Hi KJ,
There will never be agreement on this subject as there so many conflicting views.
Some Christians have been deeply wounded by this teaching and I believe this happens because hurting individuals are looking for answers and sometimes give false hope by 'ministries' that believe that this kind of prayer alone brings freedom. Often people receive one off prayer ministry and everything is expected to be ok.
I know exactly the same truth that you have spoken. I've been there myself in the past.
But this is not the case and the results of such ministry can cause individuals to lose hope, as I discovered rather painfully last year.
Yes that is so, and I've seen those cases, and when it comes down to ministering for these curses, you would be amazed what really transpires.
Those people who were hurt, were also looking for a "quick fix", and that doesn't happen. There is a procedure that needs to be taken, and as sad as it is 80% of those who claim the ministry are fradulent.
Many discover the false ministry groups. It's a bit like having a lump on your leg, and because it looks like a boil, and you put a certain ointment onto it to draw the core out of the boil, and it doesn't work because it's not a boil, but a tumour. And the drawing of blood into that area can in fact cause the tumour to become cancerous.
As sad as it is, when the problems of a struggling Christian gets so deep, and you start to pry in their past, you would be amazed at what you find and you can see that these people have been pinning their life on false hope caused by false practices.
Have seen and heard testimonies from many believer who have been set free from all sorts of illnesses just by praying that simple prayer.
But I am now learning that each of us needs learn encouragement on how to walk God ourselves ie reading God's word and talking to Him ourselves. But I also need to 'belong' to a group of believers for mutal encouragement/support. Then if the Holy Spirit reveals an area of diffculty in our lives which needs to be addressed we receive prayer and ongoing support and encouragement.
I've found that you need to help a struggling believer in walking them through all their bruises and hurts that holds them back from their "Freedom in Christ", and to heal their broken-hearts and set themself free from their captivity through their strongmen and stronholds still in their lives.
That is what the healing ministry is all about, and by bringing those people through good sound counselling, through confession, REPENTANCE, and forgiveness, you find that many blossom and mature.
Many say, the confess, repent and forgive, but they never feel forgiven. And on a number occasions when you ask them certain questions you find that in their background are many practices of the powers of darkness, and are still practicing, beliving that they are safe as they have their two feet in two separate camps.
This problem has come about by the complacency of the Body, allowing yoga, martial arts, mysticism, and many other forms of other region practices to come into their church under false names and false hopes. Just by putting "Christian" on those names doesn't make it Christian, because it's still a religion practice of idol worshippers.
Contemplative Prayer and Prayer Soaking are also the greatest offenders for allowing the Kundalini spirit to come into church under a false name.
As I have said to many before, if an orange tree produces oranges, and you change its name to lemon, it will still produce oranges, and that the same for yoga, martial arts, and mysticism.
Blessings.
