Chapter Seven

Entering into Warfare

1. Get the person’s permission. Before praying for or touching the person, get his permission. Explain exactly what you will do — hold his hand, anoint his forehead with oil, etc. Tell him that you will not touch or anoint him without his permission. Touch can be very frightening and noxious to sexual abuse and satanic ritual survivors, and they may not be able to handle it.

2. Apply the Blood of Jesus. Before laying hands on anyone, apply the Blood of Jesus over yourself for your protection. Spirits can transfer through touch. If you are in prayer, the Holy Spirit will warn you when there is a danger of demonic transfer. Note that spirits cannot enter you without an opening in your life. Workers need to deal with their own issues before ministering deliverance to others! Although the spirit cannot enter you, they can attach or rest on the outside and cause quite a few problems if allowed. If this happens, rebuke the spirit and command it to leave in Jesus' name.

3. Listen to the Holy Spirit. This is spiritual warfare, and you must listen to what the Holy Spirit is telling you. The Holy Spirit is there to help you. Listen to His leading or watch for a "check" in your spirit.

4. Identify evidence of certain spirits. Look especially for the spirits of doubt, confusion, rebellion, witchcraft, mind control, fear, etc. When you see these spirits manifest, then you can do spiritual warfare against these spirits. Pray for the person, laying hands on his head softly and with authority, rebuking those interfering spirits.

5. Pray with the person. Anointing with oil and prayer can have a powerful positive effect on a person. Ask the Holy Spirit to help the person make it through these prayers and this work. Speak in a normal, quiet voice, ministering to them with love and gentleness.

6. Put the person at ease when they start to experience interference. Tell the person, “Don't be disturbed by this, just relax. But you must let me know when some kind of disturbance is taking place.” Ask them to tell you about the interference when it happens.

7. Explain what you are going to do. Tell the captive that, when you take authority over the evil spirits, you will not be speaking to the person but to the spirits. “I am not going to exercise power over you but only over the spirits.”

8. Pray for the person. At this point, you can say, “I bind all spirits that are interfering. I command you to stop your interference in Jesus' name.” Wait a few minutes for the prayers to take effect and the interfering spirits to stop manifesting.

9. Look for signs of deliverance. Sometimes, it is helpful to have the captive look directly at you, keeping his eyes open while you are binding the spirits. Do everything you can to make the person feel safe. You want to empower the captive and have them work with you in this process. Tell the person to let you know when any interference, tightness, or cloudiness in his mind has let up and their mind is clear.

10. Watch the person's body language while praying these prayers. They may exhibit rebellious postures, or a spirit of fear may act through the person. How they cooperate with you will give you some sign of their humility and determination to be free.

11. What to do when you face resistance from the captive. If you continue to get resistance even after binding the spirits, you may be coming against their own human will. People unconsciously resist because of their woundedness.

12. Be aware that some people may have been in a false religion or under a controlling religious cult programming, electric shock, and Satanic Ritual Abuse.

These people fear being manipulated and re-abused. They could have been programmed by the occult to fear punishment if they seek help from a minister or counselor. They may even have been abused by a minister or counselor. It is not unusual for them to be set up by the occult, then caught and punished for going to someone for help.

13. Handle such captives with utmost care and loving kindness. They may be afraid to pray these prayers at the first meeting because of all the betrayal in their life. They have been abandoned so often that it is difficult for them to trust and connect. If you persevere, you will win them over with love. You must treat them as Jesus would treat them. Be patient, loving and proceed slowly!

14. Be aware of any occult or New Age or odd jewelry that they might be wearing, especially if it contains cryptic symbols. Certain jewelry can give rights to demons to interfere with the work you are doing. When demons have a legal right to a person, the demons will tell you that they don't have to leave.

15. Ask the person if he has ever made a vow, pact, or dedication. A sure sign of a curse, pact, or dedication is when the demon says, “He belongs to me.” The captive needs to repent of the vow, pact or dedication and ask God to forgive him. Then you can command any spirits that came in with the vow to leave. This is covered in detail in the Prayer: “Breaking Satanic Dedications and Blood Covenants.” (Chapter 9; Page 114)

16. Emphasize to the captive that the issue is not just getting free but taking responsibility for his life. Once the person is free, he must be willing to do effective spiritual warfare to remain free. If he is not ready to do this type of work, you will be wasting your time! Let the person know that this is a learning experience and a time of training in spiritual warfare. If the person continues to resist taking responsibility for his continued spiritual growth, he may not be committed to being made free.

17. Explain that you will be available to help him grow spiritually, but don't waste your time trying to make someone do what they don't want to do.

Challenge them at some point but do so in love. Remember, if the captive could be free on his own, he would not be seeking your spiritual help.

Captives must cooperate with you. They must exercise some faith and trust in you, and that may take time to develop. God is not in a rush. These prayers presented in this book are effective when a person exercises faith in God's promises. It is not a mechanical exercise.

I have experienced God's power come upon a person when he trusted me and trusted God. No demon can stand against the Word of God. If a person continues to resist, then he is not ready. They may be experiencing demonic interference or have some kind of theological block.

Captive’s Prayer for Renouncing Deception and Seeking Truth

Dear Heavenly Father, Your Word tells me that You desire truth in my inner parts. You will cause me to know wisdom and have understanding. Your Word also tells me that the heart of a person is deceitful, and I may not always understand or know what is going on in my heart, my innermost being. I now make a decision to have You reveal to me the hidden motives and secrets of my heart.

Jesus said, “Satan is the father of lies and a deceiver who is always trying to deceive me into believing lies.” At times, I have believed Satan's lies and deceived myself by avoiding the truth and being in denial.

In the past, I was hurt, rejected, betrayed, made powerless, or abused. At times, I may have made a choice to live in a fantasy world to escape pain or loneliness. This fantasy world was a deception that I believed to escape painful reality.

Other times, I chose to forget, to suppress, to split or mentally separate myself from the painful memories or events. These past hurts were more than I could bear. As a result, I buried or forgot them with all of the anger, unforgiveness and vows made against myself and others.

I understand that this is part of my life story and by denying their reality, I deny a part of myself. These vows and unforgiveness are giving the enemy an entrance way into my life and body and a spiritual, legal right to harass, afflict, control, or drive me in compulsive, ungodly ways.

I now reject this false life and choose to live in truth and in the light. I choose NOT to live in a myth or lie concerning my past.

With God's help, I will work on these hurts, unforgiveness and vows, and come to know myself. I do not want these vows coming upon me or others. I now make a choice to turn from this hidden life and close all these doorways in Jesus' name. I take authority in Jesus' name and I rebuke and command all deceiving spirits to leave me now.

I acknowledge that I cannot do this in my own strength. I look to You, Lord Jesus, for Your help in my healing and deliverance. I ask You to search me, O Lord and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in thy way everlasting. Amen.

Working Through Demonic Interference

Explain to the captive that he may experience some difficulty in praying these prayers. The enemy of his soul and demonic forces will interfere. This interference will stop him from reading or speaking the words of the prayers and gaining their freedom.

These prayers contain extensive passages of biblical truths. Scripture has a powerful effect in the spirit realm when confessed aloud. With this in mind, you need to be aware of certain conditions that may arise:

Observe any stumbling at words, skipping words or full lines, blanking out of the mind, confusion, dizziness, or pain in the head.

The captive may hear voices telling him: “This is stupid. Don't trust this person” or "Get up and get out of here."

The person may refuse to repeat the prayers or not be able to say certain parts of the prayers. If the captive fights you over doctrine or leaves out words or phrases, this could indicate that you may be coming up against a demon. A demon may be blocking the person to keep him from repeating the prayer. This indicates a spiritual attack.

The type of interference encountered is important information for your future work with the person:

Note the specific areas that are being attacked. It is a good idea to take notes of various behaviors or expressions used by the person.

Note if the captive refuses to say certain parts of these prayers. This gives you some insight as to which spirits are operating or what this person has been involved in.

Assure the person that he is not going crazy but that this interference is a tactic of demonic spirits. Explain that this interference is normal, and it happens to everyone in some way.

The captive must be taught to stand strong and do spiritual warfare as outlined in Ephesians 6:10-18.

Following Up after Deliverance

After a deliverance session, the “empty house” of the delivered person must be filled. The deliverance worker should:

Give the person certain scriptures to use against the enemy when he is tempted to resort back to his former sinful ways.

Suggest certain Christian books that will encourage him and build him up in his faith and knowledge of Jesus.

Make yourself or other team members available to follow up on the newly delivered person. This should continue until he or she becomes established, strengthened, and solid in the faith and mature in their walk with Jesus. A disciplined life is necessary and essential for the former captive to maintain his or her freedom.

Impress on him to pray in tongues daily.

The availability of deliverance workers when the one who has just received deliverance is vital to them keeping their deliverance. Just as they were taught on how to get free, they must be taught on how to stay free. Each and every deliverance worker must be available for this follow up. Remember the enemy will come back and try to gain entrance into our lives, but we do have the weapons to maintain our freedom and if we can encourage the one being tempted by helping them to stay free, this is true deliverance.