Demonic spirits can affect places and environments such as homes or other locations. Demonic spirits are welcome in a location where there are items in that house that are connected to or affiliated with the kingdom of darkness. These items give the enemy a legal right to be in a place and torment the people who are there. These items must be gotten rid of so that God’s Spirit can take dominion over that atmosphere.
As the spiritual authority in your home, you determine the spiritual climate of your home.
You can pray a cleansing prayer over your home to cleanse the space of all unclean spirits and invite the Holy Spirit.
If you feel uneasy about your home atmosphere, here is what you should do.
On a day when you will not be interrupted, walk through your house, one room at a time, asking the Holy Spirit to highlight any items that are connected to the kingdom of darkness that you need to get rid of.
Listen to Him and He may show you things you had not thought of as a problem.
Here is a list of possible things to look for:
- Things related to heathen worship (voodoo dolls, spirit masks, snakes, dragons, thunderbirds, phoenixes, etc.) Or objects specifically cursed by others
- Things related to past sin or to unholy soul ties (necklaces, rings, love letters from past relationships, photos, diaries, journals)
- Things with an unknown history which are not inherently evil by design, such as wood figurines, pictures, tourist purchases
- Any objects used in witchcraft or psychic activities, such as fortune telling, Ouija boards, tarot cards, charms, crystals, pendulums, etc.
- Games such as “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Masters of the Universe,” “Pokemon” (meaning “pocket monster”)
- Buddhist, Hindu, Native American, or other Eastern worship-type artifacts, such as dream catchers
- Items or books related to Satanism, witchcraft, New Age, zodiac, crescent moon, crystal ball, pyramids, or martial arts
- Things or books related to astrology, horoscopes, and geomancy, or to certain authors (Edgar Cayce, Jean Dixon, etc.)
- Comic books, rock posters, hard rock music, and materials with obvious images of darkness
- Pornographic materials of any kind (videos, books, magazines, pay-per-view cable or satellite TV channels)
- Art with obvious demonic representations, such as snakes, spirits, death, gargoyles, skulls, dragons, etc.
- Items or books relating to secret societies like freemasonry (Masons, etc.), Eastern Star, Knights of Malta, Skull and Bones, such as masonic aprons, rings, etc.
- New Age or holistic healing books or items such as smudging sage, crystals, pendulums, sacred geometry, devices with crystals or programmed with quantum frequencies to protect against negative energies or EMF’s, ayurvedic medicine, chakras, acupuncture, reiki, yoga, etc.
- Certain children’s books or movies, such as Harry Potter (which encourage children to seek access to spiritual power unauthorized by God)
- Movies or books with occult messages, extreme violence, excessive foul language, focus on death and destruction, or explicit sexual content
- Yoga videos, New Age videos (manifesting, etc.)
After going through your house, put all the items in a box. First, repent for each activity you were involved in with the items. Then, get rid of all of them. Here’s how: items that burn easily should be burned. All other items should be thrown away or buried. This is the first step to cleanse your environment from demonic influence so God’s presence is welcome.
Now that you have removed all the items from your home or location, it’s important to pray over your space to drive out any demonic spirits that have had legal right to be there. Invite the Holy Spirit to fill your home. Anytime you remove something demonic from a space, you must invite the Holy Spirit to fill the space. If you are the owner of the location, you have the spiritual authority to cleanse it.
Next, take some anointing oil and walk around your house and anoint all doors and windows with anointing oil. Anoint the 4 corners of the house and the property.
While doing it you can pray something like this:
“Thank you Holy Spirit for your presence here right now. Thank you Jesus for releasing Your angels to sweep this place clean of every unclean spirit and every evil thing. Holy Spirit, You are the only spirit allowed in this place. I invite you to fill this place with Your presence.
“Thank you, Jesus, for the blood that you shed on the cross and the stripes that you bore for our freedom from the kingdom of darkness and sin. It’s by Your authority that I command all demonic spirits and everything from the kingdom of darkness to leave right now, in Jesus name! Everything that is not of God must go right now, in Jesus name! . Thank You Jesus that You are King in this place! Thank You for Your presence in this house.”
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