Deliverance is not an easy thing to achieve. We might think that we can do this all on our own, but no we cannot. I've tried many things to help me understand the spirit world and sought unconventional methods in order to rid myself of the demonic torment each night. Yes, I used the word demons, demons and deceiving spirits are one and the same.
I sought after the advice and help of a medium. They were of no help. They in fact encouraged me to seek out the spiritual world in certain ways and in taking their advice, I did seek out spirits. I sought them out in excitement and was getting myself in deep. I would talk to the spirits using different methods and what helped me to change my mind was a situation I got myself into that I thought at the time would help me and provide answers that I needed.
My grandfather died when I was 16. I have to say he was my anchor. He was the closest person in my life to a dad and mentor and when he died, my world crumbled. I am so thankful to my foster parents that they allowed me to maintain a relationship with him. They asked me one day if I would like to be adopted, but I said no and my grandfather was the reason, because had I said yes, I would have had to sever all ties with him until I reached the age of 18.
After he died, my life continued but there remained a hole, and when the medium encouraged me to go sit at his grave site and talk to him in hopes to get confirmation that the spiritual world exists. ( Like I didn't know) But I was encouraged that I would hear from my grandfather and I wanted and thought I needed to talk to him again; to tell him all the things I needed to tell him.
That day at the grave site was a very personal visit. I had 'tested' out the theory other times at a different grave site and so I knew I would get a response, I knew my grandfather would talk to me. I was more than an emotional wreck. I had not been to the site since he died, and 14 or so years had past and my emotions could not be held back. I just talked and I let my sorrow and love flow and when I was done, I went back home to complete the task.
I am trying to leave out specific steps on purpose because again, in sharing my story I do not want to suggest to anyone that they can or should do what I did. I do not want to invoke curiosity and I do not want to inadvertently give anyone any steps on how to achieve the level of spiritual communication as I did. We are NOT TO TALK TO SPIRITS, not even the so called angels that come in good will. We are to offer up prayer, praise and worship to GOD and His Son ONLY.
I went home and listened to the recording of my time at my grandfather's grave site. Underneath my voice and sobbing I heard a man's voice very distinctly, but it was one I did NOT recognize as being my grandfather. This voice was so cold and I felt it. There was no love and tenderness in his voice as I would expect from hearing my grandfather. When he saw me as I remembered his eyes would light up and he was always smiling and singing. That's what I expected, to hear his voice in the background! I expected to hear the 'pet' name he called his grandchildren. I expected to know my grandfather and he to know me, but I heard a stranger, with familiarity. I knew of the evil in that voice, I had sensed it many times before in my life.
That was enough to convince me that my grandfather was not there with me that day and as disappointed as I was, it was what I needed to hear to make me stop turning to mediums, psychics, tarot cards, Ouija Boards for answers. I burned all my growing collection of pictures, recordings and anything that had to do with seeking out spirits, and repented something fierce!
However even though I repented, the spirits persisted in my life.They made their presence known in a way that got my attention. I had fallen asleep on the couch during the day. My young daughter was down for a nap and I was very tired from the night of enduring an onslaught of repeated attacks. I just wanted to rest for a half hour. I had only been asleep for a few minutes, when I heard the front door open. Immediately I opened my eyes. I tried to get up but I was stuck. I was immobilized and under the influence of the spirits power once again. I watched the door creek open to let light in, and I was panicking in my mind, thinking I was going to be robbed and I couldn't do anything about it. I couldn't shout for help, I couldn't call the police. If the intruder walked through that door, the couch was in the next room to the left, but there was no dividing wall, all they had to do was turn their head and I would be seen.
My attention was diverted and I witnessed the curtains in the living room shake violently. As if someone were shaking the dust from them. I then looked towards the door, but the person who had come in was already so close to me. I couldn't see their face, just the coat they were wearing and their blue jeans. All I could see was their mid section of their body as they neared closer to me. 'God help me! ' I screamed in my mind. I tried to talk but again talking was pointless. Then this person bent down...
The person I saw was my husband's face. I KNEW it wasn't my husband because my husband was at work- OUT OF TOWN. This wasn't a situation where I was mistaken as to the whereabouts of my husband. He worked on the oil rigs and his presence was accounted for. He was often gone weeks at a time, and if he didn't show up, the rig would be calling the house. He was at work, he called me from work, I had proof he was at work. This was NOT HIM! I began to panic, and this figure bent down and kissed me on the cheek, and disappeared before my eyes! Then the tingling feeling was gone and I shot up off the couch, checked the door... it WAS LOCKED as I had left it. My cheek felt cold and tingled with the sensation that it had been touched. I knew what I saw, and I knew what I experienced. This was it. I had had enough!
I fell to my knees in the kitchen. The floor was hard stone tile and I just fell. I wept and asked God to come into my life. I asked Him to take my life and make it complete. I asked Him to forgive me. I mean really forgive me. I told Him I was done chasing after spirits. I didn't want them in my life and I was sorry for bringing them in. I repented hard that day. I asked so many things of God, I begged and pleaded with Him, but one thing I know was that in my rambling, I was finally sincere! I expected God to just forgive me on the spot and wipe the slate clean. Forgiveness as I've learned DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. If we expect God to work in our lives, we have work to do too, and that is clearing out, getting rid of all the sinful things in our lives, not by our way but by GOD'S WAY.
I didn't know then what I know now and that is why it took so long for deliverance to come to me. The pull to enter back into the spirit seeking lifestyle is so strong. It's like anyone who knows what getting rid of an addiction is like, that drive to go ahead and have that one last smoke, just to take off the edge is so strong. That's the same as how I felt with chasing after spirits. I thought watching ghost hunting shows wouldn't harm me. But it was a form of entertaining evil. I thought looking at pictures on the internet with spirits in them or orbs is harmless enough, but again it is a form of spiritism and God says specifically 'HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.' I leave you to look up that scripture. It's in Deuteronomy.
I thought if I could just read a story, watch a movie what harm would that do, I'm not involved in it. Yes we are. It doesn't matter if we watch movies that have ghosts in them, or read stories, we are allowing our hearts and minds to become entertained and when we are entertained we involve ourselves in it because if we didn't LIKE what captivated us we would pay it no attention. When God says 'Have nothing to do with them' the things that lead us into sin, such as spiritism and divination, He is also saying to HATE them because what we HATE we IGNORE. ( Our definition of hate and God's definition of hate are two different things.)
Repentance doesn't mean just saying 'I'm sorry'. Repentance is so much more than that. It took a long time for me to figure this out, because like I said, I searched for God on my own. I searched for answers on my own. I did not tell a church pastor until I was finally figuring out on my own what I needed to do, but even then I was offered NO HELP, NO PRAYER and I was given NO SUPPORT. I was told that I could NOT talk about what was going on with me in that specific church. I would not be given a forum even though the pastor told me that many of the congregation had or were suffering from similar things as I was. That discouraged me. I decided to become silent and I regretted ever speaking out to the church about it. The one place where we SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, THE ONE PLACE WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS and we can't? That just doesn't make sense!
I then got involved with an online church... and I told them of what was happening. This church was involved in signs and wonders so I thought who better to tell? Well I was able to share my story with ONE of the pastors, but at the time my attacks were continuing I was trying to turn to this person for help. Again, I was not offered prayer, or help. This person acknowledged that 'something was wrong, because I loved God but these attacks were still happening. Something was not right.' and my stories were making this person uncomfortable and I was told ' We must not continue to talk about evil because I'm afraid we are glorifying it.'
I was shut down again. But their words resounded in me ' Something is wrong. It's not right- you love the Lord and these attacks are continuing.'
I realized I WAS NOT RIGHT! I wasn't RIGHT WITH THE LORD! I WAS what was WRONG! I had to FIX ME! But not by my works... My works of fasting, and getting rid of the spiritual intrigue and following after it had stopped, but that wasn't enough... those were MY WORKS.
I sought after the advice and help of a medium. They were of no help. They in fact encouraged me to seek out the spiritual world in certain ways and in taking their advice, I did seek out spirits. I sought them out in excitement and was getting myself in deep. I would talk to the spirits using different methods and what helped me to change my mind was a situation I got myself into that I thought at the time would help me and provide answers that I needed.
My grandfather died when I was 16. I have to say he was my anchor. He was the closest person in my life to a dad and mentor and when he died, my world crumbled. I am so thankful to my foster parents that they allowed me to maintain a relationship with him. They asked me one day if I would like to be adopted, but I said no and my grandfather was the reason, because had I said yes, I would have had to sever all ties with him until I reached the age of 18.
After he died, my life continued but there remained a hole, and when the medium encouraged me to go sit at his grave site and talk to him in hopes to get confirmation that the spiritual world exists. ( Like I didn't know) But I was encouraged that I would hear from my grandfather and I wanted and thought I needed to talk to him again; to tell him all the things I needed to tell him.
That day at the grave site was a very personal visit. I had 'tested' out the theory other times at a different grave site and so I knew I would get a response, I knew my grandfather would talk to me. I was more than an emotional wreck. I had not been to the site since he died, and 14 or so years had past and my emotions could not be held back. I just talked and I let my sorrow and love flow and when I was done, I went back home to complete the task.
I am trying to leave out specific steps on purpose because again, in sharing my story I do not want to suggest to anyone that they can or should do what I did. I do not want to invoke curiosity and I do not want to inadvertently give anyone any steps on how to achieve the level of spiritual communication as I did. We are NOT TO TALK TO SPIRITS, not even the so called angels that come in good will. We are to offer up prayer, praise and worship to GOD and His Son ONLY.
I went home and listened to the recording of my time at my grandfather's grave site. Underneath my voice and sobbing I heard a man's voice very distinctly, but it was one I did NOT recognize as being my grandfather. This voice was so cold and I felt it. There was no love and tenderness in his voice as I would expect from hearing my grandfather. When he saw me as I remembered his eyes would light up and he was always smiling and singing. That's what I expected, to hear his voice in the background! I expected to hear the 'pet' name he called his grandchildren. I expected to know my grandfather and he to know me, but I heard a stranger, with familiarity. I knew of the evil in that voice, I had sensed it many times before in my life.
That was enough to convince me that my grandfather was not there with me that day and as disappointed as I was, it was what I needed to hear to make me stop turning to mediums, psychics, tarot cards, Ouija Boards for answers. I burned all my growing collection of pictures, recordings and anything that had to do with seeking out spirits, and repented something fierce!
However even though I repented, the spirits persisted in my life.They made their presence known in a way that got my attention. I had fallen asleep on the couch during the day. My young daughter was down for a nap and I was very tired from the night of enduring an onslaught of repeated attacks. I just wanted to rest for a half hour. I had only been asleep for a few minutes, when I heard the front door open. Immediately I opened my eyes. I tried to get up but I was stuck. I was immobilized and under the influence of the spirits power once again. I watched the door creek open to let light in, and I was panicking in my mind, thinking I was going to be robbed and I couldn't do anything about it. I couldn't shout for help, I couldn't call the police. If the intruder walked through that door, the couch was in the next room to the left, but there was no dividing wall, all they had to do was turn their head and I would be seen.
My attention was diverted and I witnessed the curtains in the living room shake violently. As if someone were shaking the dust from them. I then looked towards the door, but the person who had come in was already so close to me. I couldn't see their face, just the coat they were wearing and their blue jeans. All I could see was their mid section of their body as they neared closer to me. 'God help me! ' I screamed in my mind. I tried to talk but again talking was pointless. Then this person bent down...
The person I saw was my husband's face. I KNEW it wasn't my husband because my husband was at work- OUT OF TOWN. This wasn't a situation where I was mistaken as to the whereabouts of my husband. He worked on the oil rigs and his presence was accounted for. He was often gone weeks at a time, and if he didn't show up, the rig would be calling the house. He was at work, he called me from work, I had proof he was at work. This was NOT HIM! I began to panic, and this figure bent down and kissed me on the cheek, and disappeared before my eyes! Then the tingling feeling was gone and I shot up off the couch, checked the door... it WAS LOCKED as I had left it. My cheek felt cold and tingled with the sensation that it had been touched. I knew what I saw, and I knew what I experienced. This was it. I had had enough!
I fell to my knees in the kitchen. The floor was hard stone tile and I just fell. I wept and asked God to come into my life. I asked Him to take my life and make it complete. I asked Him to forgive me. I mean really forgive me. I told Him I was done chasing after spirits. I didn't want them in my life and I was sorry for bringing them in. I repented hard that day. I asked so many things of God, I begged and pleaded with Him, but one thing I know was that in my rambling, I was finally sincere! I expected God to just forgive me on the spot and wipe the slate clean. Forgiveness as I've learned DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. If we expect God to work in our lives, we have work to do too, and that is clearing out, getting rid of all the sinful things in our lives, not by our way but by GOD'S WAY.
I didn't know then what I know now and that is why it took so long for deliverance to come to me. The pull to enter back into the spirit seeking lifestyle is so strong. It's like anyone who knows what getting rid of an addiction is like, that drive to go ahead and have that one last smoke, just to take off the edge is so strong. That's the same as how I felt with chasing after spirits. I thought watching ghost hunting shows wouldn't harm me. But it was a form of entertaining evil. I thought looking at pictures on the internet with spirits in them or orbs is harmless enough, but again it is a form of spiritism and God says specifically 'HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.' I leave you to look up that scripture. It's in Deuteronomy.
I thought if I could just read a story, watch a movie what harm would that do, I'm not involved in it. Yes we are. It doesn't matter if we watch movies that have ghosts in them, or read stories, we are allowing our hearts and minds to become entertained and when we are entertained we involve ourselves in it because if we didn't LIKE what captivated us we would pay it no attention. When God says 'Have nothing to do with them' the things that lead us into sin, such as spiritism and divination, He is also saying to HATE them because what we HATE we IGNORE. ( Our definition of hate and God's definition of hate are two different things.)
Repentance doesn't mean just saying 'I'm sorry'. Repentance is so much more than that. It took a long time for me to figure this out, because like I said, I searched for God on my own. I searched for answers on my own. I did not tell a church pastor until I was finally figuring out on my own what I needed to do, but even then I was offered NO HELP, NO PRAYER and I was given NO SUPPORT. I was told that I could NOT talk about what was going on with me in that specific church. I would not be given a forum even though the pastor told me that many of the congregation had or were suffering from similar things as I was. That discouraged me. I decided to become silent and I regretted ever speaking out to the church about it. The one place where we SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, THE ONE PLACE WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS and we can't? That just doesn't make sense!
I then got involved with an online church... and I told them of what was happening. This church was involved in signs and wonders so I thought who better to tell? Well I was able to share my story with ONE of the pastors, but at the time my attacks were continuing I was trying to turn to this person for help. Again, I was not offered prayer, or help. This person acknowledged that 'something was wrong, because I loved God but these attacks were still happening. Something was not right.' and my stories were making this person uncomfortable and I was told ' We must not continue to talk about evil because I'm afraid we are glorifying it.'
I was shut down again. But their words resounded in me ' Something is wrong. It's not right- you love the Lord and these attacks are continuing.'
I realized I WAS NOT RIGHT! I wasn't RIGHT WITH THE LORD! I WAS what was WRONG! I had to FIX ME! But not by my works... My works of fasting, and getting rid of the spiritual intrigue and following after it had stopped, but that wasn't enough... those were MY WORKS.
YOU CANNOT RID YOURSELF OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY AND NO ONE ELSE CAN RID YOUR LIFE OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY.
I've tried to show a pattern with my story. Even though I was SEARCHING for GOD, demonic activity remained a really big part of my life because SEARCHING FOR GOD does not MEAN that you KNOW Him. Let me explain: I was baptized in the Pentecostal church in 2003, and yet even though I attended church, and became a Sunday School teacher, the attacks still persisted. Even though I read my bible regularly, and prayed regularly, the spiritual attacks still persisted. Even though I loved God, my heart was STILL divided. I was living my life in sin, watching movies, reading books, hanging out with unbelievers, going to bars, my spare time I filled it up with things I wanted to do that had NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD. When I wasn't being entertained by Godly things such as going to church, teaching others in youth ministry, reading scripture, I was entertaining evil because I allowed myself to be entertained by it. This is what it means to have a divided heart. Our hearts are always divided but they don't have to stay that way. This is what the story of circumcising the heart means. We are to cut off the foreskin of sin to expose the righteous nature. When the foreskin of sin is GONE, a permanent way of life is seen. The righteous nature replaces the sin nature. We misunderstand this teaching because a circumcision means to cut off the foreskin all at once, but sometimes in our spiritual life, this has to be done bit by bit, little by little in a way that eventually rids all of the foreskin of sin. When it's gone we can't grow it back... well we can only IF we choose not to live a life of righteousness. (I'm going into teaching that I did not want to venture into on this site. Forgive me I digress... )
It wasn't UNTIL I began to IMPLEMENT God's word into my life, did I FINALLY SEE RESULTS! One can learn all they can about God, one can memorize scripture but if one does not implement and take God's word to heart in a way that shows righteous living, then all their efforts will remain as human works. We have read Ephesians 2:9 but have misunderstood its meaning. Our works can never attain us salvation, it is from the grace of God that He died so we might live, but never does this scripture suggest that we do not have to do anything. We assume that this scripture is speaking specifically about the cross, while it is, the Cross is not the only thing that Jesus did for us. When He began His ministry, He showed His followers a specific way of life! He led by example as His life showed us How to live. We cannot live by our own ingenuity, but when we follow the ways of Jesus, our works become His works as our ways become His ways. This is what scripture meant, that we cannot get rid of sin through our own way of doing things. To get rid of sin we have to WORK at it, but not by our own strength or might or will of our minds or hearts. How we get rid of sin is to repent, and repentance takes WORK, but God's work. The good works of Jesus enable us to LIVE a life of righteousness. We are guaranteed to live a life in freedom when we allow our ways to emulate the Works of Jesus. We cannot boast unto ourselves when we live a life of righteousness because we cannot take credit for our works because we are not living a lifestyle by our works. Our lifestyles live the works of Christ.
" For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the give of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2: 8-9
Our works that we live by through Jesus are a work of service. We serve our God by not only listening but doing what He directs us to do. This is why deliverance did not come to me immediately. While calling out each night for Jesus to help me, worked. We assume that rebuking and exercising demons keeps them gone. If this were true than why did Jesus regret performing the miracles and healing the people that He did?
" Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent." Matthew 11:20
The one requirement of God is that we repent. Repentance and living out His works in our lives cannot be separated. If we are living God's ways, we are living a repentant lifestyle because repentance requires us to turn AWAY FROM OUR WAYS, OUR WORKS that which are rooted in SIN and live the lifestyle of Christ that Jesus left for us in His word for us to live by.
"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied, ' There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments." Matthew 19:17
"What does the scripture say? ' Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credit as righteousness." Romans 4: 3-5
Here's a little something about faith I learned, the above scripture is talking about putting our faith into ACTION. This is what builds TRUST. When we implement God's ways and SEE that they are right, that they work in our lives. When we SEE that God's ways are good in our lives and they bring goodness because they are good; we then begin to BELIEVE in GOD, that HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS. THIS BELIEF BUILDS TRUST and this TRUST BUILDS LOVE AND THIS LOVE BUILDS A KNOWING.
To know God is to love Him and to love Him is to know Him.
Anyone of God's followers can get rid of demon activity, but we cannot assume that the demon activity is gone for good because someone who is walking in righteousness has such authority. Just because one is healed doesn't mean they are saved. I called upon Jesus nightly and I assumed that because He came and delivered me each night that his love for me meant that I'm okay and that this for me was now just a way of life. Like those Jesus healed, they may have retained their healing, but most likely not because sickness, disease, demonic activity, failures in life are almost always from sin. ( I say always because people like to use the example of Job- that's another detailed study and there are reasons why Job was attacked by Satan in the way that he was. For one, He was blameless, but not totally. The things that he went through were to test Satan, not Job. No one is blameless all the time. We all fall down, and Job did too.)
Those that Jesus healed grieved Jesus because they did not LIVE in repentance, they refused to change their ways and instead took advantage of God and His grace. This is what we do, this is what I was doing. I was taking advantage of the grace of God and I didn't even know that this was what I was doing. When I attended church, we had really good sermons that invoked encouragement but in all my years of attending church- when I was little, and as an adult, even watching sermons on T.V, - Even when I taught children -no where is it preached that we need to repent, and if repentance is not being taught then it is not being explained how to repent or live a repentant lifestyle!
This is essential in receiving deliverance. While someone can help lead you to Christ, you have to make the effort to seek Him out and live a life that honors Him for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.
I admit, the things I have done have led me to Christ, but at first I turned to God because I knew I needed Him. I turned to Him out of fear of evil. I have always wanted God in my life, there has always been a love for Him, but the spiritual activity caused me to become desperate for Him in a way that caused me to question if I really loved God as in the way that I should. One can follow God but if they do not follow God out of love and a willingness to love Him, again any effort on our part becomes 'works' and invalidates the grace of God to the point we are taking advantage.
So, if you are troubled by spirits, and need help in seeking God's deliverance, I am here to offer prayer, counseling, support and study for you.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE EVER and we are all in this together. You are loved by God and His grace is for you too!
God Bless!
Contact me today- Help is FREE!
It wasn't UNTIL I began to IMPLEMENT God's word into my life, did I FINALLY SEE RESULTS! One can learn all they can about God, one can memorize scripture but if one does not implement and take God's word to heart in a way that shows righteous living, then all their efforts will remain as human works. We have read Ephesians 2:9 but have misunderstood its meaning. Our works can never attain us salvation, it is from the grace of God that He died so we might live, but never does this scripture suggest that we do not have to do anything. We assume that this scripture is speaking specifically about the cross, while it is, the Cross is not the only thing that Jesus did for us. When He began His ministry, He showed His followers a specific way of life! He led by example as His life showed us How to live. We cannot live by our own ingenuity, but when we follow the ways of Jesus, our works become His works as our ways become His ways. This is what scripture meant, that we cannot get rid of sin through our own way of doing things. To get rid of sin we have to WORK at it, but not by our own strength or might or will of our minds or hearts. How we get rid of sin is to repent, and repentance takes WORK, but God's work. The good works of Jesus enable us to LIVE a life of righteousness. We are guaranteed to live a life in freedom when we allow our ways to emulate the Works of Jesus. We cannot boast unto ourselves when we live a life of righteousness because we cannot take credit for our works because we are not living a lifestyle by our works. Our lifestyles live the works of Christ.
" For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the give of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2: 8-9
Our works that we live by through Jesus are a work of service. We serve our God by not only listening but doing what He directs us to do. This is why deliverance did not come to me immediately. While calling out each night for Jesus to help me, worked. We assume that rebuking and exercising demons keeps them gone. If this were true than why did Jesus regret performing the miracles and healing the people that He did?
" Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent." Matthew 11:20
The one requirement of God is that we repent. Repentance and living out His works in our lives cannot be separated. If we are living God's ways, we are living a repentant lifestyle because repentance requires us to turn AWAY FROM OUR WAYS, OUR WORKS that which are rooted in SIN and live the lifestyle of Christ that Jesus left for us in His word for us to live by.
"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied, ' There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments." Matthew 19:17
"What does the scripture say? ' Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credit as righteousness." Romans 4: 3-5
Here's a little something about faith I learned, the above scripture is talking about putting our faith into ACTION. This is what builds TRUST. When we implement God's ways and SEE that they are right, that they work in our lives. When we SEE that God's ways are good in our lives and they bring goodness because they are good; we then begin to BELIEVE in GOD, that HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS. THIS BELIEF BUILDS TRUST and this TRUST BUILDS LOVE AND THIS LOVE BUILDS A KNOWING.
To know God is to love Him and to love Him is to know Him.
Anyone of God's followers can get rid of demon activity, but we cannot assume that the demon activity is gone for good because someone who is walking in righteousness has such authority. Just because one is healed doesn't mean they are saved. I called upon Jesus nightly and I assumed that because He came and delivered me each night that his love for me meant that I'm okay and that this for me was now just a way of life. Like those Jesus healed, they may have retained their healing, but most likely not because sickness, disease, demonic activity, failures in life are almost always from sin. ( I say always because people like to use the example of Job- that's another detailed study and there are reasons why Job was attacked by Satan in the way that he was. For one, He was blameless, but not totally. The things that he went through were to test Satan, not Job. No one is blameless all the time. We all fall down, and Job did too.)
Those that Jesus healed grieved Jesus because they did not LIVE in repentance, they refused to change their ways and instead took advantage of God and His grace. This is what we do, this is what I was doing. I was taking advantage of the grace of God and I didn't even know that this was what I was doing. When I attended church, we had really good sermons that invoked encouragement but in all my years of attending church- when I was little, and as an adult, even watching sermons on T.V, - Even when I taught children -no where is it preached that we need to repent, and if repentance is not being taught then it is not being explained how to repent or live a repentant lifestyle!
This is essential in receiving deliverance. While someone can help lead you to Christ, you have to make the effort to seek Him out and live a life that honors Him for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.
I admit, the things I have done have led me to Christ, but at first I turned to God because I knew I needed Him. I turned to Him out of fear of evil. I have always wanted God in my life, there has always been a love for Him, but the spiritual activity caused me to become desperate for Him in a way that caused me to question if I really loved God as in the way that I should. One can follow God but if they do not follow God out of love and a willingness to love Him, again any effort on our part becomes 'works' and invalidates the grace of God to the point we are taking advantage.
So, if you are troubled by spirits, and need help in seeking God's deliverance, I am here to offer prayer, counseling, support and study for you.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE EVER and we are all in this together. You are loved by God and His grace is for you too!
God Bless!
Contact me today- Help is FREE!