Prayer Partner’s Handbook - Freedom Ministry

Prayer Partner’s Handbook: Unlocking God’s Healing, Deliverance, and Freedom in Spirit, Soul, and Body

Do you want to pray for others but feel unsure or unprepared?

Many Christians long to see others healed, delivered, and set free, but they lack the confidence, clarity, or practical knowledge and understanding to minister and pray effectively. The truth is that God has called every believer to partner with Him in prayer – but too many feel unequipped to step out in faith.

There’ good news. You don’t have to be a pastor or minister to pray powerfully and effectively for healing and deliverance. With the right guidance, you can confidently pray for others, break strongholds, and witness God’s transformative power at work.

This comprehensive handbook is firmly rooted in the truth of God’s Word, with the Bible as the ultimate guide for healing, deliverance, and freedom. Every principle, teaching, and practical step is backed by Scripture, ensuring that you are following God’s path to wholeness. Packed with New King James Version Bible verses, this handbook provides a solid Biblical foundation, allowing you to study, meditate, and apply God’s promises to your life. As you read, you will gain deeper spiritual insight and confidence, knowing that every step toward healing and deliverance is guided by His unchanging Word.

What’s inside this practical handbook?

How healing and deliverance work – Learn how Jesus ministered healing and deliverance, and how you can follow His simple example today.
Your role as a prayer partner – Understand how to pray with wisdom, humility, and spiritual authority.
Breaking spiritual strongholds – Identify and cast out demons, break generational curses and vows, and overcome soul ties and bondages.
Inner healing and emotional restoration – Help others find freedom from past trauma, fear, unforgiveness and emotional pain.
Physical healing through prayer – Discover how to pray effectively for sickness and pain, and activate faith for miraculous healing.
Practical prayer tools – Follow a step-by-step process for healing, deliverance, and post-prayer discipleship.
Spiritual and ethical safeguards – Learn how to protect yourself and others in prayer ministry, avoiding spiritual burnout and legal risks.

Why this plain English handbook is for you

If you feel unsure how to pray for others, this handbook gives you the confidence and tools to intercede effectively.
If you want to see lives changed, you’ll learn how to invite God’s power into any situation.
If you desire to grow spiritually, this handbook will equip you with Biblical wisdom and simple steps to deepen your prayer life.
If you want to be part of God’s healing work, this handbook shows you how to step into your calling boldly and confidently.

A powerful trilogy on healing, deliverance, and freedom

True healing and deliverance require a deep understanding of God’s power and how to walk in lasting freedom. This is why three handbooks have been written – to guide you through every stage of your journey:

Secrets of Divine Healing and Health – Discover how to unlock God’s power for freedom and live in divine healing and health.
Self-Help Healing and Deliverance Handbook – A practical guide for individuals seeking personal healing, deliverance, and freedom in spirit, soul, and body.
Prayer Partner’s Handbook – Learn how to pray for others confidently, minister healing and deliverance, and walk in spiritual authority and power.

Each handbook stands alone, but together they offer a complete, in-depth approach to experiencing God’s healing, deliverance, and transformation. Read them all to receive and minister healing with greater understanding and effectiveness.

Step into your calling today

You were made for more than silent prayers. Prayer Partner’s Handbook gives you the knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to pray for healing, deliverance, and transformation – just like Jesus did.

Don’t wait any longer – start praying with authority and power today and unlock God’s healing and deliverance in spirit, soul and body.

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Introduction

Living in freedom by the power of the Holy Spirit
What you’ll discover in this book
Who is this book for?
Who are prayer partners?
Let’s begin

Section 1: Foundations of healing and deliverance

What is healing and deliverance?

The ministry of healing and deliverance
The healing ministry and role of prayer partners
Deliverance for believers only
The Holy Spirit’s role

Salvation: The foundation for healing and deliverance

Understanding salvation
Why salvation must come first
How to check for salvation
Leading someone in the prayer of salvation
Prayer of salvation
Follow-up after salvation

Sōzō – An integrated approach

What does sōzō mean?
Practical implications for prayer partners
Healing and salvation: Two sides of the same coin
Wholeness and health
Sample prayer for the prayee
Sample prayer for prayer partners to fulfil their calling

Understanding healing

What is healing?
Healing is God’s will
Identifying and overcoming roadblocks to healing
Sample prayer for identifying and overcoming roadblocks to healing

Understanding deliverance

Demons can cause someone to be unwell
The nature of spiritual warfare
Not all illness or suffering is caused by demons
Jesus Christ has authority over all demons
Overcoming demonic influence
Casting out of demons glorifies God
Sample prayer for deliverance ministry

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

The role of the Father
The role of the Son (Jesus Christ)
The role of the Holy Spirit
Key takeaway for prayer partners
Sample prayer for deliverance ministry

Section 2: Understanding human complexity

Understanding human complexity

Spirit, soul, and body
Exploring the spirit, soul, and body connection
An integrated approach to healing
Relationship between inner healing and deliverance
Sample prayer for an integrated approach

Understanding soul ties

What are soul ties?
Types of soul ties
How are ungodly soul ties formed?
The consequences of ungodly soul ties
How to break ungodly soul ties
Sample prayer for breaking unhealthy soul ties

Personalities, the flesh and external influence

Human disposition (character flaws)
The flesh
External demonic influence from the enemy
Distinguishing between dispositional and spiritual issues
Sample prayer for discernment in understanding struggles

Generational sins, curses and iniquities

Generational sins: Breaking the cycle of repeated behaviour
Generational curses: Breaking spiritual bondage
Generational iniquities: Addressing deep-rooted sin
Why “generational iniquity” is the preferred
Sample prayer for breaking generational sins and curses

Culture and customs

Consuming blood
Eating food offered to idols
Practising divination, sorcery, or witchcraft
Navigating cultural sensitivity
Sample prayer for navigating customs with sensitivity

Section 3: Jesus as our model

How Jesus ministered to people

Heart attitude – invisible traits
Practical ways – visible actions
Sample prayer to minister like Jesus

Take risks for Jesus: Fear god, not man

What does it mean to fear God, not man?
Jesus took risks for the kingdom
Taking risks in prayer ministry
What the Bible says if we fear man and not God
Overcoming the fear of man
The reward of risk-taking
Sample prayer for courage to take risks for Jesus

How Jesus heals the broken heart

Key insights from Kings :-
The process of inner healing
Encountering Jesus
Heal the broken heart first
Ministering to the broken heart
Sample prayer for inner healing

How did Jesus cast out demons

Mark 5:8
Mark 9:25
Luke 4:35
Luke 8:30

Section 4: Spiritual insights and discernment

Humility and dependence on the Holy Spirit

Seeing what the Father does
Shifting atmospheres in partnership with the Holy Spirit
Practical ways to shift atmospheres
Sample prayer for humility and discernment in ministry

Spiritual insights, discernment, and wisdom

Spiritual insights
Discernment
Wisdom
Implications for prayer partners
Sample prayer for spiritual insights, discernment, and wisdom

Hearing the voice of God

The importance of hearing God’s voice
Four keys to hearing God
Removing barriers to hearing God
Sample prayer to hear God’s voice

Words of knowledge and prophetic words

What are words of knowledge?
What are prophetic words?
Importance to healing and deliverance ministry
Using these gifts strategically
Caution and accountability
Sample prayer for using words of knowledge and prophetic words

Demonstrating the fruit of the Spirit

Why does the fruit of the spirit matter?
Each fruit matters
Practical steps to cultivate the fruit
Sample prayer to cultivate the fruit of the Holy Spirit

Section 5: Practical steps for healing and deliverance

The prayer of faith

What is faith?
Healing follows from faith in God
Faith of the person seeking healing
Faith of those praying for healing
Sample prayer of faith for healing

Understanding power and authority

What is power?
What is authority?
The source of power and authority
Pray from a position of victory
Freely you have received; freely give
“Drive out all demons” then “cure diseases”
Sample prayer for alignment with God’s will

5-Step healing and deliverance process

Step 1 – Interview: Understanding the need
Step 2 – Diagnosis: Identifying root causes
Step 3 – Prayer selection: Ministering integrated healing and deliverance
Step 4 – Feedback: Evaluating the impact
Step 5 – Post-prayer instructions: Securing the healing and deliverance
Sample prayer for using the -step process

Key principles for integrated healing

Remain flexible and Spirit-led throughout the process
Break strongholds by exposing lies and replacing them with God’s truth
Forgive God, others, and yourself
Healing and deliverance are interconnected
Address healing holistically – spirit, soul, and body
Build trust through active listening and compassionate presence
Stay within your authority and knowledge boundaries
Maintain connection with your prayer team and leadership
Document patterns and testimonies for future reference
Sample prayer for holistic healing

Pray for physical healing

Pray boldly and with expectation
Listen to spiritual guidance
Act in faith
Invite the Holy Spirit
Command the sickness to leave
Encourage them to test their healing
Persist in prayer and faith
Identifying and addressing blockages to healing
Faith and medical considerations

Rejecting ungodly beliefs

Why help others overcome ungodly beliefs
How to overcome ungodly beliefs
Key scriptures to overcome ungodly beliefs
Sample payer to identify and renounce ungodly beliefs

Overcoming unhealthy beliefs

Why help others overcome unhealthy beliefs
How to overcome unhealthy beliefs
Sample prayer to help overcome unhealthy beliefs

The power of positive memories in inner healing

Why positive memories matter
Steps to use positive memories in prayer ministry
Sample prayer to reconnect with positive memories

Prayer styles for soul pains

Participatory prayer: Empowering the individual to connect with God
Directive prayer: Stepping in when guidance is needed
Choosing the right approach
Combining both styles

Inner healing and soul restoration

Directive prayer style for inner healing

Section 6: Overcoming spiritual strongholds

Pulling down of strongholds

Why pull-down strongholds?
Directive prayer style
Participatory prayer style

Identifying demonic influence

Identifying and closely doorways to demonic influence

How does deliverance ministry work?

Jesus’s deliverance ministry
The journey to freedom through deliverance
Avoiding the devil’s foothold
Identifying open doors
Closing opened doors
Staying free through sanctification and discipleship

Ground rules for deliverance

The nature of deliverance ministry
Ground rules for deliverance
Deciding whether to minister individually or as a couple
Stirring up compassion

Casting out demons

Understanding principalities and powers
Preparing for deliverance sessions
Command evil spirits to “come out” and leave
Modelling effective deliverance ministry

How to cast out demons

Help the person relax
Instruct the person how to cooperate with you
Practical instructions for the person receiving deliverance
Command the spirits with authority
Breaking agreements formed with evil spirits
Deliverance process: Practical steps for prayer partners
Persist until there is a release
Aids should be used only as led by the Holy Spirit
Possible manifestations during deliverance
Exit routes for demons
How to know the spirits have gone
Immediately after deliverance

Displacement of demons

Releasing blessings to counter affliction
Understanding the displacement of demons
Steps to displace demons
A practical example of displacement

Demons manifest

How to spot the manifestation of demons
Recognising possible signs of demonisation
What prayer partners should do when demons manifest

Overcome specific human dispositions

Directive prayer style
Participatory prayer style

Section 7: Special topics in ministry

Can evil spirits live on the inside of a Christian?

Christians are NOT owned by demons
“Demon-possessed” or “had demons”?
Understanding spirit, soul, and body
Can an evil spirit inhabit a Christian?
Arguments for and against
Guidance for prayer partners
Sample prayer for sensitivity and discernment

Sickness and spiritual deliverance

Sickness as a natural phenomenon
Sickness with a potential spiritual connection
Sickness not unto death
Death and healing
Sample prayer for healing and restoration

The prayee must want, not just be willing, to be free

The prayee must want freedom
Willingness to cooperate with the Holy Spirit
Willingness to cooperate with the prayer partner
Why these qualities are important
How the prayer partner can help
Sample prayer for the prayee

Why some people are not delivered

Issues with the person ministering deliverance
Issues with the person being delivered
Overcoming barriers to deliverance

Post-deliverance care and follow-up

Understanding the need for follow-up
Encourage lifestyle changes

Discipleship and sustainable freedom

Aim of inner healing and deliverance
Helping people rebuild their lives
Helping others put on the armour of God
Developing and sustaining daily spiritual practices
Long-term spiritual growth strategies

House cleansing

Why house cleansing matters
Key areas to deal with in-house cleansing
How to cleanse the house
Instructions to house owner
Practical steps and sample prayers for specific items
Maintaining a cleanse home
The power of a cleansed home
Special topics in healing and deliverance

Authority to forgive someone’s sins

Restoring broken relationships with God
Restoring broken relationships with people
Restoring broken relationships with self
Vows
Curses
Ungodly oaths and promises
Addressing trauma and abuse with sensitivity
Addictions and compulsive behaviours
Freemasonry
New age practices
Shock and trauma
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Substance use disorders
Burnout and stress-related disorders

Section 8: Preparing and sustaining your ministry

Being a bondservant of God and Jesus

Who is a bondservant?
Bondservant of God
Bondservant of the Lord Jesus Christ
Practical considerations for ministry
Practical ways to become a bondservant
Sample prayer to become a good bondservant of God

Essential principles for prayer ministry

Reliance and dependence on His power and grace
Sensitivity to the Holy Spirit
Sovereignty of God to heal and deliver
Walking in love, humility, and compassion
Faith: the roles of the prayer partner and the recipient
The power of prayer and fasting in breakthrough ministry
Guarding against pride and striving
Maintaining spiritual armour
Prioritising personal spiritual health

Preparing to be a prayer partner

Understanding the delegated authority of believers
Spiritual disciplines for ministry readiness
Developing your spiritual life
Model for living victoriously in Christ

Common fears and how to overcome them

Fear of inadequacy
Fear of failure
Fear of confrontation
Personal limitations
Lack of confidence in hearing God’s voice
Dealing with discouragement

Ministry guidelines for prayer partners

Preparing and creating a healing environment
Preparing for a healing or deliverance session
General ministering guidelines
Quick instructions for the prayer partner
Ministering in different settings

Strengthening, encouraging, and comforting

Strengthening
Encouraging
Comforting
Sample prayer to strengthen, encourage, and comfort

How to recognise a spiritual attack

Before ministry
During ministry
After ministry

Sustaining your prayer ministry calling

Authority grows with use
Practice, practice, practice
Embracing your calling with faith and obedience
Maintaining spiritual health
Preventing burnout

Section 9: Legal and ethical considerations

Sexual orientation, gender identity

Overview of laws and regulations
Practical steps for prayer partners
Be cautious of intentional traps
Sample response to prayer requests

Safeguarding children

Why child protection matters
Legal frameworks and requirements
Parental or guardian consent
Dos and don’ts of ministering to children
Recognising signs of abuse
Practical guidelines for prayer partners

Other legal considerations for the ministry

Mandatory reporting laws
Confidentiality and privacy laws
Consent and autonomy
Defamation Laws
Discrimination and equal opportunity laws
Health and safety regulations
Professional conduct
What about volunteers?
Assault and battery laws
Financial transparency laws
False advertising and misrepresentation laws

Risk management and insurance

Common scenarios and how to handle them

Waiver form for prayer ministry

Voluntary participation and release of liability form

Appendix – Deliverance questionnaire

Answer the questions honestly