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Sunday Message · Fountain of Grace International · Pretoria North

The One Weapon Nobody Teaches You That Changes Every Fight

If cycles in your family keep repeating - sickness, debt, broken relationships, blocked progress - this message is for you. Jesus stooped and wrote on the ground. Every accuser left. That was not a coincidence. It was a weapon. And it still works.

Pastor Ricardo Zaal · Fountain of Grace International, Pretoria North

This message is not for everyone. If the patterns in your family do not bother you - if sickness returning, finances blocked, relationships breaking down is something you have accepted - this is not for you. But if you are tired of cycles repeating and nothing you try seems to break them, you need to hear this.

He Wrote on the Ground and They All Left

John 8:6 records one of the most mysterious moments in the Gospels. A woman caught in adultery was brought before Jesus. The accusers were ready. And Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground as though he heard them not. He did not argue. He did not defend. He wrote. And one by one, every accuser left - convicted, silent, gone.

What he wrote, Scripture does not tell us. But what happened after tells us everything. That act - writing on the ground with authority - was not incidental. It connects directly to the pattern God established at the very beginning of creation.

God Spoke to the Earth Before He Spoke to Man

Genesis 1:11 - God said, let the earth bring forth. He spoke to the earth. He commanded it. And it produced exactly what He said. This is the pattern. The earth was designed to respond to spoken and written authority from the beginning.

Job 12:8 makes it plain: "Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee." This is not metaphor. It is instruction. The earth is listening. Creation is programmed to respond to the sound of God's image-bearer speaking with authority.

Your Enemy Has Been Using This Against You

Proverbs 18:21 says death and life are in the power of the tongue. The enemy knows this better than most believers do. He has been using cycles, patterns, and generational blockages against families for decades - because no one has stood up and used the authority God placed in them to respond.

You were made in God's image. Genesis 1:26 gave you dominion. That dominion was not removed. Jesus restored full authority and in John 14:12 said the works he did, you shall do also. The weapon is real. The question is whether you will pick it up.

"He did not argue. He did not defend. He wrote on the ground - and every single accuser left. That is the weapon. And it is still available to you."

- Pastor Ricardo Zaal, Fountain of Grace International

Watch the Declaration Session (Part 2) to activate what this message teaches. And if you are in Pretoria North, come on a Sunday - Fountain of Grace International meets at 323 B Danie Theron Street at 09:00.

Questions this message answers

What did Jesus write on the ground in John 8:6 and why does it matter?
John 8:6 records that Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger as though he heard them not. Every accuser left. Pastor Ricardo Zaal at Fountain of Grace International teaches this was the deliberate use of written and spoken authority over the earth - the same authority God demonstrated in Genesis 1 when He spoke to the earth before He ever spoke to man. Creation is still programmed to respond to that authority.
What does Job 12:8 mean - speak to the earth and it shall teach thee?
Job 12:8 reveals that the earth was designed to respond to the sound of God's image-bearer. Genesis 1 shows God spoke to the earth - 'Let the earth bring forth' - before man existed. That pattern did not stop. Proverbs 18:21 confirms: death and life are in the power of the tongue. The enemy has used generational cycles against families because most believers have not activated the authority they carry. Your voice is the weapon.
How do I break a cycle that keeps repeating in my family?
Cycles repeat because nothing has spoken against them with authority. Job 12:8 and Proverbs 18:21 point to the same truth: patterns in your life respond to the authority of the spoken word. Genesis 1:26 gave man dominion over the earth. What has been written against your family can be overwritten - but you must open your mouth and speak with the authority you already carry as one made in God's image.
What is spiritual authority and how do I use it?
Spiritual authority is not a feeling - it is a position. Genesis 1:26 gave man dominion. Jesus restored that authority fully and John 14:12 says the works He did, you shall do also. Pastor Ricardo Zaal teaches that authority is activated through the spoken word aligned with Scripture. Jesus wrote and spoke. He did not argue or defend. He exercised authority - and creation responded. That same weapon is available to every believer who understands what they carry.

Preached by Pastor Ricardo Zaal at Fountain of Grace International, 323 B Danie Theron Street, Pretoria North, Gauteng, South Africa (NPO No: 316-193). Sunday services at 09:00. Fountain of Grace International in Pretoria North teaches practical, scripture-based messages designed to connect with real life challenges and the specific context of people living in Pretoria North and the surrounding areas.

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make sure that i set ground or i set some sort of expectation from the beginning so that you can understand this message better but one of the things that i want you to to to to do is that don't listen to this message if you are not tired don't listen to this message if you are feeling that you are fine with your pain don't listen to this message even if you're carrying the pain that you feel you are fine with that pain even if you have sickness and you feel you are fine with that sickness don't listen to this message because i'm only asking you that today's service if your family has been carrying pain this is the type of message that you should be listening if you are sick and it keeps on returning today is the day that you should listen to this message if your relationships keeps on breaking down because you you and you feel like no no no every relationship is a relationship that will help me to get my next relationship this message is not for you because this message is for the person that feel tired of having relationship after relationship after relationship having breakdowns after breakdowns after breakdowns this message is for the person that when your finances cannot even move far beyond the pay date this is the message this message is specifically meant for you the message is specifically meant for you if you feel you are blocked if you feel you are attacked if you feel like you are stuck somewhere this message is for you if this is not how you feel today don't even bother to listen to this message any further if you see patterns repeating in your home that break breaks you down that kills you if you see patterns happening in your house and you accept it just don't listen to this message because this is a message about change a change that have to come and this message is is is i mean for far too long you've been praying but nothing shift if that is the case and you are fine that you want to keep on praying don't listen to this message this is a time for prayers that shift environments if you feel like something is fighting your destiny this is the kind of message that is for you if this is not resonating with you drop down the phone if you're listening on on facebook go out of this service if you feel like no this is not for me but this is for specific people like that if this is you that feels tired of all this then you need to listen to this message my message today is entitled the spiritual warfare or the spiritual weapon sorry no one speaks about but this is something everybody needs to know this is something everybody needs to know and i'm starting off my message reading in john 8 verse 6 for you now john 6 verse 8 says the following this they said tempting him that they might have to accuse him but jesus stooped down and with this with his finger he wrote on the ground as though he heard them not we're going to come back to this message but for to to this uh scripture but i just want you to to to to to to to listen to this again this they said tempting him that they might have to accuse him but jesus stopped stooped down and with his finger right on the ground as though he heard them not another section going to verse 8 so james 8 verse 8 says and again he stooped down and wrote on the ground now two things comes out of this there's an accusation to a lady or or maybe maybe maybe i should just read the whole passage for you just so that you can understand um jesus went unto the mount of olives and early in the morning he came again into the temple and all the people came unto him and he sat down and taught them and the scribes and pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery and when they had set her in the mist they say unto him master this woman was taken in adultery in the very in the very act come on people i want you to understand that the bible says that this is not an accusation this is somebody who was caught doing it some of us has been caught doing a lot of good things and because of the good things that you have done now somebody has spoken a word against you have written down something against you but today i'm bringing to you a spiritual weapon that has been there since the the beginning of time but no one speaks about it now the bible also says the following name he says that in when you're looking at um genesis 1 genesis 1 and i'm i'm reading from verse 15 genesis 1 verse 15 and let them be for lights in the formation of the heaven to give light upon the earth now wait wait wait no wait wait wait let me let me not go to that one first because i think i will i will make a difference there i rather come back to that because if you read go back to 11 and god said let the earth bring forth grass keep that in mind now let the earth this is now god speaking he said let the earth bring forth grass the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind whose seed is in itself upon the earth and it was so so god was speaking that the earth must bring forth so when god spoke to the earth the earth bring forth what has been known today to man as the the the earth the seeds the trees the flowers whatever that comes from the earth god has spoken to that now before god ever spoken to man he spoke to the earth before he even speak to men men was not even in existence he spoken to the earth now my question to you is where am i going with all this where am i going with all this let me set the foundation if you teach yourself or if you you you you learn how your enemies work then you would understand that it's very important to know your enemy it's very important to know your enemy what did i say it's very important to know thy enemy why am i saying it's important to know your enemy why is it important that you should know your enemy i think this one keeps on taking me out of the frame let's check so that i can be in the frame there's it i think that's fine so when we when we set the foundation knowing your enemy if you go to most people that do rituals they will use so many things that comes from the earth now when you're looking at it when the earth swallow a human being when the earth swallow somebody who died because remember from dust we are made and dust we return to and then what then happen is that the earth will then have taken off all the flesh and the bones will be inside the earth and this is the thing that the sangomas will then take and use because it comes from the earth the bones they will use there's other things that also they use which i'm not going to get into that but why do you think that most of the time that what is the sangomas goes to the waters because they know the power of the earth now as human beings we are also supposed to know the earth why would god speak to the earth in verse 11 and said let the earth bring forth he commanded the earth to bring forth he commanded the earth to bring forth now this is why i'm saying to you why it says the earth commanded to bring forth food i'm going to read from my from my notes so that i don't have to keep on going to the bible and waste a little bit of time because i want to keep this under one i want to keep this under one hour so why i'm saying i want to keep this under one hour is that when you're reading in genesis 2 verse 7 genesis 2 verse 7 says and the lord god formed men of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostril the breath of life i'm coming don't get lost i'm coming so let me start off by saying the earth obey god that's number one according to genesis 1 verse 11 now before god ever speak to men he's spoken to the earth so earth in hebrew which is eretz meaning land ground territory country soil that hears command so this shows from the beginning that the earth can hear and it can respond that's number one number two says god formed men from earth so earth carries our records so meaning to say that your beginning and your end it begins with the earth and it ends with the earth so there anything in between the earth must keep record of are you still with me so genesis 2 verse 7 which is and the lord god formed men of the dust of ground and breathed into his nostrils the bread of life breathed into his nostrils the bread of life now the word dust it's a powder form it's the dry earth so it means that it's not something that has water it's not wet it's dry it's loose soil that you can take in your hand it's the meaning dust it's a residue of life so you are literally made from earth so the earth will remember your origin where do you come from who is your forefathers what is the person that that gave birth to you to your mother's mother's mother's mother so he remembered the original of all those the earth also respond to voices which I'll get back to that as well the earth also holds your body can you see the earth what it does so also the earth records like literally where your bloodline is coming from you are a son of David the earth would know so the reason why I'm saying all this is that if you go to to Cain and Abel God shows the earth has a voice when you go to Genesis 4 verse 10 let's go to Genesis 4 verse 10 Genesis 4 verse 10 and he said what has thou done the voice of thy brother's blood cry it unto me from the ground does it do you see so the earth speaks to God so when you hear this and he said what have you done the voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground so now you are cursed from the earth two things comes out of this scripture the number one is the earth hears the blood it hurt blood number one number two the earth speaks to God so the Hebrew word for cry here it's tahak it's a scream or a legal plea a witness giving testimony so Abel's blood testified from the soil so Abel's blood testified from the soil now the earth it it it holds the evidence of what Abel's blood has spoken about it holds a record of what has been done so the earth will then come back and speak to God about what has happened even your generational traumas that you went through the earth will hear it the earth will hear it now the earth also reacts to injustice it reacts to pain it reacts to to to murder like in this case where am I going with this hear me out so that is why families often experience repeated patterns on the same land have you ever heard about territorial spirits if you have heard about territorial spirits you will sometimes understand that some people when they're in a specific territory sometimes when they're in a specific territory it happens that the territorial spirits at that place is giving problems but today I'm sitting to you here and saying to you that the earth as big as it is there's a connection between everyone so regardless wherever that territorial spirit is he doesn't know that your curses that get spoken to the earth it's not territorial because the earth is all over the world so number four Moses uses the earth in spiritual warfare as well Moses used the earth in spiritual warfare as well now where am I going with this remember I said to you there's a spiritual weapon that no one talks about but everybody should know it Moses used it in his spiritual warfare it was not by accident no it was not by accident Moses had it or was taught what he was taught he was taught by God so Moses was taught by God if you go to numbers okay let me just read from here I'm not going to read the whole scripture number 16 verse 30 and 32 says the following but if the Lord creates a new thing and the earth open its mouth can you hear he says the earth open its mouth they then they and all that belongs to them went down alive into the pit so it means that it goes to the pit the earth closes over them this is what what Moses learned at that time now this shows that the earth can open up the earth can swallow the earth can judge as well as the earth can close again now there's something spiritual in this something that I want want us to go and learn if you if you go back to the Hebrew word where it's opened its mouth it was meaning to command the earth to perform a response to release judgment or to execute a sentence so it means that there's a judgment speaking that the earth needs to execute so Moses didn't fight the rebels with the sword he used the earth as a weapon he used the earth as a weapon another example Joshua even also used the earth to establish victory now when Joshua didn't when Joshua won battles I mean he didn't just win the battles he commanded the earth if you go to Joshua 10 verse 24 and I need you to write the scriptures down because of if you don't get the scriptures go back to the scriptures and see what he said Joshua called for all the men of Israel that is now 10 verse 24 the new King James version he put he said put your feet on the necks of these kings which means that the feet on the earth he means to claim territory dominion and a judgment so put your feet on the earth this act it means that the land is under God's authority so every enemy on this soil will fail earth has a leveled warfare David even prophesied to the earth I don't know if you know if you go to Psalms 18 verse 7 he says then the earth shook and trembled the foundations of hills also quirked David did not touch the ground physically here he didn't he didn't go on and touch the ground because the earth hears the cry of the righteous the earth hears the cry of the righteous so that is why the earth shook and trembled the earth is more alive it's more alive than what you can even think of I'm going through this because I want you to understand I'm going to do this within an hour so if you need me to go through it again and go through it slowly I will do it but for today the aim is to cover as much within the hour now in Jeremiah if you go to Jeremiah 22 verse 29 this is a profound scripture that I need you to go and study please take time and study this one Jeremiah 22 and the verse 29 he says oh earth oh earth can you can you can you hear he says oh earth oh earth hear the word of the Lord why would the earth have to listen to God just ask yourself the question he says oh earth oh earth hear the word of the Lord thus saith the Lord write ye this man childless a man that shall not prosper in his days for no man of his seed shall prosper sitting upon the throne of David and ruling anymore in Judah oh earth oh earth if you hear this God repeats this three times so in Hebrew when something is repeated three times it means it's a final authority if you go it's it actually means it's an unquestionable command so you need to command the earth it's it's it's literally a heavenly legal decree when somebody gives you something three times it's a heaven legal decree so whenever God speaks to the earth we can learn from him do you know we can learn from him we can learn from him and I want you to understand that we are made in the image of God and when we are made in the image of God it means that the same authority that God has so that you can speak you can also say to this mountain be thou removed and it will be is a mountain not from the earth why would you say to the mountain be thou removed and it doesn't stop there it says and the mountain will be moved and the mountain will be moved so if you if you go to the our previous chapter that we read in James 8 the verse 6 but Jesus stood down and wrote on the ground and then on the 6 on the 8 1 he says and again he stood down and wrote on the earth Jesus didn't just write in the air he didn't just shout he didn't just argue he wrote on the earth into the dust into the origin now if you go back to this Jeremiah 29 verse 30 it says that or let's say 29 22 sorry verse 29 he says oh earth oh earth hear the word of the Lord then he says thus saith the Lord write ye the man childless now when when the Bible says write ye the man childless and here Jesus stood with this woman that has been caught not has been accused but has been caught she did the act so she is known to be known that she has done it why would Jesus then use the same thing that they say that you are accused of he started writing on the earth because it goes back to Jeremiah where it says that right here that this man childless but God used it in a positive or Jesus used it at that time in a positive manner to say that I write any accusations against this woman of earth oh earth write this woman to be a chapter of many to listen to you how can somebody be writing on the earth while somebody is being accused and not saying anything but rather writing down this is where Jesus didn't shout didn't argue he wrote it into the earth he was just saying the accusations is cancelled at the root the root meaning from the earth the root meaning from wherever it originated from the church will produce nothing I wrote it down for nothing this means that the sin will remain childless this sin that woman was caught in adultery remain childless so Jesus like you like you know he liked he liked the fact that you can do what he asked you to do because he said greater things you will do than what he did so you need to be a what is what is the word a record breaker you can't be living an ordinary life you need to be a record breaker meaning to say that you need to break the records of Jesus so when he wrote it down he wrote the accusations childless dust can receive your accusations dust can also receive your forgiveness and your freedom so it means that whatever you are going through you then need to use the earth to speak against whatever accusations has been given to you if if you don't want to believe me Paul says the creation is listening do you know why he says the creation is listening if you read Romans 8 verse 19 let me read Romans 8 verse 19 Romans 8 verse 19 and I'm reading from 19 to 22 it says for the earnest expectations of the creation waited for the manifestations of the sons of God for the creators was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason from whom who had subjected the same in hope because the creature itself also shall shall shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God for we know that the whole creation groaned and and travailed in pain together until now so the whole creation groans meaning to say if you're talking about the creation you're talking about God's creation creation is waiting for your voice not the devil's voice creation the earth knows when curses are broken or curses are spoken the earth knows when somebody speak wrongly against you the earth knows when blessings are even declared the earth knows the earth knows the earth knows when blood are spilled as I've mentioned to you where Abel's blood the earth knows about it the earth even knows when there's prayers that goes out so the creation is aware what's happening even when covenants are made and covenants are broken he is the earth knows about this and the creation will react the creation will react now revelation 12 verse 16 says but the earth helped the woman how did the earth help the woman and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed swallowed up the flood so it means that the earth will fight for you as well only if you know the spiritual weapon I'm giving to you do you know the spiritual weapon I'm giving to you is this earth I mean if you if you if you hear this but the earth helped the woman and swallowed up the flood with which the dragon has spewed even in the end times the earth has ears even in the end times the earth fights even in the end times the earth protects even in the end times the earth responds to God so it proves that weapons is valid even from Genesis to Revelations from Genesis to Revelations from Genesis to Revelation if you can hear let's start with Genesis 1 verse 11 and then God says let the earth bring forth so which means God has spoken to the earth number two God when you go to Genesis 2 verse 7 and the Lord God formed men of the dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the bread of life so which means that the earth formed you and then where you go to Genesis 4 it says God shows the earth has a voice so which means at that where Genesis 4 verse 10 and 11 where Abel's blood was speaking then you go to number 16 where it says Moses used the earth in spiritual warfare but the Lord creates a new thing and the earth open its mouth you see so it opened its mouth and then all that belonged to them went down alive in the pit the earth chose over them then you go to Joshua where it says Joshua didn't just win battles he commanded the earth according to Joshua 10 verse 24 Joshua called all the men of Israel but your feet in the neck of these kings then David prophesied to the earth so can you see there is so many real life examples about the earth and this is not all I've just given you a few for the sake of time for the sake of time I've given you a few for the sake of time I've given you a few now if you listen to all this up to revelation why is it that God establishes this in Genesis it says that the earth hears God it also says the earth hears blood it also says the earth judges rebellion it also says at the same time the earth obeys dominion then it says the earth reacts to prayers the earth also can do a legal cancellation against your wrongdoings the earth groans and responds the earth also helps God's people to cover them this is not just the normal thing but it's a biblical law now I want you to understand that these are to help you to help you in what we are about to do next this this is helping you in what we are about to do next I don't want you to I don't want you to go and do what what what but for the next 20 minutes I'm going to give you a declarations a declaration what is this declaration all about or should I just make sure that you because there's some of these things that I didn't give you I'm actually looking now at my note because I wanted to help the time not going I didn't go through all the notes because if you see Jesus did so many things and one of the things that he did is he declared so we need to understand why the earth matters because the Bible does not only speak to people the Bible also speak to the creation why does the Bible speak to earth the earth holds your life from the beginning to the end the earth records whatever happened the earth is an inheritance to you the earth knows generations the earth knows blessing and cursing the earth also knows blood lines do you know that so many attacks come from dust because sometimes the the enemy planted premature death and premature death goes to the earth breakups sicknesses rejections poverty shame miscarriage it all happened from dust so we want to command the earth to reject the attacks that has been said against us and you know I I wanted us just to say the prayers but I want us now not just to say the prayers but I want us to use the point of contact which is the earth and while we declare we are going to use the earth let it go for our grave we have literally 15 minutes left so make it fast see okay while he is doing that if the earth can write somebody childless it means that the earth can write somebody to be prosperous it means that it can write somebody to be favored as you as you die kant van he is gaan that is lost soil sand so bring a becky for elk in his hand up his soil so if the earth can bring all this writing down somebody to die it can bring life as well it can bring healing as well it can bring long life so you just have to say write myself to be prosperous oh earth write myself to be prosperous me myself Ricardo David Zal prosperous write myself to be blessed write myself to be protected write myself to be destined for greatness write myself to be favored thank you so you can not so be key and your hand thank you and you must also take but I need you to to to speak okay okay okay so let's just wait upon them or should I should I rather stop
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