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Angels And Deliverance
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| God uses his army of angels mightily during deliverance. |
How God Uses His
Angels for Deliverance
JARED LASKEY
The ministry of angels is evident throughout Scripture.
Angels are "ministering spirits sent out to minister to those who will inherit salvation" (Hebrews 1:14).
As Christians, we should rejoice like the angels when people give their lives to the Lord. We should appreciate that there are "innumerable" angels in heaven, and each has an assignment from God (Hebrews 12:22).
Some angels stand in the presence of God at all times (Revelation 8:2).
Others protect the children of God (Psalm 91:11).
Some have participated in physical battles on earth as 2 Kings 19:35 illustrates. Angels were used by God to slay the Assyrian army.
An angel went to Daniel to tell him of his answered prayers during his fast. This angel fought a battle in the heavens and was reinforced by Michael the archangel to go to Daniel and reveal future events.
God used angels to close the mouth of the lions and wage spiritual warfare in the heavens.
They attend to our aid as they did to Elijah in 1 Kings 19:5-8 and to Jesus in Matthew 4:11 and Luke 23:43.
Angels can also help during deliverance ministry. I became aware of this once while I was in the middle of a deliverance session for a young woman who claimed to be a Satanist.
We used every spiritual weapon we could such as praise, worship and Scripture as we took authority over each evil spirit.
As we prayed for her, I would prophetically know the sin that was committed needing repentance.
The anointing of the Holy Spirit was evident. I was aware of what He was doing as well as the angelic realm around us during this spiritual battle.
Leading her in renouncing each sin, we cast the demonic spirits out one by one. At a certain point, a demon started mocking us. I asked the Lord to have His angels silence and deal with this spirit, and it immediately stopped.
This young woman gave her life to Jesus. She then received the wonderful baptism of the Holy Spirit that night.
Another time I was aware of angels and their ministry during a deliverance service in which I was about to preach.
This young man was agitated during worship and showed threatening behavior. At first I asked if I could pray with him. But the boldness of God fell on me and I commanded him to return to the service. We would pray over him after the message is preached.
At the end of the service, the young man came up to us. Written on his hand were three names combined as one. He said this came to him during the message. My staff member and I immediately knew this name was demonic.
We led him in repentance and renunciation. We asked the Lord to have His angels intervene during this time at several points of the deliverance.
At one point, the young man had a childlike voice speak out of him asking for help. We led him in prayer. After he was completely free, we prayed over him and he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
After this he got up and shared with us how he saw himself like a little child in a dark room, but a door opened and Jesus walked in bringing light to every corner of the room.
All he remembered was the vision he received and being filled with the Holy Spirit. We rejoiced with him.
We can take joy in knowing that angels help during deliverance ministry.
At the great end-times harvest, angels will be used by God to "gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do evil and will throw them into a fiery furnace." (Matthew 13:41-42).
In this spiritual war, there are no fence-sitters – you are either on the Lords’ victorious army or on the wicked “Powers” of Satan.
Ensure you’re enlistment on the victorious army of the Lord. Settle that sin issue right now by saying this prayer:
“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry. I now want to turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again.
I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward.
Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. Thank you, Lord, that according to Your Word, I am born again. I promise to obey You and study your Word – the Bible.
Use me for Your glory.
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Jared Laskey is founder and lead pastor at Destiny Open Bible Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a Master of Divinity student at Regent University. He lives to see Jesus awaken this generation to the power of His Holy Spirit. You can follow him on Twitter @jaredalaskey, or contact him through his website firebornministries.org.
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