“No weapon formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you shall condemn.” (Isaiah 54:17)

One thing that I have been noticing over the first three days of this Fast is that the daily decrees have been leading me to make additional decrees in the same vein.

Here, for example, are some decrees that came out of me on Day 1.
“I decree that ……………….(name of family member) is saved and serving the Lord.”
“I decree that ……………….(name of an agnostic friend) is seeing Jesus for who He really is.”
“I decree that ……………….(an atheist) is encountering the living God.”

You can see how decrees reproduce their kind 🙂

Yesterday’s decree on prosperity birthed more decrees based on other passages of Scripture:
“I decree that the blessing of the Lord makes me rich and He adds no sorrow.” (Proverbs 10:22)
“I decree that the blessing of Abraham is upon me through Jesus, therefore I prosper as he did.” (Galatians 3:13-14)
“I decree that I have all sufficiency in all things and abundance for every good work; I am enriched in every way so that I can be generous on every occasion.” (2 Cor. 9:8, 11)

Get the picture? Feel free to add decrees as you are led and share them with the rest of us, please!

Today’s decree is meant to address two ways in which we may be thwarted from fulfilling our prophetic destiny.

In the first place, Scripture makes it very clear that we are to stand firm “against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:11-12)

In other words, we are under attack by spiritual forces under the command of satan. These “weapons formed against us” are not visible to the human eye as they are wielded in the spiritual realm. They are aimed at our thought life in an attempt to tempt us to do what is not honourable in God’s eyes. These could also include schemes that are being hatched by others (incited by satan) to attack us or make us fall, such as the Jezebel spirit in Revelation 2:20.

A second form of weaponry is more apparent to us. These could be attacks by individuals, viruses that invade our bodies or, in some parts of the world, armed forces. Most of us may not be subject to physical attacks, but wagging tongues can cause a lot of damage (James 3:5-8). Verbal weapons of war can be just as lethal.

That is why we need to exercise our Christ-given authority and decree these words from Isaiah 54:17: NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER AND I WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT ACCUSES ME.

Feel free to decree this over your family, pastor or other leader, your church, etc. I would also recommend Psalm 91 as a good source of additional decrees in the same vein. Are there other similar decrees that you could share with us? Thanks in advance.