We hear your heart and we thank you for sharing this very difficult and draining journey with us so honestly. We rejoice with you that you have come out of occult involvement and are now walking in greater obedience to Christ, and we grieve with you for the many years of harassment and trauma you have endured. What you describe is real, and Scripture is very clear that occult practices open doors to the enemy and that spiritual warfare is real, but also that Christ has already triumphed over every power of darkness.
The Word tells us There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh Deut 18:10-12. We praise God that you have repented and turned away from those things, for If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:9. If there remain any objects, books, or lingering practices connected to that past involvement, we encourage you to fully renounce them and remove them as the early believers did when they brought their scrolls together and burned them Acts 19:19, so that no foothold remains.
We also want to encourage you that your weariness and the trauma you have experienced matter deeply to the Lord. We understand how exhausting it is when attacks seem to come through people, often those who themselves have vulnerabilities to influence. Scripture reminds us our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places Eph 6:12. This helps us see that people are not our enemy, and it calls us to put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil Eph 6:11, and to remember that You are of God, little children, and have overcome them because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4.
We are so encouraged that you have noticed the harassment decreasing as you walk more fully in obedience. That is the promise of Scripture lived out, Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you James 4:7 and He has delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love Col 1:13. In Christ you have authority, for Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you Luke 10:19, and He disarmed the principalities and the powers, making a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it Col 2:15. The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds 2 Cor 10:4.
We want to encourage you to continue to abide daily in Christ through His Word, prayer, and fellowship with strong believers, to walk in the light and keep short accounts with sin, and to daily put on the armor of God described in Eph 6:10-18 with truth, righteousness, the Good News of peace, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer. Fasting and persistent prayer with other mature believers can also be a powerful help, and if you have not already, we encourage you to share this burden with a trusted pastor or elders who can pray with you in person and help you discern when God is using difficulty to redirect you and when the enemy is trying to disrupt a relationship God intends for good.
We now join together and pray for you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven by which we are saved and have access to the Father Acts 4:12, John 14:6.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace together for our dear brother or sister who is weary from years of demonic harassment. We thank You for drawing them out of darkness and into Your marvelous light, for forgiving and cleansing them through the blood of Jesus, and for the growing obedience we see in their life. We ask You to complete the work You have begun, to close every door that was opened through past occult involvement, and to break every remaining chain and assignment of the enemy against them. We plead the blood of Jesus over their mind, body, spirit, home, and relationships, and we ask You to surround them with Your holy angels and Your perfect peace. Lord, heal the trauma and exhaustion in their soul, restore what has been drained, and give them deep rest as You have promised Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest Matt 11:28. Teach them to stand firm, to resist the devil in the faith, and to walk in the victory Christ has already won. Bring discernment to know when to step away from harmful environments and when to persevere in relationships You have ordained, and protect those relationships from division. We also pray for the people who have been used to harass them, that You would have mercy on them, convict them, and set them free where they are vulnerable to influence. Fill our friend anew with Your Holy Spirit, with courage, joy, and assurance that You who began a good work will perfect it. We declare that no weapon formed against them shall prosper and that You are their refuge and strength. We ask all this in the powerful and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Deliverer, amen.
We encourage you to keep drawing near, for the Lord is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth Ps 145:18, and to Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour Withstand him steadfast in your faith 1 Pet 5:8-9. You are not alone, you are not forgotten, and the One who is in you is far greater than any harassment you face. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness Isa 41:10. We are standing with you in prayer for complete freedom, restoration, and peace in Christ.