Deliverance Ministry - Fire and Ice Ministries River of Life Fellowship

Chapter 3
Expelling Demons
and Consecration
Mark 16:17 says “In my name they will drive out demons.” I re­
member praying with Sarah (not her real name). I was walking
through the altar area during a revival service. I laid hands on her
head and prophesied “You feel like a hypocrite, but you are not.
The Lord is about to set you free.” I took authority over a soul tie.
She quickly slapped my hand from her head and ran. The leaders
looked at me stunned. I told them I thought she had demons, and to
see if she would come back. She came in before the leaders even
left. When she came in she said, “That wasn’t me. Something took
over my body. I want you to pray for me.” Sarah was a very sincere
Christian that had been raped and abused by her dad and his
friends as a little girl. I placed my hands on her head again, and you
know, she slapped my hand away and took out running again!
Okay, I had enough by now. I asked the leaders to go get her. She
came back and this time I lifted my voice with authority and said, “I
break this!” Wham, she hit the floor and began thrashing about
screaming. Many demons came out that night including the spirit of
witchcraft. It came out with a high pitch scream as usual. She was
gloriously delivered and set free that night from many demons. This
was done in public, which gave glory to Jesus. All that were there
saw Jesus’ power over satan in a very real way.
A look into driving out demons
I will give you some things I have learned in deliverance. Everyone
that operates in deliverance has his own methods. What works for
me, may not be your style. So I will try not to give “my style” so
much as lessons I have learned that I feel will help you. One of the
main lessons of deliverance is getting the strongman out first. The
others will go much easier after that. Occultists have what is called
a spirit guide. This is the primary spirit that they have a relationship
with. This will almost always be the strongman with them. I have
listed different spirits out of the Bible in the appendix that are usual
strongmen. A great key in deliverance for me is the spiritual gift of
discerning of spirits (1Cor 12:10). This gift will cause you to know
the name or function of demons within someone. If you are called
to operate in deliverance, I would ask for this gift. It has helped me
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