God’s established structure for the family is found in 1 Corinthians 11: 3 and Ephesians 5:22-24)

“But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” (1 Corinthians 11:3)    

Jesus and the Father are one and so should the husband and the wife be united as one.

Every head of families has a choice to make and God wants you to choose life over death.

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:14-15 NKJV)

Before Joshua died, he reminded the people of all the miraculous works that God had done for them when He delivered them from bondage in Egypt.

Joshua encouraged the people to make a choice of who they will serve.

As the leader of the Israelites, Joshua stepped forward and declared that he and all of his household will serve the Lord.

“Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel. (Joshua 24:31)

Joshua and the children of Israel cast out seven nations from the Promised land and then settled peacefully in the land.

The meaning of the names of these seven nations has spiritual implications for us.

These strongholds are fear, pride, stubbornness, prejudice, small-mindedness, oppression, and intolerance.

Prayer to Cast out Spiritual Strongholds

Heavenly Father we thank you that you are our everlasting Father who cares for us and who understands our infirmities.

We thank you for establishing for us the perfect examples that we should follow.

We pray that you will impart upon the heads of family the spirit of love which will cast out fear; the spirit of humility that will cast out pride and prejudice; the spirit of obedience to cast out stubbornness and rebellion because obedience is better than sacrifice.

Lord, we pray that the family will be obedient to the Holy Spirit and demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit, which are love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-23) to drive out the strongholds of intolerance, oppression, anger and anything that is contrary to your will for our lives.

Lord, we pray for peace in our family. Where there is confusion and discontent, we declare peace and harmony.

Lord, we pray that you will uphold the family with your righteous right hand, and we declare that we will dwell in your secret place where our protection is guaranteed.

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Beverley has been serving the Lord since she was a child. At an early age, she recognized that God had a special plan for her life, but it was not until in her adulthood that she surrendered her total life to God and accepted the mandate that God placed on her life. The Lord called her into His Kingdom to be an encourager, intercessor, teacher, scribe, priest, and to proclaim the Word of God. Since then, Beverly has established a blog to teach us to become the oil and wine. The oil and wine are purified and mature products, which is the advanced level that the Lord expected of us. In 2017, Beverley published her first book, Harm Not The Oil And Wine. In it, she described her trials and how God helped her to overcome them, and to live more victoriously. The book also exposed the enemy of our souls with detailed information about his past defeats and future extinction. Wright spents most of her time studying the Bible to know the truth of God’s Word. She believes that only God’s truth can expose the deception of the enemy, and uproot and tear down spiritual strongholds. You can learn more about Beverley’s life and testimony on her website becomingtheoilandwine.com. You can also find her on Facebook and Google+ under the name of her blog, and on Twitter as @Theoilandwine. View all posts by Beverley