The Parasitic Spirit

I'll see you next time. I'm not sure if you're in the middle of the road, but I'm not sure if you're in the middle of the road, but you're in the middle of the road. hey family welcome back richard jeremiah here with you hope you're doing great today talk to you about um an interesting spirit there's a spirit that doesn't come to kill you it comes to feed on you and this spirit it doesn't show up with horns and a pitchfork it shows up with a smile a need an urgent phone call at 11 o 'clock at night shows up in the prayer line every single week. It shows up in your inbox asking for one more favor, one more session, one.

more word from the lord here's the thing it never ever gives back today We're going to expose the parasitic spirit, that parasite spirit, what it is, how it operates in the church, how it drains ministries, ministers, families. And how to get free from it, whether it's attached to someone around you or whether, and I say this with love, it's been operating. even through you. So stay with me to the end because I'm going to pray over you and we're going to break its grip in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah. Welcome on. guys glad you're here today you're having an amazing time and so yeah welcome back welcome back to richard jeremiah tv where we operate from the higher place if you're new here I'm Richard Jeremiah. I'm an apostle, a seer, a prophet, and God has called me to help restore families and to equip believers to see what's really going on in the spirit before we go any further though i want to say something very clearly this teaching is not about calling anybody out per se I'm not naming any one particular person.

I'm not subtweeting anybody, okay? This is about exposing a spirit operating through people, though. okay so we're exposing that spirit because when you can see a spirit for what it is you can stop fighting people and you can start fighting the real enemy praise god now i want to go to the word of god here amen hallelujah let's go to the word of god in effusions chapter 6 verse 12 effusions 6 12 says we wrestle not against flesh and blood grab that for a second we wrestle not against flesh and blood so as we go through this keep your eyes on the Spirit of God, not the person. Okay?

Oh, hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. All right, so let's get into it. What is, let's look at this, what a parasite actually is.

Let's take that approach. Well, come on guys, everybody here. yeah it looks like we're broadcasting good and solid here all right thank you lord guys do me a favor like subscribe share so other people can get free from this parasitic spirit that's robbing so many people today. Are we working here?

Oh yeah. Alright. We're working. Let's go.

Alright, so let's start in the natural because God often teaches us spiritual truth. through natural things. Romans chapter 1 verse 20 says that the invisible things of him being the Lord are clearly seen. They're being understood.

by the things that are made, if that makes sense. A parasite is an organism, and that parasite typically lives on or inside. of another living thing okay it's called the host what it's feeding off of constantly what it draws its life from is the host so here's what's important to understand about parasites first a parasite attaches quietly most people don't know that they have one until the symptoms show up. You don't feel the tick bite.

You feel the fever later, okay? Second, a parasite takes… but it gives nothing back. Pay attention to what I just said.

A parasite takes but it gives nothing back. That's the definition. In nature, there are relationships where both sides benefit. That's not parasitic.

That's called mutualism. Okay. The bee gets nectar. The flower gets pollinated.

That's a natural example. Everybody wins. But a parasite. As a one -way relationship, the host, the prophet, the apostle, the pastor, the teacher, the minister, etc., etc., okay?

The host gives. glory to God the parasite receives and nothing flows back the other direction it's one directional bi -directional. Third, and guys, this one, this is key. A smart parasite does not kill its host.

Because if the host dies, the food supply is gone. Grab that. If the host dies, the food supply, boop, it's gone. So the parasite keeps the host alive.

But weak, tired, drained, functioning, but not thriving. And fourth, the host often starts to believe that the tiredness is normal. Oh, I'm just worn out. I guess this is just ministry, I guess this is just what family is like, no.

i want you to hold that picture hold that picture in your mind because everything i just described in the natural aspect i seen in the spirit, in churches, in ministries, in families, in marriages, and people that you minister to. Grab that. We're going to jump deeper into that. Alright.

So. Let's define the parasitic spirit. What is the parasitic spirit? I'm glad you asked.

Guys, the parasitic spirit is a… Demonic influence that attaches to a person and trains them to draw life, resources, attention, time. and anointing from others, while refusing to give, to serve, to sow, to sow. or to carry any weight themselves.

It's parasitic. Let me be really, really clear. Having a need is not a spirit, okay? I'm going to make that clear right now.

Having a need is not a spirit. We all have needs. The church exists to meet needs, okay? But when someone comes…

to the house of God or to the man of God, broken, hungry, hurting, you know, we should pour into them for a season. That's… the gospel. But let me break this down.

The difference is this. A person in need receives and grows. They may not. coming in sowing and giving their tithes and offerings but as they grow they should be doing that amen they might not come in helping but as they grow they should they should become part of giving back mutualism remember that word Not parasitically, but mutualism.

Give, take, helping out. A person under a parasitic spirit receives and stays exactly the same. except they typically become hungrier. So the needy person eventually becomes a giver, okay?

But… The parasite never does. Now the Bible actually gives us a picture of this spirit. When we look in the book of Proverbs, the book of Wisdom, chapter 30.

Verse 15, the word of God says, the horse leech, look at that, the horse leech hath two daughters, crying, give, give. Look at that. All they want is to take. They're crying out, give, give.

Spend some time in that. Proverbs chapter 30 verse 15. Now, let's talk about this. What is the…

is horse leech. Amen? A horse leech is a blood -sucking leech. Blood -sucking leech.

What is blood in our body? It's life. What does a leech do? it sucks the blood out constantly amen so this horse leech is a blood sucking leech and notice it has two daughters and both of them only know one word.

Give. Give. Not thank you. Not how can I help.

Not what do you need. Just Give, give. Wow. Jesus.

And look at the rest of that passage right there. Proverbs 30 and 15. Actually, go on to 16, okay? Because in 16, it describes things that are never satisfied.

The grave, the barren womb, the… dry earth the fire what do they say it's not enough that's the language of this spirit This parasitic spirit, it's never enough. You can give it everything, and it will say, it's not enough. All right, fifth point here I want to make to you today.

Let's look at like pictures, five portraits of the parasitic spirit that we can see in scripture. okay so we're gonna we're gonna walk through five places in the word of god where you can actually see this spirit at work okay it's important that you see this in the word and understand it glory to god The first picture we're going to look at is Gehazi. He was the servant who took what wasn't what was his in 2 Kings chapter 5. Now, Gehazi was the servant.

servant of Elisha, okay? Think about that. He walked daily with one of the greatest prophets who ever lived. He saw miracles.

up close. He saw those miracles up close. He had access. Most people would have died to have.

Naaman, the Syrian, he gets hit. of leprosy. Look at that. It's miraculous.

And he wants to pay Elisha. Elisha refuses. Elisha refuses. He says, Lord liveth, both whom I stand, and I will receive none.

Grab that. The gift of God is not for sale, basically, is what he's saying there, family. Amen. Now, Gehazi, however, he runs after Naaman, okay?

He lies. He says, my master sent me. And he takes… silver and garments that were never meant for him then he hides them and what does he do he lies to Elisha's face he lies to a prophet you don't lie to prophets prophets No.

Amen? Here's what I want you to see. Gehazi lived off the… anointing of another man.

Grab that. Gehazi was living off the anointing of another man. Are you with me? He was close to the oil, but he never carried his own.

He was close to the oil, but he never carried his own. He used proximity. to get, how do I say this? He used proximity to the prophet as a way to get what he wanted.

you want the real thing it's another story though and there are people on us like that. There's people like that around every ministry. They want to be close to the anointing. Close to the platform, close to the man or woman of God, not to serve, not to learn.

not to carry the vision but to take what they can get grab that and notice what happened the lepers of Naaman clung to who? Gehazi, that's right. What you take illegitimately will eventually take something from you. Be careful.

All right, the second picture I want you to grab with me here, or to see, is Judas, okay? The one who held the bag of money, in John chapter 12, verse 6. You know, John chapter 12, verse 6, guys, it's, um, it's powerful. In fact, let's just read it.

John 12, 6 says this, uh, of Judas, he was a thief. and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Judas was in their inner circle. He was in the knowing.

He was in the close place. He was one of the 12. He was trusted with the money, and the whole time. He was pulling from what was meant for the ministry.

Grab that. The parasitic spirit loves… positions of access it will get close enough to the resource to draw from them and it will often sound very spiritual while it does these things look at mary when mary poured out the costly ointment on jesus it was judas who complained the very one holding the money. It was Judas who complained.

Why wasn't this sold and given to the poor? I can already hear this from so many religious Pharisees. people in pulpits all across the world. I've seen many pharisaical pastors and supposed apostles.

They name themselves, strangely enough, after I came around, but that's another story. All right, so why wasn't this sold and given to the poor? He sounded like the most compassionate man in the room. But the body…

The Bible tells us he didn't care about the poor at all. Amen? You need to watch out for the one who always has an opinion. about how the ministry should spend its money, how it should be directed.

But he never puts a dollar into it himself. There are a lot of parasitic Christians. They want to have an opinion. They want to do a whole lot of things, but they'll never put a dime in the offering.

I didn't say they wouldn't go out and buy somebody a meal so they would look good. See, that's what that's all about. When they want to spend the money directly and do something, they want to be seen. You're told to put in to the…

lord and trust him with it but that's another story all right let's go to the third portrait here the third picture and that's ananias and sapphira who wanted the credit without paying cost, basically. Acts chapter 5. But in Acts 4, the early church was on fire. Amen?

In Acts 4, the early church was on fire. fire people were selling land and laying the money at the apostles feet but barnabas barnabas did it um and he was honored for it amen then Ananias and Sapphira sold a piece of land, but they kept back part of that price, part of what was sold. and presented the rest of it as if it was everything. They didn't make it, no, well, we kept a little back.

We sold it, but we kept a little bit and gave you this. No, they… They went as if they gave it all. There was some maneuvering there, if you will.

Manipulation. Honestly? kind of ties into a bit of witchcraft with the way they were operating so here's the thing peter told them the land was yours and the money was yours nobody forced you to give guys the sin wasn't that they didn't give all of it That was not the sin. The sin was that they wanted the reputation of givers without actually being givers.

Do you see what I'm saying? And what I mean by that is they gave, acting like it was all of it, but they kept some. They could have given half of it and made that claim to it, and it would have been fine. It was the operation behind it.

their heart that was the problem that's a that's another face of the parasitic spirit it wants the benefits of being part of the family The honor, the recognition, the seat at the table, but it holds back the part that costs something. Oh, wow. All right, the fourth portrait, the fourth picture we're going to look at here. The nine lepers who never came back.

So remember this, there were ten lepers that cried out to Jesus. Jesus, Master! Have mercy on us. And Jesus healed what?

All ten of them. But only one of them came back. And the Bible says that he was a Samaritan. okay an outsider basically he fell on his face at jesus's feet and he gave jesus thanks and jesus asked a question that I honestly believe he's still asking today.

Were there not 10 cleansed? but where are the other nine let that resonate for a second let that resonate where are the nine. Ten cleansed. One came back at his feet, The others, without regard.

Every minister watching this knows the nine. You prayed for them when their marriage was falling apart. You counseled them through the night. You showed up at the hospital.

You fed them the word week after week. And when they got their breakthrough… They were gone to Walmart, they were out on a boat somewhere, they were somewhere doing something else. but giving back.

They were being parasitic. They were gone. No thank you. you no return no fruit the parasitic spirit is a spirit of hmm how do i say this the parasitic spirit is a spirit of ingratitude.

There is no gratitude there. It receives the miracle and it walks away with it. It's a bit of pride and arrogance built in. this spirit many times I've seen.

All right, fifth picture. Clouds without water. Where are we going? Jude chapter 12, exactly.

Now, Jude. Describes certain people in the church this way These are spots in your feasts of charity When they feast with you Feeding themselves without fear, clouds that are without water, carried about of winds. Trees whose fruit wintereth without fruit. There's a certain barrenness to this.

Feeding themselves without fruit. fear clouds without water guys listen a cloud without water looks like it's going to bring rain looks like it's going to bring rain it has the form It has the appearance, but when the farmer looks up, hoping for a harvest, Nothing falls. It's all an appearance without a production. It doesn't produce.

That is the parasitic spirit in the church. It shows up to every feast, it eats at every table, it looks like it's part of the move of God, but it never brings rain, it never produces. It never produces fruit, actually. What does it do?

It only consumes. Okay, the sixth picture I want you to look at here is… and signs the parasitic spirit is in operation okay now let's get really practical here how do you recognize this spirit Here are seven signs I've seen over and over and over again as a seer prophet and as an apostle. sign one the relationship only moves in one direction they call when they need something they never call to ask how you're doing.

If you stop giving tomorrow, the relationship would end tomorrow. the second sign they're pretty much in constant crisis there's always an emergency always Always a new fire, and every fire requires your time, your money, your prayer. right now the crisis never gets resolved because honestly let me tell you something the crisis is the feeding tube to that parasitic spirit third sign they receive but they never grow you poured the same counsel into them for five years. Same problem, same conversation, same tears, same place of never giving, never sowing.

Healthy people grow when they're fed. Parasites just get hungrier. All right, fourth sign, entitlement. Grab this one.

They don't ask, they expect. You're a man of God, you're supposed to help me. The church is supposed to take care of people. Yes, from time to time the church does take care of people.

Be led by the Holy Spirit. Don't make it some religious… just movement but let me be clear the church is the people that's what makes the church and they've never once seen themselves as part of that Fifth sign, they consume, but they never commit. they'll watch every live stream they'll download every teaching they'll show up for the free event but when it's time serve, when it's time to give, when it's time to sew, when it's time to volunteer.

or anything covenant really they disappear they may be there in a seat they may be there on a video live meeting As the pastor at the inn puts up the places to sow, yet they don't sow. They might have sown once in the past three years. That's not sowing. Giving to the Lord is a continual thing.

The Bible's clear about bringing your offering to the house. Not out to Joe Blow on the street. Bringing it to the house. it's in malachi look it up all right sound six you feel drained after every interaction This one is spiritual.

When you've been around a healthy believer, even a hurting one, there's an exchange. Yeah, there's definitely an exchange. exchange guys you pour and something flows back even if it's just gratitude and love but after time with someone under this parasitic spirit you just feel empty you feel empty you feel heavy in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Remember what happened in Mark chapter 5?

verse 30. When the woman touched the hem of Jesus' garment, Jesus knew that virtue. Jesus what? He knew that virtue had.

gone out of him. It wasn't a question. He knew. Virtue flows out when you minister.

Virtue what? Flows out when one ministers. and when that virtue is being pulled by a spirit that never replenishes you feel it you're you're drained All right, seventh picture. When you set a boundary, these folks will turn on you.

Lately, I've been watching somebody in our congregation that has a hard time receiving correction. You can see them turn, disappear. So guys, let me just tell you this, this is the clearest sign of all, a person with a in need will say I understand thank you for all you've done but when you put a boundary on a parasitic spirit even a Jezebel spirit that's a whole nother conversation it gets very offended very offended it accuses yeah it accuses you you don't care you're not a real man of God you only care about money what you only care about money come on now because the moment you stop feeding it it has to find a new host and it will try to destroy your reputation on its way Out. That spirit and Jezebel are very close in that regard.

All right. But what does this spirit do to a ministry? I want to speak directly to pastors, ministers, evangelists, leaders for just a minute. and also to the faithful givers and servants who hold ministries together.

I first want to say one thing. There's a huge problem. And a lot of these ministries where they believe that you start out small and you're an evangelist and you build up some and you become a teacher and you build up. more now you're a pastor and before you know it you're an apostle folks let me break something down to you you're not an apostle if you've not seen jesus i've been taken to heaven i've seen jesus amen i say that unbelievably But I'm telling you something, I've been to places where jealousy rises in these pastors and all of a sudden they self-assign themselves the name of an apostle.

Oh boy, have I seen it. and over and over. When it has nothing to do with God, it's actually a spirit that's not the Holy Spirit. But we'll pick that up on another communication.

The parasitic spirit doesn't usually kill a ministry outright. Like I said, a smart parasite keeps its host alive. just keeps its host weak it shows up as a it shows up as a burnout you know ministers who love God and love people but who are exhausted because they are carrying people who were supposed to how do i say this yeah yeah yeah thank you because lord thank you because they are carrying people who were supposed to eventually carry something themselves but just keep on on parasitically pulling and not giving. So it shows up as a ministry that can never grow because all its resources are going to maintain people.

Instead of multiplying disciples, very important, it shows up as neglect at home. this is the one that that grieves me because my calling is to restore families that's part of my calling some ministers have given every Every evening to people who never gave back. Let me repeat that. Some ministers have given every evening.

In other words, a chunk of time. all the time to people who never give back while their own family people basically got served the leftovers that's not the will of God. And let me just make this clear. 1 Timothy 5, verse 8 says, If any provide not for his own, let's see, especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith.

And it should be. Shows up as unfair weight on the faithful few. In most ministries, A small group of people serve, a small group of people give, a small group of people pray, a small group of people show up. that was not God's plan, and that is not fair.

While a much larger group only consumes. And those faithful few, they're carrying a load that was meant to be shared amongst the body. of the church especially that local gathering now somebody's going to say but brother richard apostle richard Prophet Richard, whichever way you see me, Jesus said freely you have received and freely give. Amen.

He did. In Matthew chapter 10, verse 8, he did. And I believe that with all my heart. Believe it with all my heart.

The gospel, in fact, is free. F -R -E -E. Salvation is free. The word of the Lord should be a to everyone free but look at the same Bible and let's look at Paul in the book of Galatians in fact Acts Galatians chapter 6, verse 6.

Let's just balance it out here, okay? Let's balance it. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him. that teacheth in all good things.

Now, hold on now. Hold on. That word, communicate. It means share.

The word communicate means share. Partner. The one who is taught should share with the one who teaches. Repeat that.

The one who is taught should share with the one who teaches. Let's take it a step deeper. satisfy this? 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things Is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

Look, freely give. not mean give forever to people who will never give anything back. People being influenced by this parasitic spirit. Even Jesus didn't give his inner circle to everyone.

The multitudes got the teaching. The multitudes got the teaching. The twelve got the explanation. Grab that.

The one got the bosom. Access in the kingdom is connected to covenant. You know, I believe God showed me. For many people, you don't need to have a live Zoom meeting every week with them.

The Lord showed me… Feed them one to many, like Jesus did. Jesus got up there, he gave the message, he gave the word, they received it, and they went on. We should be giving the word out to YouTube or Facebook or whatever platform you're on there and let them eat from that.

They don't require a direct connection. to you to drain you they can take what you've given in the message out there and receive from it who the multitudes but the ones who give The 12 in this case, they were his disciples. And he goes even deeper. The three.

Got to the mountain. The one got to the bosom. Again, access in the kingdom is connected to covenant. All right, guys, so the eighth picture here, why giving is really about the giver.

What did he say? Giving is really about the giver. Here's something the parasitic spirit does not want you to know. Giving isn't really about the ministry's need.

It's about the giver's harvest. It's about the giver's harvest, not the ministry's need. We need to listen to Paul in Philippians 4, verse 15 through, I think, 17. He thinks the…

Philippians. Who? Paul thinks the Philippians. Because they were the only church that partnered with paul in giving and receiving they were the only ones who weren't parasitic do you see what i'm saying this parasitic spirit was flowing through all of the rest of them the philippians were the that weren't parasitic, and they partnered with Paul.

They partnered with him in giving and receiving. And then he says this, grab this, grab this. Not because I desire a… gift but i desire fruit that may abound to your account jesus let me repeat that for y 'all.

He said, not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Paul wasn't greedy. Paul was concerned. Paul knew that a believer…

Who never sows is a believer who's never going to reap. That's the bold, honest truth. looking at proverbs chapter 11 verse 24 and verse 25 follow me follow me with this guys there is that there is that scattereth and yet increaseth. And there is that withholden more than is met.

But it tendeth to… Poverty. What? It leads them to poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. And he that watereth. shall be watered also himself let me repeat that he who watereth he who gives he who pours out he who's not under this influence of the parasitic spirit He that works in mutualism shall be watered also himself. So this spirit isn't only robbing ministries, it's robbing the very person it's attached to.

It keeps them in lack. Keeps their family in lack. If you're leading that family. It keeps…

keeps them in a cycle of need because they never step into the law of sowing and reaping. Galatians 6 and 7. whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap if you only take You'll only ever be in a position to need. You gotta sow to reap, period.

There's the law of seed time and harvest as well. Jesus said in the book of Acts, Acts chapter 20 verse 35, it is more blessed to give than it is. is to receive. The parasitic spirit keeps people stuck on the lesser blessing.

This parasitic spirit is very prevalent in poverty, very present in a lot of third world nations. It's very, very sad. Very present in the United States. Don't think I'm not speaking of the U.S.

as well. It's everywhere, unfortunately. I honestly believe the church is probably 80 % to 85 % filled. with people under this influence of the parasitic spirit, to be very honest with you.

All right. Ninth picture. What if this is you? if you've gone through this tonight you're like oh man this really sounds like me then now i need to talk to you honestly in love amen and i said this as a father to this generation not as a judge i want to make that very clear it's not my place to judge anybody i'm saying this as a father to this generation and i guess you could even say the generations some of you have been watching this and the holy spirit has been poking you the whole time you've recognized yourself you've realized that you've receiving from this ministry or another ministry you might have just popped onto this broadcast or your parents or your spouse or for years and you've never given anything back.

I want you to hear me, okay? There is no condemnation here. That's some religious mess. There is no condemnation here.

That's of the enemy. Romans chapter 8 verse 1. The fact that you feel conviction, there's a difference in conviction and condemnation. The fact that you feel conviction means that God is calling you higher.

not casting you out you need to understand that a lot of people fall under this spirit because of how they were raised up some grew up in survival mode some were never taught to give i had to learn these things from the lord some were wounded and they learn to protect themselves by only taking you've got to allow the Lord to teach you I mean you've got to to give folks you've got to trust the Lord God with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs chapter 3, verses 5 and 6. We'll really read into that. The enemy used that…

that wound as a doorway in your life. But today, right now, that door can be closed. Here's… What I want to tell you to do.

First, repent. Just tell the Lord truthfully from your heart. I've been a taker. Please forgive me.

It's that real. If you're serious from your heart and you just prayed that prayer, He forgave you. It's that real. Second, go back, go back like the leper, that one leper we talked about, and you probably can't find everybody, but go back.

to somebody like that one leper did who poured into you maybe a phone call maybe a message maybe a postcard an email but go back to that one person and the one act of gratitude breaks something in the spirit you need to hear me when you do that it breaks something open in the spirit third start giving something start giving something not because a preacher told you to but as a declaration that you're not a parasite anymore if you're attending a fellowship or a ministry of any sort you know and you have a stable job, you can give something. Amen? It costs money to run these ministries, folks. I'm not saying we need a $12 million building.

I don't agree with all that mess, to be real honest with you. I'm very comfortable with house churches. In fact, God has spoken to me about starting house churches that are going to burn hot and fiery for God. In a prophetic dream one time, he showed me the organized church building.

run by the enemy and it crumbled god is tearing down organized religion it's gonna be powerful he's leading people to the house churches He's bringing the remnant together. But that's a whole other discussion. So give something. It's a declaration that you're not.

a parasite anymore give your time give your service give some sort of seed if you literally made ten this week. Give a penny. Give something. Remember, Jesus, he called out the widow woman who gave half a pence.

He's given more than anybody else there. Sure, others gave a lot more, but they also had a lot more to give. She gave half a pence. It doesn't have to be big.

Amen? That's what I'm trying to say to you. It doesn't have to be big. It has to be yours.

Fourth, find a place to plant yourself. carry weight serve somewhere again you might be in an online church at the moment with a few people that's okay you don't have to be in some building that's not going to get you to heaven your relationship with Jesus is what gets you to heaven I'm not saying don't go to church I'm not saying not to be in a fellowship and I'm going to tell you this Fellowship may be three or four people on a Zoom call on a Sunday or a Saturday or on a Tuesday. You don't have to do it on Saturday or Sunday. Find a place to plant yourself and carry weight.

serve somewhere commit somewhere become a giver and watch how god turns your life around all right guys uh the 10th point here if you're the host if you're the pastor if you're the if you're the house church host amen if you're the small meeting host this is this is for you if you're the pastor of the big mega church whatever if you're if you're the leader of any sort listen and to And to the leaders, basically, the pastors, the parents, even the spouses, the faithful ones who honestly feel drained. You are not unloving for setting boundaries. God has literally today moved me to set boundaries. In my own ministry, we are changing things around.

The parasitic folks are still going to get fed, but they're going to lose access to be draining the leaders. Those that give and their… mutualistic. Don't be on the inside receiving.

I want to say this to you. You're not unloving for setting boundaries. Jesus himself. withdrew from the crowds to go pray, to go spend time with the Father.

Luke chapter 5 verse 16, he didn't let. The needs of the multitude override his time with the Father. Not a Father on this earth, the Father. Amen?

So here's what I want you to do. Stop feeding the parasitic spirit, but keep loving the person. Love is Jesus. You can pray for someone without letting them drain you.

You need to set clear boundaries. Decide ahead of time what you need. you'll give freely to everyone and that may be that may be this you know i'm recording this message for you and putting it on youtube and this is my this is my feeding to you this is what I'm going to freely give to everyone. And what's reserved for people in covenant with you, maybe those are the ones who get that access directly to you.

Like I said, in our own ministry, the Lord is leading me right now to restructure a lot of things this way. The teaching stays free for everyone. That is my heart. That is a huge part of my heart.

The teachings, people must be fed for free, but that doesn't mean they get access to you for free. Amen. um personal access is for those who commit and those who partner that's not greed that's actually order So, protect your house, whether it's a house church, whether it's a Zoom meeting church, you know, whatever it may be, protect your house first. And with that said, your family is your first ministry.

Don't forget that. And refill yourself. let's do that one and refill yourself get alone with God let him restore the virtue that's gone out of you The literal life that's been sucked out of you by this parasitic spirit. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 31.

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall rise upon wings of eagles. They shall not grow weary. All right, guys.

Eleventh thing I want to talk to you about is prayer and the importance of it, the importance of getting free. from this, the spirit. So I want to pray for you. I want to pray for you right now.

wherever you are, just put your hand, just put your hand on your heart. Amen. Just put your hand on your heart. Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah. Father God, in the mighty, matchless name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua, I thank you. That you are a giving and loving God. You so love the entire world that you gave.

You gave. You gave your only begotten son. Everything we have came from your hand, Lord. It came from your hand, God.

Right now, I come against every parasitic spirit operating in the lives of God. of those watching this broadcast every spirit of the horse leech that cries give give and is never satisfied i bind you in the name of the lord jesus christ and i loose you where jesus would have you to go every attachment that has been drawing strength peace, money, time, and anointing from your servants, Lord. I command you to detach now in the name of Jesus Christ. Let every drain be sealed by the blood of the Lamb.

Lord, For every pastor, God, every leader, every parent, every faithful giver who has been worn down. Lord I ask you right now to restore the virtue that has gone out of them to renew Lord Their strength. Refill their oil. Precious Holy Spirit, fill them afresh.

give them wisdom to set boundaries without guilt and love without being drained. And Father, for every person who recognizes themselves today of being influenced, by this parasitic spirit, maybe even controlled by it. I pray for a spirit of gratitude and generosity to rise up in them, in Jesus' name. Lord, we break the orphan spirit, the orphan mindset right now in Jesus' name.

We break the survival mindset right now in Jesus' name. Heal the wound. that opened that door, all of them. Turn every taker, Lord God, and turn them into a giver.

And every consumer… into a carrier, Lord God, of your kingdom. Let them, Lord, be like the one leper who came back. Let them be like Barnabas who laid it at the apostles' feet.

Let them be like the Philippians who parted. with Paul in giving and receiving and let the fruit abound to their account, Lord. We declare that it is more blessed. give than to receive in Jesus mighty name.

We declare the liberal soul shall be made fat. And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. It's in the mighty matchless holy presence. Precious and almighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Yahshua, that we pray tonight.

Amen, amen, and amen. Family. if this word ministered to you don't just don't just take it and leave and yes see the irony there and I mean it with a smile amen hit the like button hit the subscribe share this with someone who needs to hear it drop a comment and tell me have you ever been drained by the spirit or has God set you free from it tonight or at some time in the past you know your testimony might be exactly what someone else needs to read or hear about and if if you've been fed by this ministry and you want to partner with what god is doing through lionheart generation ministries the link is in the description guys can check us out and if you want deeper access personal teaching and real community with others walking in the prophetic then feel free to check out thehigherplace.place Amen. Remember, you were not created to be a host for the enemy, and you were not created to be a parasite.

You were created to be a giver, just like your Father God. Hallelujah. Guys, I'm Richard Jeremiah. Keep operating from the higher place.

I love you all so much. God bless you. I pray this minister to you tonight. God is not done.

I'll see you next time. God bless you. Thank you for listening. You To be continued…