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Deliverance: Imperative command vs Non-imperative	francis	Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Question: Dear brother, When we pray deliverance prayers which (imperative or non imperative) is preferable to the other? What are the contexts in which "imperative" is preferable? Why is it so?
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC Dear Francis: There are some situations in which we need to take authority over the situation. This is when imperative prayers are useful. Christ has given us permission to take authority over spirits (Mark 16:15-18) moderated by Church directives (only a priest can do a solemn exorcism, we are not to talk to demon to ascertain their name or other information, etc.). Deprecatory prayers are useful in general situations ("Father, rebuke this demon of anger that seems to be in our house"). In more difficult situations God's economy is for us to take authority ("In the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke this demon of anger and cast it from my house"). This is authority the Christ gave to us in Mark 16). I think the reason Christ gave us this authority, as it is with many other things, is that we are a family and God wants his family, his children, to learn and to practice spiritual authority in his name. We do this with our own children. We train them to deal with situations themselves, but always with our backup. God does this too. For whatever reasons, we have the authority given to us by Christ. As such, He expects us to accept it. See our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog for examples of spiritual warfare prayer. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Deliverance: Imperative command vs Non-imperative

francis

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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Dear brother,
When we pray deliverance prayers which (imperative or non imperative) is preferable to the other? What are the contexts in which "imperative" is preferable? Why is it so?

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC

Dear Francis:

There are some situations in which we need to take authority over the situation. This is when imperative prayers are useful. Christ has given us permission to take authority over spirits (Mark 16:15-18) moderated by Church directives (only a priest can do a solemn exorcism, we are not to talk to demon to ascertain their name or other information, etc.).

Deprecatory prayers are useful in general situations ("Father, rebuke this demon of anger that seems to be in our house"). In more difficult situations God's economy is for us to take authority ("In the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke this demon of anger and cast it from my house"). This is authority the Christ gave to us in Mark 16).

I think the reason Christ gave us this authority, as it is with many other things, is that we are a family and God wants his family, his children, to learn and to practice spiritual authority in his name. We do this with our own children. We train them to deal with situations themselves, but always with our backup. God does this too.

For whatever reasons, we have the authority given to us by Christ. As such, He expects us to accept it.

See our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog for examples of spiritual warfare prayer.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.