 Whom the sun sets free is free indeed. You can be set free right now and permanently so. It doesn't matter how long you've dealt with the bondage. It doesn't matter how intense that bondage may be. Jesus can set you free. Jesus can deliver you. And not only that, you can walk in spiritual victory all the days of your life. The life of the true believer is one of victory. So don't settle for anything less than absolute spiritual victory, than total freedom. You can go all the days of your life with peace, love, joy, the overflow of the Holy Spirit's power. You do not have to go back into bondage. We have to be broken from this idea that the life of the believer is going from bondage to deliverance, bondage to deliverance, bondage to deliverance. Know, my friend, that was never God's intention. God did not create you to live with anxiety. God did not create you to be bound by depression. God did not create you to be tormented in the mind. God did not create you to get stuck in a sin cycle. God did not create you to live feeling distant from him. God created you to have life and life more abundantly. You were created for freedom. You were created for liberty. The life of the believer, let me say it again. The life of the believer is meant to be one of total victory, and we have to be broken from this religious mindset that tells us that Christians have to live from deliverance to deliverance. Know, my friend, you were not called to live from deliverance to deliverance. You were called to go from glory to glory as you're changed into his image. Let me read a portion of Scripture to you, Romans chapter 8, a beautiful portion of Scripture. And what I'm going to cover today, by the way, is how to get free completely and then how to stay free for the rest of your life. That is God's standard. That is what he makes available to you. This is not being said to condemn you, but to encourage you to know that you don't have to settle for darkness. I know that we tell ourselves things like, well, you know, I'm struggling and I'm suffering because I mean that much to the enemy and he knows how much damage I can do to his kingdom. But we have to be rid of these religious ways of seeing the call of God and the anointing and ministry. Yes, the enemy does attack God's children, but God has given you everything that you need to defeat the enemy and not to live in spiritual struggle, but to live as a conqueror. Romans chapter 8, let me read a few verses to you. And I pray that mindset be broken today. Romans chapter 8, verse 35, I'll read onward. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword. As it is written for thy sake, we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Verse 37, nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. So I think the problem first of all is that many believers mistake battles for bondage. They think that because they're being attacked in the exterior form that they're somehow under the power of the enemy. But the Scripture makes it clear here that you can face persecution. The believer can face trials and tribulation and temptations. But the Scripture makes it clear that even in unideal external circumstances that we have internal victory and joy and peace and love. Why? Because he loves us. And in that love we are made perfect. And in that love we're liberated from all fear. And in that love we find our victory. In that love we see that we are more than conquerors for in God's love we find our identity. No, I'm not saying that you'll never face anything difficult. No, I'm not saying that everything in your life is going to go perfect all the days of your life. No, I am not saying that you'll never know heartache or persecution or even sickness and trial. But what I am saying is that even in the midst of these things you are more than a conqueror because you are loved by God. Some of these things that I read off the list, people might think that the enemy has dominion in their life because of them. Or they may look at the life of Paul the Apostle. Think about what Paul went through. He talked about the fact that he was shipwrecked and beaten and rejected and persecuted, put on trial and put in prison. While many Christians would have looked at the life of Paul the Apostle and said, Paul, you know you're under a curse. But Paul said, no, even in all these things I am blessed. And we have to begin to see ourselves from heavenly perspective, not from earthly perspective, not through the lens of emotion, not through the lens of our trials, not through the lens of our past or our upbringing or our philosophies that were formed in the worldly sense, but rather we must learn to see ourselves through the lens of God's love. Let me show you something else. First, John 5, I'm going to read verses 1 through 5. By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments and His commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God over cometh the world. And this is the victory that over cometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that over cometh the world? But he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God. Because you've put your faith in Jesus, you're an overcomer. You've overcome the enemy. You've overcome the world. Christ stands in victory. You stand in Christ. Christ stands in authority. You stand in Christ. Now, when I read portions of scriptures like this, some believers may say, well, it doesn't seem to be going that way for me. What I read in scripture isn't my experience in everyday life and we're going to get to that in a moment. That's the definition of spiritual bondage. When you're unable to live as the scripture describes. But 2 Corinthians chapter 4 verses 7-9 accentuates the point that I'm making here, but we have this treasure in earthen vessels. That the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. We are perplexed, but not in despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken. Cast down, but not destroyed. Now, please note that all of us are works in progress. So I am not saying that we have to be perfected right from this very moment. In fact, the Christian life is one of sanctification. It is the process of sanctification that the Holy Spirit performs in us and the Bible does promise in Philippians chapter 1 verse 6 being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. So as we look at the scripture promising that we'll be perfected, by the way, until the day of Jesus Christ, we can see the truth that we are all works in progress and that we will be works in progress until the day that we finally are united completely glorified. We go home to be with the Lord. Stand on the other side of eternity. Until the day of Jesus Christ, we are works in progress. Until that day, we are being perfected. So no, I'm not saying that if you're not living perfect that you're not a true Christian because then none of us could be counted among true Christians. Myself included. I am not perfect. I have not arrived, but I can tell you this. I'm not spiritually bound. The enemy doesn't have power over me. The enemy's attacks fail. And so sometimes I can see them coming. Sometimes the attacks begin to have effect. But I walk in victory and I'll tell you how. And this is, by the way, not me bragging on myself. I'm weak unto myself. Without him, I can do nothing. He is the vine. I'm just a branch and I have to abide in him. Now, I do want to clarify this though that when I talk about permanent deliverance, when I talk about being set free from demonic power, I'm not saying that there aren't things in you that won't need to be perfected. In fact, all of us need to be a little bit more like Jesus than we were yesterday. But what I am saying is that you don't have to settle for spiritual bondage. Torment is not a part of God's plan for you. Depression is not a part of God's plan for you. I'm not trying to condemn you if you're struggling with it. And for some, it may be a process to be healed from certain aspects of their mind and emotions that actually cause these manifestations. We have to also acknowledge that there are demonic elements to these attacks as well as natural elements to these attacks as well as mental and emotional elements to these attacks. Now, if we just try to address one of the aspects of these demonic attacks, we'll always remain bound because we're not addressing it at every angle that the Scripture describes. And I'm not talking about being perfect. I'm not talking about having no trials. What I am saying is that you don't have to be in spiritual bondage. You don't have to be under the power of the enemy. You don't have to live in torment. You don't have to go back through cycles of habitual sin. You don't have to be in the confusion and the manipulation that the enemy causes through deception. You don't even have to be under the power of deception. So many believers have just accepted this lie that struggling in the spirit is a part of the Christian life. No, my friend, I promise you the early church did not have this issue. I promise you in regards to demonic power, I promise you Paul the Apostle did not fight these types of battles that many of us fight today. Now, I'm not saying that you're not a true Christian if you battle these things. I'm not saying that you failed or that you should be ashamed. No, it's just the opposite. I'm saying there is hope for you. I'm saying there is peace available to you. I'm saying God's love will be made perfect in you and when it is, when you come to understand these truths, you are liberated. So to be clear, just so you don't hear what I'm not saying, I am not saying that you are going to be perfected just because you know the truth. I'm not even saying that there won't be some character issues that you have to work on. I think that deliverance from self is an ongoing process. But let me say this, when it comes to strongholds, demonic bondage, demonic attack, demonic torment, we must experience deliverance instantly and permanently. When it comes to deliverance from self, character flaws, temptation, that is what comes progressively. And I think that believers become confused with the two. I think that we imagine that we should be under the power of a devil one week and then not under the power of the devil the next week and then under some torment and then under some curse and then not under some torment and then not under some curse. That is not the life of the believer described in Scripture. I'm sorry if that offends you, but I'm giving you this truth because I love you and I'm not going to tell you things that you want to hear. And in fact, even though some may find this offensive, it's actually quite encouraging because now you know, wait a minute, I don't have to settle there. I used to be bound in that kind of thinking. I had kind of this, you know, virtue signaling perspective. You know, whoa is me. Oh, the devil always gets to me because he knows how important I am to the kingdom of heaven. Oh, the devil's always coming against me because he knows how much damage I can do to his kingdom. And I'm thinking, okay, there is some truth to that, but this doesn't mean that there's ever a reason why the believer has to live with that love, joy, peace, patience and all the wonderful fruits of the Holy Spirit. I watched by the way, as a man stood up and began to worship God at his own daughter's funeral. He stood on the platform in front of his daughter's casket, lifted his hands and said, Father, we celebrate your will concerning us. And then he began to rejoice. And then he began to talk about the joy of the Lord. And then he began to say things like, weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning. He began to say things like, yes, I may feel the heartache of this tragedy, but I'm a victorious warrior. I'm an overcomer. I am not defeated. And he began to worship and dance around that funeral parlor. And I'm thinking, my goodness, this man is dancing and worshiping God and the joy of the Spirit at his daughter's funeral. And most Christians begin to weep and fret and say, I'm under a curse and the power of the enemy because they got a flat tire or because something didn't work out the way they wanted it to. We have to break from this victim mindset if we are to experience the freedom that God has called us to live in. Yes, you have trials. Yes, you have temptations. Yes, you will have tragedies. And yes, your character will always be in need of some type of fix. You always need to be a little bit more like Jesus from one day to the next. But no, you do not have to settle for strongholds. No, you do not have to settle for curses. No, you do not have to settle for spiritual bondage or addiction or torment or spiritual defeat of any kind. Spiritual defeat of any kind is not a part of the Christian life. And I know this is hard for us to accept many of us because it's just kind of become a part of our everyday life. But until you realize the victory that's available to you in Christ until you know that truth, you're never going to really aspire to it. All spiritual defeat is rooted in spiritual deception. Don't settle. Now, here's a note that I want to make clear. In this stream, we are not talking about exorcism where the demon inhabits the person or attaches itself to the person's being, whether that be their body, soul, or spirit, which we know they can't do that to the believer. But this is not what I'm covering here. I am not talking about exorcism. So people may be asking later, well, what about if you have something in you or on you? Go look at my teachings on casting demons out. What I'm talking about today is deliverance somewhat different than exorcism. Deliverance simply means to be set free from something. Exorcism is a very specific type of deliverance, namely to be set free from a demonic attachment or habitation, which we're not covering here because I'm talking to born-again believers. So I want to show you something here. Remember this. If you're ready for this, just type amen. I don't care if you're watching replay live, whatever. Type amen if you're ready for this. Okay, you have two enemies. Self and Satan. Self and Satan. Most believers just want to deal with Satan. They want to resist. They want to pray. They want to take the authority of the word, which are all good things. And then when the enemy, that liar is silenced, they're left with self. And some people only want to deal with self. They think all they have to deal with are character flaws and those types of issues. Not realizing that the enemy is attacking them with lies and he's trying to torment them. He's trying to discourage them. He's even trying to tempt them at times. And so if you're not careful, you'll ignore one over the other. You'll treat this war as if you only have one enemy, which is not good to do because then you're left wide open to one of their attacks. We must recognize that we have two enemies, Satan and self. You deal with Satan through the authority that God has given to you. You deal with self through the grace that God has given to you. We'll cover more of that in just a little bit. But first, I'm going to give you key number one here. Key number one, you must take dominion over Satan. Key number one, you must take dominion over Satan. So we're going to deal with Satan first. Now, what part do demons play in spiritual bondage? Well, let me just give you a quick insight on what spiritual bondage is. Many believers, when they picture spiritual bondage, they picture chains around their soul or chains around their body, maybe in a spiritual sense, not physically on them, but literally on them in the spirit realm. And what we have to begin to see bondage as is not necessarily chains, though it's a good illustration because sometimes that's what it can feel like. We have to adjust our perspective to align more biblically and the Bible teaches us about spiritual bondage. As we begin to see the patterns of scripture's teachings in regards to spiritual warfare and coming against the enemy, we see something very clear begin to form before our eyes, our spiritual eyes. We see in fact that all attacks of the enemy against the believer are ultimately rooted in deception except for the attack of sickness, which is another thing we can cover another time. But typically these attacks begin with deception. So here's how it goes. The enemy feeds you a lie. He does not have to attach himself to you. He does not have to inhabit you to lie to you. And this works. These lies can cause torment. These lies can cause depression, anxiety, nightmares, hallucinations, hearing of voices. These lies are very powerful. So it begins with a lie. The enemy throws a lie at you. That lie is just a lie until you believe it. Only when you believe the lie, does that lie then become deception. Deception is what we call the belief in a lie. So if I tell you a lie like, I'm not really here talking. I'm Stephen Mock, the Zuma. You'll go, no, Steve's the other guy on the other side of the studio. You'll know I'm lying to you because it's very obvious. But if I tell you a very subtle lie, you're more likely to receive it. And that is why the enemy is so crafty. He's learned to get us to believe lies that we otherwise would have rejected if they were too obvious. And so the enemy uses lies. He begins there. He tells you a lie. The moment you believe that lie, the moment you embrace that lie, now you're under deception. And that deception produces patterns of thought. And that deception produces ways of feeling. So if you believe that God has rejected you, you're going to think like you're rejected. And you're going to feel the sadness and the sorrow of that rejection. The moment you believe a lie, it begins to form thought patterns. You see everything in your life through the perspective of that lie. That lie, remember this, becomes a lens. The lies the enemy tells us becomes a lens. The lie becomes a lens. And now I see through the lens, which is that lie, my identity, what God thinks about me. Even as I'm reading scripture, here's how subtle it gets. Even as I'm reading scripture, the enemy can twist the scripture to use it against me and torment me. Like if you read about the rapture, the enemy can say, oh, you're going to get left behind. That's why it's difficult for many people who deal with torment to hear sermons on the end times, to hear sermons on the judgment of God, even though they're right with God, because the enemy can turn it against them. So the lies become deception when you believe them. Lies become deception. Deception becomes thought patterns. Thought patterns also become ways of feeling. Now, what you think and how you feel, greatly impact how you behave. And then once you begin to behave a certain way, you start to form certain habits. Those habits trap you in cycles of behavior. Those cycles are what we call spiritual bondage. You may feel the heaviness. You know, someone feels the sorrow. They're not going to church. Maybe they're giving it to sin more often. Maybe they're doing things they ought not to do. And now their behavior becomes contradictory to what God has said in His Word. Watch this now. This is how subtle it is. Most Christians try to address the symptoms of the attack instead of the source. So they try to make themselves feel better. They want the emotion to feel better, which is nothing wrong with that. I, too, when I was under anxiety, I wanted to feel better. So there's nothing wrong with wanting to feel better, but it's deeper than that. Or they want to change the way they behave and say, well, I don't really like the way I'm doing that. I want to change that. So they enact certain disciplines, which is good. Willpower, which is good. Accountability, which is good to try to change their behavior. Here's the problem. Even if you can change the way you feel and behave for a season, if you don't deal with the root lie, you're going to stay bound. Ultimately, you'll return to those old patterns. Now, here's where the enemy comes in. So the enemy, when he attacks the believer, is attacking from the exterior. He's speaking things that are going to cause you to fall under deception. And that deception ultimately is what creates that chain reaction. And that's ultimately what produces what we would call spiritual bondage, which is the way we behave contradictory to the word. And so the enemy has a lie that you believe. If you are bound, please hear me. This may sound harsh, but it's the truth. If you are bound, there's a lie you still believe. Jesus said, didn't he? The truth shall set you free. So then it follows that if you are still bound, there's a truth you don't yet know. And I'm not just talking about intellectually knowing. Some of us, many of us know mentally certain truths, but those truths haven't been absorbed into the core of what we actually believe and what we actually feel and how we actually behave because we only know them intellectually, but we haven't embraced them personally. We haven't really allowed the full implications of the truth to permeate our entire being. And because of that, we're left with surface level belief and that surface level belief can never do what true faithful belief in the truth can do. So here's where the enemy comes in. The enemy tells you lies. The enemy attacks. The enemy uses torments. The enemy exaggerates his power. The enemy's power is like a projection. Like if I, like there's this game, Jess and I play with Arya, where we lie down and we put a light behind us and then Arya will use her hands or her toys to put on a show on the wall. And the projections of her hands and the toys on the wall look much bigger than her hands actually are. That's how the enemy's power works. When you hear those voices, when you see those demonic hallucinations, when you receive those torments, those thoughts, those dreams, those attacks, those feelings, those moments of panic and anxiety and depression, all of those things which equate to spiritual bondage, it's a projection of the enemy's power and he's exaggerating his power. And so once we get him at the root, that's when we begin to see the fruit of his attack die. Now, I'm going to teach you something that many believers find difficult to believe, but it is biblical. It's very simple to defeat demonic power. Now, notice I did not say that it's always easy, but it is simple and straightforward. Right in the comment section right now, the enemy is defeated. Let that be your declaration of faith, even if you have trouble believing that right now. Write that in the comment section. The enemy is defeated. Now, we have to take a very balanced approach to spiritual warfare. Some believers are so apathetic towards spiritual warfare that they treat the enemy like he doesn't exist and because they treat him like he doesn't exist, they leave themselves spiritually wide open to his attacks and deceptions. Other believers are on the other side. They're paranoid about the enemy. Everything's a demon. Everything's an attack. Everything's a curse. And they're not vigilant but paranoid, constantly looking over their shoulder, living their life in fear, never really knowing the fullness of the victory that God wants to give to them. And so I'm telling you that you should avoid both apathy and paranoia and instead have spiritual, balanced, grounded vigilance. Now, the enemy likes to exaggerate his power. He does have power. The enemy can affect you. But remember that if you're a spirit filled believer, you are no longer under the power of the enemy. You are no longer under that dominion. You have been translated from the kingdom of darkness and now placed in the kingdom of light. You are under God's dominion. You are under the king's rule. You are his servant. You are his child. You are his possession. You belong to God. But the enemy can still attack you. Though his attacks may be limited, he can still attack you. He attacks you by lying to you. He attacks you by tormenting you. He attacks you by trying to tempt you. Now, the great lie is that you can't overcome them. The great lie is that they're too powerful to face. The great lie is that they are so absolutely powerful that they can keep you from ever walking in spiritual victory and many believers have settled for the lie that the Christian life is one of spiritual struggle. Yes, you will have trials. Yes, you will have temptations. Yes, you will have tragedies. And yes, you will be persecuted. But spiritual defeat, spiritual defeat that internal defeat is not God's will for your life. So, if you want to take dominion over demons, it begins by understanding your authority. Mark chapter 16 verses 15 through 18 says this, And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth in his baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned. Verse 17, And these signs shall follow them that believeth. In my name, they shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents. And if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Something very important here. Notice that the Scripture is talking about the abilities of those who believe. Those who believe what? Those who believe the gospel message. So, if you believe the gospel message, these signs follow you. Notice he says, In my name, they shall cast out devils. Now that's a very important phrase in my name. That phrase in my name means in my power, in my stead, in my authority, by my will. When you rebuke the enemy, it's as if Jesus himself is rebuking the enemy. Christ stands in victory. Christ stands in authority. And when you walk by faith, you stand in Christ. He's seated in heavenly places. You and I are seated with him. And we have the power that he has, not because of ourselves. It doesn't come from us, but it flows through us. It's his authority. It's his power. So, when you rebuke the enemy, it's as if Jesus himself is rebuking the enemy. When you come against a lying spirit and tell it to stop lying. When you come against a tormenting spirit and you tell it to stop tormenting you. When you come against a spirit that's trying to attack you in your dreams and throughout your day by giving you even vicious demonic daydreams. And you take that authority that Christ has given you and you speak to the enemy. You have the same power that Christ does. And it's as if Christ himself is speaking against the enemy. Here's the problem. Many believers don't actually think that's true. They think that it's going to be a battle. I've often heard people talk about stubborn demons. You know, you're dealing with a stubborn demon if it doesn't go. And I thought how novel an idea. I mean, name me a demon that isn't stubborn. They're all parasites. They all seek to do harm. They all lie. They all want to do what their father does or what their king does. They want to steal, kill and destroy. And I thought this is an interesting idea that there would be cooperative demons. But no, my friend, there's no such thing as cooperative demons. All demons are stubborn. The issue is never stubborn demons. And please don't be discouraged by this because I know some people might receive this and say, well, I guess I'm doing something wrong. Instead, see this as an opportunity to learn and to grow. See this for what it is. It's an encouragement that you might not settle in the spiritual defeat. This is an encouragement that you might not settle in the defeat, the spiritual defeat that the enemy is trying to bring to your life. You have that authority. The issue is never stubborn demons, only faithless Christians. This is why demons have to obey. They have to obey because you're using the authority of Christ. Now, why does it seem sometimes like demons can resist? Well, I promise you that when a demon appears to resist that they're not resisting Christ's authority. And therefore you're not using Christ's authority. You must learn to live your life in alignment with his authority. You live your life in alignment with his authority by believing in that authority, by faith, by walking according to his word, by living a lifestyle of devotion to him. Your nearness to God is alignment with his authority. So instead of trying to complicate it, just live right. Just do what the scripture says and then have confidence in that ability to rebuke demonic powers in the name of Jesus. Not in your own power. Demons laugh at this idea of spiritual rank. Demons laugh at this idea of experience in the supernatural. Neither you nor I have enough experience to intimidate a demon. Neither you nor I have enough knowledge of the spiritual realm to make a demon nervous. No, they're not moved by that. In fact, they laugh at that. What really makes them move is the authority of Christ flowing through us. And the way you step into that authority is by living in alignment with his word in obedience to him. And once you come to know this authority, you must use this authority. James chapter 4 verses 4 through 8 says this, ye adulterers and adulteresses. Know ye not that friendship with the world or the scripture says, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God. Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do you think that the scriptures sayeth in vain the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? In other words, the Holy Spirit becomes jealous over us, a holy jealousy, a godly jealousy. Verse 6, but he that giveth more grace, wherefore ye sayeth, wherefore he sayeth, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Drawing near to God now. This is what the scripture says. This is what it's talking about. Verse 7, submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners and purify your hearts ye double-minded. Notice something here. That before you can resist the enemy, you must submit to God. So the problem, hear me now, the problem is not stubborn demons, it's stubborn Christians who refuse to submit to God. You live your life in submission to God in his word and suddenly you're aligned with that authority. Suddenly you have that access to that power and you can resist the enemy. Now notice here that the scripture doesn't even say fight the enemy, combat the enemy, go after the enemy, chase the enemy. It's a simple resistance of the enemy, not even necessarily engaging him, but simply saying no, I don't want you to have influence and he will flee. That's how terrified, look at this. That is how terrified the enemy is of you discovering this power. That is how terrified the enemy is of you actually using this God-given authority, this divine power that is in you. He's so terrified that the moment he recognizes that you're resisting, that resistance shows him, oh my goodness, that individual is submitted to God. And because that person is submitted to God, I don't even want to deal with him. I am out of here. Very different than many of us believe. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. It's in drawing near to God. It's in submitting yourself to his will that you begin to cause the enemy to tremble in fear. That resistance, let me say this again, is a sign to the enemy that you take God seriously. When you resist him, he recognizes that's someone who submits to God and that terrifies him enough to cause him to flee. Now, of course, we are tempted by our own lusts. We're led away by our own lusts, but the enemy does also tempt us. And to defeat those temptations, we resist. To defeat the torment, we resist. To defeat those attacks, those lies, those deceptions, we resist how by putting faith in God, people of God, it comes back to simple faith. Taking authority, knowing authority, walking in that authority, using that authority, it all comes back to simple faith in God. Now, what happens if the demons don't seem to be responding? This is a question that gets put to me quite often. What happens if the demons don't seem to be responding? We see an example of this in Matthew chapter 17. Here in Matthew 17, we see an example of the disciples unable to drive out a demonic spirit. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said, why could we not cast him out? Let me read it again. I'll make the font a little bigger. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said, why could we not cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief, for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove. And nothing shall be impossible unto you, albeit this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting. Why couldn't we cast it out? Did Jesus say, oh, it was a certain type of demon? Why couldn't we cast it out? Oh, you forgot to get the origins of the demon. Why couldn't we cast it out? You forgot to get the name of the demon. Why couldn't we cast it out? Oh, you didn't go back far enough in their generations to find out who did what to renounce. No, why couldn't we cast it out? Simple, your unbelief. Now again, I'm not just talking about possession. I'm talking about our divine authority. I am not talking about demonic possession. This is a story about demonic possession, but this is bigger than that. I'm talking about divine authority. Demons don't obey because of a lack of faith. Well, why would that cause them to not obey? It's simple because it's the lack of faith that takes you out of alignment with the authority. You see, once you're aligned with that authority, they have no choice but to go. They have no choice but to obey. It's not even up for debate. I mean, think about this. Really picture this. Can you see a demon fighting and wrestling with the Holy Spirit? Can you see a demon putting up a fight against the most powerful spirit of all? Can you see the Holy Spirit getting tired and saying, this one's a tough one? No. So when you are perfectly aligned with that authority, you're also perfectly aligned with that power. And when you use that power against the enemy, that demon has no choice but to be quiet, but to stop the torment, but to stop the attack, but to cease and desist. Well, the scripture tells us that Jesus told them, this kind comes out only through prayer and fasting. Now, why would that work? Why? Because prayer and fasting increases your faith. So it is an increase in faith. What was the solution? Increase in faith by means of prayer and fasting. And again, I want to emphasize this. It's not that the devil was resisting God's authority. It's that the enemy was resisting the person who wasn't using God's authority because of their lack of faith. Lord doesn't prescribe superstitious means. You cannot make up with superstitious ritual, what you lack in spiritual routine. It's simply God's power. We must exercise that authority. We must do as Christ did when he was being tempted in Matthew chapter 4. It is written. The enemy challenged him. He challenged his fleshly cravings. He even challenged his identity. If you are the Son of God, what did Jesus do? Did Jesus attempt to use experience or pool rank? No. If anyone could have done it, it would have been Jesus. Did Jesus say, devil, weren't you there when I was baptized in the Jordan? Didn't you see the heavens open? Didn't you hear the voice of my father declaring that I'm his beloved son? Didn't you see the Holy Spirit descending upon me like a dove? Now, Jesus doesn't point to that. He doesn't point to his experience. Instead, he says, it is written. You are a Son of God. You are a servant of the Most High. You are a heavenly representative. You carry the authority of heaven. That authority rests in you. Christ Jesus is with you. And when you step into alignment with God's power and authority through faith, those commands that you speak must be obeyed. Now, this raises the question. And this is where most believers get stuck, okay? I told you that was key number one, dealing with Satan. Now, key number two is you have to take dominion over self now. This is, please hear me, because this is where Christians get stuck. This right here, what I'm about to give you is missing in many believers' lives. This is why they go through cycle after cycle after cycle of bondage. This is why they can't seem to break free. This is why they can't seem to get over that hill. This is why they can't seem to break through that wall. Word it however you want. This is where Christians get stuck. And I'm going to show you how to get unstuck, okay? So, take into account everything I've told you thus far. I told you already of the victory that you have in Christ, that that victory is available to you, that you mustn't settle. Please hear me, please hear me. You mustn't settle for that life. Oh, the enemy's kicking me around. Oh, you know, I'm just barely making it. Oh, I don't know how much longer I can last. Oh, I don't know how much longer I can do this. Oh, I feel like giving up. That is not what God meant for you. And no, I'm not saying you have to be perfect. And no, I'm not saying that you'll never have a trial. But I'm saying even in the midst of that imperfection, even in the midst of those trials that the Holy Spirit within you is enough to produce spiritual victory. Joy in the midst of tragedy. Peace in the midst of chaos. Love in the midst of attack. Stability in the midst of confusion. That is what I'm talking about. That internal consistency. It's yours through Christ Jesus. Now, here is indeed where Christians get stuck. They don't know what to do after they've rebuked the enemy. Now, some might say, oh, we're not called to rebuked the enemy. Okay, we'll just call it resisting the enemy. I know there's some debate on that. I don't have time to get into that yet. Well, maybe another lesson or maybe even during a short on our channel. But Christians get stuck here because they don't realize now after I've rebuked the devil, I have to deal with self. And Christians mistake the works of the flesh for the power of a demon very, very often. So here's what happens. They say, I rebuked the devil, but it didn't work. Okay, let's really look at that. Listen very carefully because I don't want you to misunderstand me. If you have rebuked the enemy, if you have aligned yourself with Christ's authority through faith and the way you live, if you have fasted and prayed after several times not defeating this thing, then biblically speaking, it's time to move on now and deal with the flesh. Here's why. Many Christians issue those rebukes or resistance. They declare the word to combat the lies of the enemy. Many Christians use those commands of authority. They're set free from an attack. The enemy is silent. Sometimes the enemy even runs away from you and you don't even know it because you're still left with the patterns and the emotions of the bondage you were once in. And many get stuck here. And now they say, why am I still struggling? I rebuked the enemy. I've had countless people tell me, like kid you not, I get hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of messages of people saying, hey, I went to this service, that service, this service, that service, this ministry, that ministry, this ministry, that ministry. I went to all of them two or three times. I got delivered about a hundred times and nothing seems to be working. Or they'll say, I got delivered and it helped for two weeks and now I'm back to where I am. Here's the thing. The enemy may have been defeated. The enemy may have been rebuked, but now you have to deal with self. So if key number one is take dominion over Satan, then key number two is take dominion over self. If you've rebuked the devil, if you've fasted and prayed, what do you think is left? Try to follow this now. And I don't say that in a condescending way. I say that because sometimes I can get a little too technical. Follow this. Does the enemy have to obey the commands that Christ gives to him? Yes. Some might say, oh, but if you give him legal right, okay, you want to talk about legal right, your legal standing is justified before Christ, before the Father. And if we compromise, if we sin, it makes us more susceptible to deception and attack, but we're not talking about possession. Remember, we're not talking about possession and attachment here. But if Christ were to rebuke the enemy, does the devil have to obey or not? Okay, so if Christ rebukes the enemy through you, what do you think it is that remains after that? It has to be the works of the flesh. So to get unstuck, listen to this. I've yet to meet a spirit-filled believer who simultaneously maintained a healthy prayer life and a consistent devotion to the Word of God while also battling spiritual bondage. Any time I've ever talked to someone who says, I'm struggling, I'm tormented, I can't break this sinful cycle, I'm telling you 99.9% of the time they don't have a prayer life. They aren't devoted to the Word. They aren't connecting with the Father daily. They're lacking in spiritual disciplines. They're lacking in lifestyle. And they want to make up for that with a single instance. Here's what the Bible says. 1 Corinthians 9 verse 27. But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection. Lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Now, this is incredible for a couple of reasons. Number one, this is Paul the Apostle writing this. Now, Paul the Apostle is saying, I don't want to be a castaway. Here's a man who wrote a good portion of the New Testament that you and I now look to as the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And here he is saying, I don't want to be a castaway. What would cause him to be a castaway if he didn't get his flesh in order? After deliverance comes discipline. Please hear me. After deliverance comes discipline. Once that attack ceases. Once that lie has been exposed. Once that torment has been rebuked and resisted. Once those exterior assaults of the enemy have ceased because of the exercised authority. Now it's time to begin to implement some spiritual discipline. I'll say it again for those of you who just joined us. Deliverance from strongholds, demonic bondage, demonic deception should come instantly and then be permanent. But deliverance from self is gradual. That is the perfecting of our character. That is the conforming of our image to the image of Christ. And this is why we as believers have to practice the basics. Don't tell me you're desperate for freedom if you don't read the word every day. Don't tell me you're desperate to be liberated from some demonic bondage if you don't have a prayer life. Don't tell me you want to serve God and be free if you're not doing the basics that he's asked you to do to maintain your spiritual life. Yes, he maintains it. Yes, he sanctifies. But some responsibility rests on us to make the proper decisions according to his word in order to walk in the freedom that he's made available. After deliverance comes discipline. Keep the flesh weak. Remember, after you've dealt with demons, deal with the flesh. Renew the mind. Romans 12 2 says, And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God. This is the lifestyle of the believer to change the way you think through the reading of God's word, through worship, through prayer, through spending time in his presence. Again, spiritual bondage is when a lie becomes deception. Deception becomes a thought or feeling pattern. Those thoughts and feelings become actions. Those actions become habits. Those habits become cycles. Those cycles are what we call bondage. Now, there may be some listening to this and say, okay, let's take this even further now. I know I should be living in victory. Okay, so you've accepted that. I've rebuked the enemy, resisted for those of you who don't think we should rebuke him. I've resisted the enemy. I have victory over demonic beings because of the authority of Christ in me. And then number two, you are reading the word. You are praying. You have implemented these things and you're saying, but I'm not seeing it yet. Well, that leads me to key number three. Key number three, stay faithful. Now, this is why many can't stay. This is where it gets really tricky. And I want you to listen to this because this is going to be quite liberating for many of you. This is where it gets really, really, really tricky. Now, not only are you dealing with the lies that the enemy told you, but now you are dealing with the reinforcing lies that the enemy throws at you to try to keep you believing the lies that he originally told you. Many believers, some of you aren't going to like this, but I have to tell you, I love you. Just know that I love you in Christ. Many believers are addicted to their drama. They cannot function outside of it. And in fact, there are even some, I don't know if I should say physiological or biological realities to this. It's a fact that some people become addicted to their own stress hormones. The chemicals that are released by the stress in their life and their body begins to crave that stress. That's the flesh. And so they grew up in a home where there was arguing and bickering. They grew up in a home where there was abuse. They grew up in a home where there was chaos and division and they carried that with them all the days of their life into their relationships, into their marriage with the relationship with their children, with the relationship with their pastor and their church people. They don't function outside of drama. They don't function outside of chaos. And the moment you remove the chaos, they start to become uncomfortable and they don't even realize that about themselves. Some have an addiction to the help they receive because of their bondage. In other words, they're addicted to the attention that comes from being the one who suffers. Now, this isn't everyone, so don't take it personal if I'm not talking about you, but this is a reality and I have to cover it. This is true. Some people don't want to be free because they're so addicted to the attention that comes to them because of their bondage. Oh, I'm the one who's always suffering. Oh, nothing good ever happens to me. Oh, you know, I'm just barely making it. And that's the entirety of their Christian life, just one struggle to the next and they've become addicted to the help that they receive from people and that's the only attention they get. And I'm not saying that they even do this intentionally. Sometimes they do this without even realizing it. That they don't know that they don't want to let go of that problem because the moment they let go of that problem, they lose the excuse to connect with others. You should go to others when you need help. You should be receiving prayer and encouragement from your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, but also do a very, very honest evaluation of yourself and ask yourself, am I doing this or am I addicted to the attention that I receive from being the one who suffers or even sensing some type of virtue in being the one the enemy attacks. So the enemy attacks me because I'm such a mighty warrior. And if we're not careful, that subtle form of spiritual pride will keep us accepting the bondage that the enemy has in us because we think it's a part of being some high ranking Christian. I told you, I'm just going to give you the truth here. Oh, you know, my rank in the spirit is so high. I'm so deep. I'm so spiritual. I'm so discerning. The enemy has to attack me so viciously and I have to live under that oppression. I have to live under that bondage. It's the burden I carry. It's the weight I bear because I'm just so deeply spiritual. He only attacks me like this because I am so spiritually threatening to him. My friend, the only reason he can attack you like that is because you're not threatening him at all. And we have to stop finding identity in our struggles. And that's another problem that people have why they're not faithful in their deliverance because they actually identify with their stronghold. They actually identify with their bondage. In other words, it's not just, oh, I'm being attacked. It's, oh, I'm the one who struggles. I'm the one who's always bound. Nothing good ever works for me. Nothing positive ever happens in my life. It's, if you find yourself, here's some clues for you. You find yourself saying things like this. Oh, it's just one thing after another. Now, not in every case, as the saying goes, if the shoe fits, wear it. But this is just something I have to say because many people are stuck in this cycle without realizing what they're doing. And what happens is now they become, they become so close to their bondage they start to identify with it. Here's how you know if these reinforcing lies are fighting against your freedom. You say things like, I can't be free. You say things like, listen to this. You say things like, I already tried that. It won't work for me. Even if it does work, it's only going to be temporary. Nothing good ever happens to me. You know you know that you're falling for the reinforcing lies of the enemy. If you're telling yourself, that works for others, but not for me. Or another lie that the enemy uses to try to keep you from being faithful to the freedom that God has given you by his word, by his truth, is by convincing you that the solution has to be more complicated than it is. Oh, I'm going to go there. People of God, we have a really bad habit of calling that which is complicated deep. Please don't get those confused. Just because it's complicated doesn't mean it's deep. In fact, true depth comes from simplicity. And really the reality is that many times people refuse the prescription that God gave in his word because they want it to be more exciting. They think that defeating a demon or a bondage or defeating the flesh is like in the movies where you have to find the demon's history in some ancient book and say certain magic words and then that right there will break the bondage. Or you imagine that getting free is like solving a supernatural riddle, solving a mystery that if you can solve that riddle or that mystery, it unlocks something in the spirit and all of a sudden light begins to shine through and you're free, my friend. No, the Bible gives us the path to freedom. It's right here. You live right, obey God's word, have a prayer life, know your authority. And if you do these things not just one time, not just I tried it for a couple of weeks it didn't work, not just I tried it for six months and it didn't work, not just I tried it for a year and it didn't work. This isn't something to try. This is a lifestyle. You know how I know this because I used to say all those things. Oh my goodness. I had the worst battle with anxiety. It was horrific. I went to all the conferences, all the worship events. I saw the Christian therapist. I went to the deliverance experts. I went to the prayer meetings, the revival meetings, the prophetic encounters. I went on the trips. I did the e-courses. I watched the videos. I listened to the sermons. I read the books. Pastors tried to pastor it out of me. Teachers tried to teach it out of me. Evangelists tried to evangelize it out of me. Prophets tried to prophesy it out of me. I had oil poured on me. Shofar is blowing over me. People walked around me. I even had people wave flags over me. And for me, nothing seemed to be working because I was trying to address the problem as if it was some bondage when that was already dealt with. The devil was already dealt with. The demons were already defeated. Yeah, you should address the demonic element of it. But once you've addressed that, then it's time to deal with self. And I wasn't getting to the root, which was the lies I believed. And you know what I would say? When people tried to tell me, oh, you got to just begin to discipline your thought life. I would say, you know, positive thinking doesn't work. That's too simple. Or I already tried that. Or that doesn't work for me. Or yeah, been there, done that. That's the cynicism that keeps you from being faithful in these things. And here's the reality. Some of you are arguing against your own deliverance. I can't tell you how many Christians I've talked to where they cut in me. They say, here's what I'm battling. I tried to rebuke it. And they'll tell me, I went through all the deliverance ministers. I went to all their services. Nothing worked. And then they'll come to me and they'll say, please, I don't know what's going to work. You got to help me. And I say, okay, who did you go to? And they'll list all these people. I went to this person, this person, this person. I'm thinking, those are some pretty anointed people you named. I promise you that if you went to one of their services and you had a demon, I promise you that demon's gone now. And then I say, now you have to deal with yourself. Now you have to deal with the flesh issues. And you know what they always do? As I'm literally, Steve is my witness. As I'm explaining this to them, they always do this, shake their head like that. No, no, no. As I'm giving them the truth, they go, no, no, no. It doesn't sound right. No. And I'm thinking you are arguing against your own deliverance. What does the Bible say? And the truth of the matter is when we do this, we demonstrate that our faith is not in the word of God, that we don't believe God's word is good enough, that we don't believe the word is sufficient, that we don't believe God gave us everything we needed in the scripture. So you want to be free and stay free? Take dominion over Satan. How? Know your authority. Resist the enemy. Exercise that authority. If that doesn't work against the enemy, fast and pray, increase your faith to align yourself with God's authority. If that doesn't work, you've already dealt with it. You've used all the methods that the scripture gives us to dealing with demonic power. Once you've exhausted the Bible's methods on dealing with demonic power, that means you are no longer dealing with the demon. You are dealing with a discipline problem. You are dealing with a thought pattern. You are dealing with a way of feeling. You're dealing with the flesh. Again, I'm not saying, and people hear this and they go, oh, so you're saying that the demons don't do anything. No, no, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying first you deal with the demonic and after you've dealt with the demonic, then you must move on to deal with yourself. And then that's number two. Take dominion over yourself. How? So the basics, practice the spiritual basics. Stop trying to find a quick solution. Stop trying to find the quick fix, the pill. Yes, being delivered from demonic bondage, demonic strongholds, demonic deception. That should be instant and permanent, but dealing with the flesh, that's going to be the rest of your life. That is defeated in the lifestyle you live. And number three, you have to stay faithful. Stop being so cynical. Stop being so doubtful. For some, again, it's almost like they don't want to be free because then it spoils the fun. They can no longer research demonology. They no longer have people coming to them and being the one who struggles. We got to be free from these because that's how subtle this gets. I'm not saying that's everyone's case. So if you're offended by that and I'm not talking about you, I'm not talking about you. But there are some believers who get stuck in that. So I have to say it. It's the truth. But what I am saying is you have to stay faithful. You can't just go, I tried it, it didn't work. Oh, woe is me, I give up. No, you have to be committed to live this. And by the way, walking in the freedom of the Holy Spirit is not something you try for a week or two. It's a lifestyle. It becomes a whole new way of living. I'll say it to you like this. Every single believer, every single one of them who I've ever seen implement what I'm telling you here. I'm telling you 100% of the time, every single one of them who believes the truth of what God's word says, who begins to implement those spiritual disciplines, word, prayer, worship, holy living, submission to God and then who does them faithfully. Every single one of them is now completely free. I don't know a single believer who this did not work for myself included. It's right there in the Bible, guys. Galatians 6-9. So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Now, I know, as I said, and I want to be clear and I'm going to close right now. We'll pray. That's very important. We pray. I know for some this is hard because to some degree, again, it could be for many of the reasons I told you. And that's why this gets so convoluted sometimes because there's so many things in our flesh that fight for it. Whether we enjoy the attention that comes from the bondage, whether we've learned to identify with our bondage, whether we become addicted to the chaos of the bondage or whether we just have fun with the idea of warring in the spirit. So we kind of always want to be in the thick of it and never really want to walk in victory because it's interesting to research this stuff. And some people do base their whole identity off of what they believe about spiritual warfare. And so because of that, they don't want to come out of it. They don't want to be truly free because then they don't know what to do after that. But I'm telling you, there's a life after bondage. There's a whole different way of living after bondage and it can be yours. But you have to understand that victory is God's plan for your life. Now, again, you may be saying, Well, I don't know if this is hard to do it. Yes, I told you it would be simple, but I never said it would be easy. I'll give you an example. Like diet, exercise, good sleep and water. You're going to, if you will diet properly. I'm not saying starve yourself. That's not the same thing as dieting. If you will eat clean, you will exercise regularly. You have good water intake and you get plenty of sleep. Do you know what's going to happen to your physical body over time? You will transform. You will start to see yourself as healthier. You'll have more energy. So many benefits will come from that. But you know online, there are all sorts of different things that are plastered across our screens. People constantly saying, Hey, try this pill and you can look like this in 30 days. Try this device and in 21 days you won't even recognize yourself. That's what Christians are after. But in the spirit realm, I'm here giving you the keys from the word. Recognize your victory. Recognize your authority. Resist the enemy. Walk in the basics of spiritual practice. Read the word, pray, fellowship, live clean, all of those things and then do those consistently. But no, what do we want? No, no, no. Give me the special prayer that's going to fix it all. Give me the special incantation. Give me the diet pill. Give me the quick fix. I don't want to have to deal with all that. Yes, it's hard, but it's the only way forward. And if we're not willing to implement these things, it just means we haven't become desperate enough yet to actually do that. If you want the change, the Bible gives you the answer. And I know this is a very direct message. I intend it to be direct, but I'm being direct with you because I care about you. So many times we argue. We argue against our deliverance. Why? Because because of I don't even know. I gave you several reasons and it gets even more complicated than that, but I'm not going to go that far into the weeds. But we have to understand that the flesh is that subtle. The flesh is that entangled in the deception to where we tried to persuade ourselves out of doing what we know we ought to do. And I'm saying for you, you can be set free today from every demonic bondage, every demonic harassment, all of it. And then you have to just begin to deal with the flesh, the leftovers. I like to say that demons are like computer hackers. Your mind is like a computer. You can get rid of the hacker, but then you have to deal with the virus that was left, the way of thinking. And so if you've been under a demonic bondage for long enough, you begin to think according to that bondage all your own. Some of us, the devil doesn't even need to attack us anymore because we're telling the lies to ourselves because we've been so trained under those lies. And I don't want you to suffer like that anymore. I don't want you to be bound, nor does the Lord. That's why he sent you to me right now. I know this is different than what you hear. I can only give you truth. I don't teach things for itching ears. I have to give you the truth as in the Word of God, as revealed by the Holy Spirit. You want true power. You want to walk in true glory and begin to see yourself how God sees you. You are not some... I pray God help us shift this. You are not some disgusting being who deserves torment and torture and bondage. And I understand to some degree we're all depraved before Christ, but because of what Christ has done in you, He's transformed your nature. You are not some disgusting sinner and lowly being. You are a Son of God. You are a child of the Creator. You belong to Him. You are seated in heavenly places. You are loved with an everlasting love. You are a being of heavenly nature. You are a being of God's light. His divine nature flows through you. We are not gods. We are not lights. We are reflections of that light. You are His offspring. You are heavenly represented. A godly being. Demons tremble when you begin to know who you are. This idea that, oh, because I know who I am, I'm so defeated. No, that's just the opposite when you know who you are that devil won't even try. Terrify. Terrify to those who believe. He'll try a lie now and then. But what I'm saying is it changes everything. We've been taught you're disgusting. You're this, you're this, you're this. Yes, maybe before Christ. But if any man be in Christ, he becomes a new creation. Behold, all things become new. No longer I live, but Christ lives in me. And Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness. I am righteous before the heavenly Father. I claim my royal right to freedom and victory. I claim my royal right to authority and power. I claim my royal right to divine dignity. Who I am in him is greater than who is in the world. Now think like that and then try to tell me, well, you know, this is just my lot in life to suffer under demonic power. Demons are parasites, my friend. When you begin to walk in that victory, you're not cowering in the corner trembling over what they tried to project over your mind. When you begin to recognize who you are in Christ, you begin to talk to demons like dog trainers talk to dogs. Sit, go, no. Begin to recognize who you are in him. Not scoffing at supernatural beings, not confident in your own strength, but confident in who he is. Recognizing the authority. Demons are like bullies. They will keep at it until you stand up and punch him in the face. You got to just take a swing with the word of God. You got to get angry at the enemy. Say, do you know who I am in him? Walk in that authority. Stop cowering and being paranoid. Oh, this devil, that this devil, that. Yes, demons are real. Yes, we ought to be aware. Yes, we have an enemy. Yes, spiritual warfare is something in which we engage. I teach on it almost every month. My friend, please remember who you are in him. Know that authority. Understand that victory. Then exercise dominion over the devil. And then exercise dominion over yourself. And then continue to walk faithfully in how God has called you to live. And I promise you this. Who you will become a year from now. You say, oh, that's too long. Well, you tried all other things. And by the way, this isn't something you just tried. It's a new lifestyle. Like people who say, I tried a diet for a week and it didn't work. Well, yeah, you spent decades making yourself unhealthy. And now you want to just undo it with one week of dieting? No way. You begin to implement what I'm telling you. And then do it faithfully, not week on, week off, week on. You'll have mess ups, but keep going. You do it faithfully for a year or two. You come back and tell me you're not a different person. You watch what the Holy Spirit will do with that faith. I want you to write that in the comment section. Freedom is my royal right. Write that. Freedom is my royal right. I am so tired of preaching that insults the power of the Holy Ghost and elevates man. The power of the Holy Ghost is greater than demonic power. I don't care what anyone tells you. And it's not even close. It's not even close. The Holy Spirit dominates the powers of hell. Absolute rule, absolute authority over them. The enemy is defeated. And now I want to pray that you would be set free from every demonic attack, harassment, and then after we do this, what's going to be left over is going to be the work on self. Stop freaking out. Don't say, oh, I'm still dealing with this or that. Stay calm. Have peace and say, okay, I'm going to work through this. Let's pray. Father in the name of Jesus. I come against every demonic assault of the enemy. I, a child of the Most High God. Lord, I, your servant, stretch my hands towards your people. And I speak to every lying spirit in the name of Jesus. Every tormenting spirit in the name of Jesus. Cease and desist. I command all attacks to cease now. Father, your people have walked in disobedience, making themselves susceptible to these attacks. I pray, Lord, that you would wash them and forgive them as they cry out to you in repentance. And Lord, I pray that you would cause your people to see themselves as they are in the spirit. Cause them to see themselves for the victorious servants of the Most High that they are. Father, I pray that they would claim their royal right to freedom in the mighty name of Jesus. Spirits that torment stop now in the name of Jesus. Spirits that cause demonic dreams stop now in the name of Jesus. Spirits that cause anxiety and heavy sorrow stop now in the name of Jesus. Spirits that attack with intrusive thoughts stop now in the name of Jesus. I rebuke you, you have to stop. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Say it because you believe it, say amen. Now listen to me. What's left after this now? Many of you felt that. I felt the power of the Holy Ghost. If what you were dealing with was demonic, it was just dealt with. I'm telling you, not because of me, because of the authority of Christ. If what you were dealing with was demonic, it's completely dealt with. Now begins the work of self. There may still be some intrusive thoughts. There may still be some projections and hallucinations and voices and anxiety and depression and so forth. Now you begin the work of dominion over self. And this is where the Holy Spirit works with you to transform your character. Don't mistake the battle for bondage. Don't mistake the temptation for the ownership of the enemy. Don't be discouraged just because there's still work to do. Now take dominion over the flesh. The flesh is very powerful too. But the flesh can be overcome in the name of Jesus. Hey, if you appreciated this message, you think others should see it, leave a like on the video. Don't forget to sub right now. 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