16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, THAT A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION MET US, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “THESE MEN ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”
Acts 16:16,17 (NKJV)
18 AND many who had believed came CONFESSING AND TELLING THEIR DEEDS.
19 ALSO, MANY OF THOSE who had PRACTICED MAGIC BROUGHT THEIR BOOKS TOGETHER AND BURNED THEM IN THE SIGHT OF ALL. AND they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of SILVER."
Acts 19:18,19 (NKJV)
• If your past is similar to some of the stories which we have shared in this teaching, from the article 1 to 4; or you are experiencing in your dreams and daily Life some of the things mentioned as signs of demonic oppressions in the article 4.
• Endeavour to pay attention to the following and take a step for the solution and total deliverance:
I. Genuine salvation. Repent and forsake whatever Sin in your Life (Romans 10:9-13).
- The foundation of deliverance from any problem or demonic bondage is repentance from Sin.
- You forsake whatever Sin in your Life that such would no longer take a Root in your life (Ephesians 4:21-24; Colossians 3:5,8,9).
a. Sin is the root cause of every problem, whatever oppression of the devil.
b. Sin strengthens the evil covenants.
c. Sin gives power and the opportunity, to the devil, to operate in the life of whoever is held captive by it. - When Sin is forsaken and you come to the knowledge of Christ Jesus, you have taken a major step in defeating the devil—the accuser of the Believers (Revelation 12:9,10).
II. Read and study the Word of God. Listen to Scriptural messages that stimulate faith and enhance spiritual Growth (Joshua 1:8; Romans 10:17; James 1:21).
- You may be counselled that you routinely needed to undergo series of deliverance before the problem could be solved.
- The main deliverance of whoever is being oppressed by the devil is, the practice of the Word of God that he or she knows: "AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE" (John 8:32).
- It is the knowledge of the truth which you practice that would set you free (James 1:22,25). The Word of God is anointed, and your deliverance is in the practice of it.
- No matter the number of times you did fall under the Anointing, in which you did believe a demon is driven out; but If you did NOT practice, that is, live in line with the Word of God, the deliverance cannot be made perfect (Luke 11:24-26).
- As long as you are still living in Sin, whatever demon purported or claimed to be driven away, would surely come back and easily find a way into your life (Ecclesiastes 10:8; Matthew 12:43-45).
- Even if you are actually delivered, but EMPTIED on the INSIDE, NOT filled with the WORD OF GOD; Whatever demon purported to be driven away would still have a way of coming into your life:
43 “WHEN AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT GOES OUT OF A MAN, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I WILL RETURN TO MY HOUSE FROM WHICH I CAME.’ And when he comes, HE FINDS IT EMPTY, SWEPT, AND PUT IN ORDER. 45 Then he goes and takes with him SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation" (Matthew 12:43-45 NKJV). - The devil and his demons thrive or operate freely where Sin reigns!
III. PRAY consistently and let fasting be added to your Prayer:
"Praying always with all PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT, BEING WATCHFUL to this end with all PERSEVERANCE and SUPPLICATION for all the saints" (Ephesians 6:18).
READ: Matthew 17:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
IV. Admit that the problem you are having is real, and you want to be delivered.
- Some still believe that the devil is NOT real! The acceptance of the reality of the problem and a desire to be free or come out of it, is a major step to your deliverance:
22 FOR I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin" (Romans 7:22–25 NKJV).
V. Whatever covenant or agreement you may have had or made with the devil, had to be renounced.
- The gift and whatever property of the devil in your life should be renounced and destroyed (Acts 19:19).
a. That gift of divination should be renounced, It should not be used as a prophetic gift in the church of Jesus Christ.
b. If it were a gift given by the devil, It is a spirit of divination, and it is not of God. It has to be renounced and be rejected completely, for your deliverance to be completed.
VI. Submit to the leadership of the Holy Spirit and always be sensitive to His leadings: "FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD" (Romans 8:14 NKJV).
READ: John 14:26; 16:13,14; Proverbs 3:5,6
VII. Open up to your spouse about your past, the awful and strange things which you know about your life, should be shared with them (Genesis 2:25; Colossians 3:9).
- Your deliverance may not be perfected, If your spouse does not stand in agreement with you in Prayer:
“AGAIN I say to you that IF TWO OF YOU AGREE ON EARTH CONCERNING ANYTHING THAT THEY ASK, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven" (Matthew 18:19 NKJV).
VIII. Be identify with a local church, a Body of Believers, and be part of the building of the work of God there, the Church and the Ministry.
a. Do not be idle in house of God, working or rendering services is a means of deliverance.
b. God will meet your needs in the place of service. Your deliverance would be made perfect as you serve—as you minister to the needs of others!
c. Also, be obedient to the Scriptural principles, and live your life in line with them. Pay attention to the principle of GIVING, It is one of the major means of deliverance.
IX. Submit to the leadership of the Church which you identify with.
a. Your spiritual Parent, your Pastor, has a responsibility to take oversight of your life spiritually, by lifting you up, upholding you in Prayers. Standing before God, on your behalf, to present your case and that of those who are under their leadership (Hebrews 13:17).
b. It is important to submit to someone who pastors you, who takes spiritual oversight of your life (Hebrews 13:7,17).
X. Ask for God's mercy and intervention on your matter:
24 SHALL the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?
25 BUT THUS SAYS THE LORD: “EVEN THE CAPTIVES OF THE MIGHTY SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND THE PREY OF THE TERRIBLE BE DELIVERED; For I will CONTEND with him who contends with you, And I will SAVE your children" Isaiah 49:24,25 (NKJV)
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace!