Tormenting spirits
· Perverse spirits
The spirit of bondage is involved in all addictive substances and behaviors. This spirit wraps the mind around the need for something and at the same time blocks the mind to seeing the negative effects of continuing to do the substance or behavior. For example, it increases the craving for alcohol and points to the benefits of alcohol (fun, tastes good, feel good), but blocks thinking about the negative effects of alcohol (hangover, lost job, lost relationships, financial costs, health risks). This demon works with the lying and seducing spirits.
PERVERSE SPIRIT (DIZZYNESS) : Isaiah 19:14: “The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.” These are the spirits underneath the perverse spirit:
· Sexual perversions of all kinds
· Fantasy
· Spirits of Bondage
· Incubus/Succubus spirits
· Fetish
· Sexual Obsession
God has determined what is sexually perverse, not humans. Humans are involved in every form of sexual perversion possible and are not bothered by them at all. Demons can attach to lawlessness-they will grab on to anything that is forbidden by God. It doesn’t matter if humans enjoy it or not. This is the trap: human do what they enjoy sexually and because they enjoy it, they figure it cannot be wrong. Lying and seducing spirits entice the person, perverse spirits are wrapped into the sexual act, and the spirit of bondage keeps them in the sin.
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SPIRIT OF WHOREDOMS (PROSTITUTION): Hosea 4:12: “A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.” The spirits underneath the spirit of whoredoms are:
· Adultery
· Cult spirits
· Idol Worship
· Lust-Cravings
· Indecision
· Unfaithfulness
· Bondage-Addictions
These demons seek to turn you away from God and to entice you to lust after anything else. God takes His relationship with us very seriously and when Israel strayed from God, He called it adultery…”I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries,” (Jeremiah 3:8). These spirits work at 2 different levels: it works to draw people into cults, and it works to create idols within. This demon seeks to get you to enjoy something and then tries to get you to be gradually consumed by it. To have an idol is to give it more time, love, and attention than you would to God. It becomes more important than God and you become devoted to it. Examples of idols can be money, power, sports, video games, music, television, and so on. If you can live without reading the Bible or going to church, but you can’t survive without watching football, reading about football, and going to football games, this spirit may be getting a foothold. A powerful demon that works with this demon is the spirit of bondage.
SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY/GREED : Col. 3:5: “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed , which is idolatry.” Song of Solomon 8:6: “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.” Demons under the spirit of jealousy are:
· Revenge
· Hate/rage
· Bitterness
· Paranoia
· Rejection
· Disunity/strife
· Competition
· Covetousness
The demon of jealousy can never be satisfied. It never trusts and is always suspicious. When paranoia and anger are with it, a person can become violent. It attaches itself to insecure people and people
Cinda Richards, Cheryl Reavis