We stand with you in your cry to our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only way to the Father, based on Acts 4:12 WEB, In salvation, there is no one else. There is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved. We rejoice that you have confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, Romans 10:9. Jesus is Lord WEB! We join with you and ask God in the name of Jesus Christ that He save you according to Romans 10:10-13. We praise God for your forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrected life, and we rebuke any lie of Satan that may try to hold you back. Ephesians 1:7 WEB, in Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
Check your heart to make sure that you have absolutely turned away from all ungodliness of past drug and alcohol abuse, and from all other sins. It is only in the name of Jesus Christ that we have access to God.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we rebuke any attachment to sin in your life, Romans 6:11-14, WEB. Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace, 1 Peter 1:14-16 WEB As children of obedience, don't fashion yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance, but just as he who called you is holy, be yourselves also holy in all of your behavior because it is written, You shall be holy for I am holy. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and we ask for guidance for you in this area. You should be separate from those that hold you back from Christ. You should be guided by the Holy Spirit by what groups and things to avoid. You should be a tentmaker for Christ. 2 Corinthians 6:17-7:1 WEB Therefore come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
As Christians you should be doing good work. Indeed, God prepared the works for you. Ephesians 2:10 WEB
Given your renunciation of Satan from over your finances, and the breaking of all curses in the name of Jesus Christ, we stand with you in prayer for guidance into God's will for you, both in the body of Christ and in His kingdom, just asking for the receipt of the Holy Spirit, and encouragement for you to read the entire bible. 1 Corinthians 12:12 WEB, For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. God desires for you to be one with Him and His body, the church. He has equipped you with spiritual gifts to be used for His glory. 1 Peter 4:10 WEB, As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.
We pray for God's provision in your life, especially in your urgent need for finances to pay your bills. Remember that God is your provider, and trust in His faithfulness that transcends our immediate needs and help you to be to become a better steward of your money and all your possessions.
Allow the Holy Spirit to help you develop Godly habits and accountability or self-control for future experiences. Romans 12:13 WEB, for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Be ready to give up anything that is not from Jesus. Do not give in to temptation and what you will do, when you face temptation.
Avoid drugs, alcohol, and ungodly relationships and Do not turn back against the will of god. 1 Corinthians 10:13-14 WEB, No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
May God also break any yokes of poverty that have held you back and restore your finances.
Deuteronomy 8:18 WEB But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
Do not run after riches, but ask that all of your needs would be met in the name of Jesus Christ through the riches of God. May He guide you into the place He wants you to be, and open up new opportunities for you to serve Him and bring glory to His name, ultimately drawing you closer to Him.
Matthew 6:24, WEB No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. Our desire for you is for you to trust in God and that He has your best interests.
I Timothy 6:9 WEB, But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
Matthew 6:33 WEB But seek first Gods Kingdom, and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
We affirm your place in the body of Christ and lift you up in our prayers. Rest assured that God is working in your life Leonard, and that He has a purpose and a plan for you to obtain. Jeremiah 29:11 WEB, I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, which will give you a future and a hope.
We exhort you to seek out a local community of Christian believers. Seek out a church that believes the way you believe and teaches the way you understand the scriptures.