*Destroying Generational and Territorial Altars*

 

*1 Kings 17:1* - “And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”

 

1. Addressing those maintaining the covenants, altars and sacrifices to idol worship in your territory. Prophesy against these institutions. *1 Kings 18:22-24*

 

*1 Kings 13:1-3* -“And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 *Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord*: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ” 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”

 

*Judges 6:25* - “Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and *tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; 26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement*, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.” 27 So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him.”

 

> Some territorial victory will only be established after generational covenants and altars have been dealt with. 

 

> David delivered his father’s sheep from the menace of a lion and a bear before he was ready to rout a territorial Goliath.

 

2. Recognising that the enemy wants to keep you in a *state of lukewarmness or stupor*. *1 Kings 18:21*

 

*1 Kings 18:21* - ““And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.”

 

*Judges 6:1-2,11* - “Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. _*Because of the Midianites*_, the children of Israel made for themselves *the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains*. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat *under the terebinth tree* which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.”

 

> You need to arise and disallow the enemy displacing you from the prestigious place God has ordained for you.

 

 

3. Understanding the revelation behind *calling on and coming in the name of the Lord*. *1 Kings 18:24*; *1 Samuel 17:45*

 

4. Repairing the altar of prayer and intercession. *1 Kings 18:30*

 

*Genesis 12:8* - “From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There *he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord*.”

 

5. Understand that to defeat and maintain victory, the *altar requires a living sacrifice*. *1 Kings 18:33*; *Romans 12:1-2*

6. Recognising that *your prayers is moving the needle* in the spirit realm. *Revelation 8:1-5*

7. Guard against the *spirit of retaliation*: the spirit of Jezebel. *1 Kings 19:1-4*

 

*Genesis 12:8-10* - “From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There *he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.* 9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev. 10 *Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe*.”