I've been struggling lately with intrusive thoughts. I've been depressed for the last month and it waxes and wanes in severity. Well, honestly, I've been depressed for years, but I've finally had to admit it to myself. I don't really know how to be happy anymore. I get irritable; just flashes of anger. Then out of the blue I'll get intrusive thoughts, usually violent ones (though I'd never act on any of it) I don't know if demons are broadcasting thoughts to me, because I'll be fine and then BOOM [xyz thought enters] and it just ruins me. But I have felt like I've been under attack. I've never really had this bad of a problem before, and I try not to focus on whatever flits through my mind and just brush it off, but some thoughts just horrify me and then stay with me.
If you could keep me in your prayers for a couple things
- for my mental healing
- for emotional healing and emotional stability
- that I'm made spiritually stronger in Christ to fight these thoughts/feelings
- that any demons that could be antagonizing me are rebuked and cast off
Many pleases and many thank yous. I believe in the power of prayer.
There is certainly a way to be freed from and protected from intrusive thoughts, and yes, they can certainly be coming from demons.
This method is biblical. But it needs to be kept up. The Bible says that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to destroying strong holds: casting down vain imaginations, and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of the Lord, and bringing every thought captive to Christ.
But that ain’t easy! But in a way it is. If you sincerely pray to learn how to hammer with the Word, you’ll get better and better overtime. And you’ll start to have more peace and more wisdom just in general more and more. The more you get into it, the more you will get out of it.
What do I mean by hammer? we are told that the word of the Lord is a hammer that breaks the rock.
Hammers are used repetitively.
Joshua was told to not let the words of the Lord to depart from his mouth. This is no exaggeration. Messiah spoke the Father’s words to defeat the devil in the desert. How can we do better than him?
Singing the words of the Lord, is going to help you very much too.
When overwhelming countries were coming against little Israel, king Jehoshaphat did not try to fight them. He sent out his priests to sing praises to the Lord, and the enemies turned on one another, and killed one another, and they was spoil for three days for the Israelites.
Paul and Silas were released from prison, miraculously while singing praise songs.
David sang to Saul to give him relief from evil spirits.
If you are like me, and I believe most people, most of your thoughts are what I would call Junk thoughts even if they aren’t necessarily what many would call evil. You can replace them and the Almighty wants you to do just that!
There are many wonderful resources on YouTube to help you. Scripture promises videos. Scripture songs like from integrity, music, jumpstart, and so on. Seek, and you will find.
Of course, you can’t be moving your lips like Joshua nowadays in public, but you can be doing so subvocally as much as possible. Again, this not only brings your protection from the Darkside, overtime it will change you and bless you.
