Raising the Family Altar by Pastor Johnson Adegbesan

Exodus 20:22-24, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:24

God first thought man how to raise altar in Exodus 20:22-24. No spiritual man has ever operated without raising an altar. As a child of God your personal daily praying time is your altar.

A Christian spiritual life is a power base from where he/she operates and neutralise the influence of spiritual altars. For an altar to be effective and deliver the required blessing, the price of regularity, continuity must be maintained.

Anywhere you see an altar; there is always a spiritual presence there. Any where there is an altar there is always a trafficking of spirit; either spirit of God or demonic spirit which cannot be seen.

Prayer: Every altar attacking the altar of God in my life, catch fire, in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Genesis 28:11-17 - Jacob had a dreamt here and built an altar. Also, in Genesis 12:7-10, Abraham also built an altar in the same place; same as Isaac.

There are territorial altars, landlord altars. When people experience negative turnaround when they move to a new place or get a new job; there are always territorial powers in such place.

Prayer: Altars attacking me from the grave catch fire, in the name of Jesus, amen.

Through the use of altars, devil and its agents has kept territories, families and individual under control - captivity.

What is an Altar?

1. An altar is a spiritual or physical place through

2. An altar is a gate through which physical and spiritual is connected.

3. An altar is a place where gifts and sacrifices are made to spirits.

4. An altar is traffic of spirits.

5. An altar is a place of blessing s and curses.

6. An altar is a place of drawing strength.

7. An altar is place of judgement. Knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly altars influence human lives.

8. Altar is a place of communion with the spirits.

9. Altar is a place to receive protection. Psalm 91

10. Altars establish and empower thrones, for a throne to be powerful altars must be involved.

11. Altars generate glory and power. Revelation 16:7

When pagans make sacrifices to altars, they do it out of fear. Pagans go as far as sacrificing their loved ones to their altars; of which their gods are never satisfied. However, unlike pagans, we Christians sacrifice out of love to our God.

Types of Altars

1. Crossroad altars

2. Tree altars

3. Marine Altars

4. Witchcrafts’ Altars

5. Astral Altars

6. Market Altars

7. Territorial Altars

Market Altars

Acts 16-17 recounts Apostle Paul’s experience about market altars.

Market altars are as old as civilisation. Most markets in Africa are started with sacrifices - Human or Animal sacrifices. Why is this done? They believe that how numerous the maggots from the sacrifice are, determines how much traffic that occur in the markets. Example Tejoshun Market, Mile 12 Market, Ariaria Market.

Also, why is it that once a person becomes mad, he/she runs to the market? Why is it that when the newly mad person runs to the market, the madness becomes established?

A Christian must always raise an altar in his business, work, etc.

Marine Altars

Exodus 7 makes us know that Pharaoh was worshipped the marine altars of the River Nile.

Mostly in the Niger Delta, new born babies are thrown into the river/ocean and the river will run the new born days later. If you are from such a place, you should pray hard to be delivered from marine spirits.

As a Christian

1. A child of God must have a particular place, a particular time where he/she meets with his/her maker. A believer must have a personal altar.

2. A child of God must raise a family altar, where every member of the family and visitors must pray together.

3. A child of God must be part of a congregational altar.

Must 'Haves' for Every Altar

1. Every altar must have an assignment.

2. Every altar must carry sacrifice. Sacrifices on an altar includes: Bible, Anointing Oil, Bell, Jotter and Pen, Communion Bread and Wine, Water of Fire.

3. Every altar must have a supervising spirit - the Holy Spirit.

No eyes that see God regularly see corruption. Anytime the fire of your altar dies something/everything in your life.

The battle of life is altar versus altar; when an altar meets another altar, the weaker altar bows to the stronger altar.

Reinforce your altar by talking to God. Tell God about all altars attacking your altar with God; destroy such altars in Jesus name, amen.  Recall Genesis 3:8 Enoch walked with God.

Prayers

1. Oh Lord my Father, make me a man/woman of the altar in Jesus name, amen.

2. Oh Lord my Father repair my personal altar, repair my family altar in Jesus name, amen.

3.  Supervising spirits on any witchcraft altar against my life, scatter, in the name of Jesus, amen.

4. Diviners, enchanters, operating from any altar against my life, my family, my business, die, in the name of Jesus, amen.

5. Every voice from every satanic altar against my life shut up and die now in the name of Jesus, amen.

6. I command the stars, the sun, the moon and the winds, begin to fight against diviners, enchanters working against my life, in the name of Jesus amen.