Mike Connell Ministries

God promises to direct our steps, as we trust Him and listen to His voice. Many people, fearful about the future, pay money to a fortune-teller to receive information (divination). They prostitute themselves with evil spirits - they pay money for information and receive a spirit into their body. Lev 20:6 warns of the dangers of this. We are not made for evil spirits. If you have opened your life up, you can be set free - like the girl in Acts 16:16

Sometimes an area of our life has become "withered", or without life, just like the man in Mark 3, who had a withered hand. We tend to conceal, or hide in shame, when we feel like this. To restore the man in the story, Jesus required 2 "action steps": 1) Bring the problem right out into the open 2) A stretch of faith - doing what Jesus asks us to do. The healing is "in the stretch"!

In John 5 , Jesus likens us to sheep - this message gives several ways this is true! One similarity is that sometimes sheep are "cast", lying down, unable to move, unable to function. If we are lying down we may have many excuses, feel a victim, and be waiting for something to happen. However, like the man in this story, who had been waiting 38 years for help, we need to answer this same question Jesus asked: Do you want to be made whole? We have the power of choice - to receive Jesus and have the power of sin broken.

The widow of Nain ( Luke 7 ) was in a place of great grief and without hope for her future, no-one could comfort her. Maybe you too are locked into grief feeling numb and disconnected. Our God is a God of comfort, and a God of all hope. Set-backs are not the end. Let Christ in - He is able to breathe into a place of death, and bring life and fresh vision. Jesus still works miracles, and restores a broken heart.

In 1 Kings 19 we find Elijah had yielded to fear and intimidation, and drawn back from his God-given assignment. We then get one of those "God Questions". He knows the answer, but wanted Elijah to think about where he was at, to recognize his distorted thinking, and to get back to his assignment, which included raising up others to fulfill the ministry. What are you doing here? Elijah had chosen to yield to fear, withdraw from his assignment, sit down, become passive and isolate at the crucial point when he needed to press forward. Sound familiar? Learn to recognize the signs of pressure.

In Malachi 4 God prophetically declared the condition on the earth in our time - breakdown in family relationships, destruction and broken-hearts. The problem lies in our heart. We don't have to live out of disappointment and pain. God wants to heal the broken-hearted and TURN our hearts. We can resolve issues of the heart. King David and his wife Michal both suffered injustice from King Saul, but their heart response determined their destiny. Discover powerful keys for accessing God's promises and blessing. It's not automatic, it requires a response.

Jn 1:29 "Behold - the lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world" has little meaning for people today, but for the Israelites who applied the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts (Ex.12) it was tremendously significant. When the destroyer saw the blood, they were protected, and 430 years of slavery finished. Jesus is God's provision for our sinfulness, and His blood still speaks. Get a fresh revelation of the power of the blood of Jesus for your freedom.

In Numbers 21, the children of Israel became bitter in their heart and started complaining against Moses. Their sin released fiery serpents which bit the people and released poison into their system. Their was only one remedy for the bite of the serpent - fixing their eyes, with faith in their heart, on God's provision.The same power is available to you today -the power of the cross for curses.

In Exodus 15, we follow the journey of God's people who came out of the slavery of Egypt to the promised land. When they met difficult circumstances we see what was in their heart - all the "fruit" of bitterness. If the fruit is there, the root is there. Test yourself. Do you think like a slave or a son? We can focus on injustice and choose to be bitter, or respond to God's provision and embrace grace.

Acts 16:16 tells a story about a woman who was tormented by an evil spirit - a python spirit, or spirit of divination. Many people came to her city, a centre of Arts, wanting to know their future, and she made a lot of money for her owners by fortune-telling. What is the source of this power? How does it gain access to our lives? What does the Bible say about our destiny? How can we be set free?

Understand God's design for a blessed life, and about the deep impact on our spirit and soul of sexual sin. Learn how to break bondages, minister deliverance, and rebuild damaged lives.

People trade with evil spirits for knowledge, power or protection and end up in bondage.Learn how to recognize occult bondage and how to set people free,

Understand Generational Iniquity and Curses, recognize when it is operating in a person's life, and learn how to minister to help a person be set free.

Things from the unseen realm of the spirit, make their way into the physical world, by speaking words. Your words have power to shape your world, they have already shaped your world, and shape it today. With a heart man believes, with the mouth man confesses to salvation. Death and life are imparted to people through words, because there's a spirit content to it. The word of God has power to change your life. The mixture of meditating and speaking is what causes the word to become alive, and energised in your life.

Jesus started His ministry by picking 12 men and disciplining them through His life, giving them authority over all the power of the enemy. Jesus then commissioned 70 to go out to Preach the Gospel, Heal the Sick and Cast out Demons; and then many others also. Now the power of the Holy Spirit is available to every believer to carry out this ministry.

We are encouraged in ministry when situations seem not work out as we expect, for instance when someone won’t listen, they run away or manifest loudly without cooperating. This session also outlines the structure of the demonic world, their hierarchy, and where demons can go legally after they have been cast out. We are encouraged that when Jesus returns again that for a period of time the demonic influence will be restrained. During or before taking part in the ministry of deliverance we must be prepared for a spiritual battle which will take its toll on our emotions, relationships and bodies so we need to pray, mediate and steadfastly refuse to come under demonic attack!

Negative experiences can happen to everyone, but some traumas can open us up to a demonic influence. From an early age to old age, we can all experience painful things that open us up to demonic control. When we allow God to take us back to that place, and remember it with Him there with us, he adjusts our reactions; this time we are inviting Jesus to come and heal us.

Sexual sin, trauma, generational curses can all give the devil legal access into our lives. This causes people to live in fear, shame and bondage. We cover the consequences of these things in our lives, leading us to trust in Jesus. Then we outline principles that we need to put in place in our lives, to bring deliverance and freedom.

Cover the different entrance ways that allows demons to come into people’s life, and have dominion over them. These things bring control, bondage, sin, ungodly soul ties into peoples lives; causing shame, addictions and oppression. Learn how to bring people to: acknowledge; renounce; forgive. Then we can command the demon behind the affliction to leave in Jesus Name. We also learn that people need to rebuild their spiritual life by strong passionate prayer, and speaking the Word of God over their lives.

Demonstrating the practicality's of the deliverance ministry: preparing the people for prayer, and learning how to minister by tapping into the Power of God through the Holy Spirit. Don’t look to yourself and your abilities, but look to Jesus and his power for Deliverance. Learn how to deal with a situation where the person does not receive deliverance, and how to rise up in the Spirit of God, praying strongly as he leads.