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Recently I had a Deliverance Encounter with a highly oppressed eleven-year-old girl and her grandma who is her legal guardian. The details of her case are not important here save what happened after our session.
Immediately
after receiving deliverance and inner healing prayer, this young girl felt a sense
of lightening and joy. A huge part of the oppression that she was feeling was
lifted. A true miracle of the Holy Spirit had taken place! There was no strong
torment or heaviness. Her behavior suddenly became angelic and for once she
acted like a “normal” fifth grader.
In her mind,
grandma must have been thinking, “She is healed. No more torment. Now she can
focus on other things instead of her spiritual troubles.” I am sure that the
thought even crossed grandma’s mind that her granddaughter was now fully healed
and would not have to visit Pastor Mark at Invicta Ministries ever again.
This all
lasted for about three days.
Around the
fourth day, however, it came back—the torment, the demonic behavior and the
heaviness. When I spoke to grandma, she was surprised to hear me tell her that
this pattern is absolutely normal when it comes to deliverance ministry and it
just shows that there is still more work to be done.
I have come
to call this temporary calm after the storm of deliverance, “demonic
push-back.” The remaining oppression gets pushed back out of the forefront.
I coined
this term to refer to the immediate calming effect that strong spiritual
warfare prayer (resisting, confronting, curse-breaking and casting out) has on
a demonically oppressed individual.
You see, not
only are demons cast out during SW prayer, but the other remaining unclean
spirits (usually in different demonic kingdoms) run for cover. They don’t want
to be exposed and they know that if their presence is detected by the
deliverance minister, the Holy Spirit may force their expulsion along with the
others that are being cast out. As a result, they opt to play it safe by going
into deep hiding.
Remember,
every demon desires to dwell inside of a person. They are comfortable inside of
a person. Their mission is to indwell people. They need to be inside of people to fully steal, kill
and destroy. Therefore, they will do everything possible to avoid detection in
order to not get cast out.
Spiritual
warfare prayer is akin to a house being treated by the exterminator. Many
roaches will die and many will flee. The roaches that do flee will eventually
return—unless their points of entry are closed off and food isn’t being left
out to attract them.
The same
thing happens to the demons: when they see that their companions are getting
bound up and cast out by the awesome power of the Spirit of God, they run—they
get pushed back. When they are
pushed back, they can no longer exert oppression on their victim.
For the
person receiving prayer, this push-back translates into a beautiful sense of
peace and calm.
Therefore, when
you begin a process of deliverance and inner healing, I would like you to
understand the following:
11) When demons are confronted and
expelled, there is usually some sort of physical reaction that accompanies the
expulsion: yawning, belching, spitting up, vomiting, shrieking or coughing.
Keep in mind, however, that demons can also be cast out with no
noticeable reaction at all. Therefore, just because there is no visible
expulsion manifestation, that doesn’t mean that the Holy Spirit isn’t delivering
you of any demons.
22) The demons that don’t get cast out
will probably get pushed back. This pushing back pushes them into hidden places
of the soul (thoughts, feelings and emotions) and body where they will hide in
order not to be exposed. While in hiding, they will stop their tormenting in
order to keep their cover. This will cause the person receiving the deliverance
prayer to experience an immediate sense of peace and cessation to overt
torment.
This is where people call our ministry and inform us that thanks to our
prayer they are now “completely delivered” and will no longer be requesting any
additional prayer. In response, I caution them that this is probably a
temporary effect and that they should remain vigilant and keep binding the
enemy.
In addition, I never tell people after a Deliverance Encounter that they
are completely delivered. In 98% of all cases, there is more work to be done
and this will require perseverance on the part of the person being healed.
I often quote Deuteronomy 7:22:
The LORD your God will drive out
those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to
eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
33) Around the third or fourth day the
demons start to come out of “hiding” and begin tormenting (or whatever their
function is) again.
At this point it is common for these remaining demons to begin taunting, “We’re
still here” or “We’re not leaving.” Or the biggest lie of all: “All that prayer
you did didn’t do anything! Your Jesus can’t help you!”
The aim of course is to discourage the person and cause doubt regarding
the sufficiency and efficacy of the power and authority of the name of Jesus.
44) Demonic push-back is a good sign! If
you do experience it, that is good news. First it means that the enemy has been
exposed. Second, it means that the Holy Spirit is moving in your life (Amen!).
And third, demonic push-back confirms that your problems are indeed,
“spiritual.” I think of demonic push-back as a sort of spiritual litmus test.
If you experience it, you know that your issues are indeed spiritual.
The first step to victory is exposing your enemy and knowing what you’re
up against.
As an aside, if I pray deliverance prayer for someone and there is no
immediate calming effect, I consider the possibility that the person’s issues
are more organic in nature than they are spiritual. Organic issues don’t just
go away for a few days and then return.
This understanding will inform the type of prayer that needs to be
prayed—from strong confrontational prayer to healing prayer by the Holy Spirit.
55) Finally, be in touch with either
Pastor Jana or myself after your Deliverance Encounter. Keep us in the loop as
to what is happening in your emotions and in your body so that we can pray with
you over the phone to continue to resist the demons that remain.
As we pray for you, you will learn how to keep resisting. You will learn
to trust in the Holy Spirit for your healing. And do not be anxious, all the
demons will eventually be cast out—you might just have to wait for God’s
perfect timing though!
In addition, schedule another Deliverance Encounter appointment, perhaps
for two or three weeks later. This will let the demons know that you mean
business and that you have purposed in your heart that you WILL be free.
And finally, don’t let the demons’ lies discourage you. When they tell
you that you can’t make them go, say, “My God has promised me that the Son has
set me free and I will be free indeed! And I will OVERCOME in the name of
Jesus!”
Huge Blessings,
Pastor Mark
Don't usally vomit me!
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