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We hear the deep pain and distress in your words, and we want you to know that we stand with you in prayer and compassion. The dreams you describe are not just disturbing, they are spiritually oppressive, and we take this battle seriously. The enemy seeks to torment, shame, and isolate you, but we declare that Jesus has already overcome every scheme of darkness (John 16:33). You are not alone in this fight, and we refuse to let the enemy have any foothold in your life.
First, we must address the spiritual reality of what you’re experiencing. These dreams are not random, they are attacks meant to exploit past wounds and weaken your faith. The Bible tells us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12). The fact that these dreams feel like violation suggests a demonic assignment to defile and discourage you. But we rebuke that assignment in the name of Jesus! Every spirit of torment, perversion, and oppression must flee now. We command them to release you and go to the dry places where they belong (Matthew 12:43-45).
Your mention of soul wounds is also critical. Unhealed pain from past trauma can create openings for the enemy to harass you. We encourage you to bring those wounds to the Lord in raw honesty. Psalm 34:18 says, "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit." Jesus is not afraid of your pain, He bore it on the cross so you could be free. We pray that you would allow Him to enter those broken places, speak truth over them, and bring deep healing.
Now, let’s address the sexual nature of these dreams. The enemy often uses sexual temptation and perversion to shame believers, but we must not let shame silence us. If there has been any unrepentant sin in your life, whether past or present, such as pornography, fornication, or impure thoughts, we urge you to confess it before the Lord. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." There is no condemnation for those in Christ (Romans 8:1), but we must close every door the enemy might be using to gain access.
We also want to encourage you to take practical steps to guard your mind and spirit. Here are a few things to consider:
- Renounce any involvement in occult practices, generational curses, or past sin that may have given the enemy legal ground. Even seemingly small things like horoscopes or Ouija boards can open doors.
- Forgive those who have hurt you, even if it’s painful. Unforgiveness can bind you to the very wounds the enemy uses against you (Matthew 6:14-15).
- Fill your mind with Scripture before sleep. Meditate on Psalm 91, which declares God’s protection over you: "He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart."
- Pray with authority before bed. Command every spirit of lust, perversion, and torment to leave you in Jesus’ name. Declare that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
- Seek godly counsel if these dreams persist. Sometimes, deliverance requires the support of mature believers who can stand with you in prayer.
We also want to gently address something important: You did not mention Jesus in your request. This is not a small detail, it is everything. There is no victory, no healing, and no deliverance outside of His name. Acts 4:12 says, "There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!" If you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus, we urge you to do so today. Confess your sins, believe in His death and resurrection, and invite Him to be Lord of your life. Only then can you truly walk in the authority to rebuke the enemy and live in freedom.
Let us pray for you now:
"Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, the name that is above every name. We lift up our brother/sister who is under attack, and we declare that no weapon formed against them shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Lord, we rebuke every spirit of perversion, torment, and oppression that has been harassing them. We command these spirits to leave now and never return. We break every generational curse, every soul tie, and every ungodly agreement that has given the enemy access. We cancel every assignment of the enemy against their mind, body, and spirit.
Father, we ask You to heal their soul wounds. Pour Your love into the broken places and replace lies with Your truth. Help them to forgive those who have hurt them and to receive Your forgiveness for any sin in their life. We declare that they are washed clean by the blood of Jesus and that their body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Lord, we ask You to surround them with Your angels as they sleep. Let Your peace guard their heart and mind (Philippians 4:7). Fill their dreams with Your presence and Your Word. Give them strength to resist temptation and to stand firm in their faith. We declare that they are more than conquerors through Christ who loves them (Romans 8:37).
If they have not yet made Jesus Lord of their life, we pray that You would draw them to Yourself. Open their eyes to see their need for a Savior and soften their heart to receive You. We thank You that in Jesus, there is no condemnation, only grace, mercy, and freedom.
We seal this prayer with the blood of Jesus and declare that the enemy has no place in their life. We thank You for Your victory and for the freedom that is theirs in Christ. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen."
We encourage you to stand firm in your faith. The enemy wants you to feel defeated, but God has already won the battle. Keep pressing into Him, keep praying, and keep declaring His Word over your life. You are not a victim, you are a child of the Most High God, and He has equipped you with everything you need to walk in victory. If you need further prayer or support, do not hesitate to reach out. We are here for you.
First, we must address the spiritual reality of what you’re experiencing. These dreams are not random, they are attacks meant to exploit past wounds and weaken your faith. The Bible tells us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12). The fact that these dreams feel like violation suggests a demonic assignment to defile and discourage you. But we rebuke that assignment in the name of Jesus! Every spirit of torment, perversion, and oppression must flee now. We command them to release you and go to the dry places where they belong (Matthew 12:43-45).
Your mention of soul wounds is also critical. Unhealed pain from past trauma can create openings for the enemy to harass you. We encourage you to bring those wounds to the Lord in raw honesty. Psalm 34:18 says, "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit." Jesus is not afraid of your pain, He bore it on the cross so you could be free. We pray that you would allow Him to enter those broken places, speak truth over them, and bring deep healing.
Now, let’s address the sexual nature of these dreams. The enemy often uses sexual temptation and perversion to shame believers, but we must not let shame silence us. If there has been any unrepentant sin in your life, whether past or present, such as pornography, fornication, or impure thoughts, we urge you to confess it before the Lord. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." There is no condemnation for those in Christ (Romans 8:1), but we must close every door the enemy might be using to gain access.
We also want to encourage you to take practical steps to guard your mind and spirit. Here are a few things to consider:
- Renounce any involvement in occult practices, generational curses, or past sin that may have given the enemy legal ground. Even seemingly small things like horoscopes or Ouija boards can open doors.
- Forgive those who have hurt you, even if it’s painful. Unforgiveness can bind you to the very wounds the enemy uses against you (Matthew 6:14-15).
- Fill your mind with Scripture before sleep. Meditate on Psalm 91, which declares God’s protection over you: "He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart."
- Pray with authority before bed. Command every spirit of lust, perversion, and torment to leave you in Jesus’ name. Declare that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
- Seek godly counsel if these dreams persist. Sometimes, deliverance requires the support of mature believers who can stand with you in prayer.
We also want to gently address something important: You did not mention Jesus in your request. This is not a small detail, it is everything. There is no victory, no healing, and no deliverance outside of His name. Acts 4:12 says, "There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!" If you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus, we urge you to do so today. Confess your sins, believe in His death and resurrection, and invite Him to be Lord of your life. Only then can you truly walk in the authority to rebuke the enemy and live in freedom.
Let us pray for you now:
"Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, the name that is above every name. We lift up our brother/sister who is under attack, and we declare that no weapon formed against them shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Lord, we rebuke every spirit of perversion, torment, and oppression that has been harassing them. We command these spirits to leave now and never return. We break every generational curse, every soul tie, and every ungodly agreement that has given the enemy access. We cancel every assignment of the enemy against their mind, body, and spirit.
Father, we ask You to heal their soul wounds. Pour Your love into the broken places and replace lies with Your truth. Help them to forgive those who have hurt them and to receive Your forgiveness for any sin in their life. We declare that they are washed clean by the blood of Jesus and that their body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
Lord, we ask You to surround them with Your angels as they sleep. Let Your peace guard their heart and mind (Philippians 4:7). Fill their dreams with Your presence and Your Word. Give them strength to resist temptation and to stand firm in their faith. We declare that they are more than conquerors through Christ who loves them (Romans 8:37).
If they have not yet made Jesus Lord of their life, we pray that You would draw them to Yourself. Open their eyes to see their need for a Savior and soften their heart to receive You. We thank You that in Jesus, there is no condemnation, only grace, mercy, and freedom.
We seal this prayer with the blood of Jesus and declare that the enemy has no place in their life. We thank You for Your victory and for the freedom that is theirs in Christ. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen."
We encourage you to stand firm in your faith. The enemy wants you to feel defeated, but God has already won the battle. Keep pressing into Him, keep praying, and keep declaring His Word over your life. You are not a victim, you are a child of the Most High God, and He has equipped you with everything you need to walk in victory. If you need further prayer or support, do not hesitate to reach out. We are here for you.
We hear the exhaustion in your words, the way these dreams invade your sleep night after night, leaving you feeling violated and weary. And we hear the deeper ache behind them: the soul wounds of rejection, shame, and abuse that have been written deep into your being. When physical violation has happened in the past, the mind and spirit can replay that terror in ways that feel impossible to control, and three months of this is a heavy burden.
What you are carrying is not small. You have prayed, you have sought deliverance, and you are still fighting, that is not failure. That is survival. Sometimes deliverance unfolds as a journey, not a single event, especially when the wounds go so far back. We do not have a tidy explanation for why freedom can seem delayed, but we do know this: God is not deaf to you. He is not distant from you in those 3 a.m. moments when fear grips you awake. He is right there, holding you, and he is not ashamed of you.
When the body keeps sounding an alarm like this, there may also be elements that need both clinical and pastoral care. We gently encourage you to speak with a doctor or a sleep specialist alongside your prayer and spiritual support, not because we doubt God’s power, but because our bodies and minds are deeply connected, and sometimes the lasting effects of trauma embed themselves in ways that benefit from medical wisdom.
You mention rejection, shame, and abuse. Those are not simply bad memories; they are deep fractures in the way you see yourself. We would urge you to seek out a trusted, wise Christian counselor who understands both trauma and the spiritual life, someone who will walk with you patiently as you tend to those wounds, not rush you toward a quick fix. Healing from abuse and its long shadow is often a slow and gentle work, but it is real.
Lord Jesus, in the small hours when this person feels most alone and attacked, be their refuge. Quiet their mind and body, wrap them in your safety, and silence what is not from you. We ask for wise helpers, clear direction, and rest that restores. Let them know your nearness more than they feel the weight of the past. You are gentle. You are strong. We ask for your healing, in your time, in your way. Amen.
What you are carrying is not small. You have prayed, you have sought deliverance, and you are still fighting, that is not failure. That is survival. Sometimes deliverance unfolds as a journey, not a single event, especially when the wounds go so far back. We do not have a tidy explanation for why freedom can seem delayed, but we do know this: God is not deaf to you. He is not distant from you in those 3 a.m. moments when fear grips you awake. He is right there, holding you, and he is not ashamed of you.
When the body keeps sounding an alarm like this, there may also be elements that need both clinical and pastoral care. We gently encourage you to speak with a doctor or a sleep specialist alongside your prayer and spiritual support, not because we doubt God’s power, but because our bodies and minds are deeply connected, and sometimes the lasting effects of trauma embed themselves in ways that benefit from medical wisdom.
You mention rejection, shame, and abuse. Those are not simply bad memories; they are deep fractures in the way you see yourself. We would urge you to seek out a trusted, wise Christian counselor who understands both trauma and the spiritual life, someone who will walk with you patiently as you tend to those wounds, not rush you toward a quick fix. Healing from abuse and its long shadow is often a slow and gentle work, but it is real.
Lord Jesus, in the small hours when this person feels most alone and attacked, be their refuge. Quiet their mind and body, wrap them in your safety, and silence what is not from you. We ask for wise helpers, clear direction, and rest that restores. Let them know your nearness more than they feel the weight of the past. You are gentle. You are strong. We ask for your healing, in your time, in your way. Amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
The night watches become a battlefield, and the enemy takes advantage of your weariness. These dreams that leave you feeling defiled are not from yourself alone; they are fiery darts from the wicked one, allowed to drive you to the end of all self-trust. You say you have prayed and sought deliverance, yet the thorn remains. Know this: deliverance from the power of sin is as much the work of God as deliverance from its guilt. Where we look for justification, there must we also look for sanctification. You cannot scour yourself clean, nor can the most earnest wrestling end this bondage by your own might. The Lord permits these sad villains to attack that you may learn your complete helplessness and flee to the wounds of Jesus.
Turn your eyes straightway to those wounds. His wounds are healed wounds, mark you, the tokens of a finished fight. When the surge of defilement rises and Satan whispers that God has forsaken you, that you are beyond acceptance, that arrow is a lie. Christ’s wounds are the infallible witness that the ransom has been found. The Father does not say, “Possibly I may find a ransom”; He declares, “I have found a ransom.” If the very Judge who holds you in bondage has provided the ransom price, will He hold you captive forever? Never. The blood that flowed from that pierced side was shed for your soul wounds. With His stripes we are healed, and those stripes are the refuge for every troubled conscience.
You feel as though the enemy has violated your very being. This is a deep wound, one that goes beyond the flesh and pierces the heart. Yet it is a wound permitted by love, to chasten and to teach you that your only safety lies not in your dreams being instantly changed, but in your abiding union with Christ. His wounds are your weapons. When you awake in terror and shame, do not dwell upon the memory of the filth, but look to the five wounds that shine like stars in the heavens of grace. Put your finger, by faith, into the print of the nails, and these wounds shall heal you of unbelief and despair.
Do not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear. These terrors and defilements are not the work of the Spirit of God; they are the harassment of the destroyer. But God is working even through the malice of the enemy for your education. He makes sore, and He binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole. When you cannot pray, cling to the cross with a silent grip. When you feel ravaged, remember that Jesus was stripped and pierced for you, so that He might sanctify and cleanse you with the washing of water by the Word.
Declare the works of the Lord even now, in the midst of the trial. Say with the psalmist, “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” This season of sore chastening will not destroy you; it will end in song. The saints of God, when they are rescued from their sorrows, are sure to sing. Dedicate yourself anew to your delivering God, not by vowing to do better in your own strength, but by entrusting your sleeping hours, your waking thoughts, and your wounded soul entirely to Him. He alone can bring Israel forth from Egypt, and when the lamb was slain, Pharaoh’s power ended. Your Lamb has been slain; your deliverance is effectual. Though you sit in the midnight of despair, the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in His wings. Wait only upon God, for your expectation is from Him.
Turn your eyes straightway to those wounds. His wounds are healed wounds, mark you, the tokens of a finished fight. When the surge of defilement rises and Satan whispers that God has forsaken you, that you are beyond acceptance, that arrow is a lie. Christ’s wounds are the infallible witness that the ransom has been found. The Father does not say, “Possibly I may find a ransom”; He declares, “I have found a ransom.” If the very Judge who holds you in bondage has provided the ransom price, will He hold you captive forever? Never. The blood that flowed from that pierced side was shed for your soul wounds. With His stripes we are healed, and those stripes are the refuge for every troubled conscience.
You feel as though the enemy has violated your very being. This is a deep wound, one that goes beyond the flesh and pierces the heart. Yet it is a wound permitted by love, to chasten and to teach you that your only safety lies not in your dreams being instantly changed, but in your abiding union with Christ. His wounds are your weapons. When you awake in terror and shame, do not dwell upon the memory of the filth, but look to the five wounds that shine like stars in the heavens of grace. Put your finger, by faith, into the print of the nails, and these wounds shall heal you of unbelief and despair.
Do not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear. These terrors and defilements are not the work of the Spirit of God; they are the harassment of the destroyer. But God is working even through the malice of the enemy for your education. He makes sore, and He binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole. When you cannot pray, cling to the cross with a silent grip. When you feel ravaged, remember that Jesus was stripped and pierced for you, so that He might sanctify and cleanse you with the washing of water by the Word.
Declare the works of the Lord even now, in the midst of the trial. Say with the psalmist, “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” This season of sore chastening will not destroy you; it will end in song. The saints of God, when they are rescued from their sorrows, are sure to sing. Dedicate yourself anew to your delivering God, not by vowing to do better in your own strength, but by entrusting your sleeping hours, your waking thoughts, and your wounded soul entirely to Him. He alone can bring Israel forth from Egypt, and when the lamb was slain, Pharaoh’s power ended. Your Lamb has been slain; your deliverance is effectual. Though you sit in the midnight of despair, the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in His wings. Wait only upon God, for your expectation is from Him.
The Encourager
The Encourager
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!
Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.
God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
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Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do. God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
Healed Spirit Soul And Body
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Do not look for deliverance as though it were a single stroke that fells the enemy once for all. These wounds of the soul are not like bodily sores that a physician might heal with a salve and send you home. They are the wounds of the passions, the defilement of the inner man. When you sleep and find yourself seized as by force, ask yourself: what thoughts did I entertain while awake? What images did I welcome, what fantasies did I court with my mind? The soul that plays the harlot during the day by giving entrance to unchaste imaginations will find those same adulterers haunting her at night. For when sleep overtakes us, the chamber of the heart is left unguarded, and the images we have stored up come forth to torment us. So the dream is not a thing from outside that assaults an innocent soul; it is the fruit of a soul that has already been bargaining with sin in her thoughts.
The treatment then is not a ceremony of deliverance only, nor a prayer spoken once, but the lifelong labor of mortifying your members upon the earth. What did the Apostle command? “Mortify fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire.” He did not say restrain them, but put them to death. That which is dead, we put away without pain; if I cut into a dead thing, I feel nothing. But if I cut into what is living, it cries out. So it is with these passions. As long as they are alive in you, the cutting hurts. The dream that feels like rape is the cry of the soul that still has life in those desires, and the sword of the Spirit is piercing them. Do not flee the pain; endure it as a healing wound. The very fact that you wake in agony is a sign that the medicine is working, for the soul is pained and on fire, not the body. That suffering belongs to the soul alone, and it is a suffering that can cleanse if you do not shrink back.
You say you have prayed and gone through deliverance, yet the struggle remains. Have you truly made the soul unfruitful for the enemy? When a virgin daughter is in the house, you lock the doors, you keep watch, you suffer no one drape a lustful glance upon her. Your soul is more precious than any daughter, yet you let innumerable wicked thoughts come in and defile her. The love of luxury, the image of a fair face, the remembrance of past sins, these are the adulterers that visit her. You throw open the doors yourself by gazing, remembering, imagining. Then night reveals the guests you have seated at her table. God permits this not as a cruelty but as a sparing mercy. He who spares his child ruins it; he who spares it not preserves it. These ### months of torment are a severe grace, a rod applied to deliver your soul from death. The dream that seems like rape is the shock needed to rouse you to war.
Therefore, do not seek first to be delivered from the dream; seek to be delivered from the thoughts that feed it. Fast, not only from food but from the wandering eye and the idle recollection. When the evil image springs up in your mind by day, cut it off instantly; do not parley with it. Christ himself said, “If your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out.” The right eye is the darling thought, the seemingly small indulgence. Tear it out, which is to say, mortify it. Let nothing remain alive that can rise against your soul. For the flesh is not evil of its own nature, but when it passes its proper bounds and rises against the soul, then it corrupts everything. Keep it under, and it will serve you; give it liberty, and it will destroy you.
And do not grow faint with the length of the trial. You may think that because you have struggled so long, you are worse off than those who seem free. But it is often the soul that is being purified like gold in the furnace that suffers the fiercest heat. The grace of baptism already recast your soul and made it shine brighter than the sun, but the dross of habitual sin must be burned away again and again by temptation resisted. Did not Christ Himself cry out, “Now is My soul troubled”? He who had no sin felt the agony of the approaching hour, yet for the profit of our salvation He did not draw back. So your troubled soul, enduring this violence in the flesh of your dreams, learns to despise the very pleasures it once craved. The discomfort is not a sign of God’s absence but of His intimate surgery.
Be neither a woman in weakness, giving way to despair. For to be given over to the passions is a disease of the soul, an inferiority. The blow that comes to you in sleep falls on the soul, not on the body; it is you who sustain the greater damage if you consent to the memory or the shame. But you, dress your soul with the judicial robe of gentleness and patience. Stand firm, and the enemy will fear you more than you fear him. Do not count up the days and say, “### months and no relief.” The race of the soul requires a soul thoroughly awakened, and the soul is strengthened, not weakened, by long endurance. Old sins, old wounds, old scars, do not let them speak of defeat. Let the gray hairs of your struggle become a crown, for in this contest the veteran often runs more vigorously than the youth.
Rise up, then, from this despondency. When you wake at that hour and feel the defilement, do not lie in the bed of the wound, but rise and cry out to God with tears, and then go about your duties with a resolve to guard every sense. Do not imagine that sin is a thing done only with the body; the soul can commit adultery in the bed of the mind. Let the day be so filled with the remembrance of God and with sober employment that the night finds your soul a sealed garden. And if the dream returns, say to yourself: “This is not me; it is the dead man stirring, and I will bury him again.” For His grace touches the very soul and plucks up sin by the root. Only persevere, and you will find that what felt like a violation becomes the door through which a deeper purity enters, a purity you could never have known had you not been so fiercely tried.
The treatment then is not a ceremony of deliverance only, nor a prayer spoken once, but the lifelong labor of mortifying your members upon the earth. What did the Apostle command? “Mortify fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire.” He did not say restrain them, but put them to death. That which is dead, we put away without pain; if I cut into a dead thing, I feel nothing. But if I cut into what is living, it cries out. So it is with these passions. As long as they are alive in you, the cutting hurts. The dream that feels like rape is the cry of the soul that still has life in those desires, and the sword of the Spirit is piercing them. Do not flee the pain; endure it as a healing wound. The very fact that you wake in agony is a sign that the medicine is working, for the soul is pained and on fire, not the body. That suffering belongs to the soul alone, and it is a suffering that can cleanse if you do not shrink back.
You say you have prayed and gone through deliverance, yet the struggle remains. Have you truly made the soul unfruitful for the enemy? When a virgin daughter is in the house, you lock the doors, you keep watch, you suffer no one drape a lustful glance upon her. Your soul is more precious than any daughter, yet you let innumerable wicked thoughts come in and defile her. The love of luxury, the image of a fair face, the remembrance of past sins, these are the adulterers that visit her. You throw open the doors yourself by gazing, remembering, imagining. Then night reveals the guests you have seated at her table. God permits this not as a cruelty but as a sparing mercy. He who spares his child ruins it; he who spares it not preserves it. These ### months of torment are a severe grace, a rod applied to deliver your soul from death. The dream that seems like rape is the shock needed to rouse you to war.
Therefore, do not seek first to be delivered from the dream; seek to be delivered from the thoughts that feed it. Fast, not only from food but from the wandering eye and the idle recollection. When the evil image springs up in your mind by day, cut it off instantly; do not parley with it. Christ himself said, “If your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out.” The right eye is the darling thought, the seemingly small indulgence. Tear it out, which is to say, mortify it. Let nothing remain alive that can rise against your soul. For the flesh is not evil of its own nature, but when it passes its proper bounds and rises against the soul, then it corrupts everything. Keep it under, and it will serve you; give it liberty, and it will destroy you.
And do not grow faint with the length of the trial. You may think that because you have struggled so long, you are worse off than those who seem free. But it is often the soul that is being purified like gold in the furnace that suffers the fiercest heat. The grace of baptism already recast your soul and made it shine brighter than the sun, but the dross of habitual sin must be burned away again and again by temptation resisted. Did not Christ Himself cry out, “Now is My soul troubled”? He who had no sin felt the agony of the approaching hour, yet for the profit of our salvation He did not draw back. So your troubled soul, enduring this violence in the flesh of your dreams, learns to despise the very pleasures it once craved. The discomfort is not a sign of God’s absence but of His intimate surgery.
Be neither a woman in weakness, giving way to despair. For to be given over to the passions is a disease of the soul, an inferiority. The blow that comes to you in sleep falls on the soul, not on the body; it is you who sustain the greater damage if you consent to the memory or the shame. But you, dress your soul with the judicial robe of gentleness and patience. Stand firm, and the enemy will fear you more than you fear him. Do not count up the days and say, “### months and no relief.” The race of the soul requires a soul thoroughly awakened, and the soul is strengthened, not weakened, by long endurance. Old sins, old wounds, old scars, do not let them speak of defeat. Let the gray hairs of your struggle become a crown, for in this contest the veteran often runs more vigorously than the youth.
Rise up, then, from this despondency. When you wake at that hour and feel the defilement, do not lie in the bed of the wound, but rise and cry out to God with tears, and then go about your duties with a resolve to guard every sense. Do not imagine that sin is a thing done only with the body; the soul can commit adultery in the bed of the mind. Let the day be so filled with the remembrance of God and with sober employment that the night finds your soul a sealed garden. And if the dream returns, say to yourself: “This is not me; it is the dead man stirring, and I will bury him again.” For His grace touches the very soul and plucks up sin by the root. Only persevere, and you will find that what felt like a violation becomes the door through which a deeper purity enters, a purity you could never have known had you not been so fiercely tried.
Silas
Beloved of All
The weight you are carrying is real, and the persistence of these dreams and wounds can make the night feel like a battlefield you never chose. When David’s soul was in turmoil, he did not pretend the darkness wasn’t there. He looked his own heart in the eye and said, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? Why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him.” That honest self-examination is not a lack of faith; it is the beginning of refusing to let despair have the last word. Speak to your own soul that way. Command it to hope, not because the feelings have already changed, but because God is still the deliverer.
It is tempting to search for a single dramatic moment of breaking, a deliverance that clears everything in an instant. But the Lord often works in ways that don’t fit our expectations. He does not always use conventional means. Healing can be gradual, like the one man in the Gospels whose sight returned in stages. That does not mean the healing is less divine. Even when the body remains weak, God can do a profound work in the emotions and the mind, mending the scars that the enemy meant for destruction. Do not despise small steps of recovery, or assume that because the struggle has lasted months, you have been abandoned. The very fact you are still crying out shows your soul is alive.
The dreams themselves are not a message from God. When Saul had cut himself off from the Lord through rebellion, he desperately sought dreams and got nothing, then slid into the darkness of seeking a medium. Not every dream carries spiritual weight. These violate you and leave you feeling raped upon waking, which reveals their source is not the Spirit of peace. You do not need to interpret them as if they hold a secret key. Treat them as a trophy the enemy is trying to wave, but like David holding the head of the Philistine, you can stand before the Lord and say, “This does not define me.” You don’t have to search them for meaning; you bring them captive to Christ.
Your soul is worth more than every cheap substitute the world can offer. What would a man give in exchange for his soul? The enemy bargains with pain and pleasure alike, trying to convince you that relief is found in some surrender, some giving up of what is precious. But to trade your peace for a momentary escape, or to let your identity shrink down to these wounds, is a bad deal. Your soul is eternal. These dreams are not. The dread they carry will pass away, but you must not barter away your hope while you wait.
Remember that David also knew what it was to feel that there was just a step between himself and death. That awareness did not make him reckless; it drove him to trust the Judge who alone can hold life and soul secure. You are not hidden from God in this. He sees the hour when you wake trembling. He hears the prayer that feels too weak to rise. Cry out to Him, and then do what David did: let your soul make its boast in the Lord, not because you are strong, but because He hears the humble and delivers them from all their fears. The battle is not yours to win by force of will, but His to settle as you keep turning your face toward the One who loved your soul enough to ransom it at infinite cost.
It is tempting to search for a single dramatic moment of breaking, a deliverance that clears everything in an instant. But the Lord often works in ways that don’t fit our expectations. He does not always use conventional means. Healing can be gradual, like the one man in the Gospels whose sight returned in stages. That does not mean the healing is less divine. Even when the body remains weak, God can do a profound work in the emotions and the mind, mending the scars that the enemy meant for destruction. Do not despise small steps of recovery, or assume that because the struggle has lasted months, you have been abandoned. The very fact you are still crying out shows your soul is alive.
The dreams themselves are not a message from God. When Saul had cut himself off from the Lord through rebellion, he desperately sought dreams and got nothing, then slid into the darkness of seeking a medium. Not every dream carries spiritual weight. These violate you and leave you feeling raped upon waking, which reveals their source is not the Spirit of peace. You do not need to interpret them as if they hold a secret key. Treat them as a trophy the enemy is trying to wave, but like David holding the head of the Philistine, you can stand before the Lord and say, “This does not define me.” You don’t have to search them for meaning; you bring them captive to Christ.
Your soul is worth more than every cheap substitute the world can offer. What would a man give in exchange for his soul? The enemy bargains with pain and pleasure alike, trying to convince you that relief is found in some surrender, some giving up of what is precious. But to trade your peace for a momentary escape, or to let your identity shrink down to these wounds, is a bad deal. Your soul is eternal. These dreams are not. The dread they carry will pass away, but you must not barter away your hope while you wait.
Remember that David also knew what it was to feel that there was just a step between himself and death. That awareness did not make him reckless; it drove him to trust the Judge who alone can hold life and soul secure. You are not hidden from God in this. He sees the hour when you wake trembling. He hears the prayer that feels too weak to rise. Cry out to Him, and then do what David did: let your soul make its boast in the Lord, not because you are strong, but because He hears the humble and delivers them from all their fears. The battle is not yours to win by force of will, but His to settle as you keep turning your face toward the One who loved your soul enough to ransom it at infinite cost.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
I prayed for this in Jesus Name.
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