Session Pattern

What is Prayer Resolution Course 2024?

Online Prayer Resolution Course by Mike Banker in 2024.

Mike Banker: 00:00

So when we do PR sessions, there's a certain pattern to our prayers. And so let's talk about that pattern. In a PR session, we start with an opening prayer. And what I mean is that the safe helper prays. The safe helper says something like, we come to our father boldly and with great confidence as sons and daughters and we ask for healing and forgiveness.

Mike Banker: 00:28

We recognize that Jesus is present when we meet together because we meet in his name. And so we have his power and authority when we do this. We recognize that the Holy Spirit abides in us as sons and daughters and we seek the Holy Spirit's direction and insights, the Holy Spirit's revelations and convictions, then we put ourselves under your authority, Holy Spirit. We purpose in our hearts to do everything agor according to the father's will for his glory and for his honor and his pleasure. And we recognize that Satan doesn't sleep and he would interfere during this time.

Mike Banker: 01:13

And so we ask for protection of us, our loved ones, and properties, especially during this session. And so that's the first step is to open up in prayer. And one of the reasons we ask for protection is because, at least in my experience, I've had times when Satan has very clearly interfered. The people that I love need my attention right now, and so the session ends. Or something something I own needs my attention right now and it interferes with the session.

Mike Banker: 01:48

So that's it's a very practical thing we do, asking for God's protection. If you're doing sessions online, you should also ask God to protect the technology so that you can communicate with each other. So that's the first step then, is the opening prayer. And that's done by the safe helper. Then after that, you discuss some sort of incident or some issue.

Mike Banker: 02:13

And as a safe helper, you can ask, well, what happened? Why did it hurt? Who caused the hurt? How else did it make you feel besides hurt? And when they did that, how did you respond?

Mike Banker: 02:28

And who else contributed to this hurt? Were there other people, or as we call it a greater circle, involved? Now this discussion, it's very important, but it's not enough. Unless the discussion leads to prayer, all it does is stir up all the hurt. So the purpose of the discussion is to figure out what needs to be prayed about.

Mike Banker: 02:55

So we talk long enough that we know what to pray about. But it's God's response to their prayer that brings the healing. So the discussion is very, very important, but it's not enough. A lot of people feel a temporary relief when they share their issue or their incident or their story. But it's only temporary.

Mike Banker: 03:18

What they need is God's response to their prayer about this incident in order to resolve it. Matter of fact, some people have told that same story 4 or 5 or 6 times to you. What they need is to pray about it so God can resolve it. It's not enough just to talk about it. K.

Mike Banker: 03:37

So then after you've had this discussion, then it's the hurting one's time to pray. And the safe helper guides that hurting one to pray about that incident or that issue. If it's a sexual sin, there's a certain type way to pray about it. If there's if it's words of power, there's a different way to pray about it. If it's rebellion or rebellious authority, there's a third way to pray about it.

Mike Banker: 04:07

If it's something relates related to the occult or some other curse that's by association participation, there's, another kind of prayer for that. And if it's a destructive belief, also known as lies, there's a different prayer for that. And so the safe helper is directing them to the right kind of prayer, if you will, based on what kind of issue it is. Now once the hurting one finishes their prayer, then the safe helper can add a prayer as a witness to what they said. For example, the safe helper might say, heavenly father, we are in agreement with this prayer.

Mike Banker: 04:53

We know that they were hurt by them, and we know that they forgave them from the heart. Thank you for doing justice for them. They also we also know their confession was sincere and was made with remorse. And so we know you have forgiven the son or daughter because Jesus' blood paid for it. Thank you, father.

Mike Banker: 05:14

So there's some sort of witnessing prayer that's added by the safe helper after the hurting one's done praying. Now for a lot of hurting ones, this is a very powerful part of the process that this may be the first time somebody has agreed with them with what they prayed, and it doesn't feel complete to some some of the hurting ones unless there's a witnessing prayer. So it's a very powerful, powerful thing. So you might discuss an issue. The hurting one prays about it.

Mike Banker: 05:48

The safe helper does a witnessing prayer, and you might do that. Those three things, you might do for one incident. You might do a second incident and go through the same cycle and maybe even a third go through the the cycle. And then when you're done for the day, the safe helper does a closing prayer. For example, thank you, father, for all you've accomplished, in this precious one on this day.

Mike Banker: 06:15

We recognize that Satan never sleeps and seeks to destroy us, and so we ask, father, that you continue to protect us and our loved ones until we can meet again. We ask you, Holy Spirit, to continue your ministry until we meet again. We ask you, father, to give this precious one a sense of peace and security and good rest until we meet again. And so there's this closing prayer at the end of the day that the safe helper prays. Now if the safe helper doesn't have time to deal with an issue completely, then we need to pray over the hurting one and ask God to cover the unfinished pieces.

Mike Banker: 06:57

So maybe we've talked about something, but they haven't prayed about it. Or they prayed about a piece of it, but not all of it. And so we ask God to cover it. We ask you, father, to prevent Satan from using these unfinished issues in any way to cause turmoil or trouble until you resolve them. And and we pray in Jesus' name.

Mike Banker: 07:21

And so we can just pray, a cover over the hurting one. Now in one case, a pastor came for sessions and we worked for 10 days, But then he had to leave, couldn't come back for 10 days. And he left at a very bad time. We hadn't finished something. And so I called and prayed with him every night at 9 PM for 10 days until he returned.

Mike Banker: 07:47

And so this covering prayer seemed to last about a day, but he needed each day, he needed that prayer again. And so that's what I did. So sometimes it's not enough just to pray. After the session, you may actually have to call and pray with them each day until you meet again. But here's the thing is, god answered that prayer every day.

Mike Banker: 08:09

Every time we prayed, god gave him peace so that he could rest. And so it does work. And then, finally, you work with this hurting one, you know, for week after week or day after day, and you come to a point where you're finished, where there's nothing else that you're aware of that the Holy Spirit hasn't, revealed anything else. And so now you're done. And so you pray and you release you release the hurting one from your care.

Mike Banker: 08:46

So when the sessions are done, your role as a safe helper ends and you ask God to restore you to just being a brother and sister in Christ. The hurting one trusted you and put themselves under your authority in the sessions. Now if we don't release the person, then they will feel responsible to us for their life decisions still. Now our job is to build independence, not dependence. And so once released, you can ask the question, you know, how are you doing?

Mike Banker: 09:19

Just as a brother or sister in Christ, not as a safe helper. So when you say, how are you doing? They don't have to give you a 30 minute answer. They can just say, well, I'm doing well. And they can even ask you as their ex safe helper, how are you?

Mike Banker: 09:35

So it can become a two way, relationship instead of just one way like it was during the sessions. They can have a concern about you and your life, not just be focused on them and their life all the time. Now it's really important to do this prayer of release. Otherwise, you'll still feel obligated to them. They'll still feel obligated to you, and yet you finished your work.

Mike Banker: 10:05

And how many people can you, continue to carry with you? I've worked with, I don't know, 6 or 700 people. And so, I I needed to release them. I don't feel responsible as a safe helper to them anymore. And, also, they're free to go to a different safe helper.

Mike Banker: 10:27

They can go talk to you know, if they if I'm not available or they'd rather work with someone else, they can go to some some other safe helper without feeling in if there's any conflict of interest because that obligation has been removed. And so this prayer release is something like, heavenly father, we have been in a position of authority as safe helpers to this person, but we have now finished our sessions. And so, father, we ask that you release us from that authority. We ask that you restore us to a proper relationship now as just brothers and sisters in Christ now that this role is finished. So that's what the safe helper would pray.

Mike Banker: 11:11

The hurting one can also pray and ask God and and tell God they release their safe helper. They also may want to ask God's blessing on the safe helpers that assisted them. So this is a very, very important principle to pray and release them from your responsibility.