How sad that satan has so many people bound in misery when all that God wants for us is joy and prosperity. I heard it very clearly, as I embarked unto the New Year. He did not quit and sent plague after plague after plague until Pharoah retreated and yielded. He is ready to do the same for you. Start confessing your victory and lay your shackels down.
Deliverance is a strong word seeking a strong remedy.
When one prays for deliverance there is first an acknowledgment that one is being constrained or hindered from moving freely and then an acknowledgment that one's own strength cannot achieve the desired result. Deliverance usually involves the actions of a third party. As a Child of God, that third party is always God. Jonah was in the belly of a fish, in pitch darkness. A hopeless situation with no man to help him.