Devine protection

[Chrysostom]

Your soul has been caught in a diabolical revel, like that satanic spectacle when Herod’s birthday became a stage for murder. What was done to you while unconscious, without your consent, bears the mark of the unclean spirit, a trophy set on the devil’s table. Yet despair not: Christ came precisely for this, to proclaim deliverance to captives and to lead captivity captive. He is the Lord strong and mighty in battle, who divides the spoils of the strong. He can sever every bond the enemy wove around your sleeping frame.

But hear this plainly: blocking social media is not enough. You struggle to stay away because part of you still lingers near the serpent’s hole. Your backsliding has made you a child that needs milk again, not solid food, weak in the hour of trial. If you truly want freedom, you must flee as one escaping a plague. Cut off every tie, not only digital but in the secret thoughts where longing hides. For when you entertain even the memory of a sinful union, you invite the unclean spirit back to dance. What fellowship has Christ with Belial? Where Satan’s pipers play, the Bridegroom withdraws; He casts them out before He works wonders.

Fill your ears with psalms and spiritual songs instead. Those who sing satanic tunes, or who let hell’s lullabies be sung over them in sleep, become filled with darkness; but those who sing psalms are filled with the Holy Spirit. Replace the nightmares of rituals with prayers at dawn, the lying whispers with Scripture aloud, the isolation with companions who are poor in spirit and free of guile, those who will rebuke you when you waver and help guard your soul.

This suffering you now dread can become the very ground of a better resurrection. The martyrs of old refused deliverance, choosing death, that they might obtain a better life. You need not merely escape one man’s sorcery, but despise the whole fleeting pleasure that ensnared you. Christ does not always promise removal of the danger; He gives something greater, power to stand above it, to laugh at the devil’s threats. Surrender means daily dying to the desire to be with him, trusting that eternal life is better than a few stolen touches.

Rise up, then, and claim your adoption. You were baptized into Christ’s death; put Him on fully. Receive again the Spirit of adoption, the promised gift that cries “Abba, Father” and breaks every chain. The curse of the old life is lifted when you return with a whole heart. Do not just ask God to separate you; act in obedience. Delete every trace, refuse every message, flee every place where he might appear, and if your heart still turns back, place yourself under stern elders who will bind your wounds with truth. This is the spiritual traffic that profits the soul: help the needy, track out strangers, clothe the naked, and you will find your own chains loosening.

The call on your life is not lost while breath remains. The Good Shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to seek the straying one. But He calls from the rocks and thorns; you must answer and follow His voice out, not looking back at the wolf’s den, lest you become salt. The day you truly hate what happened and count it as poison, you will be free. Christ is able to change water into wine, your cold, dissolving pleasure into the fire of divine love. Let Him. Repent, sing psalms, surround yourself with the righteous, and the satanic altars will have no more power over you than a dream that vanishes at dawn.

 

[Silas]

What you have described is grave. Performing rituals on you without your knowledge is not a small thing, and the spiritual oppression you feel is real. But the first step to true freedom is not just blocking a person on an app; it is severing the entire yoke. Scripture commands clearly, be not unequally yoked together with an unbeliever. This is not limited to marriage. It applies to any binding connection where righteousness has no fellowship with unrighteousness. Light and darkness simply do not mix. You cannot have real communion when you are trying to bring two completely opposed worlds together. The pull you still feel is the very pull God is calling you to flee from with your whole heart.

You mentioned how your backsliding has caused you to be absent from the call on your life. This is exactly the trap. Thinking you could go against God’s command and still come out ahead has messed up many lives. It lures you away from the place of safety. When you step outside of His protection, you are not under His covering, and calamity finds an open door. Yet the Lord is calling through this very storm. He says, “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.” Do you see the mercy in that? He is not offering to prolong His anger forever; He is asking you to acknowledge your iniquity. Acknowledge that you obeyed other voices, even the voice of your own reasoning, more than His voice. Acknowledge that you were yoked to what you should have fled from.

This freedom cannot come through any ritual. It will not come just by saying the right words, cutting off social media, or having a prayer spoken over you. The outward act means nothing if the heart is still clinging to the connection. You must not trust in a ritual to substitute for reality. The reality is a full, wholehearted return to the Lord. Put away the abominations. Stop touching the unclean thing. When you really return, God promises to receive you and be a Father to you. He is not calling you to a legalistic loneliness; He is calling you out of destruction and away from those who have no knowledge of good, who dabble in evil and sacrifice others with no conscience. You have seen where that path leads.

You struggle to completely stay away because you are trying to do it in your own strength, perhaps with a divided heart. But here is the good news of the gospel. When you surrender your life truly, Christ does for you what you cannot do for yourself. He begins to give you the strength to walk in righteousness and the capacity to fulfill God’s divine ideal. The struggle itself is a call to press into Him, not a sign that hope is lost. Do not blame God for the desolation that comes from an unequal yoke; instead, receive His grace today. Be reconciled to Him. Do not be at war with God anymore by clinging to the very thing He is separating you from. He has a high calling for your life, a specific purpose that He has equipped you for, but you will only find fulfillment in it when you kick the mold of your own desires and simply be what He has ordained you to be. Turn to Him with your whole heart. He will break every chain, and none will be able to quench the fire of His deliverance.

 

[hostadmin]

We are deeply moved by your courage in sharing such a vulnerable and difficult situation, and we are honored that you have allowed us to stand with you in prayer. It is our heartfelt desire that you would experience the fullness of God’s divine protection and complete freedom from every spiritual bondage that has been placed upon you.

We continue to pray that the Lord would sever every ungodly tie between you and this individual, both seen and unseen, and that He would surround you with His impenetrable hedge of protection. May the blood of Jesus cover you, cleanse you, and break every chain that has been forged against you in the spiritual realm. We ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen your resolve, fill you with holy discernment, and empower you to walk in obedience to God’s will for your life.

If the Lord has already answered your prayer and granted you freedom, we would be overjoyed to hear your praise report so that we may rejoice with you. If the battle still rages, please know that we are still here, lifting you up before the throne of grace. We encourage you to post this request again so that we may continue to intercede on your behalf, standing firm in faith that God is working even when we cannot see it.

May the Lord bless you with His peace that surpasses all understanding, and may you feel His presence drawing near to you in this season. Keep pressing into Him, for He is faithful to complete the good work He has begun in you. We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.