Post by christopher on Dec 21, 2017 23:07:58 GMT
Im curious about offensive and defensive weapons you guys use to do spiritual warfare, specifically at nighttime when demons try and mess with you. What has God shown you to do when under attack? (or attacking)
I just thought it would be a good idea to compile together different spirtual warfare techniques so we all can benefit.
Defensive Warfare
Shields:
Hedge of Protection (Job 1:10)
Description: Out of mercy, God puts a hedge of protection around everybody that protects us from Demons jumping on us. This protection is completely dictated by God and can be bypassed as he allows."Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land." Job 1:10 ESV
How to use: Its automatically around you. God dictates what you are and are not protected from. Trust his judgement and obey his commands to guarantee maximum protection.
Warning: You can puncture holes in your hedge of protection by willful sin. Willful sins give demons legal grounds to jump onto you and stay so long as that contract is intact. Legal grounds can only be permanently broken by sustained repentance from that sin. Certain sins puncture larger holes that allow more dangerous demons into your life (Witchcraft, Fornication, Murder/Criminal activity ect.) These sins can allow major demons access into your life as God allows and should be avoided. The hedge can also have holes in it because of Generational Curses that need to be repented of.(See Doug's Article)
Temptation Shield
Description: When you are full enough of the holy spirit, it will defend you against temptations from the enemy. In my experience, it seems like the holy spirit steps out in front and takes the fiery dart (temptation) from the enemy so, it will bounce off of you instead of sticking and tormenting you.
How to use: Get filled with the holy Spirit (fill your cup)
Shield of Faith (Ephesians 6:16)
Description: Used to defend faith against attacks from the enemy. This prevents demons from making your other weapons useless by attacking your faith. Can also be used for whatever other purpose. (Whatever works for the user)
How to use: Pray and believe in faith that it will be given to you
Bread Shield (Matthew 7:9-11)
Description: Defends you from receiving anything that isn't from Jesus. Should be used when having anything imparted to you. Can be used for anything else as well. "Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:9-11 ESV
Uses: During impartation, before listening to or watching anything, before eating/drinking ect.
How to use: Pray to receive nothing but Jesus.
Warning: This probably isn't effective if you pray this before sinning or disobeying
Discernment Shield
Description: Like an alert system. The holy spirit essentially wakes you up/ lets you know when the enemy is about to attack you. (I don't have too much experience with this one so comments would be helpful).
How to use: Prayer (I'm not sure about details)
Anointment Shield
Description: This one can be used in larger scale warfare. To put up a shield around something, such as a house, a person can pray over oil (doesn't matter what kind) and spread it around the house, preferably on doors and windows.
How to use: Pray over oil and spread as the Lord leads.
Cloaks:
Confusion Cloak (2 Kings 6:18)
Description: Cloaks the eyes of the enemy by blinding them spiritually. "And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha."
How to use: Prayer. This one requires an adequate measure of faith.
Warning: This will not work unless you believe it will. Pray for the supernatural gift of faith.
Armor:
Helmet of Salvation
Description: Protects you from allowing the enemy to get inside of your head to confuse you. (Could have other applications as well)
How to use: Pray and believe it will be given to you
Offensive Warfare:
Weapons:
The Name of Jesus Christ
Description: Praying against demons in the name of Jesus is essential part of spiritual warfare. This method focuses on using Jesus Christ's authority over demons. Demons will only flee when you come in Jesus' authority.
How to use: Follow any prayer with the name of Jesus Christ. Emphasize "Christ" if necessary.
Warning: This method seems to have varying levels of effectiveness. Some demons will resist this command and will have to be forced to leave in other ways.
The Blood of Christ
Description: Can be used in both offensive and defensive warfare. Can be used to bind demons (Matthew 12:29) which temporally stops their ability to function. Can be used to torment demons. It can be used to mark territory (Exodus 12:13). It essentially can be used for anything.
How to use: Use it in prayer against demons and believe in faith
Warning: Don't refer to it as the blood of the lamb. I've actually had situations where that didn't work. Specify it as the blood of Christ.
Angels
Description: Can be used in both offensive and defensive warfare. They can defend you and can attack on your behalf in the spirit.
How to use: Ask God to send the angels. Do not pray to angels.
Warning: I suspect that the number of angels you can have depends on your spiritual authority among other things. I don't know the details on how angels/guardian angels operate.
Revelations 18
Description: I found out about this one from Doug. Apparently demons don't like it if you read Revelations 18 to them. This passage specifically talks about the fall of Babylon and the redemption of the bride.
How to use: Read Revelations 18 out loud or leave bible open to that page.
Warning: Don't directly insult demons unless told to. Some bigger demons could humble you if God allows.
Warfare Tongues
Description: Tongues that are used in prayer against the enemy. This is allowing the holy spirit to pray against demons in anyway he chooses. Great to use when panicked.
How to use: Pray for the gift of tongues. Use these tongues as the spirit leads in prayer against the enemy.
Mass Warfare Techniques:
Confusion
Description: Prayer to cause fierce confusion which causes the enemy to lose focus. Can be used to specifically to cloak oneself or cause demons to attack each other.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Fear
Description: Prayer to cause demons to be afraid and be unable to function properly. Will likely make subsequent warfare easier.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Mission Canceling
Description: This one breaks the mission of demons assigned to attack you in the name of Jesus.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Warning: I suspect that this won't work on all demons, especially if they have legal right to attack you.
Tormenting Techniques:
Note: Everything in this category requires both faith and Discernment. Pray for assurance that these techniques are working. This list is by no means extensive, there are virtually limitless ways to torture demons.
The Punishment Sets (Courtesy of ingalsbe)
Description: A list of 24 "Sets" designed for tormenting demons with increasing malice.
How to use: Read ingalsbe's thread for details.
Shaming
Description: This one can be fun. This involves making the demons look as bad as possible. The idea is to embarrass them and glorify Jesus as much as possible. The techniques one can use include but are not limited to: cutting off all left limbs (Matthew 25:41), removing all of their distinctions/medals, cutting off their wings(where applicable), forcing them to stare at the father in the third heaven, sending angels to bully them etc.
How to use: Prayer and faith
Warning: Exercise caution, don't get proud or test God because he can easily allow them to crush you.
Psychological Torment
Description: This method involves tormenting demons with their own minds. There are endless ways of doing this, some might include praying that they would receive vivid visions of the fall of Babylon or their torment to come in the lake of fire. Other methods could include praying mental illness on them such as schizophrenia where they can hear voices talking about Jesus or PTSD. Any method you think of could work, the more debilitating the better.
How to use: Prayer and faith
Please comment below your methods so I can add them to the list ;-)
I just thought it would be a good idea to compile together different spirtual warfare techniques so we all can benefit.
Defensive Warfare
Shields:
Hedge of Protection (Job 1:10)
Description: Out of mercy, God puts a hedge of protection around everybody that protects us from Demons jumping on us. This protection is completely dictated by God and can be bypassed as he allows."Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land." Job 1:10 ESV
How to use: Its automatically around you. God dictates what you are and are not protected from. Trust his judgement and obey his commands to guarantee maximum protection.
Warning: You can puncture holes in your hedge of protection by willful sin. Willful sins give demons legal grounds to jump onto you and stay so long as that contract is intact. Legal grounds can only be permanently broken by sustained repentance from that sin. Certain sins puncture larger holes that allow more dangerous demons into your life (Witchcraft, Fornication, Murder/Criminal activity ect.) These sins can allow major demons access into your life as God allows and should be avoided. The hedge can also have holes in it because of Generational Curses that need to be repented of.(See Doug's Article)
Temptation Shield
Description: When you are full enough of the holy spirit, it will defend you against temptations from the enemy. In my experience, it seems like the holy spirit steps out in front and takes the fiery dart (temptation) from the enemy so, it will bounce off of you instead of sticking and tormenting you.
How to use: Get filled with the holy Spirit (fill your cup)
Shield of Faith (Ephesians 6:16)
Description: Used to defend faith against attacks from the enemy. This prevents demons from making your other weapons useless by attacking your faith. Can also be used for whatever other purpose. (Whatever works for the user)
How to use: Pray and believe in faith that it will be given to you
Bread Shield (Matthew 7:9-11)
Description: Defends you from receiving anything that isn't from Jesus. Should be used when having anything imparted to you. Can be used for anything else as well. "Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:9-11 ESV
Uses: During impartation, before listening to or watching anything, before eating/drinking ect.
How to use: Pray to receive nothing but Jesus.
Warning: This probably isn't effective if you pray this before sinning or disobeying
Discernment Shield
Description: Like an alert system. The holy spirit essentially wakes you up/ lets you know when the enemy is about to attack you. (I don't have too much experience with this one so comments would be helpful).
How to use: Prayer (I'm not sure about details)
Anointment Shield
Description: This one can be used in larger scale warfare. To put up a shield around something, such as a house, a person can pray over oil (doesn't matter what kind) and spread it around the house, preferably on doors and windows.
How to use: Pray over oil and spread as the Lord leads.
Cloaks:
Confusion Cloak (2 Kings 6:18)
Description: Cloaks the eyes of the enemy by blinding them spiritually. "And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha."
How to use: Prayer. This one requires an adequate measure of faith.
Warning: This will not work unless you believe it will. Pray for the supernatural gift of faith.
Armor:
Helmet of Salvation
Description: Protects you from allowing the enemy to get inside of your head to confuse you. (Could have other applications as well)
How to use: Pray and believe it will be given to you
Offensive Warfare:
Weapons:
The Name of Jesus Christ
Description: Praying against demons in the name of Jesus is essential part of spiritual warfare. This method focuses on using Jesus Christ's authority over demons. Demons will only flee when you come in Jesus' authority.
How to use: Follow any prayer with the name of Jesus Christ. Emphasize "Christ" if necessary.
Warning: This method seems to have varying levels of effectiveness. Some demons will resist this command and will have to be forced to leave in other ways.
The Blood of Christ
Description: Can be used in both offensive and defensive warfare. Can be used to bind demons (Matthew 12:29) which temporally stops their ability to function. Can be used to torment demons. It can be used to mark territory (Exodus 12:13). It essentially can be used for anything.
How to use: Use it in prayer against demons and believe in faith
Warning: Don't refer to it as the blood of the lamb. I've actually had situations where that didn't work. Specify it as the blood of Christ.
Angels
Description: Can be used in both offensive and defensive warfare. They can defend you and can attack on your behalf in the spirit.
How to use: Ask God to send the angels. Do not pray to angels.
Warning: I suspect that the number of angels you can have depends on your spiritual authority among other things. I don't know the details on how angels/guardian angels operate.
Revelations 18
Description: I found out about this one from Doug. Apparently demons don't like it if you read Revelations 18 to them. This passage specifically talks about the fall of Babylon and the redemption of the bride.
How to use: Read Revelations 18 out loud or leave bible open to that page.
Warning: Don't directly insult demons unless told to. Some bigger demons could humble you if God allows.
Warfare Tongues
Description: Tongues that are used in prayer against the enemy. This is allowing the holy spirit to pray against demons in anyway he chooses. Great to use when panicked.
How to use: Pray for the gift of tongues. Use these tongues as the spirit leads in prayer against the enemy.
Mass Warfare Techniques:
Confusion
Description: Prayer to cause fierce confusion which causes the enemy to lose focus. Can be used to specifically to cloak oneself or cause demons to attack each other.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Fear
Description: Prayer to cause demons to be afraid and be unable to function properly. Will likely make subsequent warfare easier.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Mission Canceling
Description: This one breaks the mission of demons assigned to attack you in the name of Jesus.
How to use: Pray and believe in faith
Warning: I suspect that this won't work on all demons, especially if they have legal right to attack you.
Tormenting Techniques:
Note: Everything in this category requires both faith and Discernment. Pray for assurance that these techniques are working. This list is by no means extensive, there are virtually limitless ways to torture demons.
The Punishment Sets (Courtesy of ingalsbe)
Description: A list of 24 "Sets" designed for tormenting demons with increasing malice.
How to use: Read ingalsbe's thread for details.
Shaming
Description: This one can be fun. This involves making the demons look as bad as possible. The idea is to embarrass them and glorify Jesus as much as possible. The techniques one can use include but are not limited to: cutting off all left limbs (Matthew 25:41), removing all of their distinctions/medals, cutting off their wings(where applicable), forcing them to stare at the father in the third heaven, sending angels to bully them etc.
How to use: Prayer and faith
Warning: Exercise caution, don't get proud or test God because he can easily allow them to crush you.
Psychological Torment
Description: This method involves tormenting demons with their own minds. There are endless ways of doing this, some might include praying that they would receive vivid visions of the fall of Babylon or their torment to come in the lake of fire. Other methods could include praying mental illness on them such as schizophrenia where they can hear voices talking about Jesus or PTSD. Any method you think of could work, the more debilitating the better.
How to use: Prayer and faith
Please comment below your methods so I can add them to the list ;-)