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Relationship With Jesus
The Key To Effective Ministry

Section 4, Chapter 12

Don’t Let the Sins of Yesterday
Keep You From
Serving Jesus Today

Page 2 of 1, 3
Study Questions

"But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up."

This is because the works of godless men made in the earth encourage and stimulate man’s soul and flesh to draw away from God and to sin. Therefore, when Jesus returns, His first priority of importance is to remove these objects of stumbling from man and heaven’s presence. In light of this, Peter concludes,

"Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!" (2 Peter 3:11-12)

Command Unclean Spirits to Leave

Fifth, bind and command to leave any unclean spirits related to your sins confessed and repented of. Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 10:8, "He that digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks a hedge, a serpent will bite him." Satan has no power over us other than the power we give him through sin. Paul writes in Ephesians 6:12, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." We have problems with sin in certain areas because this is the propensity of our soul and flesh. Satan knows this and so he assigns demonic forces to hound, harass and tempt us in these areas of our soul and flesh. When we finally give into these demonic temptations and then surrender our soul and flesh to sin, it then results in the attachment of these unclean spirits who make sure we stay in bondage to these sins.

This is why, first, we need to cry to Jesus for his deliverance from the power of sin over our soul and flesh. But then, second, we need to also exercise our authority as believers to bind the unclean spirits which have attached themselves to us as a result of our sin and command them in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to leave and never come back. When you do this they have to leave because Jesus gave us complete authority over unclean spirits. Jesus said in Luke 10:19, "Behold, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy and to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and nothing shall injure you." However, this authority is only available to you if you have taken the first four steps of confessing your sins, resurrendering to Jesus as Lord, and repenting of your sins with the help of Jesus Strength and power which includes cleansing your life of any objects through which Satan has tempted you to sin in the first place. James, the brother of Jesus, writes in the book of James 4:7-8,

"Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-souled."

To be completely free of demonic influence, harassment and control, You must sit down and write down every known sin of your past asking the Holy Spirit to help you remember; especially any involvement with the occult in the past; any sexual sins of the past; and any sins of inheritance, sins of your fathers which has led to demonic influence in your life through your blood line. You need to confess them to God one by one receiving God’s forgiveness and cleansing of them by faith through Jesus’ death and shed blood on the cross. The only basis for deliverance from oppression, harassment and possession is true repentance. Repentance involves one, confessing our sins to God; two, making right our wrongs confessed; and then, three, bringing forth fruit: continued changed behavior in keeping with repentance. This is the Bible’s meaning of repentance. See Matthew 3:1-12 and Luke 3:1-14. If you do not do this, you will have no authority over unclean spirits and they will not go away.

Once you have confessed and repented of your sins, the next step is to then verbally out loud denounce Satan in Jesus’ name in relation to any occult involvement however innocent. This would involve things like going to psychics or séances, using Ouija boards, having your fortune told, the practice of casting spells or incantations of any kind. These are all occult practices. If you have done any of these, these are doorways to demonic influence and even possession. You must confess them to God, apply Jesus’ blood and then verbally denounce Satan for each one of them.

Next, you need to then bind any unclean spirits related to each sin confessed and in Jesus’ name command them to be gone from you forever. You then by faith must accept that they are gone according to Jesus’ promise in Luke 10:19. You must accept this by faith, not as a feeling. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by appearance." God’s word is our authority, not what we feel. You must accept the truthfulness of God’s promises in His Word regardless of how you feel and believe by faith they are gone. Joshua wrote in Joshua 21:45 "Not one of the good promises which Yehovah had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass." Pray like this:

In Jesus’ name Satan I bind you, I bind you hindering forces, I bind you spirits of the prince of the air, I bind you evil forces; In Jesus’ name I bind you. . . (name the specific unclean spirits related to each sin confessed). I command you all to take your hands off of my life, off of my home, off of my family and everyone else who lives here, off of my place of employment and fellow employees. In Jesus’ name and His shed blood I command you to be gone forever! You shall not come back in Jesus Christ of Nazareth’s name, amen.

In the previous Chapter under the subtitle "How to Stay Free of Sin" I explain how to stay free of sin once it is confessed and repented of. You need to read this if you have not already. For a more in depth study of what we have just discussed about deliverance out of the occult, I strongly recommend and urge you to get and read Rebecca Brown’s book titled Becoming a Vessel of Honor.174

Anoint Your Home & Place of Work

Sixth, anoint your home and place of work with oil, Jesus’ blood, His Mighty Warrior angels and the overshadowing power and protection of the Holy Spirit and declare them holy unto the Lord. Once you anoint your home and place of work, these unclean spirits will not be able to come on your property or place of employment. It will be off limits to them. You will be amazed at the difference in your home and place of work. You will be at peace, your mind will be quiet. I have found it best to do this at least once a day and any time you leave your home and come back.

Whenever I am visiting a friend and staying in their home, without them knowing about it, I will go around the home once a day and anoint it and pray the way I am going to show you below. After a few days, they will come home from work and do their normal activities. Finally, they will sit down to drink their coffee or whatever the case may be. Then they will look around and say, Dale, it has been so peaceful here the past few days. I have never felt this relaxed in my home before. I then go on to tell them that I have been daily anointing their home and cleansing it of unclean spirits. They are sold. They want to know how to do it themselves and do it from that point on.

To anoint your house or place of work, do the following: take a drop of oil and walk around the outside of your house and anoint every door, window and opening with the oil. If it is your place of work or an upper story apartment, anoint the doors, windows and openings from the inside. As you do, pray the following:

Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit: We declare our spirit, soul, and body, and heart, mind and emotions and material things and this home (home, office, apartment) holy unto You and ask that you would cleanse us and this home of every unclean spirit and every human spirit (Satanists astroprojecting) that do not belong here.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth we bind you Satan, we bind you hindering spirits, we bind you spirits of the prince of the air we bind you evil forces and all unclean spirits (and any spirits by name that are particularly troublesome to you) and human spirits. We command you to take your hands off of our spirit, soul, and body; and heart, mind and emotion and material things, ourselves, our pets and this home and off of our fellow employees and place of employment. We send you to Jesus to do with you as He wills. You are not to return in Jesus Christ of Nazareth’s name, amen.

Lord Jesus, we pray for your anointing, power and Holy Spirit upon us and our home and place of work and ask that You would fill us and this home full of Your Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Holy Spirit of love, joy and peace; and that You would seal us and the doors and windows with Your blood; and that You would send legions of Your mighty warrior angels to surround and protect us from any attack or onslaught of the enemy whether in spiritual or physical form. We pray also for the overshadowing power and protection of Your Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ of Nazareth’s amen.

When the Lord first taught me about the importance of anointing my home, I immediately experienced relief from harassments I had taken for granted because I had not known such peace in my home before. But some harassments still followed. After much prayer about it, the Lord showed me I also needed to pray for the covering and protection of his blood. John wrote in Revelation 12:11,

"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death."

From that point on I also anointed these places by faith with His blood also.

David wrote in Psalm 34:7, "The angel of Yehovah encamps around those who fear Him and rescues them." The importance of praying for the surrounded covering of the angels has to do with protecting ourselves from Satanists, living humans who worship and serve Satan, who Satan commands to astroproject and attack in spirit whoever he wishes. We have authority over demonic spirits, but we have no authority over human spirits. How then do we protect ourselves from satanic human spirits astroprojecting? Through anointing ourselves and home with Jesus’ blood and by asking for the surrounded covering and protection of God’s mighty warrior angels. The human spirits cannot get past the angels or the blood of Jesus. Once I added this to my anointing of my home and those in it, the rest of the harassment stopped and I had peace.

The only time now when I am harassed is when I or someone I am living with has given Satan ground to come in through sin. The solution then is to go through the above six steps all over again.

Finally, Pray for the overshadowing power and protection of the Holy Spirit. God says in His word,

"But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one" (2 Thessalonians 3:3)

"And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." (Acts 5:32)

Put on the Full Armor of God

Seventh, reclaim the full armor of God. The Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:13-18, after telling us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against satanic forces, then tells us to put on the full armor of God. He writes,

"Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints."

Paul tells us in this passage to:

  1. To gird our loins with truth

  2. To put on the breastplate of righteousness

  3. To shod our feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace (Evangelism training)

  4. To take up the shield of faith

  5. To put on the helmet of Salvation (Gained through a knowledge of the Word of God)

  6. And the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God (Daily Read the word)

  7. Finally, to pray at all times in the spirit (in tongues).

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