Spiritual Warfare for Your Home

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Okay, let's get started. First things first, let's pray. Heavenly Father, I thank you, Lord, for everyone listening to this show. I pray, Father, that uh, my words will be truth and be a blessing to them. Holy Spirit, you're invited into this show you're invited to touch our spirits and touch our minds and help us know and believe and understand what you want us to know today, in Jesus name. Amen.

So I'm talking today about spiritual warfare in your home, very important topic. You know, the first question that may come to mind is why do I need to do spiritual warfare over my home? You know, I'm, I'm, I'm a member of the body of Christ, I'm protected by the covenant of Christ, and you are and you are a member and you are protected, but let me explain it to you this way. You have legal rights and you have truth on your side, however, remember that Satan is illegal and he is a liar and he will try to trespass on your rights if you do not enforce your rights. And so enforcing your boundaries, enforcing what has been given to you by Christ, is critical, it's not a passive activity. So can demons get into your your life or into your home and harass you? To me, the answer is yes. I've done a lot of spiritual warfare in my life and a lot of prayers and a lot of warfare over homes and we need to do this, okay? You know, your home is something that God has blessed you with. Your home is where, obviously, you know, you, you reside with you and your wife if you're married, your children, um, and it should be a place of peace, a place of blessing, a place of, of prosperity, and abundance. So these are things that Jesus died on the cross to give us and it's up to us, however, to enforce these rights, to enforce them. 

Jesus said, “Behold, I've given you authority over snakes and scorpions and all the power of the devil,” in the gospel of Mark and said, “These signs will follow those that believe in My name: they will cast out demons…” so I believe, and matter of fact, I don't believe, I know if as a husband and as a father I have a duty to protect and provide for my family. Now, most husbands and fathers - and if you're, you're single, this applies to you as a mom too, we work hard at providing and protecting our homes and our families. It's a very important job that we have. And so we spend a lot of time uh, in the natural providing financial resources and, and doing things that we should do to protect our home: keeping our doors locked, having proper outside lighting, having a, having an alarm system installed. And all these are very important things but remember, we live in two realms. There's a natural realm and there is a spiritual realm. And in this spiritual realm, there is the Holy Spirit which is fantastic - He's great - and there are demon spirits. And these demon spirits, they love to harass, especially if you have any type of call of God on your life. If you're called of God, and you're a child of God and you have a purpose - which most of you do, and I say most of you, all of you do - demons will attack you. 

And I've often taught this that demons do not attack because of you alone, they attack because of the call of God on your life. They attack because of the purpose of God on your life, they attack you because you are a threat to them and you are a threat to their domain. So if we're ignorant and we're passive, these demons can cause a lot of problems in your home. Like, how would you know if you have a demonic problem in your home? Well, demons cause a lot of things to happen and they cause confusion, they cause mayhem. Reminds me of that commercial - was it that Allstate commercial or Far– Whatever it is, the guy that does all the mayhem stuff. They cause mayhem, they call um…you remember the old Murphy's Law? If it will go wrong it will go wrong. All of a sudden, things like this. They can even cause strife and they take away that feeling of peace that we all love in our home and it's it's replaced with um, uneasiness and uh, uncomfortableness. There's just no peace in the home. And you know and I know that peace in the home is something that is critical for everyone. You know, we love that peaceful nice home feeling and so if you cannot explain it naturally or if something keeps happening that it's difficult to understand, it could be a demonic problem. 

Now, I will say this: remember, you have authority, you have power, you have the power of the Holy Spirit within you. You have the power of Jesus Christ, the authority of Jesus Christ. He has given us authority, He has given us power by His Holy Spirit, but it's up to us to use what He has given us and use common sense. So not to protect your home spiritually is just foolish. It is just foolish because Satan will attack your home. Now, however, you can stop these attacks. You can prevent these attacks in the name of Jesus Christ. So again, how do you know? Confusion, strife, um, things keep going wrong, um, it's– there's just no peace in the home. You know, you can discern, you can discern this. When the Holy Spirit is dominating a home, there is life, there is peace, there is joy, there's the fruit of the Holy Spirit, there's the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the home. But if demons have somehow someway got into the home, then there really is no peace. There's an uneasy feeling in the home, there's a um, just…it just doesn't…things are just not going right. Like I said, there's confusion, there's strife, there's all kinds of uh, of stuff. There can even be strife between you and your spouse. A lot of things, a lot of things happen. There can also be fear and anxiety. 

I remember um, some years ago my wife and I got called by a friend of hers that lived over on the Florida coast and they said uh, the call was, “My teenage son, my young…” I think he was 12, 13 years old, “...cannot sleep at night. He's just suffering terrible anxiety and fear every night, every night and uh, would you come and pray for him?” So we go over to the house and I said, “May I see his room?” And I looked up in his room and he had a poster of– it was a poster of a um, what would you call– of artwork that you put on the back of a skateboard, okay? And the poster was a very demonic-looking ram's head sitting right over his bed. Very cool looking but also very demonic. Now, objects themselves like the picture of a ram's head or another big one: dream catchers - people like these dream catchers, don't do, don't put a dream catcher - the object themselves are not evil, but what they are is these objects are invitations or open doorways for demons to enter into your home. In other words, so– just use common sense. If there is something that looks evil or has a, anything that has a spiritual context to it, that's not the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ, those are open doorways or invitations. 

I like to look at it uh, think of it as just a printed invite, hey, uh, I've got this demonic thing in my house which means demons are welcome here. And you don't– you really don't want to do that. Now, you– I don't want to get, you know, get you scared or anything like this, but if you look around in your house, you can, you may see things that are demonic invitations. It could be a, a book, uh, it could be a picture, it could be, you know, a carving, it could be, you know, a number of, of things. I mean, some people get really crazy about it like don't ever have a, a frog in your house and uh, you– this kind of stuff. You know, frogs are symbols of the night, uh, some people say don't, don't put frogs or pictures of frogs or bats in your house. And I don't know, but that, that's a possibility. Um, I know good luck charms are invitations, um, you don't want to put anything in your home that could be an invitation. 

Well, how do you know? Well, one thing, what I do is as I pray, “Lord, Holy Spirit, show me if there's something I need to remove from my house.” Now again, don't get weird about it but just use common sense about it. Um, I mean some years ago with my wife before we, before we got married, she had a number of uh, DVDs and books on yoga. Well, yoga is demonic. I'm just going to say it flat out, it's demonic. It's Hindu god worship. Yoga is Hindu God worship. The yoga poses are worship poses to various Hindu gods. The purpose of yoga is to get this spirit called Kundalai out of your spine, up your– go up your spine into your brain which will enlighten you. There's a spiritual aspect to yoga which is demonic. If it's spiritual and it's not from the Bible, it's not the Holy Spirit, it's going to be demonic. You know, astrology, psychics, all this kind of stuff, this is demonic stuff because it's spiritual but it's not the Holy Spirit. Harry Potter – terrible, terrible. What's so bad about Harry Potter? It’s just fun. Well, Harry Potter is teaching witchcraft to kids and they use actual spells that witches use, demonic spells. So just use common sense, get the stuff out of your house. Don't, don't have an invitation to demons in your house. That's all I'm saying about that. You can believe me, you don't have to believe me, but I'm telling you, it's the truth. 

So what do you do? Well, first off, remove the objects. Secondly, this is what I do, practically speaking. I literally walk through my house and I pray as I walk through my house. And I'll walk through the house and I will literally pray a prayer, something like this, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare that this home belongs to Jesus. My home is under the blood covering of Jesus Christ, my home is protected by the name and the power and the authority of Jesus Christ. Anything, anything not of Jesus Christ, any spirit in this house not of Jesus Christ – the only Spirit of Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit, by the way – any spirit not of Jesus Christ, get out of my house, you are not welcome here, you will not come back, I cast you out. This house is under the blood covenant of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.” And I will walk around the house praying and declaring this, proclaiming this. 

Now, you know, so many times we ask God to protect us and God is saying, “I gave you authority, protect yourself. I gave you authority, you need to do it.” So casting out demons and spiritual warfare is of authority that He has given us believers. Jesus did it, and He said we will do the same works that He did John 14:12 and even greater works, okay? So I walk through my house, I say, “I claim this house, this property. This home belongs to Jesus Christ.” Sometimes I may even walk the edge of my property and say, “This property is mine, this property is under the blood covering of Jesus Christ, my car is under the blood covering, the blood covenant of Jesus Christ. You shall not touch my car, you shall not touch my home. This home belongs to Jesus, my land, my land belongs to Jesus Christ. This is the blood Covenant, contract, covenant of Jesus Christ, this land.” 

Now, I may, and you don't have to do this but sometimes I'll take a little anointing oil, you've seen it comes with a little bottle, and I'll just take a little anointing oil and I just make a little sign of the cross with anointing oil. And there's nothing mystical about that, it's just the anointing of oil. Sometimes I will anoint the windows, uh, the doorways of the home, and I found out that it works, it really does protect the home and uh, uh, I love to do it, especially uh, before I leave town, okay? And pray over the home, pray over my vehicle. And what you'll find out is if you're experiencing strife, confusion, things keep going wrong, uh, unexplained happenings in the home, this prayer, this proclaiming, this form of spiritual warfare really does work. It really will return peace to your home. 

Now, when you do it it's very important that you do it with authority. Sometimes you have to almost get a little anger in your voice. It's not like, “Oh, I just claim this home. My home belongs to Jesus,” it's like, “No, this property, this home, this room, this room, this hallway, this bedroom, my living room, it belongs to Jesus Christ. If you're not of Jesus Christ, get out of here. You shall never return, you shall never return. This home belongs to Jesus Christ. Anything not of Christ is not welcome here. 

And again, don't do things that, that want– that invites demons to come back. You don't want to keep inviting them back in your home, giving them invitations. Just use common sense. If you're not sure about this, one great way to do it is just say, “Lord Jesus, I ask that you would let the Holy Spirit show me what I need to know. Open up my eyes, open my heart to know what I need to know about my home,” and the Holy Spirit will, will direct you. You know, “those that are led by the Spirit are the sons of God, Romans chapter 8. The Holy Spirit will lead you as you go throughout your home and He'll show you if there's a problem. He'll direct your attention to, to maybe a book you need to get rid of, He'll direct your attention to, to maybe an area that definitely needs spiritual warfare, He'll let you discern – discerning a spirit is a…it's a manifestation gift, 1 Corinthians 12 – He'll help you discern what's going on in your home. So, so if you're not sure about this, say, “Holy Spirit, just show me if there's anything I need to do or take care of in my home. Thank you, Lord.” He'll do it, He will do it. Then you pay attention to thoughts and impressions and and ideas, or maybe He may even just draw your attention to, to a certain book. You– it might be, wow, I never, um, I never, I never saw that before. Thank you for showing that to me, Lord. And you know, I'm, I'm not legalistic about this stuff, I don't look for a demon behind every bush, and um, I know I've had friends that every time I turn around, they're trying to throw something out of their house, they want to burn it and all this kind of stuff. Well you know…I'm not…I'm not into that kind…I'm not that extreme. Now, but here's– again, I want, I cannot emphasize this enough. If it is something that has a spirituality about it– could be New Age spirituality…some, some children's toys are all involved about wizardry and witchcraft. Um, anything that is spiritual, is not the Holy Spirit, it's going to be an invitation to demons. I'm just telling you point blank. Believe me or not believe me, I hope you believe me, I hope you believe me. I think that, you know, you'll get a conviction in your heart, you know, if, you know, if I am correct and, and I know that I am. 

Um, uh, for many years people have called me to pray over their homes for them, to protect their homes. And so back to the– I was telling you a story earlier about the kid that had a uh, picture of a goat's head over his bed. A young teenager. Well, I told them - they also had dream catchers; see, a dream catcher comes from the American Indians, and it has a a spiritual context to it - you don't, don't, don't use dream catchers. Don't use that, you know, it, it, it's a spiritual supernatural aspect to dream catchers. And they're pretty, but don't use those, okay? And so I prayed over that room. I had them remove that poster– I asked them to remove that poster, and I prayed over this kid's room. And we got a call the next day that he had slept the entire night in perfect peace. And um, you know, children are interesting. Young people are interesting. They discern things not knowing what they discern. Sometimes they have fears and security– insecurities, and anxiousness and we don't know…we think it's just their imagination. I've learned that many times, what we call kids’ imagination is actually they’re discerning something that we need to take care of. Amen? Amen. 

So, pray over your home and, and again, it's not a prayer of petition, it's a prayer of proclamation. Proclamation is proclaiming the authority that God has given you, okay? And speaking it out and letting these demons know that you know who you are - you know your rights, you know you understand the blood covenant of Jesus Christ and you're enforcing that covenant over your home, over your life and over your family. And it's good. The results are fantastic, the results are just wonderful. You, you'll, you'll feel a peace come into your home that passes all understanding, joy, and you'll get rid of a lot of stuff that's causing problems. And here's another thing, it can't hurt you to do this and it may help you a lot to do this, amen. 

So Heavenly Father, I thank you for everyone listening to my show today. I pray, Father, that this show will be a blessing to them. I pray, Father, you'll give us the courage and the power and the anointing to do spiritual warfare over our lives and our family and even our jobs, our homes, Father. We thank you you've given us authority. We thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ. We thank you for the name of Jesus, we thank you for the sacrifice and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And Lord, I thank you again for everyone who's listening to this show. In Jesus’ name I pray, Lord. Thank you, Father. Amen and amen.

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