The prayer meeting was very good. I am not saying this lightly. For I have attended all types of ‘prayer meetings’ in my life. The truth is that something is happening to us. The fire is burning and more and more people are willing to pay the price to experience ‘practical godliness’. We hear more often testimonies about sick people prayed for and the sickness gone. Even if the patient is far away, ‘prayer works’! The Holy Spirit moves more freely in our midst. Old songs sound new again. People you could not have believed that they can come to church, are now here. One of our grand-daughters, a teenager, she prayed for some time to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Last Sunday, during worshipped it happened. She told me that she was suddenly so happy that she could not stop smiling. Later at home, she got burnt with hot oil on her hand. She continued to laugh saying that she feels no pain. I pray that you may desire the wine of the Spirit, available to all the children of God who long for it and pray!
The following was the sermon:

“How the oppressor has ceased, the golden city ceased!
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of the rulers;
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” (Isiah 14)

Please read the whole chapter of Isaiah 14. Pride is a sin that first manifested in heaven. Lucifer was an archangel, a leader in heaven. God created him with wisdom and beauty above the rest angels. For a long time pride is invisible. Lucifer made rebellious plans to overthrow God. He wanted to replace God, to seat on God’s throne. The proud ambitious plan was conceived in his heart (v 13). He convinced a number of angels that his plan was good. They followed him in his rebellion. Eventually God sent them away from heaven.
The following are the five ‘I will’ of Lucifer:
*’I will ascend to heaven…’
He was in heaven but he wanted a higher position than the one given to him by God. He forgot that no one can enter the presence of God uninvited! The word ‘ascend’ appears two times in his speech. In Hebrew it means to climb up, ‘to work my way up the ladder’, to excel, to be exalted, to increase, to recover from damage and to become perfect.
*’I will exalt my throne above the stars of God…’
The word ‘exalt’ means to promote self, to be loud, presumptuous and proud. By God’s appointment he was the leader of angels in heaven, but he was not satisfied. He wanted to promote himself above all royalty, thrones, powers or princes created by God. That authority will be universal and not only in heaven. .
* ‘I will also sit on the mount of the congregation’
Lucifer wants to be in charge of the gathering of God’s people. In other words, he wants to be the head of the church. He is a religious spirit also called ‘the spirit of anti-Christ’.
*’I will ascend above the heights of the clouds’.
The words describe the high places of mysterious shadows and dark clouds that only God has access to. These rise and fall like the waves of the sea.
*I will be like the Most High’.
Lucifer’s ambition has no limit. He wants to be like the Most High God whose name is Elyon. He will be so high that he does not have to bow to God anymore. The title ‘Most High’ is one of God’s names: ‘Elyon’. The revelation of Elyon is connected with Abraham. He went to battle against his enemies. With little resources he won the victory against a much greater power. His trust was in Elyon. Another revelation of Elyon is the God who blessed them who pay tithes (Gen 14:18-20). Lucifer’s ambition was to be like Elyon, the Most High God. This speech is the basis of the devil’s condemnation. God judged him together with the rest angels who followed him.

In Isaiah 14 the fall of Lucifer is described in four steps:
*Fall from heaven (v 12)
*Cast down to earth (v 12)
*Brought down to the grave (v 15)
*Brought to the lowest depths of hell (the pit) (v 15)

Once thrown on earth, these are the sins of Lucifer (as described in Isaiah 14)
*He made the earth tremble
*He shook kingdoms
*He made the world as a wilderness
*He destroyed its cities
*He did not open the house of his prisoners (merciless to his victims)
*He destroyed the land and slain the people

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE AND DELIVERANCE
“Lord, have mercy on us! We repent of pride, bitter envy, impatience, covetousness, quarrels and fights at home or in the office! We repent of all selfish ambition! We separate from any connection with the Babylonian system. We command you lucifer and all your demons to leave our lives, our homes, our businesses, our church and city!
We trust You, Father for revival! There shall be a turning around of circumstances! We trust You for healing, deliverance and prosperity! The evil spirit of heaviness shall be replaced with the garment of praise! We worship You forever! We give You all the glory! In Jesus name, Amen!

MY DECLARATION OF FAITH:
In Christ I declare, that by the leading and power of the Holy Spirit and by the grace of God:
I destroy any familiar and generational curse coming from past connection with lucifer and his agents!
I destroy any generational curse coming from my ancestors who made wealth or gained fame, based on manipulation, witchcraft, pride, worldly wisdom, bitter envy and selfish ambition!
I destroy any generational curse coming from my ancestors who were wicked and merciless in their dealings with other men, were racist or involved in political tribalism! I plead the Blood of Jesus and the power of the name of Jesus upon me, my marriage, my children, natural and spiritual and their descendants! We are free to serve God! I shall seek the Kingdom of God and its righteousness and all other blessings shall be added to me and to my children!
In Jesus name,
Amen!