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Close the Door to the Enemy and Open the Door to GodLearn how to rid your home of destructive objects and spiritual darkness to create a fortress of love and light for your family. Too many Christians are completely unaware of how the enemy has gained access to their homes through what they own. This practical, easy-to-read book shows you how to pray through your home and property in order to lock out evil and experience a richer spiritual life. With Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness, you are just ten steps away from bringing freedom and security in Christ to your home!Includes the following sections and more: "A Step-by-Step Guide to Praying through Your Home"; "Understanding Spiritual Darkness"; "How to Protect Your Children"; "Learning to Overthrow Generational Curses."

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Christian theology

Prayer in Christianity

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	22 septembre 2004
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441268563
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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P R A I S E F O R
PROTECTING YOUR HOME FROM SPIRITUAL DARKNESS

This book is practical and powerful advice in a world where the enemy is making an all-out, last-ditch attempt to destroy God’s plan for marriage and family. Chuck Pierce’s knowledge of Scripture, his keen prophetic insights and personal transparency have produced a primer in spiritual warfare that will help equip you for success and victory.
JIMMY EVANS
S ENIOR E LDER , T RINITY F ELLOWSHIP C HURCH A MARILLO , T EXAS F OUNDER AND P RESIDENT , F AMILY AND M ARRIAGE T ODAY
This much-needed book will help you discern what you have in your possession that would give legal right for evil spirits to indwell, harass and create spiritual hindrances. Most everyone needs to do some spiritual housecleaning. Here is help for knowing where to begin and how to go about it.
FRANK D. HAMMOND
A UTHOR , P IGS IN THE P ARLOR AND A P RACTICAL G UIDE TO D ELIVERANCE
Scripture says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hos. 4:6, NIV ). The enemy of our souls is working overtime to pollute the very fabric of our culture. Many Christians are being swept away, unaware of Satan’s devices to rob them of their peace and joy and the well-being of their homes. Like a hidden iceberg that tears a hole in a ship below the waterline, these pollutants can tear gaping holes in homes that will threaten to sink them. In this knowledgeable and biblical presentation, Chuck Pierce and Rebecca Sytsema skillfully instruct us in how we can have homes that are filled with God’s presence and that are free from the sometimes subtle ways they can become polluted.
CHRIS HAYWARD
P RESIDENT , C LEANSING S TREAM M INISTRIES
Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness is a must-read for sincere Christians. Chuck Pierce demystifies a topic that is often viewed as superstitious or imbalanced. Regardless of whether you are well versed in the concept of spiritual warfare or just beginning to understand it, this book lays a clear foundation that will help you win the important battles in your life. For me, the acid test of this book’s value is that its principles helped me during a cycle of sickness and depression that had attacked my family for years. Now it is your turn. Dare to believe that you can break through into realms of victory.
HARRY R. JACKSON, JR.
C OAUTHOR , H IGH -I MPACT A FRICAN -A MERICAN C HURCHES S ENIOR P ASTOR , H OPE C HRISTIAN C HURCH W ASHINGTON , D.C.
What is a spiritual housecleaning? Chuck Pierce tells us why and how to cleanse our homes in ways that some of us may never have considered before. I recommend Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness as a must-read, must-do book.
QUIN SHERRER
C OAUTHOR , A W OMAN’S G UIDE TO S PIRITUAL W ARFARE
The devil is crafty and he will blindside you with his evil plans as much as he can. This book shows you how to unmask his footholds in your home and break their power once and for all.
C. PETER WAGNER
A UTHOR , C HANGING C HURCH AND W HAT THE B IBLE S AYS A BOUT S PIRITUAL W ARFARE C HANCELLOR , W AGNER L EADERSHIP I NSTITUTE

© 2000, 2004 by Chuck D. Pierce and Rebecca Wagner Sytsema
Published by Chosen Books 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 chosenbooks.com
Chosen Books is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Chosen edition published 2014
ISBN 978-1-4412-6856-3
Revised edition. Originally published as Ridding Your Home of Spiritual Darkness by Wagner Publications in 2000. Published under the present title by Regal Books in 2004.
Ebook edition originally created 2013
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version . Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Other version used is: NIV —Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
Names of certain people referred to in illustrations have been changed, but the stories are factual.
C ONTENTS
Chapter One
Spiritual Life, Liberty and Freedom
Chapter Two
Becoming Aware of Spiritual Darkness
Chapter Three
The Jewelry Box
Chapter Four
Spiritual Discernment
Chapter Five
A Demonic Foothold in the Land
Chapter Six
Overthrowing Generational Curses
Chapter Seven
Protecting Our Children from Spiritual Darkness
Chapter Eight
Ten Steps to Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness
Appendix A
Prayer of Release for Freemasons and Their Descendants
Appendix B
Recommended Reading
C HAPTER O NE
S PIRITUAL L IFE , L IBERTY AND F REEDOM
The loud crash of thunder jerked Cathy from her troubled thoughts. Pulling the curtain aside, she peered out at the ominous clouds that had suddenly filled the Texas sky. The turbulent weather only served as a dark reminder of Cathy’s own life as a fresh wave of the all-too-familiar depression seemed to overcome her once again. She could barely move under the weight of her own cloud that had nothing to do with the summer thunderstorm.
Cathy often suffered from bouts of deep, overwhelming depression. Despite counseling and prayer, we could not seem to discover the source of her constant gloom. As I was visiting with her one day, she asked me about a Greek statue that had been given to her by her former husband. She wondered if perhaps that statue had something to do with her depression. I agreed that the statue had to go, but I knew deep within my spirit that it was not linked to her suffering. Even so, I knew that something in her house was not right. I knew that some thing was connected to the dark shadow that hung over her emotions. I began walking through the house praying, “Lord, show me anything in this home that is representing Cathy’s depression.”
We looked at many antiques she had collected throughout the years. While antiques are often laden with demonic oppression, I knew that none of these objects was the problem. Then the Lord led me over to a glass bookcase. I knew in my spirit that there was something inside that needed to go. I reached up to the top shelf and pulled out a copy of the handbook for thirty-second-degree Masons. Cathy had no idea where the book had come from or that it was in her home. I knew that the book had to be destroyed, so we built a fire and burned it. That act was a turning point in Cathy’s life. It set in motion a chain of events that led to the breaking of a Masonic curse in her bloodline. As the curse was broken, the gripping, overwhelming depression that had been Cathy’s constant companion completely let go of her mind, and she has walked in freedom ever since. Finding that book was a key to exposing Satan’s stronghold over her emotions. Destroying that book was an act of obedience that led to the eventual dismantling of that stronghold and to the liberty that Cathy enjoys today.
What happened to Cathy? How did I know what object needed to go? Were any demonic forces attached to the book? What did Cathy’s bloodline have to do with her suffering? We seek to answer these and many other questions concerning how demonic forces work within our own homes. It is our prayer that this book will help you determine any spiritual housecleaning you may need to do in order to protect your home from spiritual darkness.
Understanding Spiritual Life
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
Jesus’ words in this passage are not only a great comfort to His followers, but they also are a profound key to understanding the spiritual war in which we as Christians find ourselves. There is a thief who has come to steal, kill and destroy. He is the enemy of our souls, and it is important that we are wise to his schemes.

The real issue in understanding how Satan works to bring death is to have an understanding of spiritual life. If we do not understand spiritual life, we will not be able to see where death has gained access and established itself in our homes.
The “life” that Jesus has come to give us is translated from the Greek word zoe , which means to be possessed of vitality; to have life active and vigorous; to be devoted to God; to be blessed; to be among the living (not lifeless or dead); to enjoy real life, true life worthy of the name; to pass life on to others; to be fresh, strong, efficient, active, powerful; to be endless in the kingdom of God. 1 Furthermore, Jesus tells us that He has come to give us this rich existence in abundance, which means excessive, overflowing, surplus, over and above, more than enough, profuse, extraordinary, more than sufficient, superior, more remarkable, more excellent. 2 Life means movement. Any time the “life” of Jesus or the Holy Spirit quits moving within our lives, death begins its process. Death is the opposite of life. Therefore, we must be aware of anything that produces death within us.
The abundant life that Christ brings is not a promise of a fairy tale in which, as we live happily ever after, we find continual joy in our perfect life. In fact, the Bible clearly states that the opposite is true: “In the world you will have tribulation” (John 16:33). However, that verse goes on to say, “but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” The apostle Paul takes it one step further by saying, “We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perse