When Adeline was a baby, I received a form of deliverance prayer from my local church. At the time, I didn’t know what it was; a trusted Bible study leader and my pastor’s wife simply prayed over me in my home. It was a transformative moment in my walk with God, a time where I recognized a deep lie I believed about myself. I look back on it as a turning point.
It wasn’t until many years later I learned what “deliverance prayer” was—and the many opinions about it. As I took time to study it, I quickly realized that the healthy, biblical deliverance prayer I received was not the norm.
One of the top questions I received when we asked for your input on the new Verity Podcast prayer series was, “Is Deliverance Prayer Biblical?” To address this question I had to go beyond my experience to the Word of God itself. I also watched videos from famous “deliverance ministers” and read through how-to’s of deliverance prayer. This week’s episode is all about it—so stay tuned Thursday for the drop!
One thing I took away from my study for this episode was this: healthy deliverance prayer does exist, can be biblical, and does result in true freedom. But it also has very clear characteristics that are not found in many deliverance ministries today. Here are some of the markers of healthy deliverance prayer:
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Join me on Thursday as I walk through what
unhealthy deliverance prayer looks like, the basis for deliverance in Scripture, and more.
