What These Prayer Points Actually Are
The Deliverance Prayer Points By Tb Joshua are a collection of scripted prayers compiled from teachings associated with the late TB Joshua of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria. They are not original compositions but rather transcriptions of prayers Joshua used during services and broadcast teachings. The core idea is that specific, scripture-aligned declarations spoken with faith can break spiritual oppression, curse patterns, and generational strongholds. I started looking into these around 2019 when a regular church attendee asked me to review a PDF someone had circulated claiming to be "the complete deliverance set." The document was a mess — half the points were duplicated, three were clearly lifted from unrelated sources, and the numbering was completely broken. It took me about two days to cross-reference everything against actual SCOAN broadcast transcripts and reconstruct something usable. That experience taught me that the version floating around on random prayer point websites is almost never reliable.
Deliverance Prayer Points By Tb Joshua — Where to Find the Actual Content
The most trustworthy source remains the official SCOAN YouTube channel archives. Joshua recorded nearly everything he did, and his deliverance sessions are scattered across thousands of videos. The prayer points themselves appear in two forms: longer prophetic prayers delivered during altar calls, and shorter declarative points he would give out in teaching segments or Sunday announcements. If you want accuracy, you go to primary sources. Downloaded PDFs from third-party prayer sites are where things get corrupted. That said, some dedicated ministry groups have done the transcription work. The SCOAN official app and their website occasionally publish curated collections. I use the app because the audio-to-text consistency is better than most fan compilations. The free version gives you access to years of archived content. For practical purposes, searching their platform for "deliverance prayer" gets you closer to the real material than Google image searches for prayer point images.
How to Use Them in Practice
The standard method is straightforward. You select a prayer point that matches your specific situation, read it aloud slowly, and repeat it — usually between 7 and 40 times depending on the point and the perceived severity of the issue. Joshua taught that repetition matters because it builds spiritual momentum. He also emphasized that the words must be spoken with conviction, not recited mechanically. This is where most people fail. I ran into a specific edge case that illustrates this. A friend came to me with what he described as a stubborn financial curse affecting his family for three generations. He downloaded a popular prayer point PDF and started reading through every single deliverance prayer in it, one after another, in about 20 minutes. By the end he was frustrated because "nothing was happening." I asked him to slow down and pick one point — the one about breaking generational curses — and run it for a full session over several days instead of rushing through thirty points in one sitting. He came back two weeks later and said the shift happened gradually, not dramatically. The key insight here is that deliverance prayer is not a shopping list. You do not check items off. You focus on one area at a time and give it sustained attention. Another thing beginners miss: the prayers are not magic incantations. They work within a framework of repentance, faith, and lifestyle change. If someone is actively living in patterns that contradict the prayer's intent, the prayer loses its effectiveness. Joshua made this clear in multiple sermons. Repentance isn't just saying sorry. It means changing the behavior that created the spiritual opening in the first place.
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Counter-Intuitive Points Most People Overlook
First, timing matters more than duration. Joshua often prayed late at night or early in the morning during his deliverance sessions, and he referenced biblical patterns where midnight hours carry specific spiritual weight. This doesn't mean you have to pray at 3 AM, but there is a practical reason behind the pattern. A distracted mind during the day processes prayers differently than a quiet mind in the early morning hours. I've found that praying for 15 focused minutes at 5 AM produces better results than an hour of half-listening while scrolling on your phone. Second, the language of the prayers should match your own voice. Some versions of these prayer points use archaic or overly formal English that feels unnatural when spoken aloud. Joshua himself spoke in conversational Nigerian English during most of his prayers. If you translate the points into language you actually use, you'll find it easier to maintain the conviction level that makes the practice work. Clunky language creates emotional distance, and distance kills the effectiveness. Third, writing down the points before you start praying them changes the outcome. I know this sounds minor, but it isn't. Reading from a screen creates a passive relationship with the text. Writing them out by hand forces engagement and memorization. Joshua encouraged his congregation to write down prophetic words and prayer points. The physical act of writing signals to your brain that this matters, and that mental shift is significant.
What These Prayer Points Cannot Do
They cannot fix medical conditions without proper healthcare. Joshua himself directed people to hospitals alongside prayer. He ran an on-site clinic for this exact reason. If you are using deliverance prayer as a substitute for medical treatment, you are misusing the practice and potentially endangering yourself. They cannot control other people. Some prayer point compilations include sections that claim to force specific outcomes on other individuals. This is theologically problematic and practically useless. Prayer is an internal discipline, not a remote control. Joshua taught that you pray for yourself first, then for others with detachment from the outcome. They cannot replace consistent biblical study. Deliverance prayer without scriptural grounding becomes superstition. Joshua always anchored his prayers in specific Bible verses. Each point he gave corresponded to a scripture. If you are praying without understanding the biblical basis, you are just repeating words. Learn the verses behind the points. It takes about ten minutes per prayer point and makes the entire practice substantially more effective.
The biggest bottleneck with these prayer points is the lack of accountability. Joshua operated within a church structure where people reported back, received follow-up counseling, and were held accountable. When you use these points independently without any community or pastoral oversight, you lose the feedback loop that shows whether the practice is actually working. An alternative approach is to join an existing prayer group or find a mature Christian who can walk through the points with you and provide honest assessment of progress over time.
