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Deliverance
Follow-up
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Follow-up Actions
The actions you take following a deliverance session will be
just as important, if not more important than the deliverance.
This is because the evil spirits will seek re-entry at some point. If
they succeed in re-entry, your condition will be worse off than before the
deliverance., as Jesus explained in Luke
11:24-26. It is best to walk very
close to Jesus following the deliverance.
Here are some suggested actions to take:
- Meet
with God daily in devotional times (to include Bible study, prayer, praise and scripture
memory work)
- Maintain
daily
vigilance against temptations
- Give
God thanks and praise each day for the deliverance and healing he has
given and is giving you.
- Honor
God each day with how you use your body, remembering that your body is a
temple of God's Holy Spirit (Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20).
- Get
connected with a good church. A church will give you a spiritual
"covering" of prayer and edification
that you need.
If you're not connected to a church, we encourage you to get connected! (see our
Church Page)
- Set
up a support network: Your
church may be the best place to establish a support network. Your support network should consist of people who are willing to
pray for you and disciple you in your walk with Jesus. Take
care not to abuse your support network by depending on them more
than you depend on God.
As you move forward in your new life, have an
expectant heart, looking for God's hand guiding you. Consider how God may
want to use you to reach others with his love and healing.
If
the deliverance session (s) were not successful:
Seek
God for the answer: Before
considering all the possible reasons for the session being unsuccessful,
seek God for the answer in prayer.
James 1:5 says that we can call on God for wisdom and that it will be given to
us. God has the light that will dispel all the darkness
and reveal the hidden secrets.
Look
for hidden roots not previously addressed. Some examples of
roots include:
- Secret
sin that has yet to be confessed
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Generational sin
- Curses
that have not been addressed specifically
- Inner
vows/bitter root judgments: Inner vows and bitter root judgments
are self-imposed bondages we place on ourselves in reaction to trauma
and/or abuse that we've experienced. Examples: "I'll
never let myself love anyone again," "I'll never trust
a woman again," "I'll make her pay for how she hurt me"
or "I'd rather die than live with him again."
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Soul
ties
- Satanic
seals that have not been broken: A Satanic seal is a parody of our being sealed by the Holy Spirit in
baptism. A person can be sealed for Satan, signifying that he is
dedicated and belongs to Satan. Under such a seal, the person is bound
by Satan/demons and cannot be
freed until the seal is broken.
(ref: pgs. 220-222 Deliverance
from Evil Spirits by Dr. Francis MacNutt)
- The
stronghold may be more formidable than the deliverance team can
handle: Some strongholds may require more specialized deliverance
teams with experience in the particular area of bondage. An
example of this is often found with people who suffered Satanic
Ritual Abuse. Satanic rituals often cause deep emotional,
spiritual and physical trauma that is enhanced by powerful evil spirits
who are "assigned" to the victim. These cases can be
tricky and challenging for even experienced deliverance teams to
tackle. Even so, our Lord Jesus Christ is more powerful than any
power of the devil. With his help and authority, freedom is
possible.
Other reasons for incomplete deliverance:
- God may be directing a more gradual deliverance
process over several sessions
- Lack of commitment in the freedom-seeker to
walking in purity
- The
deliverance team or the individual seeking freedom did not prepare spiritually for the deliverance
If you
have serious misgivings about your deliverance team or simply a lack of
peace about them being the right help source for you, then perhaps you
should seek a different team. There are no perfect deliverance ministries.
Some are run better than
others. Let God guide you on this.
Proceed to next page: Bible
Examples of Deliverance
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