This is for all Christians with a child or relative - someone you love - who is in bondage to drugs, alcohol, porn, overeating... anything that has become an idol in their lives.

Greater is He who is IN YOU than he who is in the world (that is, Satan, roaming about like a roaring lion, seeking anyone he may devour). Even if your loved one is in jail, God STILL has  a plan for them and He is NOT wringing His hands over their future. His plan is for good and not evil all the days of their life.

Give thanks at all times. Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS. What can Satan do with Christians who are praising God in the midst of turmoil? I'd move on down the road, wouldn't you? So, go on... make him CRAZY! Resist the devil and he will flee. He will grow weary of the Name above all names if you'll use it unceasingly on your loved one's behalf. It's called "intercession" and means "to stand in the gap."

You will declare a thing and it will come to pass. So, declare that person FREE from the bondages of addiction. Death and life are in the power of your tongue! Pray aloud and with EXPECTATION, regardless of what you see (or don't see)! Remember, if a wild hog got loose in your home, what would you do? Kick him out, kill it... but he has no right to be there. You can NOT co-exist under the same roof! So, call those things that are NOT as though they ARE! If your loved one is addicted, call him or her FREE! Those who the Son sets free are free indeed! Pray without ceasing, until you see the fruit of a changed life. 

Are you in it to win it, for the duration? Do you REALLY "have their back"? Are YOU a gap-stander, or a by-stander?

Make that intercession and make it regularly, in faith, believing God's Word is true and that He DOES hear your prayers. Again, don't be blinded by anything you see or hear from them or about them. This is between YOU and the Father.

Let's give 'em Heaven!

Every blessing,

Michael Tummillo

Founder, The Church @ Work