Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. — MATTHEW 18:18

Many things exist because believers permit them to — they just don’t do anything about them. Sometimes believers don’t know they can do anything to change these situations.

Years ago, when I was meditating and studying about the authority believers have, I sensed the Lord challenging me. At that time, I had been praying for about fifteen years for my older brother to be saved. I had often prayed and fasted three days at a time for his salvation — but he would get worse instead of better. I’d pray, “God, save him. God, save him.” But nothing ever happened. As I lay across the bed studying on this particular day, I heard the Lord in my spirit. He challenged me: “You do something about that situation. You’ve got the authority. You’ve got my Name!”

I rose up off that bed and said, “In the Name of Jesus Christ, I break the power of the devil over Dub’s life. And I claim his salvation and deliverance!”

In less than two weeks, I got word that Dub had been born again.

Confession: Jesus said that Heaven backs us up in whatever we believers prohibit or permit. In Jesus’ Name, I prohibit, or bind, the work of the enemy. And in Jesus’ Name I loose, or permit, the power of God to flow in my realm of operation.