Blocked Prayers

I sometimes hear Christians saying that witches and warlocks are blocking the prayers of Christians for a city. These statements are misleading, because they don’t take into account the authority situation in a city.

The Holy Spirit lives in my heart, so he can hear my prayers directly. Mostly, I hope that he initiates them. Witches and warlocks do not have the power to stop the Holy Spirit hearing my prayers. If my prayers are blocked it will be caused by people with authority, not power.

If prayers of Christians for a city are being blocked, it will usually be because spiritual principalities and powers (government-spirits) have gained a place of authority over the city. They will have been given that place, often unwittingly, by the political, and religious leaders who have authority in the city.

Political and religious have real authority in a city. When they all commit a common sin, these leaders surrender some of their authority to the spiritual powers of evil. This gives them an influence in the lives of everyone who is submitted to the authority of the religious and political powers in the city, including Christians. This will usually be the cause of the blockage of prayer.

Political leaders can give spiritual powers of evil authority to control what happens in a city. God has given authority over the earth to humans, so people with authority (and the spiritual powers they submit to) can block God from working on earth.

Witches and warlocks have very little authority in the city. It is unlikely that many people will be submitted to them. Therefore, their machinations will have little effect. They will not be able to block prayers.

Blocked prayers are usually the result of a spiritual stronghold given a place by the political and religious leaders of the city.