I am so tired of war. Laura and I just are not clicking right now. In fact, we dont even like each other. The devil sucks.
I put out the 911 to Rich Harris and Vicki and Amy to intercede for us.
Amy sent this back:
John & Laura,
Sunday night when I was praying for you and I saw an image of the two of you floating face to face. You were wrapped with what I thought was a red string, but as I got closer to you I could see it was a like a clear artery carrying blood. It was the blood of Christ wrapped around the two of you, but when one of you struggled to pull away it would get tight in another area and cause pain for one or both of you. The devil was standing beside the two of you with a very sharp set of silver scissors and said to the two of you, “I will gladly cut the blood. Just say the word.” He is prowling around the two of you and seeking your permission. Do NOT give him an inch!
Since seeing this vision on Sunday, Amy and I have been praying (together and separately) for you. I’m attaching Amy’s Prayer Journal to this email. The one thing she and I agree on is that neither of the two of you is the other’s enemy (our battle is not against flesh and blood). You are stronger together than apart and we say ‘no’ to the blood supply being cut off. That blood supply is strong and firm; it is the foundation of the Rock. We are praying for peace, knowledge, wisdom and for the Lord’s intervention.
Submit fully to the Lord and remember that neither of you has everything you need – he sent you out 2×2 for protection (Mark 6:7) and power (Deuteronomy 32:30). That’s why the enemy wants you separated and constantly at odds with each other.
Also, remember that righteous anger is the only anger acceptable to God.
Ephesians 4:26N (NIV)
26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
From Amy:
There is a very in-depth prayer of demonic release and healing that you might want to pray together to deal with any external attacks of the enemy.
I do sense that your issues are both internal (the lies) and external (spiritual oppression). The attached prayer (Demonic Release) is very in-depth and includes terminology that is may be unknown to you.
Amy’s Prayer Journal
John Stein
Aug 3, 2014
Oppression
There appears to be spiritual oppression in yourselves from within and from the outside. There are lies that you and Laura believe about yourselves and each other that hinder your relationship. Ask the Lord to reveal the things that you have each told yourself that are not true….about yourself or your spouse. For example: if a woman was abused as a child by a man and was told….you can’t ever tell anyone or I will hurt you even more, the child (now a woman) could hold onto the lie that she can’t tell anyone her deepest hurts and wounds because they have to be kept a secret. This type of lie will hinder communications with anyone…especially her husband. Lies can be the result of trauma or simple day to day living. Ask the Lord to remind you each of the things that you have believed about yourself or about relationship situations that negatively affect your marriage.
John 8
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Focus
I hear the word “Focus”. Heb 12:1-3 I am praying for your ability to stay focused on Jesus and the Word in all that you do so that you stay focused on the right things at the right time without distraction.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
The Message version Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
Building your business should be as building the house of the Lord….fixed on him as you build…knowing that God will test you along the way. Are you willing to fully submit to His commands?
1Chr 29: 16 – 19 16 “O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own. 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You. 18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You. 19 And give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple[c] for which I have made provision.”