Prayer Against Backwardness and Spiritual Hindrances

You can Overcome Backwardness Through Prayer…

Are you feeling stuck in life? Do you feel like regardless of your efforts, you are unable to move forward and progress? 

Backwardness can happen due to several reasons – negative thinking, lack of opportunities, financial constraints etc. However, there is power in prayer against backwardness that can help overcome every difficulty. 

Yes your heartfelt prayer can completely defeat backwardness in your life by God’s grace.

Do People Really Experience Backwardness?

Yes, people can and do experience what is often referred to as “backwardness” or feeling stuck in various aspects of life. This is a real phenomenon that many individuals struggle with, though the specific causes and manifestations can vary widely.

Backwardness refers to a state where a person is unable to advance and progress in life. It indicates stagnancy in growth despite best efforts being put in.

Backwardness could be in terms of:

• Career and financial growth
• Relationships
• Education
• Health

People suffering from backwardness often see their peers and loved ones moving forward, while they lack behind regardless of labour and smart work. This causes immense frustration and hopelessness in the person.

Reasons Why People Experience Backwardness

There could be several root causes why people suffer from backwardness:

• Lack of Opportunities

Due to difficult circumstances and lack of contacts, some people are unable to get the right opportunities to grow in their career and business. This causes them to lag behind while others progress.

• Financial Constraints

Lack of money can become a huge barrier in progressing in life. From not being able to invest in business ideas to not affording good education, financial constraints can truly make you stuck.

• Lack of Mental Strength

Negative thinking and lack of self-belief can hold people back tremendously. Due to past failures and traumatic experiences, people develop self-doubt and fears that hinders their capacity to succeed.

• Envy and Evil Eye

In some cultures, there is a strong belief in the evil eye – someone else’s jealousy and envy giving you backwardness. The malicious intentions of others towards your progress causes you stagnancy.

• Generational Curses

Ancestral bondages, curses and unresolved issues of forefathers running down generations is also believed to cause backwardness in some people by many spiritual traditions.

Why Pray Against Backwardness?

Prayer is a powerful way to fight against backwardness as it allows you to submit your worries and difficulties to the Higher Power. Through genuine prayer, you can find solace, wisdom and solutions to overcome stagnancy. 

Some key reasons to pray against backwardness are:

• Builds self-confidence and mental strength to progress
• Wards off envy and jealousy of enemies trying to harm you
• Seeks forgiveness from sins of ancestors causing generational backwardness
• Open doors of destiny, luck and divine opportunities
• Attracts financial blessings and prosperity

Bible Verses to Pray Against Backwardness

The Bible offers hope, reassurance and power in its verses. Here are some encouraging Bible verses to incorporate in your prayers against backwardness:

Deuteronomy 28:13 “The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.”

Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Psalm 118:25 “Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success!”

  “If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Psalm 91:1-2: “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”

Isaiah 54:17: “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Specific Areas to Cover in Prayers When Praying Against Backwardness

Based on your unique situation, here are some specific prayers you pray consistently to overcome backwardness:

Prayer for Financial and Career Breakthrough

“Heavenly Father, In the name of Jesus, I come before you seeking blessings and breakthroughs in my finances and career. I have been stuck in stagnancy unable to grow. Let the doors of favor and prosperity be open for me in the name of Jesus. Bless the work of my hands exceedingly Oh Lord!

Protect me from envy and blockages trying to stop my progress in the name of Jesus.

My Father, Help me find mentors and sponsors to help me advance. Give me wisdom and strategies to excel. Thank you for breakthrough into abundance and success. in the name of Jesus Amen”

Prayer for Educational Success

“Lord Jesus, I request your divine intervention for success in my academics and education. Please bless my memory and concentration power to excel in studies.

 Grant me clarity to understand difficult concepts. Protect me from distractions and fatigue interfering with my learning. Let me find excellent teachers and mentors to guide me.

Remove all obstacles causing delays in completion of my degrees and diplomas.

Thank you for divine blessings to be an outstanding student. Amen”

Prayer Against Generational Backwardness

“Dear God, I acknowledge the ancestral bondages, curses and unresolved transgressions of my forefathers causing backwardness in my life.

Have mercy on me. Purify and free me from all generational issues hindering my progress. Forgive my ancestors sins and cleanse my bloodline.

Every curse running down generations trying to limit and bind me be broken in the name of Jesus. Release me to unending success and advancement for generations to come. In Jesus’s name. Amen”

Relationship Backwardness Prayer

“Heavenly Father, I am struggling with disappointments and backwardness in relationships and marriage. Heal every emotional wound and hurt holding me back from finding true love.

Protect me from wrong associations and connections. Bless me with a God-fearing life partner that will mutually grow together with me. Remove any curses or witchcraft manipulations trying to harm my relationships.

Make all things new in my romantic life. Thank you for blessing me with a happy and peaceful marriage. Amen”

Practical Steps to Take Alongside Your Prayers

While prayer is powerful, it must also be combined with some practical action steps to defeat backwardness. 

Here is what you can do in alignment with your prayers:

• Set Clear Goals

Define what progress means to you and set SMART goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound

• Upgrade Your Skills

Keep learning and growing your skills to increase change of opportunities

• Change Negative Mindsets

Spot and challenge thoughts causing self-doubt, fears and limiting beliefs

• Manage Time Effectively

Block out time wasters and productivity drainers holding you back

• Maintain Accountability

Share your goals and journey with a trusted mentor or life coach to keep you accountable.

You Have to Pray With Consistency to See Good Results 

While praying against backwardness, persistence is key for breakthroughs. Keep petitioning heavenly help with faith until your tide turns and your change comes.

Combine your prayers with aligned actions and watch doors open for you. Remember, darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Your focused prayers combined with planned efforts will surely defeat every difficulty taking you to new heights!

The battle against backwardness can be won through prayer and practical efforts. 

Prayer Against Backwardness and Spiritual Hindrances

Opening Prayer:

Heavenly Father, I come before You today asking for deliverance from every form of backwardness in my life. Lord Jesus, forgive me for every sin that has opened the door to backwardness in my life.

I repent and ask You to break every curse resulting from disobedience, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

Breaking Generational Curses:

• • “In the name of Jesus, I command every spirit of backwardness from my father’s and mother’s houses affecting my destiny to break by fire, break by fire, break by fire.”

Deliverance from Negative Dreams:

• • “Every household power using dreams of my village to hinder my progress, you are defeated, die. Today, I receive double acceleration in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I reject every dream of my former house; break by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Powers using dreams of my former school to block my blessings, die by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I cancel by the blood of Jesus any connection in dreams between my current residence and my village, in Jesus’ name.”

Destruction of Spiritual Hindrances:

• • “Anything buried in my village, former apartment, or former school that is waging war against my advancement, be destroyed by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I reject by fire any attempt by family members in the village to make me like them, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “My head shall not be buried in the village, in Jesus’ name.”

Breaking Ancestral Powers:

• • “Every ancestral power using people in my dreams to impose stagnation and limitations on my life, scatter by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I reject any plan of the enemy to force me to make a living in the village, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I return every evil garment of backwardness and suffering placed on me by anyone in my village, in Jesus’ name.”

Cancelling Negative Dreams:

• • “I cancel every bad dream reminding me of past life by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I cancel every dream of failure I had when I was 3-5 years old, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I cancel every dream of poverty I had when I was 5-10 years old, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I cancel every dream of profitless hard labor I had when I was 10-15 years old, by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I cancel every demonic dream of marital delay I had when I was 15-20 years old, by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I cancel every evil dream of demotion and financial bondage I had when I was 20-25 years old, by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I cancel every dream of shame and disappointments I had when I was 25-30 years old, by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I cancel every dream of soul tie covenant I had with deceased people in the village, by the blood of Jesus.”
  • “I break every dream of hopelessness and fornication I had when I was 30-35 years old, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I break every dream of eating in the village I had when I was 35-40 years, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I destroy every dream of dancing with masquerades in the village, by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I cancel every dream of joblessness I had when I was 40-45 years old, by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I dismantle every dream of marital problems I had from 45-65 years old, by fire and thunder, in Jesus’ name.”

Breaking Soul Ties and Curses:

• • “I destroy every power using my placenta to summon me to places in dreams, receive calamity and die, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I break every curse causing dreams of former residences; wherever you are hidden in my life, go back to sender.”
  • “I break by fire every soul tie covenant and curse between me and the people of my village, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “I break by fire every soul tie covenant between me and evil trees in my village, in Jesus’ name.”

Revoking Ancestral Curses:

• • “I revoke by fire any curse in my father’s house causing dreams of my village and former places, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Any power wanting me to leave the city and settle in the village due to demonic pity and mockery, your plans have failed. I receive unusual progress, in Jesus’ name.”

Overcoming Demonic Influences:

• • “Anyone responsible for these dreams, let them face their own actions, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Powers advertising my village in my dreams, die by fire, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Arrow of backwardness causing total failure, go back to sender, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Every power trying to make me comfortable with my current state, die, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Any power holding my instrument of greatness, success, and testimony, release it and die, in Jesus’ name.”

Freedom from Hardship and Delay:

• • “I command every mysterious dream of backwardness to loose its hold.”
  • “Every hardship and delay introduced into my life through dreams, go back to sender, in Jesus’ name.”

Prayers for Deliverance and Breakthrough:

• • “Lord, every demonic door that gives the enemy legal access to enforce backwardness in my life, be shut forever in the name of Jesus. I cancel every demonic assignment against my progress in Jesus’ mighty name.”
  • “By the authority in the name of Jesus, I am released from every haunting spirit responsible for repeated setbacks and delay. I break free from their grip by the power in the blood of Jesus.”
  • “In the name of Jesus, I sever every ungodly soul tie connecting me to people or entities fueling backwardness in my life. I refuse to be held back by unhealthy connections, in the name of Jesus.”

Reclaiming Blessings and Breakthroughs:

1. • “All my expected breakthroughs, miracles, and promotions hidden in the village, I challenge you today, come out and locate me in the city, in Jesus’ name.”
   • “Every anointing of ‘thou shall not prosper, thou shall not move forward, thou shall not complete your divine assignments,’ EXPIRE now, in Jesus’ name.”
   • “Those waiting to hear of my downfall shall wait in vain, receive double frustration, in Jesus’ name.”
   • “In every area of my life and destiny, I SHALL NOT BE STAGNATED, in Jesus’ name.”

Holy Spirit’s Guidance and Renewal:

• • “Holy Spirit, expose every hidden source of backwardness in my life. Shine Your light and reveal anything I need to deal with so I can move forward, in Jesus’ name.”
  • “Holy Spirit, by Your power, identify and correct any faulty mindset or toxic belief system in me that hinders forward movement in my life. Renew my mind according to God’s word.”

Prayer Against Territorial Spirits:

• • “Lord, deliver me from every territorial spirit of backwardness operating in my family, city, or region. I destroy the influence of the spirit of backwardness on me. I declare breakthrough into new levels of advancement, in Jesus’ name.”

Prayer for Vision and Favor:

• • “Heavenly Father, release on me fresh vision, strategies, and divine connections for significant breakthroughs and greater productivity.”
  • “In the name of Jesus, I receive supernatural favor and speed to make up for lost time and missed opportunities because of backwardness, in the mighty name of Jesus.”

Empowerment and Prosperity:

• • “Holy Spirit, empower me to pursue divine purpose and assignment with fresh passion, vigor, and intentionality. No more delay!”
  • “Oh Lord, bless the work of my hands and cause everything I put my hands to prosper exceedingly beyond expectations.”
  • “Father, activate in me every spiritual gift, talent, and ability that propels me forward into my divine destiny. Make me a wonder to my generation.”

Declaration of Open Doors:

• • “I decree open doors of opportunity across every sphere of my life this season. I declare alignment with God’s timing for acceleration, in Jesus’ mighty name.”
  • “Lord, order my steps into new seasons of supernatural increase, overflow, restoration, and recompense for every loss and damage done by backwardness.”
  • “I speak life and fruitfulness over every barren area of my life. I declare the awakening of dreams, visions, and promises. The appointed time for fulfillment is now, in Jesus’ name!”

Kingdom Authority and Unlimited Potential:

• • “Heavenly Father, launch me into new realms of Kingdom authority, influence, and impact for Your glory. Anoint me afresh for extraordinary impact!”
  • “I declare that I am breaking free from every limitation into a realm of unlimited potential through Christ who strengthens me. Nothing can hold me back!”

• • “Jesus, take over every battle and situation too difficult for me. Turn around what I cannot do for myself, for Your glory.”

Closing Prayer:

• “Thank You, Heavenly Father, for Your mighty hand turning my life around. I declare I am moving forward powerfully from glory to glory as Your beloved child! Hallelujah! Amen.”

End with 15 mins of praise and worship, knowing your prayer is answered. 

You can set a specific time of the day to pray this prayers, probably for 3days, 7days or as situation serves you.