Fasting for Breakthrough and Deliverance

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

WITCHCRAFT MANIFESTS IN different ways including sorcery, divination, intimidation, control, and manipulation. Saul and Jezebel are biblical examples of those who used witchcraft to gain what they desired.

The demon of witchcraft can also work in many other kinds of relationships. A pastor may seek to control members of his staff or his entire congregation. A business executive may intimidate his subordinates. . . . People who habitually use manipulation or intimidation to control others open themselves to the bondage and influence of a demon of witchcraft. If this happens, they will be unable to relate to anyone apart from these tactics. It will be no longer just the flesh at work, but a supernatural power that can bring whomever they control into a condition of spiritual slavery.¹

The whole realm of the occult falls under the umbrella of witchcraft. This includes false religions, fortune-telling, new age, ESP, astrology, hypnosis, Eastern religions, masonry, telepathy, palmistry, etc. These are all manifestations of rebellion side of the double-minded personality. I talk about double-mindedness in my book Unshakeable.

When there is an unequal yoke between believers and unbelievers, we call this an ungodly soul tie. Breaking ungodly soul ties is a key to deliverance. Ungodly association causes evil spirits to be transferred. If Belial cannot directly control you, he will influence you through ungodly association. (Read more about the spirit of Belial in my book Prayers That Break Curses.) Associating with the wrong people can cause you to receive an evil transfer of spirits. One of the keys to being delivered from Belial’s control is to break every ungodly soul tie and to obey the Word of God, which says, “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Cor. 6:14). The Amplified Bible says, “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith].”

This is the only time the name Belial is mentioned in the New Testament. I believe the Spirit of God chose this word to bring revelation to a spirit that the church must not in any way be in fellowship with. Verse 15 ties Belial with unrighteousness, darkness, infidels, and idolatry. The first reference to Belial in the Word of God ties him to idolatry. The Corinthians had been saved from a lifestyle of idolatry.

I believe that Belial is an end-time spirit who will be an enemy of the church. We are to separate ourselves from all uncleanness and filthiness that is associated with this ruling spirit.

The church at Corinth also had a problem with carnality. There were strife, envy, contention, sexual impurity, and even drunkenness taking place within the church. The Apostle Paul wrote the letter to Corinth to correct these problems and to set things in order.

The Lord separated Simeon and Levi because they exerted a bad influence upon one another. A soul tie is a bond between two individuals; the souls (minds, wills, emotions) of individuals knit or joined together. Ungodly soul ties can be formed through fornication (Gen. 34:2–3) and witchcraft (Gal. 3:1; 4:17).

As mentioned earlier, people need to be loosed not only from demons but also from other people. Ungodly soul ties are avenues through which spirits of control, domination, witchcraft, and manipulation operate. If you are linked with the wrong people, you will be in bondage, often unknowingly.

It is never the will of God for one individual to control another. True freedom is being delivered from any controlling power that hinders you from fulfilling the will of God. Often those under control are unaware that they are being controlled. This is why many times the control is so difficult to break.

An ungodly soul tie will result in the presence of an evil influence in your life. While good soul ties help you in your walk with God, ungodly soul ties hinder you in your walk with the Lord. Ungodly soul ties in the Bible include 1) Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 18); 2) Solomon and his wives—they turned his heart away from the Lord (1 Kings 11:1–4); and 3) Levi and Simeon (Gen. 49:5–7).

The word occult means hidden. Involvement in the occult opens the door for many demons, including spirits of depression, suicide, death, destruction, sickness, mental illness, addiction, lust, etc. Occult practices include:

You are the way you think. The mind has always been a favorite target of the enemy. If the devil can control your mind, he can control your life. Spirits that attack the mind include mind control, confusion, mental breakdown, mind-binding and mind-binding spirits, insanity, madness, mania, fantasy, evil thinking, migraines, mental pain, and negative thinking. They are all what I call “stinking thinking.”

The good news is that you can loose yourself (including your mind) from all evil influences that operate through your mind. Mind control is a common spirit that has been identified by the name Octopus. Mind control spirits can resemble an octopus or squid with tentacles that grasp and control the mind. Deliverance from mind control releases a person from mental pressure, mental pain, confusion, and mental torment. Mind control spirits can enter through listening to ungodly music, reading occult books, pornography, false teaching, false religions, drugs, and passivity.

I loose the hounds of heaven against Jezebel (1 Kings 21:23).

I rebuke and bind the spirits of witchcraft, lust, seduction, intimidation, idolatry, and whoredom connected to Jezebel.

I release the spirit of Jehu against Jezebel and her cohorts (2 Kings 9:30–33).

I rebuke all spirits of false teaching, false prophecy, idolatry, and perversion connected with Jezebel (Rev. 2:20).

I loose tribulation against the kingdom of Jezebel (Rev. 2:22).

I cut off the assignment of Jezebel against the ministers of God (1 Kings 19:2).

I cut off and break the powers of every word released by Jezebel against my life.

I cut off Jezebel’s table and reject all food from it (1 Kings 18:19).

I cut off and loose myself from all curses of Jezebel and spirits of Jezebel operating in my bloodline.

I cut off the assignment of Jezebel and her daughters to corrupt the church.

I rebuke and cut off the spirit of Athaliah that attempts to destroy the royal seed (2 Kings 11:1).

I come against the spirit of Herodias and cut off the assignment to kill the prophets (Mark 6:22–24).

I rebuke and cut off the spirit of whoredoms (Hos. 4:12).

I rebuke and cut off Jezebel and her witchcrafts in the name of Jesus (2 Kings 9:22).

I rebuke and cut off the harlot and mistress of witchcrafts and break her power over my life and family (Nah. 3:4).

I overcome Jezebel and receive power over the nations (Rev. 2:26).

I break and disannul all ungodly covenants, oaths, and pledges I have made with my lips in the name of Jesus.

I renounce and break all ungodly oaths made by my ancestors to idols, demons, false religions, or ungodly organizations in the name of Jesus (Matt. 5:33).

I break and disannul all covenants with death and hell made by my ancestors in the name of Jesus.

I break and disannul all ungodly covenants made with idols or demons by my ancestors in the name of Jesus (Exod. 23:32).

I break and disannul all blood covenants made through sacrifice that would affect my life in the name of Jesus.

I command all demons that claim any legal right to my life through covenants to come out in the name of Jesus.

I break and disannul any covenant made with false gods and demons through the occult involvement and witchcraft in the name of Jesus.

I break and disannul all spirit marriages that would cause incubus and succubus demons to attack my life in the name of Jesus.

I have a covenant with God through the blood of Jesus Christ. I am joined to the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him. I break all ungodly covenants and renew my covenant to God through the body and blood of Jesus.