Have you ever been praying for a sick person, and nothing seems to be working? You tried all of your best prayers, confessed Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24, and nothing seems to happen? Or, they seem to have symptomatic relief, but it the sickness returns just as bad? The problem you’re having may not even be physical, which is the case more often than you might think.
Now, I probably don’t need to say this too much, but let me stress it really quick. You really need to listen to the Holy Spirit and obey Him. He will show you wether or not there is a spirit involved, in the person you are ministering to’s, sickness.
Stop right there. You may be thinking, “but Lee, this is obviously just a physical healing problem, not a spiritual one.” That’s what I thought too. So, later in the day when I actually had a chance, me and another Christian friend from work decided to pray for him. (Note, Doug is not a believer, and he is also a practicing homosexual.) So we started to pray for him, and I put my hand near his ear. I felt as though I should pray in this way, “Spirit of deafness come out. Ear be healed in Jesus name.” Doug then said “why is my ear so warm? Oh my God it’s so hot! What’s happening??” I was SUPER hype at this point. I pointed at him and said “DUDE! JESUS IS HEALING YOUR EAR RIGHT NOW!” After his ear cooled off he grabbed his headphones and played music in his ears. He looked at me and said “it sounds the same in both ears. What happened?” I then shared the gospel with him. I’m still praying that God would show Himself to Doug once again. The Holy Spirit was at work, revealing things to me, and I was hardly even aware of it. The key here is to pay attention to His leading. Keep up your relationship with Him. This isn’t a method or a program. He is our best friend.
A large chunk of the world, and even the church doesn’t even believe that demons exist. Which I don’t understand, they are in the Bible. Everywhere. So many people have strange diseases that are seemingly incurable, and we have no idea what to do about them. Doctors visit after doctors visit, prescription after prescription, and we still don’t know what’s going on.
Think of how effective a person becomes when the Holy Spirit creates His stronghold. That “land” becomes vacant of demons, and occupied with God. The Lord sets up His attack point, and it is from that person. He ever increasingly fortifies them, and the enemy wishes he would have destroyed that person when he had the chance.
Here is a simple, but practical way to know if someone’s illness or pain is caused by a demon. When you pray for the afflicted area of their body, and the pain or illness moves, it’s a spirit. Tell that thing to leave in the name of Jesus. Use your authority as a believer! There have been quite a few times where I’ve prayed for people who say “I’ve had this problem for months (weeks, years etc) and people have prayed for me, the problem goes, and comes right back.” They don’t have a physical problem, they have a spiritual problem. Usually I will say some like this, “Spirit of affliction (or infirmity, depending on the Holy Spirit’s lead) come out in Jesus’ name.” And they are healed. Sometimes it takes persistence. Don’t give up on the person you are praying for.
I don’t usually run into demons who talk through people. (although, it is real and I’ve experienced it a few times) You may not run into many screamers either, but don’t put it out of the picture. Sometimes they do manifest. Keep praying. Keep commanding it to leave in Jesus name. You want this person to be free, or healed as we are talking about here.
Since we’ve surrendered our lives to the king, we are doing His service. We can’t live life on our terms. This is a kingdom, and king Jesus is the prime example of what Christianity looks like. Follow His lead, and let’s set people free.
Jesus bless you, and I hope you enjoyed this!
God is a healer and deliverer, and he can use us to do the miraculous if we allow HIM!
So true! There’s not very many people out there blogging about deliverance – it’s an uncomfortable topic for most. I love this post (and the header image)!
I totally know why it’s uncomfortable too. But Jesus commands us to cast out demons. I fear the Lord, and that’s what we need as the church. Thanks for reading!
Amen – it’s written all up in the Word, and, as you said, it’s a command, not a suggestion.
I love seeing the change in people after they get free from demons. It’s wonderful. No matter how uncomfortable it is. God never said we would be comfortable. He did say He would send us a comforter. That’s why we can’t do this without the Holy Spirit.
Ok, I should stop. LOL you got me going.