Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

to break the yoke and give you strength to be free from this habit! Various habits of the flesh can certainly be a hindrance to a believer. There will be great relief, release, and rest in the Spirit when a believer receives complete deliverance. We should make every effort to care for our body, since it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. This includes proper food, exercise, and rest. God instructs us to do this to care for our bodies and give us a longer and fuller life. C AN M Y P RAYERS B E H INDERED ? At the beginning of this chapter I posed a question that was asked me by a person with a smoking habit: “Can smoking hinder my prayers from being answered?” According to Scripture, I do know that unrepentant sin and iniquity will most certainly impact your prayer life, as we read: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear” (Ps. 66:18). In reading the New Testament approach to God through prayer, the one thing that does and will hinder your prayer life is your lack of confidence in your prayer through a spirit of condemnation. We read: My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.