SID: Sid Roth here with Mike Shreve. So what happens when the doctor says… You bring your son who, all he can do is walk on his toes, well we can have surgery. However, there’s a possibility that we could damage him permanently, much worse than walking on his toes. So Mike, what did you decide to do after seeing this doctor?
MIKE: I didn’t want to take that chance with my son, especially knowing that I serve the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and with Him, all things are possible. We walked out of this huge hospital complex, and as we walked toward our car, I heard the audible voice of God. I believe they helped us to the degree they could, so I’m not speaking critically of them, but I heard God say “Leave this place, and don’t ever come back.” I knew I was not supposed to pursue that as an alternative. A few weeks later, we were in a big convention, and I brought my son up. Two other ministers, Spirit filled ministers who believed in healing and miracles, prayed with me over my son for about 20 minutes. We claimed the healing scriptures, where God said “I Am the Lord who heals you. I will remove all evil disease from you.” We went through all of those promises, and my son was healed instantly. The next day, he started walking flat footed, and he’s never walked on his toes since. I’m so glad I want God’s say, instead of man’s way.
SID: So you know from personal experience, if there’s a true prophecy from God, you can war or fight over your children. And of course, the truest prophecy from God is His Word.
MIKE: That’s absolutely right.
SID: You can fight and war over your children with the truest Word from God, which is the written Word of God. Why did you write that book?
MIKE: I wrote the book because I was searching for promises to pray and to continue interceding over my own children. In a general sense I’d prayed the promises of God over my children for years, but I began to notice there were specific things God said He would do for them. My spirit got eagle wings, because instead of pleading with God to move for my son and my daughter, I was now affirming God’s Word and saying “You’ve already promised this. I don’t have to beg You to do it, it’s going to come to pass.”
SID: You know what I’m reminded of? The scripture that says “Can two walk together unless they be agreed?” You started agreeing with what God said was His will.
MIKE: And that’s the most powerful way to pray. I believe that’s what James called “the prayer of faith.” The prayer of faith is affirming what God has already declared. For instance, Isaiah 49:25. God said “I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.” See, whether it was demonic opposition or just something that happened in the womb, the enemy was contending with our family from the very start to prevent us from bringing seed into the world that would serve God. But God said “I’ll fight the one that’s fighting you. I’ll fight the Devil. I’ll fight the spirits of infirmity that have come against your family. I will save your children.” That’s a definite. So you can begin to affirm that and declare that. I call it “declaring the decree.” If you read Psalm 2, there’s a verse in there where the Messiah – it’s actually a Messianic psalm – he says “I will declare the decree: Thou art My Son. This day have I begotten Thee.” I noticed that recently. A decree is an utterance a king makes to establish Law, but that decree needs to be declared throughout the land in order for it to be established.
SID: And it’s so important to say it out loud.
MIKE: Yes, absolutely.
SID: You know what I’ve found lately? Reading God’s Word out loud is more powerful
than reading it to myself, for that same reason.
MIKE: There’s a spirit of revelation that comes upon you. I began to declare these decrees. Another powerful passage of scripture is Deuteronomy 7:9, where it says that He is the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him to a thousand generation. A generation is probably 40 years long. There is some controversy on that in scripture, but probably it’s 40 years long.
SID: That’s long enough.
MIKE: Because God is promising 40,000 years from now… A thousand generations, times 40. 40,000 years from now, there’s going to be people walking around blessed – if we had that much time. I don’t believe we have that much time, but it was God’s way of emphasizing the power of generational blessing. He said 40,000 years from now, there will be people walking around blessed, under the covenant of God, and under a reservoir of His mercy, to bring restoration to their life, just because of your walk with God. When they had long ago forgotten you were in the family line, there would still be a lingering blessing that would pass down through the family. There’s so many fantastic promises. I believe one of my favorites is Isaiah 54:13, where God said “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.” I depend on that, because there’s only so much we can do as parents to instruct our children concerning what they should do in life. But it becomes just a mental thing, just knowledge stored up in them, unless they have a direct revelation from God themselves. God did that for my son too. At the age of 4, he came down from his bedroom one morning and made the most amazing announcement. He said “Mommy, Daddy, I died in my sleep and went to heaven last night and met with Jesus, and He showed me around and talked to me.”
SID: That’s amazing. He died. How would you like your child to say that? Now he didn’t really die, but in his dreams he died and went to heaven. Was there any way of you figuring out whether it was just too much pizza, or he really had an encounter?
MIKE: Well, I really believe he had an encounter with God, because he began to tell us what Jesus told him. Jesus had given him personal instruction. One thing, He told him not to watch bad television, and secondly, He told him to have compassion for all people. He didn’t even know what the word “compassion” meant. We had to really explain to him what compassion was. He’d never used that word before. The very fact he used a word he’d never used before, and it had relevance and real meaning to it, convinced us he’d had a genuine visionary experience. Which is Acts 2:17 right there. Another promise that I highlight in the book, where it says “‘In the last days’, sayeth God, ‘I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh.'” And God didn’t just say you’ll prophesy, He said “Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” So with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
in the New Covenant era, God does not do away with the transfer of blessing to the next generation. That’s not just an Old Covenant situation, that is a pattern in the way God does things. If parents walk with God, even if just one member of a household walks with God, if the wife walks with God… First Corinthians 7:14 says that the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, therefore your children are holy and not unclean. Which, incidentally, is another promise in the book. My child is holy, because First Corinthians 7:14 declares that he is holy. Even if I was married to an unbeliever, that’s still the case.
SID: Listen. Mike, there’s a problem. People want multiple copies of this book, one for
every child, one for every grandchild, to pray for them. But in just a minute or two, until they get their book, would you pray a prayer over their children right now?
MIKE: Absolutely, absolutely. I know this is dear to your heart, and I know this is important to you. Your children are the thing many of you are most concerned about. I’m going to claim a promise for those that are out in darkness. And for those children that are walking in the truth, we’ll claim promises for them too. Let’s pray over your children right now. Wherever you’re at, just bow your head or lift your hands, however you want to approach God, and let’s pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, we consecrate and dedicate these children to You, that are being offered up to You all around the globe in many nations right now. I declare over the lives of those children that are backslidden, that Jeremiah 31:17 will come to pass for these concerned parents, where You said “There is hope in thine end that thy children shall return again to their own border.” These parents have given boundaries of the truth to their children, that maybe they’ve gone outside of. But “There is hope in thine end that thy children shall return to their own border.” I claim that for you. I claim the promise of God in Deuteronomy 30, where God said “I set before you blessing and cursing, life and death. Therefore choose life, that both you and your offspring may live.” There’s a lot of death dealing forces in this world, Lord, but I claim that none of them will have power over the children being lifted up to You right now. I choose life, and these parents that are listening today choose life, the life of God that brings love and joy and peace
and righteousness into our lives. I claim it.
SID: Mike, I’m hearing that same scripture that Mike prayed earlier for his daughter. “The Lord will perfect that which concerns you.” It’s going to be perfect. It’s going to be ok! Yes, the Lord will perfect it.
