FREEDOM FROM THE EGYPT THAT BINDS

The Lord had great plans for the children of Israel but there they were, stuck in the middle of Egypt! The Egypt that their fathers, Jacob, Joseph and his brothers had brought them into! These men were long dead but their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren were still there, struggling and laboring in the Egypt they were brought into.

The children of the King were there in slavery to the sons of bondage!

The children of the promise were there hopeless and helpless, serving the accursed people of Egypt!

The head had become a tail!

The beginning had become the end!

The beautiful had become the ugly!

The loved had become the hated!

FREE INDEED FROM EGYPT

Not everyone who walks around free is actually free! To even shock you, everyone is under one yoke or the other! Oh yes! There is no one walking on the streets of this world who is totally free. Well, before you think I am being heretic, let me show you from the Scriptures:

Matthew 11:28-30 says:

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

See? You are either carrying the yokes and burdens of this world/Satan or you are bearing the yokes and burdens of the Saviour!

And no matter how we try to see it, the majority of the whole world hasn’t entered into the soulish rest promised in the verse above. Majority are still laboring under the tasking, heavy, slavish bondages, burdens and yokes of Egypt- of the Devil!

Today, we shall not only be free, we shall be free indeed in the mighty Name of Jesus!

Now, personalize that:

Today, I shall not only be free, I shall be free indeed in the mighty Name of Jesus!

Today, my family shall not only be free, we shall be free indeed in the mighty Name of Jesus!

Let’s go through some signs that can indicate you are in a state of spiritual bondage, drawing from various teachings in the Bible. If you find any here to which you can relate, you need freedom! You need to be free indeed!

SIGNS YOU ARE STUCK IN EGYPT/SPIRITUAL BONDAGES:

1. When Sin Becomes a Master

When a person finds themselves returning again and again to the same sins, be it lust, addiction, anger, greed, or deceit, it is not just weakness. It is bondage. Egypt is a place where sin becomes Pharaoh, and you become its slave. Jesus said, “Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin.” (John 8:34). The lady who once ruled over her desires now bows to them. The sister who once loved holiness now hides in shame. Bondage makes you repeat what you hate, cry over what you just did, and yet do it again tomorrow. It keeps you busy making bricks with no straw, laboring hard but never free.

2. When Fear and Unbelief Chain the Heart

Many believers are still in Egypt because fear holds their faith hostage. Fear of failure, fear of demons, fear of lack, fear of death, everything just keeps the heart from resting in God’s promises. Sis, unbelief builds invisible walls that keep one from entering the Promised Land. The Israelites saw the Red Sea part, yet they still doubted God in the wilderness. When you can’t trust His Word, when you pray but secretly expect disappointment, you are still in Egypt. Fear whispers louder than faith, and God’s voice becomes faint. “They could not enter in because of unbelief.” (Hebrews 3:19).

3. When Pride, Bitterness, and Unforgiveness Take Root

Egypt is not only a land of chains but of hardened hearts. Pharaoh’s story repeats itself in every proud and unforgiving soul. Oh yes, when pride is rooted in you, you have the gene of Pharaoh, ah, God have mercy! Pride blinds. Unforgiveness poisons. Bitterness keeps you reliving the offense again and again until joy dies. When you refuse to release people who hurt you, you bind yourself to the same prison as they. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. The one who will not kneel cannot rise. Until you forgive, Egypt will still smell like home to you.

The one who will not kneel cannot rise.

4. When Spiritual Fire Grows Cold

Sometimes bondage looks ordinary and not dramatic. Like when prayer becomes a chore, the Word becomes boring, and church feels empty. The devil doesn’t need to destroy you if he can make you spiritually numb. Egypt distracts you, busies you, and exhausts you until your lamp burns low. Spiritual apathy is one of the most subtle chains of bondage. Jesus warned the church in Ephesus, “You have left your first love.” (Revelation 2:4). When you lose hunger for God, you may still sing, preach, or serve, but the oil is gone.

5. When Strange Battles Fill Your Nights and Days

Some people sleep and wake up weaker. They see strange things in dreams, they feel pressed down, they wake up with marks on their bodies. That is Egypt’s oppression. When you are always tormented in your sleep, always chased, always attacked, always eating in dreams, it is not normal. Those are signs of spiritual bondage. When you are constantly surrounded by strange delays, disappointments, near-success failures, and bad luck that makes opportunities slip from your hand at the last minute, that is Egypt’s chain. When you work like an elephant but eat like an ant, when money comes but disappears mysteriously, when sicknesses refuse to go and doctors are confused, it is not ordinary. These are signs that Pharaoh still sits somewhere in your story. The Bible says, “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” You need that standard lifted now.

6. When Your Heart Bows to Other Gods

Idolatry today may not look like golden calves. It looks like hearts that love comfort more than obedience, careers more than eternal callings, or people/pastors/churches more than God. Egypt thrives on replacements for God. It teaches you to depend on systems, money, relationships, or your own strength. Yet Scripture says, “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help.” (Isaiah 31:1). Whatever you cannot live without has already become your master. Freedom begins when God becomes enough again.

Freedom begins when God becomes enough again.

7. When Poverty, Barrenness, and Repeated Patterns Follow You

When the same problem keeps repeating in every generation, something is wrong. When your father struggled, your brothers are struggling, and you too are now struggling, that is a curse pattern. When doors open and suddenly close, when promises never manifest, when you get close to breakthrough and something always scatters it, that is Egypt. Poverty that makes no sense, barrenness that doctors cannot explain, sicknesses that return after every prayer, these are not ordinary. These are yokes that need to be broken. Egypt does not only bind souls, it also binds destinies. It holds families under invisible embargoes until someone rises to cry out to God. It should be you, sis!

8. When the Soul Is Weighed Down and Wounded

Guilt that never leaves, grief that never heals, shame that never fades, and emotional scars that never close. These are Egypt’s silent chains. Jesus came to “heal the brokenhearted and proclaim liberty to the captives.” (Luke 4:18). When peace disappears and joy becomes foreign to you, sis, it’s a sign that Pharaoh still reigns somewhere inside. True deliverance does not only cast out demons, it restores the soul!

9. When Growth Ceases and Power Is Lost

You know you are stuck in Egypt when your walk with God becomes dry, powerless, and stagnant. You keep hearing truth but never change. You keep fighting the same battles but never win. Paul spoke of those “having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.” (2 Timothy 3:5). Egypt is where fruitfulness dies; where the gifts of the Spirit are buried under routine religion. Ah! You serve but don’t grow. You sing in church but aren’t transformed. You know the words but not the power. It’s time to come out, sis!

If you see yourself in these words, don’t pretend. Cry out. The same God who brought Israel out still brings His people out. He still breaks chains. He still opens the Red Sea. He still confuses Pharaoh. Don’t make peace with bondage. Don’t decorate your prison. Cry out to the Deliverer. “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” You were not born to be a slave. You were born for freedom. Egypt must let you go. You must take a flight from Egypt! In the Name of Jesus!

You don’t belong in Egypt. You were born for Canaan!

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

Freedom is the ability to act at will. It is the state of being unrestricted or unencumbered by external forces, limitations, or barriers. It is the absence of constraints or impediments that allow individuals to act, think, and express themselves freely.

Freedom is the ability to make choices and decisions without coercion or undue influence.

These are all online definitions. But from my own experience with Christ and from His Word to us, however, freedom is deeper than these.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FREE INDEED?

To be free indeed is:

A state of being completely free from the yokes, dictates, desires and burdens of the evil people of this world.
A state of being totally free from the power of self and the flesh.
A state of being free from negative family patterns and generational troubles.
A state of entering into the rest that only Christ gives.
A state of being controlled only by and being answerable only to the Holy Spirit!
A state of doing exactly what the Lord wants us to do, where He wants us to do it, how, when and with whom He wants us to do it.
A state of daily walking in victory over the Devil and all his wiles and being a threat to his kingdom.

With these expositions we have had above, you know just like I do that we need a divine touch. We need to be free indeed!

We shall be praying very shortly but before then; shall we take a victory song? This is titled: ‘I’m free’ by Lynda Randle. Sing it like a victor that you are! Chant your victory with tears before we launch out into prayers.

There comes a day when a woman gets tired. Not just tired in body, but tired in spirit. Tired of the chains, tired of the oppression, tired of the same old story. Scripture says, “And it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.” (Genesis 27:40). Until Esau was tired of bowing, he remained under Jacob’s yoke. But when he said in his heart, Enough!, the yoke broke.

That is how freedom comes. It is born out of holy tiredness. The children of Israel served in Egypt for hundreds of years. They cried, but not deeply enough. They groaned, but they still managed the pain. They said, “Well, at least we have garlic and onions.” But one day came when they could no longer bear it. One day came when the whip became too painful, when the taskmasters’ orders became unbearable, when they said, “No more bricks, no more chains, no more Pharaoh!” And the Bible says, “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant.” (Exodus 2:24). It was their cry that triggered Heaven’s move.

Daughters of my Father, have you reached that point? Are you tired? If you are still comfortable with your bondage, you will remain there. If you can still explain your addiction, still excuse your fear, still pamper your laziness, you will keep serving Pharaoh. Deliverance is for the desperate. Freedom is for those who say, “This is not my home. I was not born for slavery.” When you get to that point, you will cry not polite prayers, but groanings that shake the gates of hell.

The truth is, the Deliverer has already been sent. Jesus is not coming to break the yoke, sis, He already broke it. The cross was Egypt’s final defeat. The Holy Ghost inside of you is not a visitor, He is your Moses, nay, the Creator of Moses! Ayaaaa! But you must agree with Him. You must rise and declare, “No more Egypt in my life.” Until your spirit stands up, the Red Sea will not part. Until you lift your rod, the Jordan will not open.

So today, say it with authority. Enough is enough. Break those invisible chains. Break the patterns that your fathers could not break. Break the habits that have mocked your prayers. Break the curses that have followed your name. You are not born to die in the wilderness. You are not meant to stop halfway. God did not deliver Israel to make them wander forever. He brought them out that He might bring them in!!!

You are not born to die in the wilderness. You are not meant to stop halfway. God did not deliver Israel to make them wander forever. He brought them out that He might bring them in!!!

Canaan is your portion. Freedom is your inheritance. Victory is your right in Christ. The only burden you are allowed to carry is the burden of Jesus. The only yoke that must remain is His yoke, for He said, “My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” So, rise up. Tear off the bands from your neck. Lift your voice and say, “Lord, I want to go all the way. I will not stop in Egypt. I will not die in the wilderness. I am marching into Canaan.”

Because today, Heaven is listening for one cry and that is the cry of the tired, the cry of the desperate, the cry that says, “This is my day of freedom!”

I’M FREE by Lynda Randle

So long, I searched for life’s meaning-

Enslaved by the world and my greed-

Then the door of my prison was opened by love-

For the ransom was paid-

I was free!

I’m free from the fear of tomorrow-

I’m free from the guilt of my past-Woooh!

I’ve traded my shackles for a glorious song-

I’m free- Praise the Lord, free at last!

I am free from the guilt that I carried-

From the dull empty life- I’m set free-

For when I met Jesus he made me complete

He forgot the foolish child I used to be-

I’m free from the fear of tomorrow

I’m free from the guilt of my past-Oh

Oh! I traded my shackles for a glorious song-

I’m free! Praise the Lord, free at last!

OOOH! I’ve traded my shackles for a glorious song!

I’m free, Praise the Lord free at last!!

HALLELUYAH!

LET US NOW CLAIM OUR VICTORIES AS WE LAUNCH OUT IN PRAYERS!

SHALL WE PRAY?

SECTION A

Father, I thank You for calling me out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Glory to Your Name in Jesus’ name.
Lord, I thank You for not allowing Egypt to swallow me up. I thank You because I am still alive to fight for my inheritance.
Father, I thank You for the Blood of Jesus that speaks better things than the blood of Abel.
Lord, I thank You because You still hear the cry of Your people. Thank You because You still remember covenant.
Thank You Lord for The BUD Family Africa. Thank You for raising a house of deliverance. Thank You for watchmen. Thank You for fire.
Lord, I thank You because what You did for Israel You can do for me. You can carry me on eagles’ wings. You can bring me to Yourself.
Father, I thank You because today will not be an ordinary prayer day. It will be the day of remembrance in the Name of Jesus.

SECTION B

Blood of Jesus, speak over me now in the Name of Jesus.
Blood of Jesus, envelope this room, this prayer space, this atmosphere now in the Name of Jesus.
By the Blood of Jesus, I obtain mercy. By the Blood of Jesus, I obtain access.
Every sin that can keep me in Egypt, Lord have mercy on me and wash me with the Blood of Jesus.
Lord, in any way I cooperated with Egypt, forgive me. In any way I loved bondage, forgive me. In any way I preferred onions and garlic to Canaan, forgive me.
Holy Spirit, sanctify my spirit, my soul and my body now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, I step into the Holy of Holies by the Blood of Jesus. I refuse to pray from outside. I pray from the throne room in the Name of Jesus.

Sing this chorus THREE TIMES if you know it:

Jesus sets me free

I cannot be bound

Jesus sets me free

I cannot be bound

Jesus sets me free

I cannot be bound

I cannot be bound

NOW SHOUT:

Oh Lord, my God, help me establish my liberty today in the name of Jesus.

NOW, SHOUT AGAIN…

Every power of darkness threatening my freedom, I command you to fall to destruction today in the name of Jesus.

SHALL WE BEGIN TO PRAY AGGRESSIVELY NOW?

O Lord my God, I was made for Canaan but I am still in Egypt. Bring me out today in the Name of Jesus.
Father, just as Israel cried and You heard, I cry today. Hear me and deliver me from the Egypt that binds in the Name of Jesus.
My Father, my Father, every Egypt I was born into, every Egypt that was inherited, every Egypt that I walked into by ignorance, deliver me today in the Name of Jesus.
O Lord, every Pharaoh sitting over my destiny, over my marriage, over my ministry, over my finances, over my health, arise and deal with them in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, do to my Egypt what You did to Egypt of old. Judge them. Humiliate them. Overthrow them. Waste their confidence over my life. In the Name of Jesus.
Fire of God, pass through my life and expose every Egyptian chain still hiding in me in the Name of Jesus.
O Lord, I refuse to remain comfortable in bondage. Put holy unrest in me until I come out in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, every sin that has become a master over me, break it today in the Name of Jesus.
Sin that makes me cry but still do it, break in the Name of Jesus.
Sin that entered my bloodline and became a family pattern, break in the Name of Jesus.
Sin that is sponsoring shame and hiding in my life, break in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, take away the appetite for Egypt. Take away the taste for Egypt. Take away the desire for Egypt in my life in the Name of Jesus.
I receive the grace to love righteousness and hate iniquity in the Name of Jesus (7x).
O Lord, plant in me a new heart that cannot enjoy bondage again in the Name of Jesus.
Spirit of fear holding my faith hostage, Catch fire now in the Name of Jesus. Catch fire now in the Name of Jesus (7x)
Every stronghold of unbelief in my heart that always says, “It will not work,” break now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, deliver me from praying and doubting. Deliver me from fasting and doubting. Deliver me from attending meetings and still doubting. Save me from the shackeles of unbelief in the Name of Jesus.
Father, give me the faith that enters Canaan. The faith that says, “God said it, I believe it, I walk in it.” by fire in the Name of Jes
Lord, silence every voice that is louder than Your Word in my life in the Name of Jesus.
I refuse to be like those who saw the Red Sea part and still doubted. My faith will not die in the wilderness in the Name of Jesus.
O Lord, every Pharaoh gene in me, burn it out now in the Name of Jesus.
Pride that will not let me kneel, pride that will not let me submit, pride that will not let me forgive, I break away from you now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, I drop every offence at the feet of Jesus now. I refuse to be tied to Egypt because of unforgiveness.
Every root of bitterness in my soul, dry up now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, give me the humility that attracts grace. Give me the meekness that brings lifting.
I will not miss Canaan because I am angry. I will not miss Canaan because I am offended. I will not miss Canaan because I am proud. In the Name of Jesus. Save me oh Lord!
Lord, restore my first love. Restore my prayer fire. Restore my Bible fire. Restore my hunger. In a hundrefold than before in the mighty Name of Jesus.
Spirit of distraction that Egypt is using to keep me busy, I cast you out now in the Name of Jesus.
Every spiritual tiredness, every prayer laziness, every Bible sleepiness, I shake you off now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, give me fresh oil. I do not want to serve You with stale oil any longer in the mighty Name of Jesus.
I refuse to be a serving sister without oil. I refuse to be a singing sister without power. I refuse to be a BUD without fire. In the Name of Jesus.
Every power that attacks me in the night, be arrested now in the Name of Jesus.
Evil hands feeding me in the dream, wither now in the Name of Jesus.
Powers pressing me down in my sleep, release me now by fire in the Name of Jesus.
Marks on my body after sleep, I wipe you off with the Blood of Jesus.
Every spirit behind near success syndrome, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Evil embargo on my finances, on my marriage, on my business, on my ministry, on my womb, break now in the Name of Jesus.
O Lord, lift up a standard against every flood of the enemy in my life in the Name of Jesus.
From today, my dream life is sanctified. My sleep is consecrated. My night is holy ground in the Name of Jesus.
Every Egypt that has tied my finances, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Yoke of working like an elephant and eating like an ant, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Spirit that makes money to come and then disappear mysteriously, catch fire now in the Name of Jesus.
Evil pattern of delay, evil pattern of disappointment, evil pattern of almost there but not there, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Bondage of barrenness, bondage of miscarriages, bondage of stagnancy, over my life, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, let Your eagles’ wings carry me out of financial Egypt, marital Egypt, ministerial Egypt, health Egypt, in the Name of Jesus.
My Father, visit my family line today. Let this deliverance touch my roots in the Name of Jesus.
Every Egypt that my fathers entered that we the children are still paying for, Lord bring us out by fire in the Name of Jesus.
Collective captivity over my home and family, break now in the Name of Jesus.
Evil family altars speaking Egypt over us, catch fire now in the Name of Jesus.
Household Pharaohs, territorial Pharaohs, ancestral Pharaohs, release us and let us go in the Name of Jesus.
I refuse to die on the way. I refuse to die in transition. I refuse to die in the wilderness.
I enter into the rest of Christ. I enter into the finished work of Jesus. I enter into the inheritance of the saints.
I receive speed. I receive divine acceleration. I receive the eagles’ wings dimension in the Name of Jesus.
From today, I walk in the freedom of the Spirit. I walk in the liberty of Christ. I walk in the yoke that is easy and the burden that is light.

HE SETS ME FREE

Once Like A Bird In Prison I Dwelt
No Freedom From My Sorrow I Felt
Then Jesus Came And Listen To Me
And Glory To God He Set Me Free

He Set Me Free Yes He Set Me Free
He Broke The Bonds Of Prison For Me
I’m Glory Bond My Jesus To See
For Glory To God He Set Me Free

Now I Am Climbing Higher Each Day
Darkness Of Night Has Drifted Away
My Feet Are Planted On Higher Ground
And Glory To God I’m Homeward Bound

(Repeat)

Goodbye To Sin And Things That Confound
Not Of This World Shall Turn Me Around
Daily I’m Working I’m Praying Too
And Glory To God I’m Going Through

(Repeat)

Bible Study Reminder

The Bible Study discussion is at 9pm on in the house. Prepare to be there, sisters. Study the text ahead and come, let’s rub out hearts together at 9pm. God bless you, sis.

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