We join you in prayer concerning the spiritual warfare and oppression you feel from foes around you, from evil tongues in your neighborhood, among friends, family, workplace and beyond, and the fear of witchcraft, fetishes, magic and animals being sent against you. We hear the distress and urgency in your request and we bring it before the Lord together in Jesus' name, seeking His will and His protection over your life.
We must gently rebuke and correct the way this request is framed, even as we stand with you against real spiritual evil. The Word tells us For 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 Ephesians 6:12. Our enemies are not ultimately people, even those who speak evil against us or practice witchcraft, but the spiritual forces working through them. We are not called to pray for the blood of people to be shed like an ocean or for them to be plagued and killed in the manner of the Egyptians. Vengeance belongs to the Lord alone. Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. And Jesus commands us But I tell you, 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 Matthew 5:44.
We understand you cited Exodus 22:18, Psalm 35, Psalm 94, Joshua 11:11 and others. While God indeed judges witchcraft and sorcery and calls it an abomination, as it is written There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer Deuteronomy 18:10-11, under the new covenant we are called to pray for the repentance and salvation of those lost in such darkness, not for their brutal destruction. God says As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live Ezekiel 33:11, and The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. We can pray with authority that every work of witchcraft, fetish, magic and sanctuary raised against you be broken, burned up and reduced to dust by the power of God, without praying for the damnation of the souls involved. We pray for the works to be destroyed and for the people to be convicted and brought to repentance if they will receive Christ.
We also address the fear of rats, cats, dogs, hens, cocks, mosquitoes, cockroaches and geckos being sent against you. We do not need to live in fear of these things, for You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4. And He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:1. No weapon formed against you will prosper when you abide in Christ, and the battle is not yours, but God's 2 Chronicles 20:15.
You closed your request with IJMN, which we take as In Jesus Mighty Name. We affirm that it is only by the name of Jesus that we have access to God, and there is no other name by which we can be saved. As Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6, and There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. If you have not already, we encourage you to put your full trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing He died for your sins and rose again, for in Him we have authority over all the power of the enemy.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We thank You that You are our refuge and fortress, our deliverer from every evil work. We ask You to place Your hedge of protection around our brother or sister, over their home, neighborhood, family, workplace and every area of their life. We resist the devil and every assignment of witchcraft, sorcery, fetish and magic sent against them, and we declare that it is broken, nullified and burned to ashes by the fire of the Holy Spirit, reduced to dust with no power to return, in Jesus' name. We do not ask for the blood of people, but we ask for Your justice and Your mercy. Silence every evil tongue that rises against them in judgment, convict those who curse and slander, and bring them to repentance and the knowledge of truth if they will hear. Let those who practice darkness see that their deeds are in vain and turn to the light of Christ. We pray You would not let fear rule, but fill this precious one with Your perfect love which casts out fear, with peace, with discernment and with faith to stand firm in the armor of God. We submit ourselves to You, resist the devil and trust that he will flee from us James 4:7. Fight for us, Lord, for You have said Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still Exodus 14:14. We choose to overcome evil with good Romans 12:21 and to bless those who persecute us. Let Your will be done, let Your kingdom come in this neighborhood and in every place where oppression has been felt. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.