EXHORTATION
WHAT ARE LIMITATIONS?
Limitations are:
• Setbacks
• Hinderances
• Disturbances
• Stagnations
• Barriers
• Obstacles
• Obstructions
• Restrictions
• Constraints
• Clampdowns
• Inhibitions
• Blockages
1. LIMITATIONS ARE NEGATIVE CONDITIONS
Exod. 8 v 28 (NKJV)
“So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.”
• The children of Israel, having been in Slavery for 430 years demanded for their freedom.
• King Pharaoh responded with this negative statement that he will let them go but on one terrible condition “that they will not go far away”.
• What a terrible negative condition?
• What a gruesome Limitation?
• What a Sinister restriction?
• What a negative control?
• What a satanic regulation?
• What an opposing voice?
• What an unwanted hinderance?
• What an undesired inhibition?
PROCLAMATIONS
I pray for you that:
1. Any dark power boasting that you will not go far in life shall be disgraced in Jesus name.
2. Any strongman of darkness behind that gruesome limitation in your life shall be disgraced in Jesus name.
3. Any negative control regulating and limiting your progress is hereby broken in Jesus name.
4. Any opposing voice, any antagonizing voice, any contrary voice, sponsoring limitations against you, be silenced now in Jesus name.
5. Any restriction on your manifestation is hereby removed in Jesus name.
6. Any unwanted negative condition affecting and limiting your potentials is herby cancelled by the blood of Jesus in Jesus name.
7. All the hinderances on your destiny pathway are hereby removed in Jesus name.
Shout: I will go far in life in Jesus name. (7x)
2. DEFINITION OF A SPIRITUAL LIMITATION
• Deuteronomy 2 v 2 & 3
v.2 “And the LORD spake unto me, saying.”
v.3 “Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.”
1. It is an INVISIBLE POINT which no man can go beyond.
2. It is a RESTRICTION on your SIZE, GROWTH, AMOUNT, VOLUME, CAPACITY.
3. It is a spiritual operation of STAY PUT, STANDSTILL, DON’T GO FURTHER
4. It is anything that keeps you in the TAIL REGION OF LIFE.
5. It is anything PREVENTING YOUR SUCCESS, PROGRESS, MARRIAGE, FRUITFULNESS, EXCELLENCE.
6. It is anything that DISALLOWS your STAR/TALENT/SKILL/KNOW HOW from shinning.
7. It is anything OPPRESSING you in a particular area of your life e.g., SICKNESSES, NEGATIVE HABITS.
8. It is anything DISTURBING YOUR GLORY/DESTINY/WELFARE.
9. It is anything HINDERING YOUR PROSPERITY/ BREAKTHROUGH/ MANIFESTATIONS.
10. It is anything REDUCING MULTIPLICATION and INCREASE IN YOUR LIFE.
11. It is anything HOLDING YOU DOWN IN CAPTIVITY.
12. It is anything holding you down to WHERE YOU DON’T BELONG.
13. It is anything holding you down to WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT BE SEEN.
14. It is anything holding you down to A PLACE THAT DOES NOT BEFIT YOUR STATUS.
15. It is anything holding you down to A SUBSTANDARD AND DEMEANING PLACE.
16. It is anything holding you down to A WRONG ENVIRONMENT
17. It is anything holding you down to WHERE YOU CAN’T MAKE IT.
18. It is anything holding you down to a WRONG PLACE OF WORK
19. It is anything holding you down to a WRONG PLACE OF WORSHIP.
20. It is anything holding you down to WHERE YOU ARE NOT WANTED.
21. It is anything holding you down to WRONG CIRCLE OF PEOPLE.
22. It is anything holding you down to SAME PATTERN OF MISTAKES.
23. Spiritual Limitation is a STOPPER OF GOOD THINGS
24. Spiritual Limitation PAUSES your progress and forward lifting.
25. Spiritual Limitation is a NEGATIVE FORCE working against your Breakthrough.
26. Spiritual Limitation is an EVIL PROGRAMME by star hunters and the adversaries of your soul.
3. CAUSES OF LIMITATION
1. Wrong Location/environment
2. Wrong Mindset
3. Negative Attitude
4. Low self esteem
5. Wrong mental profile
6. Assumptions
7. Lack of focus
8. Laziness/Idleness
9. Misconception
10. Ingratitude
11. Entitlement Spirit
12. Wrong Platforms
13. Wrong Friendship
14. Wrong Choices
15. Emotional/ Mental/Spiritual abuse
16. Pride and Arrogance
17. Depression
18. Confusion
19. Knowledge Gap
20. Wrong Investment
21. Complacency
22. Inability to Utilize Opportunities
23. Bitterness & Malice
24. Fraud
25. Indiscipline
26. I have arrived attitude
27. Distractions
28. Trust issues
29. Dishonesty
30. Irresponsibility
31. Disobedience
32. Discouragement
33. Disappointment
34. Frustration
35. Procrastination
36. Living in the Past
37. Spiritual attacks
38. Negative dreams
39. Manipulation
40. Bewitchment
41. Strange Arrows
42. Foundation Challenges
43. Bloodline Battles
44. Evil Family Pattern
45. Activities of Hell
4. SYMPTOMS OF LIMITATIONS
• 1 Chronicles 4 v 9 & 10
v.9 “And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.”
v.10 “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”
1. EMBARRASSING AFFLICTIONS
2. TERRIBLE MISFORTUNES
3. CHRONIC BACKWARDNESS
4. INADEQUACIES
5. REPEATED DISAPPOINTMENT
6. DISGRACEFUL FRUSTRATION
7. CODED UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS
8. WICKED EMBARGOES
9. HORRIBLE LIMITATIONS
10. RESTRICTIONS
11. MANIFESTATION POSTPONEMENT
12. UNLIMITED SUFFERINGS
13. SUFFOCATING DELAYS
14. PAINFUL FAILURE AT THE EDGE OF SUCCESS
15. EMBARRASSING ATTACKS
16. CHOCKING DIFFICULTIES
17. REPEATED DISAPPOINTMENT
18. WICKED SANCTIONS ON YOUR PROGRESS
19. SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF PROGRESS
20. ARROWS OF DOWNFALL
21. HORRIBLE BATTLES ON ALL SIDES
22. TERRIBLE SIEGE ON YOUR GROWTH
23. ROUNDABOUT MANIPULATIONS
24. SERIOUS LACK OF HELPERS, HELPS AND PLATFORMS
25. DAMAGING SICKNESSES
26. CHRONIC FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENT
27. SLIPPERY BREAKTHROUGH
28. UNEXPLAINABLE HATRED, DISLIKE AND REJECTION
29. INABILITY TO MAKE PROGRESS AGAIN
30. AFFLICTION AND HARASSING DREAMS
31. ADDITION TO EVIL HABITS/SINS/BEHAVIOUR
32. SWIMMING IN THE EMBARRASSING OCEAN OF POVERTY
33. BIZARRE SWEAT & STRUGGLES
34. BREAKTHROUGH ABORTION
35. GOOD THINGS PASSING YOU BYE
36. STRANGE ACCIDENTS/UNTIMELY DEATH
37. DESOLATIONS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
38. LACK OF MARITAL JOY
39. PATHETIC DISFAVOUR
40. USELESSNESS AND FRUSTRATION.
5. HOW TO OVERCOME LIMITATIONS
1. Salvation – Rom. 10 v 9
2. Know the Word of God – Prov. 4 v 7
3. Exercise faith in God – 2 Cor. 5 v 7
4. Act now – Matt. 11 v 12
5. Have a clear vision – Habakkuk 2 v 2
6. Depend on God Absolutely – Prov. 3 v 5 – 6
7. Obey God’s Principle
8. Don’t be lazy.
9. Prospect Knowledge.
10. Add Value to yourself.
11. Hard work and Smart work.
12. Keep good company.
13. Be Prayerful.
14. Dedication, Consistency, Resilience.
15. Be Grateful.
16. Observe Sabbath, Rest and Reward yourself.
6. BIBLICAL CASES OF LIMITATIONS TURNED TO DIVINE LIFTING
1. MAN BY THE POOL OF BETHSEIDA – John 5 v 2 – 9
• The Limitation of long-time sickness
• The Limitation of Inability to be helped
• The Limitation of Impotence
• The Limitation of Abandonment
• The Limitation of being written off
• The Limitation of seeing miracles without experiencing them
• The Limitation of hoping without answers
• The Limitation of Irrelevance
• The Limitation of Condemnation
• The Limitation of Forgetfulness
2. SIMON PETER – Luke 5 v 1 – 6
• The Limitation of Sweat and Struggles
• The Limitation of Toiling without Results
• The Limitation of Frustration
• The Limitation of Disappointment
• The Limitation of Efforts being wasted
• The Limitation of Talent Frustration
• The Limitation of Dashed hopes
3. THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD – Mark 5 v 25 – 34
• The Limitation of Long time ailment
• The Limitation of Filthiness
• The Limitation of Suffering
• The Limitation of Wasteful spending
• The Limitation of Treatment without betterment
• The Limitation of Isolation and Rejection
4. BLIND BARTIMAEUS – Mark 10 v 46 – 52
• The Limitation of Blindness
• The Limitation of Opposing Voices
• The Limitation of Begging
• The Limitation of Low Life
• The Limitation of Miracle quenchers
5. A WIDOW OF NAIN – Luke 7 v 11 – 17; 2 Cor. 4 v 8 & 9
• Limitation of Frustration
• Limitation of Loneliness
• Limitation of Losses
• Limitation of Serial Untimely death
• Limitation of Depression
• Limitation of Repeated Affliction
• Limitation of Being Sorrowful
6. LAZARUS – John 11 v 38 – 44, John 12 v 10
• The Limitation of Untimely Death
• The Limitation of death at all cost (Psalm 41 v 5)
• The Limitation of the grave yard
• The Limitation of glory expiration before the time
7. THE WEDDING IN CANA OF GALILEE – John 2 v 1–10
• The Limitation of Reproach
• The Limitation of Inadequacy
• The Limitation of Sudden Lack
• The Limitation of Lack of Provision
• The Limitation of Sudden stoppage of wine
8. JOSEPH – Gen. 37 v 7 – 20
• The Limitation of Family conspiracy
• The Limitation of Hatred
• The Limitation of Opposition
• The Limitation of Temptation
• The Limitation of Lies against him by Potiphar’s wife
• The Limitations of Imprisonment
• The Limitation of Forgetfulness by the Chief Butler
9. THE LAME MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE – Acts 3 v 1 – 6
• The Limitation of Lameness from his mother’s womb
• The Limitation of Begging
• The Limitation of Incapacitation
10. NAMAN THE LEPER – 2 Kings 5 v 1
• The Limitation of Leprosy
• The Limitation of Pride and Arrogance
11. JABEZ – 1 Chron. 4 v 9
• The Limitation of Bearing a Wrong Name of Identity
• The Limitation of Overwhelming Challenges
• The Limitation of Dishonour
12. THE COLT TIED UP – Mark 11 v 2 – 4
• The Limitation of being tied down
• The Limitation of Demobilization
7. SCRIPTURAL REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED AGAIN IN JESUS NAME
1. BE FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY, REPLENISH THE EARTH, SUBDUE AND HAVE DOMINION
Gen. 1 v 28
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
2. EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED
Isa. 40 v 4 & 5
v.4 “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain”
v.5 “And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”
3. GATES OF BRASS AND BARS OF IRON SHALL BE BROKEN
Isa. 45 v 1 – 3
v.1 “Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut”
v.2 “I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron”
v.3 “And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.”
4. ENLARGEMENT IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT
Isa. 54 v 2 & 3
v.2 “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes”
v.3 “For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”
5. YOU SHALL NOT BE SMALL AGAIN
Jer. 30 v 19
“And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.”
6. GOD WILL MULTIPLY YOU EXPONENTIALLY
Isa. 60 v 22
“A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.”
7. EVERY DARK NAIL/PEG WILL BE REMOVED
Isa. 22 v 25
“In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
8. EVERY LIMITING YOKE SHALL BE BROKEN
Isa. 10 v 27
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
9. YOU ARE A CITY SET ON AN HILL THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN
Matt. 5 v 13 – 16
v.13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”
v.14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
v.15 “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”
v.16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
10. THE GLORY OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE MUST BE REVEALED
Isa. 40 v 5
“And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”
11. YOU ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS
Rom. 8 v 37
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
12. POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE CAN REMOVE LIMITATIONS
Ps. 62 v 11
“God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.”
PRAYER
Phil. 2 v 9 – 11(NKJV)
v9 “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name:
v10 “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth”
v11 “And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Songs:
1. Jesus Christ is Lord (2x) 2. In Jesus name
Jesus Christ is Lord, Amen. Every knee shall bow
Every Knee Shall bow In Jesus name
Every Tongue confess Every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord
(Amen)
1. Anointing that breaks the yoke of Limitations, fall on me in Jesus name.
2. Arrows of Limitations fired into my life, I reject you in Jesus name, Backfire!!!
3. Endless battles limiting my potentials, my talents, my gifts, my productivity and manifestations, scatter by fire in Jesus name.
4. Any strange embargo limiting my rising up, hear the word of God, by the power of resurrection, be lifted in Jesus name.
5. According to Isa. 22 v 25,
“In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”
Any dark nail or peg limiting my manifestation, burn by fire in Jesus name.
6. I am on my way to my Rehoboth and Beersheba, all strange limitations on my way, be removed by fire in Jesus name.
7. Altars, Covens, Shrines, Temples sponsoring limitations against my life, burn by fire in Jesus name.
8. Contrary voices, Opposing voices, Negative utterances causing limitations in my life, be silenced in the name of Jesus.
9. All manners of manipulations causing limitations in my life, Blood of Jesus, cancel them in Jesus name.
10. Strange situations beyond my control causing limitations in my life, scatter by fire in Jesus name.
11. Monitoring Powers behind limitations in my life, work, family, be disgraced in Jesus name.
12. Negative dreams sponsoring limitations in my life, family and work, blood of Jesus, cancel them in Jesus name.
13. Those negative habits, addictions, character deficiencies in my life fueling limitations, be removed in Jesus name.
14. I will not give up on God, I will not give up on myself, I reject any form of Limitations, as from now in Jesus name.
15. I command the underlisted yokes of Limitations to break in Jesus name.
1. Yokes of Self battle Limitation
2. Yokes of Negative Habits Limitation
3. Yokes of Toxic Behaviour Limitation
4. Yokes of Character Problems Limitation
5. Yokes of Breakthrough Limitation
6. Yokes of Manifestation Limitation
7. Yokes of Spiritual Limitation
8. Yokes of Progress Limitation
9. Yokes of Achievement Limitation
10. Yokes of Advancement Limitation
11. Yokes of Lifting Limitation
12. Yokes of Business Success Limitation
13. Yokes of Enlargement Limitation
14. Yokes of Relevance Limitation
15. Yokes of Productivity Limitation
16. Yokes of Patronage Limitation
17. Yokes of Endorsement Limitation
18. Yokes of Recognition Limitation
19. Yokes of Validation Limitation
20. Yokes of Showcasing Limitation
21. Yokes of Encouragement Limitation
22. Yokes of Settlement Limitation
23. Yokes of Celebration Limitation
24. Yokes of Selection Limitation
25. Yokes of Greatness Limitation
26. Yokes of Prosperity Limitation
27. Yokes of Empowerment Limitation
28. Yokes of Establishment Limitation
29. Yokes of Resources Limitation
30. Yokes of Environmental Limitation
31. Yokes of Neighbourhood Limitation
32. Yokes of Blood Covenant Limitation
33. Yokes of Polygamous Limitation
34. Yokes of Palace Limitation
35. Yokes of Negative Dream Limitation
36. Yokes of Sickness Limitation
37. Yokes of Marital Limitation
38. Yokes of Parental Limitation
39. Yokes of Ancestral Limitation
40. Yokes of Emotional Limitation
41. Failure to practice kingdom principles Limitation
