- Misunderstanding Our Experience with Sin
- Understanding Sin
- Understanding Confession and Repentance
- Understanding The Freedom We Have As Children of God
- Are you Living Under the Law?
- What Does Living Under the Law Look Like?
- How to Stop Living Under the Law
- The Importance of Accountability
- 14 Accountability Group Questions That Could Have Saved Tiger Woods Grief
- Another Possibility for Habitual Sin
- How to Overcome Demonic Attacks
- Experience the Life of An Overcomer
Please don’t be offended that I say one possibility for habitual sin is demonic attacks. And don’t think I’m giving you permission to say, “the devil made me do it” to absolve yourself from any responsibility.
If you have named Jesus your Lord, He has given you a new name and His authority. You don’t have to put up with supernatural cravings to sin. Here’s what you need to know.
Unforgiveness, hate, abuse, sin, unclean sex, illness, trauma, and fear are some of the doors that open for demonic attack.
Now without getting into theology or stories I want to give you enough information today to show you that you don’t have to be afraid or ashamed.
You may even be able to deal with the enemy that’s against you by yourself. If you can’t there are people who can help you.
Here are the steps you can use. You can also use “Steps To Freedom in Christ
1. Forgive everyone you’re offended at.
Let the Spirit show you who that may be. The more specific you can be the better. Follow up forgiving with releasing the person to God and Blessing them in Jesus’ name. If you can’t choose to forgive, you need someone’s help to help cast off the spirit of unforgiveness.
2. Repent of your specific sin in the situation.
Reactions to hurt done to us are understandable and may seem excusable. But they are not from God and open the door for oppression by the enemy. You need to repent of the sins you’ve done in response to the offense you’ve suffered.
For example:
Father, I repent of the resentment, anger and bitterness I have felt towards _________ and I repent of having taken in feelings of rejection, loneliness, and despair over that situation. Help me to turn away from all these feelings and I ask for your forgiveness for them.
3. Renounce all the spirits involved
This is not a prayer to God, it is spoken to the spirit involved who is an enemy out to kill, steal and destroy. It needs to be out loud. For example:
“In the name of Jesus I renounce you spirit of rejection, loneliness, despair and hopelessness.”
4. Close the doors
Close the door to the spirits involved so that when they’re cast out the cannot return.
“In the name of Jesus and by His shed blood, I break the power of the spirits of ___________. They do not have any rights any longer. I will not accept their return.”
5. Cast out the demons
Simply cast them out. If you can’t because it sticks in your throat, or you feel sweat or a strain or you feel nauseated or get a headache, all the doors have not been closed. You can go back and ask the Spirit to show you who you need to forgive, or find someone with experience to walk you through the final steps.
6. Thank Jesus for His deliverance
If you’re free, this will be natural. If you can’t, it just means you need more help.
7. Invite the Holy Spirit to fill all the places now vacant.
If you really don’t feel you can do this – for any reason – ask someone with experience to help.
As a follower of Christ, you are a new creature.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (New International Version)
You don’t need to put up with the lies or attacks of the enemy. Put on the armour of God. Resist the devil and he will flee. I know this is a brief blog post, so please ask any questions and I’ll try to clarify.
my name is bright osah 40 years old through my marriage demons enter into my teritry by attacking destorying my job and finacial
i pray for lonttime but still things are not okak
Praying for a long time can be going through the motions. When we beg God instead of agree with Him and His authority we tend not to see much done. God is on your side, so stand up in his authority. I’m not saying your situation will change overnight, but I’m confident no weapons formed against us shall prosper and all who rise up against us will fall, when we walk in love and authority. Praying for you.
Seeing your post today made me tear up – so timely.
My sister is under attack right now. I have only come to understand how fully this has taken over her life. As one of the strongest Christian ladies I know – its very difficult to see – its tearing me apart. It has attacked her marriage and turned her into someone I hardly know. This is the most frightening thing I have ever witnessed. I am on knees continually – please pray for her, and her family. I am so thankful she has a strong church family to pray over her – God can restore her, God will restore her. Please pray with us.
After 7 years of separation, I have returned with my 2 teenage children to my husband. The reason for leaving was after 1 n a half yrs of physical abuse. But in the 7 years, I hv maintained contact and relationship with hubby by constantly returning and on my 7th year, my husband requested us to return. Looking to God for confidence, I returned in Feb 2011.
Now, after 7 months, I see that he is into drinking regularly with friends. I do not grudge his outings BUT I get angry when I suggest some time out as a family, I constantly get “If I have no choice, I will come”. This is so disheartening. At home, he expects home cooked food, his clothes and laundry taken care of, etc. N expects to be notified of everything that happens at home; even permission has to be asked for everything.
I am so fed up and tired. I hold a full time job, run a home without help and tho extremely exhausted try to do all I can to make home comfortable. Now I just get angry n irritated because I do things out of love n at the end get treated second best to his friends.
@Pamela,
Praying for you. It sounds like you have some real issues to deal with.
Are you and your husband getting counselling? Is there any fear that physical abuse is going to come back if you confront him?
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Cor 13:4-7
God’s kind of love is very hard to manage on our own strength. It’s so hard to love like God when we feel victimized.
I don’t know if you’re looking for someone to help you, but my friend Cheryl does counselling over skype http://EdmontonCounsellingServices.com