How do you get rid of bad spirits and demonic thoughts from within?

We were young. Neither were ready for marriage and I wouldn’t have done it anyway. I didn’t believe in divorce and if I wasn’t certain I could walk it out I had no business saying I do.

J Daniel said:

Sometimes I feel that I am beyond help at times........................

Times I have the right mentality and approach then other times my mind goes back to a past where I feel I would be able to handle business in a way that would satisfy me (though I know that would end in a train wreck).

Same time, I know Christ is needed - but I REALLY wish he could be with me PHYSICALLY for just 10 minutes to speak to and heal and mend.

People will say *that would be too easy* well when we need help for something (if a child needs help with their maths homework and asks) we wouldn't tell that child *THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY* No! We help!

Sometimes we need DEVIND assistance.

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I find confessing sins (1 John 1:9) helpful when dealing with recurring evil thoughts. It's like they grow from somewhere, but when there's nothing for them to grow from, they at least quiet down.

In terms of praying without ceasing, the idiom used apparently is also used when describing a hacking cough. So it's like saying pray so often that it becomes an involuntary reflex.

J Daniel said:

I confess all the time in my thoughts.

Pray pray talk to the Lord talk to the father

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The confession bit is more effective for me when I grab hold of the sin with faith (or take captive the thought) when confessing so God can do the cleansing bit.

Worship God in Jesus name and they flee,they always come back, so always hold praise on your lips In Jesus name.

You will never be effected by a EVIL SPIRIT AGAIN.

Hey J.. I don't know where you walk is.. I don't want to go to deep or .. well his train went off the tracks fast lol

Lets take the easy track. Is Jesus real? Is He who He said He was? As in do you believe whats written? Ok.. can Jesus lie? side note :read the book of John over and over. If you have not. So if Christ can not lie and Satan can not tell the truth. What ever the enemy is saying.. just flip it.. its NOT true. And Christ gave YOU ALL power over the enemy (Satan) and NOTHING shall by any means hurt you.

The song comes to mind.. there is power power wonder working power in the blood of the Lamb! Peter and John..tell some man "in Jesus name" Then tell the people after words.. why look on us as if we did this under our own power? Its FAITH in that name. This is foundation. Build on CHRIST! And.. you just resist the devil and he has to flee..run.

See when things come in my mind.. I search for what the WORD says. Fear? I say..no.. God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind! Sometimes it takes a few times.. but it ONLY LEAVES..when it KNOWS that YOU KNOW the truth in what your saying. Or it won't go.. some times we SAY the words but don't know the AUTHORITY we have IN through Christ.

Read Phil 4:8 "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things." <---this is how you think.

To many times we think we MUST be perfect or GOD wont talk to us..haha a lie. Living right.. REALLY HELPS! But.. THINK is it really all YOU doing this work? Whos ARMOR do you put on? Put on the whole armor of GOD! Strength? Be strong in the lord in the POWER of HIS might. Joy? The JOY of the LORD is your strength. Peace? The PEACE of God "The peace that passes understanding is a strong, resolute faith and confidence, that no matter what circumstances you encounter, God is faithful, God is good, God will keep you, God will provide for you, and God will bless you. It’s a faith that looks past circumstances to the God who works all things for your good.

Last Isa 41 10 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"

Any spirit...pfft.. get way from me in JESUS name! You have no rights here. If at anytime your doing something wrong.. repent.. but NEVER let the enemy toss your past in your face. THAT is not of GOD! He forgave you.. and He does NOT ever remember it.

My brother He is not like man. He is IN YOU..LOVES YOU! For you.. NEVER against you. Never never never will leave you. What would happen if you KNEW He was never mad.. ALWAYS for you. And ALWAYS heard you? Its written "if you know He hears you then you know you have the petitions/prayers you asked for" Gods WILL is HIS WORD! FAITH will come by reading HIS WORD!

Yeah.. YOUR FATHER? IS the TRUE and ONLY GOD! Not even angels..bless them.. can call GOD their Father. He sent JESUS just for you.. as if you were the only one that would believe. He is SO INLOVE wiht you. He longs to see you hold you more then we can graps! He can't wait! So.. bind that enemy in Jesus name.. put GOOD in place of anything bad.. thoughts what ever. You belong to a GOD.. Satan has no rights to you. But if we dont KNOW our rights.. haha Satan wont tell you. Christ set you free!

And this FLESH? We all battle with. Thoughts desires.. greater is HE that IS in you ..then he thats in the world!

J Daniel said:

Sometimes I feel that I am beyond help at times........................

Times I have the right mentality and approach then other times my mind goes back to a past where I feel I would be able to handle business in a way that would satisfy me (though I know that would end in a train wreck).

Same time, I know Christ is needed - but I REALLY wish he could be with me PHYSICALLY for just 10 minutes to speak to and heal and mend.

People will say *that would be too easy* well when we need help for something (if a child needs help with their maths homework and asks) we wouldn't tell that child *THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY* No! We help!

Sometimes we need DEVIND assistance.

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I believe that Jesus suffered scorn, scourging, a tortuous crucifixion, and forgave those who did it to him. I believe this is the Divine Love witnessed through the Gospel. Since I believe in this Love, I also must pick up my cross and do the same in this wicked world.

J Daniel said:

True - but somewhere in Ecclesiastics it does state that there is a time and place for everything - of course should never seek violence! In any format - but when you are dealing with evil you have to deal with it accordingly (that is my view on that might not be Biblical but look at how God ordered Israel to deal with the Philistines - DRIVE THEM OUT! With Israel being surrounded by enemies that want to kill them must react to that accordingly.

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You have much to learn, young grasshopper...

It's a common misunderstanding to use war and violent cases in the OT as precedence, as an excuse for personal violence, deliberate wickedness, evil, and deliberate sin in general, but that would be an abuse of Scripture. Your conscience should tell you that already.

Firstly, none of us were not born into a theocratic world... God is not with us physically as he was with the Children of Israel, as a pillar of smoke, a pillar of fire, etc. We have no tabernacle, no ark of the covenant, no temple, etc, none of the physical marks. But what we have is SPIRITUAL.

In your quote from Exodus 23, God himself made war, explicitly against idolaters. "I will drive them out", he said.

"By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."

Hence, the Lord goes before us. He initiates, not us. "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight" (Isa. 45:2)

Every one of us was born into the CHURCH AGE, an era where the Messiah, our king is executed by the world. Hence, his followers are to expect to meet the same fate, because, 'No man is greater than his master'.

In John 15 the Lord says:

"These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also."

Violence is used against enemies, right ?

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you" (Mt. 5:44)

Thus, violence is not an option for believers. I can't stress that enough (my self sympathising). If you act, you will be judged. If you act, you deny Christ, and wilfully transgress his law, and risk forfeiting your own salvation. -- Is it worth answering for at Judgement Day ?

'A man lives by sword dies by the sword' was the Lord's rebuke to Peter who was probably the most carnal and violent of the Disciples. He instinctively drew his sword (probably a big knife) and sliced the ear off the high priest's servant while the Lord was being arrested. Yet the Lord not only condemned Peter, but he healed the man. -- If you have the power to undo violence, go ahead and be violent. And may the Lord rebuke you.

J Daniel said:

I am just recovering from heart ache and a soul tie that I had no business forming to begin with - so the anger cos from that - an the fact I was ultimately rejected - however in long term it was probably for the best.

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But this is about a break up gone bad, a bruised ego, remorse, regret, frustration, loneliness, sadness, and mourning the loss of a loved one. Feelings of rage and regret. And sounds like a toxic relationship to begin with, illegitimate, dishonourable, and shady, hence you aspirations for a future idealised marriage (which is fine, if your priorities are in order). -- If that's the case, I recommend saying your final goodbyes, kindly and maturely, talk about pros and cons, get feedback, and breaking all contact, permanently. Then bury yourself in the Lord who will comfort you and heal you, as he's promised.

'Seek ye first the kingdom of the lord and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.'

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

J Daniel said:

London's knife crime is due to weak leadership and wack priorities - if the elite wanted knife crime to stop they could do that tomorrow morning - but they don't cos if doesn't affect the areas of the affluent.

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London has been like this for hundreds of years, improving ~50% during Boris' mayorship during the Olympics. London killings 2019 – latest news on knife crime, statistics and attacks

Quote: "Last year was London's bloodiest in a decade - when the number of homicides reached 132 - and it shows no signs of abating."

And, "Shocking figures this week revealed knife crime in England and Wales soared to a record high, with 43,000 offences last year."

Compare that to the handful of homicides in the entire state of NSW, New stats reveal Sydney's "murder capital"

From the international pov, it's far worse than you all realise, being born and raised in a Roman lions den. -- For instance, Australia virtually has no guns, no knives, and possession of weapons is heavily punished. Even toy guns can send you to court and jail. But violence in places like London, New York, LA, etc, is a systemic and cultural problem, where belligerence and aggression is a default mindset. Glamorised even. People are prepared to get robbed, owning several wallets a year etc, but here and in many (safe) countries people have the same wallet for a lifetime, windows and doors are unlocked, cars are unlocked, etc, because there's a communal sense of morality (imperfect - but most people know that violence is not on, domestic violence, public fights, etc, shunned). We know our neighbours and they know us. But in big cities, particularly very big cities, the stress and crime and paranoia etc is toxic...

The 6th commandment: 'Thou shalt not kill'.

I think this can be very dangerous.

I know that evil spirits can easily have the specific goal to nerve you and scare you so much, that in your anxiety you commit suicide.

So I dare to ask a piggy back question, of what happens to your spirit and soul, when evil spirits have caused your suicide?

Stress can even dump your prayer, as per Peter 2.

It's easy to confuse demons with the flesh (unrenewed mind). We constantly battle the flesh all day long. here's what the flesh launches at you.

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19–21 (KJV 1900)

Now, if you are born again you have this inner good from God you can choose to obey instead of the flesh.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22–25 (KJV 1900)

Here's my approach to walking in the Spirit.

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” (2 Corinthians 10:5) (KJV 1900)

We censor every impure thought or imagination. And change the channel in our thinking on any thought that does not conform to obedience to Christ.

And we replace it with:

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

Knowing Jesus is God and God is love. So Jesus is lord of our lives when love rules our thoughts and actions.

Dave L said:

It's easy to confuse demons with the flesh (unrenewed mind). We constantly battle the flesh all day long. here's what the flesh launches at you.

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19–21 (KJV 1900)

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Remarkably godly answer. - That's the first time I've seen someone quote a "KJV 1900". That's a PCE you're quoting isn't it ? Where did you find a digital version ?

philadelphos said:

Remarkably godly answer. - That's the first time I've seen someone quote a "KJV 1900". That's a PCE you're quoting isn't it ? Where did you find a digital version ?

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Yes it is Pure Cambridge. I have it in my Logos 8 Library. It's still my favorite but I use other translations for clarity in some cases.

Pray without ceasing must mean to pray for all things..

J Daniel said:

Sometimes I feel that I am beyond help at times........................

Times I have the right mentality and approach then other times my mind goes back to a past where I feel I would be able to handle business in a way that would satisfy me (though I know that would end in a train wreck).

Same time, I know Christ is needed - but I REALLY wish he could be with me PHYSICALLY for just 10 minutes to speak to and heal and mend.

People will say *that would be too easy* well when we need help for something (if a child needs help with their maths homework and asks) we wouldn't tell that child *THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY* No! We help!

Sometimes we need DEVIND assistance.

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This prayer, shown to me by my spiritual director, a 92 y.o. Benedictine priest that resides at an Abby from St. Augustine helps me.

" Breathe in me O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me O Holy Spirit, That my work too may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I may love what is holy.
Strengthen me O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy."



Peace be with you.

J Daniel said:

Same time, I know Christ is needed - but I REALLY wish he could be with me PHYSICALLY for just 10 minutes to speak to and heal and mend.

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But his Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is living within you, if you are a born-again follower of Jesus. And the Spirit, the Bible says, will convict you of sin, enlighten your understanding, strengthen you in times of temptation, change your desires, comfort you in times of trouble, and make you more and more like Jesus. Is He doing this in you? If Christ is in you by the Holy Spirit, a day won't pass where the Spirit isn't healing and mending you and making you more like Jesus.

J Daniel said:

Sometimes I feel that I am beyond help at times........................

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My Mom used to quote this saying to me when I was kid (many moons ago):

"Feelings come, and feelings go,
And feelings are deceiving.
My warrant is the word of God,
nought else is worth believing."

You aren't ever beyond God's ability to aid you. You aren't ever - this side of the grave - beyond His grace and love. This is the truth whatever your feelings may be.