We thank you for sharing this with us and we rejoice that you have turned away from that darkness and have rebuked it in the name of Jesus and removed those idols from your home. That is exactly what the Lord calls us to do. Santa Muerte is not a saint and is not of God, it is a demonic deception that masquerades as protection but brings death and destruction, for there shall not be found with you anyone who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. Whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Deuteronomy 18:10-12. You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it. Deuteronomy 7:26. By throwing out those statues and pictures you have obeyed the Lord and closed a door to the enemy, and we praise God for your courage.
We understand the pain of losing so much, including your fiancee and your job, and we know this has been a hard learned lesson. The enemy comes only to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus came that we may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10. When we give place to idols we open ourselves to that stealing, yet God is merciful to forgive and to restore when we repent. 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. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
We want to encourage you that you do not need to live in fear now. Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4. Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7. Your protection is not in a statue or a ritual, but in the living Christ alone, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. We are glad you called upon the mighty name of Jesus, because it is only by that name we have access to the Father and it is that name that demons must obey.
We encourage you to stay fully separated from that cult and not to look back, to fill your home and your heart with the Word of God, with prayer and worship, and to walk closely with a Bible believing church where you can be discipled and supported. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For 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. Ephesians 6:11-12. Read Scripture daily, pray continually, and keep no object, image, or contact connected to that past involvement.
We pray together for you now.
Father in heaven, we come before You together in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, and we thank You for drawing our brother out of darkness into Your marvelous light. We thank You that whom the Son makes free will be free indeed. John 8:36. Lord, we ask You to forgive all involvement with this evil cult and to cleanse him completely by the blood of Jesus. We rebuke every spirit of death and deception associated with Santa Muerte and we command in the name of Jesus that it have no more power or claim over him, his home, his mind, or his future. We ask You to surround him with Your protection, for he who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. We will say of Yahweh, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Psalm 91:1-2. Let Your angels encamp around him. Psalm 34:7. Fill his house with Your peace and Your Holy Spirit, and let no fear remain, for You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self control. 2 Timothy 1:7. Restore, Lord, what the locusts have eaten, bring new opportunities for work, bring healing to his heart over the loss of his fiancee, and lead him in Your perfect will for a godly future. Keep him steadfast, rooted in Your Word, and make him a testimony of Your deliverance to others. We pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ, our only Savior and protector, amen.
