Oppression, Bondage & Soul Ties
By Daniel Gilmour
Spiritual Oppression & Demonic Harassment
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 AMPC
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,
5 [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)
Isaiah 61:3 AMPC
3 To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion—to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit—that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Psalm 143:3-4 AMPC
3 For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed and faints within me [wrapped in gloom]; my heart within my bosom grows numb.
Habitual Sin & Strongholds of the Flesh
Galatians 5:19-21 AMPC
19 Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,
20 Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),
21 Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 16:18 AMPC
18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Romans 6:12-13 AMPC
12 Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings and be subject to its lusts and evil passions.
13 Do not continue offering or yielding your bodily members [and faculties] to sin as instruments (tools) of wickedness. But offer and yield yourselves to God as though you have been raised from the dead to [perpetual] life, and your bodily members [and faculties] to God, presenting them as implements of righteousness.
Deception, Lies & Religious Bondage
Colossians 2:8 AMPC
8 See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah).
Galatians 3:1-3 AMPC
1 O you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified?
2 Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]?
3 Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh?
John 8:44 AMPC
44 You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false.
Ungodly Relationships & Soul Ties
1 Corinthians 6:16-18 AMPC
16 Do you not see and know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh.
17 But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.
18 Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Proverbs 13:20 AMPC
20 He who walks with wise men is wise, but he who associates with self-confident fools is a fool [himself and shall smart for it].
Galatians 1:10 AMPC
10 Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).
Unholy Alliances & Spiritual Compromise
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 AMPC
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?
15 What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
1 John 2:15-16 AMPC
15 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].
Deuteronomy 7:2-4 AMPC
2 And when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you smite them, then you must utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them or show mercy to them.
3 You shall not make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son;
4 For they will turn away your sons from following Me, that they may serve other gods; so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and He will destroy you quickly.
Identity, Intimacy & Devotion to God
Ephesians 1:4-5 AMPC
4 Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.
5 For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]—
Romans 8:15-16 AMPC
15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
Jeremiah 31:3 AMPC
3 The Lord appeared from of old to me [Israel], saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.
Prayer for Freedom from Oppression, Bondage, and Soul Ties
As an act of my will, I renounce all [Negative Emotions and Mental States related to oppression] and I reject all the lies, deceptions, and strongholds of the enemy that have kept me in bondage and embrace the truth of God’s Word.
In the name of Jesus, I sever all ungodly soul ties and spiritual connections from unhealthy relationships, trauma, or demonic influence.
I bind every spirit of [name the spirit’s function] in the name of Jesus.
I command every spirit of [oppression-category/spirit’s-function] come out in Jesus name and to leave me now.
As a declaration of faith, I declare freedom and bind [fruits of the spirit] over my mind, body, and spirit.
Amen
*If the spirit doesn’t come out right away, pray to break legal rights – see “Covenants Prayer“
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