USA (MNN) — The Bible portrays spiritual warfare as a real and ongoing battle between God and Satan, with believers caught in the middle. Specifically, believers’ minds and lives are the combat zone.
As described in Isaiah 59:2, Satan can effectively cut believers off from the Lord by tempting them to sin. Set Free equips Christians to wage war using God’s weapons.
“We want the ground to be revealed through a freedom appointment so that we can take back that ground from the enemy and walk in freedom,” Set Free’s Pete Noor says.
Set Free volunteers walk believers through the process of a freedom appointment using so-called “rules and tools.” More about that here.
“We use seven steps that Dr. [Neil] Anderson developed. Each one addresses an area where we may have given ground to the enemy because we’ve broken the rules set forth in Scripture,” Noor says.
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For example, “Scripture says, ‘In your anger, do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,” Noor says.
“So there’s a rule, but what if you are hanging on to a lot of anger and bitterness? You give the enemy the right to have a place of operation within you, which can manifest itself in different ways. But the tool for getting rid of any torment because of breaking this rule is to forgive.”
How to maintain spiritual freedom
An aftercare program called “Walking Free” helps people maintain their spiritual freedom. More about that here. Using two Freedom In Christ Ministries courses, Noor and his team help believers understand their identity in Christ and the fullness of God’s grace.
“We have recipients come up and go, ‘Pete, I’ve been going to church all my life, and I’ve never heard any of this before,’” Noor says.
“One of the gentlemen, he’s a rough and tough guy, he just came up and hugged me. He said, ‘Pete, this has absolutely changed my life.’”
Another woman who attended the Walking Free program with her husband and son wrote:
Our family has gone through a lot of hard times, and this Walking Free program and Set Free Ministries have absolutely helped us through this, and we are now living out of hope and joy. You have made all the difference in our lives through this very difficult time.
Praise God for what He’s doing through the Walking Free program. Pray that believers will grow in Christ as they learn how to “go and sin no more.”
“The Holy Spirit is working in people’s lives unlike it’s ever worked in their lives before, or at least unlike they’ve ever been able to comprehend before,” Noor says.
“People have gone through freedom appointments; they now have freedom. We are teaching them identity, and now it’s sinking in. We’re teaching them how to walk by the Spirit and creating a heart-focused community.”
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