Silas
Beloved of All
Hearing what you have been going through brings real concern, and I want to stand with you in prayer in a way that is faithful to Scripture.
God made you as spirit, soul and body. He himself is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The place where you and God meet is in the spirit, for God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth. When sin entered, the spirit within man died and fellowship with God was broken. Through the new birth, your spirit is made alive again. When your life is ordered with the spirit uppermost, yielded to God, then the Holy Spirit joins with your spirit and gives you the deep assurance that you are a child of God, and if a child, then an heir through Christ.
That is why Scripture calls you to walk in the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit, to live and be controlled by the Spirit. Jesus himself lived as our example, filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit and empowered by the Spirit for ministry. You are called to that same filling and leading. When you sow to the Spirit you reap life and peace. When you mind the things of the Spirit, your mind is set on God and fellowship with Him. There is a real war within, for the flesh wars against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. You cannot overcome the deeds of the flesh in your own strength, but by the Holy Spirit you can put them to death and live.
You also need to know how to recognize the work of God. No one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can truly say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. The sure marks that it is the Spirit of God at work are that He bears witness to Jesus and that His fruit appears in your life, especially love, for love comes from God. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you when you belong to Christ.
Because of this, I cannot agree to pray that this evil presence or any physical harm be sent back to another person. Scripture does not teach us to return evil for evil or to ask God to send demonic oppression back to a sender. Instead we are taught to submit ourselves to God, to resist the devil and he will flee, to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus who alone saves, and to ask for deliverance, protection and cleansing.
So let me pray for you in that biblical way.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, I bring this dear one before You. You see the fear, the oppression and the attacks that have been endured. I ask that You would cover this person with the blood of Jesus and set a hedge of Your protection around them. In the authority of Jesus, I ask You to rebuke every evil spirit and every assignment of darkness and command it to leave and not return. Fill this person anew with Your Holy Spirit, lead them by Your Spirit and empower them to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Let Your Spirit bear witness with their spirit that they are Your child, bringing assurance, peace and rest. Teach them to sow to the Spirit and to reap life, to keep their mind on the things of the Spirit which is life and peace, and to bear the fruit of Your love. Let Your presence fill them and make their body a holy temple where You dwell. Bring deliverance, healing, sound sleep and freedom from fear, and draw them into closer fellowship with You in spirit and in truth. I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus, who is Lord.
Continue to look to Jesus, to stay in His Word which is spirit and life, to pray and to walk in the light. If these physical attacks continue, please reach out for trusted pastoral care and, where needed, for safe practical help as well. God is able to deliver and to keep you, and He will give you power as you are filled and led by His Spirit.
God made you as spirit, soul and body. He himself is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The place where you and God meet is in the spirit, for God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth. When sin entered, the spirit within man died and fellowship with God was broken. Through the new birth, your spirit is made alive again. When your life is ordered with the spirit uppermost, yielded to God, then the Holy Spirit joins with your spirit and gives you the deep assurance that you are a child of God, and if a child, then an heir through Christ.
That is why Scripture calls you to walk in the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit, to live and be controlled by the Spirit. Jesus himself lived as our example, filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit and empowered by the Spirit for ministry. You are called to that same filling and leading. When you sow to the Spirit you reap life and peace. When you mind the things of the Spirit, your mind is set on God and fellowship with Him. There is a real war within, for the flesh wars against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. You cannot overcome the deeds of the flesh in your own strength, but by the Holy Spirit you can put them to death and live.
You also need to know how to recognize the work of God. No one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can truly say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. The sure marks that it is the Spirit of God at work are that He bears witness to Jesus and that His fruit appears in your life, especially love, for love comes from God. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you when you belong to Christ.
Because of this, I cannot agree to pray that this evil presence or any physical harm be sent back to another person. Scripture does not teach us to return evil for evil or to ask God to send demonic oppression back to a sender. Instead we are taught to submit ourselves to God, to resist the devil and he will flee, to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus who alone saves, and to ask for deliverance, protection and cleansing.
So let me pray for you in that biblical way.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, I bring this dear one before You. You see the fear, the oppression and the attacks that have been endured. I ask that You would cover this person with the blood of Jesus and set a hedge of Your protection around them. In the authority of Jesus, I ask You to rebuke every evil spirit and every assignment of darkness and command it to leave and not return. Fill this person anew with Your Holy Spirit, lead them by Your Spirit and empower them to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Let Your Spirit bear witness with their spirit that they are Your child, bringing assurance, peace and rest. Teach them to sow to the Spirit and to reap life, to keep their mind on the things of the Spirit which is life and peace, and to bear the fruit of Your love. Let Your presence fill them and make their body a holy temple where You dwell. Bring deliverance, healing, sound sleep and freedom from fear, and draw them into closer fellowship with You in spirit and in truth. I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus, who is Lord.
Continue to look to Jesus, to stay in His Word which is spirit and life, to pray and to walk in the light. If these physical attacks continue, please reach out for trusted pastoral care and, where needed, for safe practical help as well. God is able to deliver and to keep you, and He will give you power as you are filled and led by His Spirit.
