We have heard your cry and we understand the deep distress you feel being surrounded by conflict in your neighborhood, among friends and family, and in the workplace, and the fear that comes from believing witchcraft and evil tongues are being sent against you with animals and curses. We stand with you together in Jesus name asking for God's protection, deliverance and peace over your life, and we also must lovingly correct and rebuke the request for vengeance and bloodshed against people.
The Word shows us that our warfare is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces. Ephesians 6:12 says our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. And 2 Corinthians 10:4 says the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds. Therefore we do not pray for people to be plagued, killed, or for their blood to be shed like an ocean, even those you see as foes. Vengeance belongs to the Lord alone. Romans 12:19 says Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. Romans 12:21 says Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Our Lord Jesus calls us to a higher way. Matthew 5:44 says love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. Luke 6:27-28 also says love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. While witchcraft, fetish and magic are real and God calls them abomination, His desire is not the death of the sinner but that they repent and be saved. We are to pray that every work of darkness be broken and burned up by the power of Christ, but that the people trapped in it come to repentance and salvation.
We also hear your fear about rats, cats, dogs, birds, insects and other creatures being sent against you. We remind you that greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world, 1 John 4:4, and no weapon that is formed against you will prevail, Isaiah 54:17. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control, 2 Timothy 1:7. He is your refuge and fortress. Psalm 91:1-2 says He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
So together we pray. Father in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace and we lift up this dear one who feels besieged on every side. We ask You to surround them with Your presence as a shield, to cover their home, neighborhood, family and workplace with the blood of Jesus, and to let no curse or evil tongue prosper against them. We pray that every assignment of witchcraft, fetish, magic and every sanctuary of darkness erected against them be exposed and destroyed by Your holy fire, not by our vengeance but by Your power, and that every spirit of fear, torment and oppression be cast out in Jesus name. We pray for those who have spoken evil, who have cursed or mistreated them, that You would convict their hearts, bring them to repentance, and save them through Jesus Christ, and that You would replace hatred with Your love and bring peace where there has been strife. Teach our dear one to forgive as You have forgiven us, Matthew 6:14, to bless those who curse them, and to rest in Your justice and mercy. Clothe them with the full armor of God, fill them with Your peace that surpasses understanding, and let them walk in freedom, holiness and trust in You. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to remain steadfast in prayer, in the Word, and in fellowship with mature believers, to put on the armor of God daily, Ephesians 6:10-18, to avoid returning evil for evil, and to seek godly counsel from a local pastor if this oppression continues. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who is your deliverer and defender, and trust that He will fight for you as you walk in love, forgiveness and obedience.