Whatever Be The Case, The Secrets of The Enemy Is Exposed and Your Total Life and Destiny, Marriage, Finance, Star, Talent, Business, Family or Ministry Is Reset For Maximum Fulfillment. IN ALL, GOD IS GLORIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. JESUS CHRIST HAS NEVER STOP BEING THE ANSWER.Anything offered to you beyond what Jesus Christ Has Done and Is Still Doing Is A Greater Bondage.
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