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In my many years of ministry, I thought I’d heard every objection to exorcism. Every criticism of deliverance, usually aimed at me. Not so. I was making a quick grocery run a couple of nights ago, and turned on my car’s satellite radio to a Christian channel. It was a call-in show with a preacher answering Bible questions, a prelate I’d never heard of before. A caller asked, “Why all these deliverance ministries today? Are they really casting demons out of possessed people?” It wasn’t this radio preacher’s answer that surprised me. “No,” he said. It was his logic that nonplussed me. He held forth that demons weren’t around anymore. Neither were gifts of the spirit, miracles, or the supernatural. If anyone claimed it, then they were simply wrong. As for 300 million Pentecostal, four percent of the world’s population, plus 1.2 billion Catholics (both groups believe in miracles), they’re all heretics. Deliverance ministries? Deceived by Satan.

While there was nothing particularly unique about the views of this “expert,” it was his biblical justification that was strange: Zechariah 13:2, which says, “I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirits to depart from the land.” The preacher went on to say, “There are no more demons. The don’t exist. God doesn’t allow them anymore. Anything labeled demonic is just a bad thought process.” Ouija boards? No worries. Witchcraft? It has no powers. Psychics? Nothing to be concerned about. And the 40,000 plus cases of exorcism that I’ve documented spanning four decades . . . the thousands of deliverance ministers who have labored tirelessly to free God’s people . . . simply an existential eccentricity.

Not only does this “expert” on demons have the millennium and the end of time confused with the post-apostolic age, he’s horribly uninformed. To hold his position, you have to throw out nearly 2,000 years of church history, and especially early church history as I’ve carefully documented in our online International School of Exorcism. You have to disregard all the commands of Christ to the two, the twelve, and the 70 to cast out demons. And you also have to throw out the Great Commission: “And these signs shall follow those who believe in my name, they will cast out demons.”

Yes, demons will be cast out of the land during the millennial reign of Christ on earth and at the end of all things, but in the meantime, real people are being tormented by real demons. Sadly, this preacher makes matters worse by disallowing tormented souls the opportunity to be free by the power of Christ.

An encouraging word: BE GLAD IN THE LORD

The prevailing idea of secular culture is that God is a killjoy, robbing people of all life’s fun. But Psalm 32:11 says, “Be glad in the Lord.” In other words, have fun. Enjoy yourself. Sinners are wrong when they think that God’s rules are designed to make us miserable, to keep us from having fun. Yes, at times the Lord is a “NO!” God, as with the Ten Commandments. But the reason for the no’s is to lead us to the affirmatives of personal happiness. God’s instructions are there in the Bible to guide us to pleasure, not keep us from it. So, today have fun. Be blessed, Enjoy the fruit of a godly life, and be glad.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

I’m taking the occasion of this blog to introduce my latest book, my 36th book; or should I say OUR latest book? For the first time ever, I’ve co-written a book, this time with my wife, Laura. I’m addressing something that has long been our concern: the state of the American, evangelical, family. Set Your Family Free is a book I’ve wanted to write for a long time. By co-authoring with Laura, to address marriage and parenting challenges, we’ve achieved a dual perspective on what’s right and wrong with present-day Christian families.

In the book’s Introduction, Laura sets forth our mutual concern: All too many Christian parents haven’t reckoned with one simple fact of spiritual warfare: The enemy of our souls roams around like a roaring lion “seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Satan wreaks havoc if left unchallenged. To apply the biblical metaphor–just as a physical boundary is needed to ward off an actual lion, we need appropriate spiritual boundaries to protect our children from the devil. Even when parents proactively use biblical knowledge to raise spiritually equipped children, that doesn’t mean the war for the hearts and minds of their offspring will automatically be won. The sincerity of a parent’s intentions won’t necessarily produce strong, overcoming faith in the lives of their children.

How then can a family walk in spiritual freedom? A strong theme we emphasize is the importance of families having a purposeful and intentional approach to the home. Chapter six is entitled “Intentional Dating, Marriage, and Parenting.” We put it this way: Intentionality seeks to set boundaries and benchmarks, which can help one evaluate how far into the relationship a couple should be. Intentionality makes it possible to reach conclusions based on hard facts, not starry eyes. Wherever you are in any relationship, whether romantic, professional, platonic, or marital, think about to what extent you’ve stumbled, fallen, or wavered into a soul-bonding relationship without intentionally seeking wise spiritual counsel and a biblically objective perspective.

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An encouraging word: BECOME A SERVANT TO GOD

“James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.” What a way to begin a letter, as James 1:1 does. A bondservant is a slave. A serf. Someone bound by service out of obligation, with no expectation of any benefit. How many Christians, and pastors, do you know who describe themselves as a slave of Jesus Christ? The emphasis in American Christianity seems to be too-much about all the goodies that God has for His people. Much preaching is about what we deserve as Christians and how God wants to give us everything, minus, of course, any sacrifices, struggles, or hardships. But for today, think for a moment about serving and see how it changes your perspective. Today be a servant to the Lord and to others.

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Trump advisor, Steve Bannon. Is he the enemy, or is Islam?}

An article this week in USA TODAY was an unveiled attack on Steven Bannon, formerly of the conservative “Breitbart News.” Bannon now serves as an Assistant to the President and part of the National Security Council. Because he’s a Trump advisor, USA TODAY attacked him in an article entitled, “Bannon takes a dark view of Islam.” I’m not writing to defend Bannon, but to focus on several things he’s said about Islam that horrify the liberal, and often anti-Christian, sentiments of USA TODAY. Here are a couple of quotes:

• “Islam is the most radical religion in the world and the United States is engaged in a struggle for civilization . . .”

• “Christianity is dying in Europe and Islam is on the rise.”
• “I think that most people in the Middle East, at least 50%, believe in being sharia-compliant [civil law must obey the Koran; beheadings, polygamy, death to Jews].”
• “If you want to impose sharia law, the United States is the wrong place for you.”
• “You have expansionist Islam . . . motivated . . .arrogant . . . on the march.”
• “If you want to impose sharia law, the United States is the wrong place for you.”
• “You have expansionist Islam . . . motivated . . .arrogant . . . on the march.”

So, what’s the problem here? What did Bannon say that isn’t true? As I said, this isn’t a pro-Bannon blog. He is a bit of a flame thrower with some very stark views; but at least these observations are spot-on. Of course, most Muslims are peaceful, law-abiding people. They are no more dangerous than your average next-door atheist, maybe less so. But the bedrock religion of Islam is determined to enslave Christians and eliminate Jews. They say so. History says so. My book, LARSON’S BOOK OF WORLD RELIGIONS says so. (To order CLICK HERE.) As I say on page 266 of my book, “Islam is an intolerant faith that has impeded progress and repressed women. The Muslim tends to see the world in black and white. There are only two classes of people, those who submit and those who resist. The later are fair game for whatever measures necessary to bring them under the authority of Islam . . .jihad advocates military ventures in God’s name.”

Yes, Muslim culture introduced algebra, sugar, paper, apricots and rice to the west. For nearly a thousand years their skills in architecture were unmatched. But at Islam’s core, Jews are damned by Allah and Christians are blasphemers. Not much room for compromise there. So before USA TODAY bans Bannon, the newspaper should take a closer look at Islam and see the radical branch for what it is – the enemy.

An encouraging word: BE BLESSED.

To be “blessed” means to be “happy.” So when we read in Psalm 32:1, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,” it means that every Christian should be happy; in fact, overjoyed. Remember a few years ago the Pharrell Williams song “Happy?” Over and over the lyrics said, “Because I’m happy.” Not once did the song give a concrete reason for being happy. It certainly didn’t say anything about transgressions being forgiven. Not that it was a bad song, just inadequate. Let me give you biblical reasons for being happy. The condemnation of your sin is gone. The righteousness of Christ has been imputed to you. And your shame and sin have been removed. Today be blessed, and be happy in Jesus.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

I’ll admit it. I hate sitcoms. The laugh tracks drive me nuts. The stage sets are cheesy. The jokes are stale. Seinfeld? Forget it. Yada, yada, yada. OK, I occasionally do watch reruns of “Last Man Standing.” And I’ll also admit to liking “The Mary Tyler More Show,” just to watch Ted Knight’s character, Ted Baxter, the egomaniacal, not-too-bright anchorman, a buffoon for all times. This week, Mary Moore died, the passing of yet another icon of another era. It was in reading the articles that paid tribute to her talents that I came across several interesting facts that led me to title this blog, “Mary Tyler Moore Was Cursed.” On closer look, a lot was hiding behind her infectious smile; she was more than the girl next door, cute and perky.

Her personal life was filled with tragedy. She was raised by an alcoholic mother, and a neighbor sexually abused her as a child. (From my counseling experience, I’d guess that mom’s booze issues likely stemmed from her own molestation experiences. These curses run in the family.) Her first marriage ended in divorce. The second was described by her as a union with a father figure. That was followed by a 3rd marriage to man 18 years her junior. Moore herself became an alcoholic (more curse clues) and had to enter the Betty Ford Clinic. She suffered diabetes from early in life. Her only son died at 24 of a self-inflicted gunshot. Her 21-year-old sister died from a drug overdose. When her brother was terminally ill, she assisted him with suicide.

When people ask me how they can determine if there is a curse in their life, my answer is easy. Add up all the wretchedness in your life, and the suffering in your extended family. Ask yourself, “Could any one individual have to endure so much misery just because ‘that’s the way life is?'” (My book CURSE BREAKING has much detailed informant about how curses operate and how to cancel them. To order CLICK HERE.) Mary Tyler Moore’s misery is clearly outside the realm of any “reasonable” personal suffering. Sadly, she was probably cursed. And apparently so was her entire family. We probably don’t know the full extent of even more torment she may have suffered. I’m sorry that she apparently didn’t know anyone who could have led her in prayers to remove these curses. Mary is dead, and nothing more will help her. But let her life be a lesson to you to seek the proper kind of spiritual help to break your family curses.

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An encouraging word: TELL THE TRUTH IN CHRIST.

In Romans 9:1 the apostle Paul is about to make an important point to the Jews of his day about their rejection of Christ. He begins by saying, “I tell the truth in Christ.” That’s an interesting way to begin an argument. Most of us wouldn’t have the hubris to start any statement that way. It’s akin to swearing on a Bible; however, the rest of what Paul says bears out his need to introduce his remarks in this fashion. What if you and I were to begin our thoughts and actions with the preface, “I tell the truth in Christ.” We’d probably change a lot of our words and most of our actions that follow.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Barack is gone, and the Donald has taken over. The Obama Presidency is history. Enough has been said about all of that, but I must draw attention to a few important words that President Obama said in his parting address to the press. He started out well, saying, “I believe in the American people.” But from there it was downhill. “I think there’s evil in the world.” YA THINK? Perhaps a slip of the tongue Maybe he meant to say “I know.” But what came next was more troubling: “If we work hard, and if we’re true to those things in us that feel true and right . . . the world gets a little better each time.”

I don’t want to pick on a man who’s just out of a job and quibble over words, but President Obama has been one of the most articulate Presidents in history and generally has chosen his words carefully. Here’s the problem with what he said. He seems to believe that life will be better when we do things that FEEL true and right. Feel? Truth and rightness are not about feelings, except in the Obama world, and in the world of fuzzy-thinking people. Truth and rightness are not about what we feel, but about moral absolutes, transcendently given by a Creator God. Truth is given by God through his Word, not determined by emotions of the moment. This kind of touchy-feely thinking is what has gotten this country in such a moral mess.

If you “feel” it’s true that a loving God won’t send sinners to an eternal Hell, then there is no Hell. If you “feel” it’s right to have sex outside of marriage, then adultery must be OK, by this logic. The deception is that you can feel your way into justifying almost any moral conundrum. Maybe Obama “felt” his way toward throwing Israel under the bus, as he did recently at the U. N. But let’s not be too hard on Obama. His moral compass has been way off for a long time, so what he said isn’t shocking. Some Christians are equally guilty when they “feel led of the Lord” to do things that are unbiblical and even bizarre. Obama is the way we were (with no apologies to Barbara Streisand). Let’s pray for better things about the way we will be, with absolute truth and time-honored moral values on the way to a comeback. And let it start with each of us.

An encouraging word: DAVID PROPHESIED THE INCARNATION

Prophetic perspective is a theological term that can refer to a scripture having both a present and a future significance, such as Psalm 22:9. Consider these words; “You are he who took Me out of the womb, You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.” David speaks not only of himself, but also of Christ. This is the Incarnation, God becoming flesh, being declared more than a thousand years before the Nativity. It was the Father who brought forth the Son, and taught Him how to trust. This, among many Bible passages, proves you can trust God’s Word, today, tomorrow, and forever.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

A friend of my who knows my love of esoterica sent me an interesting article entitled, “Canon was originally named after Kwanon the Buddhist goddess of mercy.” That got my attention, and I checked it out further. Sure enough, when the Canon camera company started in 1934, its logo included the goddess Kwanon with 1,000 arms and flames. Eventually the company’s name morphed from Kwanon to Canon. So, if they originally named their camera after a demon-god (by biblical definition), could that $5,000 EOS-1D X DSLR that shoots both stills and 1080p video be infested by evil spirits? Likely not. It’s just a camera that once had a bad name.

After all, the days of the week are called Sunday after the sun god, Monday after the moon god, Thursday after the Teutonic god Thor, and Saturday after the Roman god Saturn. Is every day of the week also evil? If we got carried away into full-blown, witch-hunting paranoia we would never get out of bed any day of the week. Nor would we recognize January (named after Janus a Roman god) or March (another Roman god Mars) and so on. The reality is that evil surrounds us everywhere. The devil is, after all, the “god of this world,” this present age (2 Cor. 4:4). His stamp of ownership is all around us. It’s inescapable. To absolutely avoid every demonic reference in culture would impossible, and a full-time job of spiritual sleuthing. So, what is a Christian to do? We should go about the Father’s business knowing the prevailing truth that “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness”( 1 Cor. 10:26).

Would I buy a Canon camera? Yes, if the price and the usage were right. Would I go to a Harry Potter movie for entertainment? No. You gotta draw the line somewhere, but not everywhere. After all, that next slurpee you drink at a 7-Eleven might have been sold to you by a Satan-worshipping clerk. Who knows. My advice is don’t go chasing after the demons you wonder about. Take our www.demontest.com; enroll in our International School of Exorcism to find out how demons really operate; schedule a Personal Spiritual Encounter to discover if your problems are real demons. Before you worry about the demons in your camera, get rid of the ones inside your own soul!

An encouraging word: DANCE TODAY.

If today is a difficult day, think of King David’s words in
Psalm 30:11: “You have turned my mourning into dancing.” David had certainly known mourning. The numerous attempts of King Saul to kill him. The shame of his sin with Bathsheba. The loss of his illegitimate child, and the insurrection of his own sons. But he put that behind him to dance. If he could do it you can too. Imagine of life of “dancing” through your job each day; dancing through the stresses at home; dancing at church to praise the Lord. No matter what you face today it’s a good day to dance.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or
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He’s the 5th richest man in the world with a net worth of $50 billion, but apparently, he still can’t get no satisfaction. Raised a Jew, he became an atheist. Now he’s come back around to say that “religion is very important.” But Zuckerberg isn’t returning to Judaism. He is leaning toward the religion of his wife, who’s a Buddhist. Zuckerberg calls the ancient faith of six hundred years before Christ, “an amazing religion and philosophy.” Really? He wants to trade in the Ten Commandments for the Four Noble Truths? The resurrection for reincarnation? Moses for a man who left his own wife and family to pursue mindless meditation and declare truth by sitting under a bodhi tree?

If you aren’t aware, Buddhism and eastern mysticism is invading corporate America. “Forbes” magazine ran a recent article, “Why You Should be Practicing Buddhism Business.” Instead of recommending the Ten Commandments as a way to success, the article extols Buddhism’s Eightfold Path of Right View, Right Intention, Right Action, Right Speech, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. Well, isn’t that special. No sense in messing up business culture with ideas of not lying, stealing, or committing adultery per the Decalogue. A “Wall Street Journal” article this week asks the question, “Can Mark Zuckerberg Find Enlightenment?” The article argues that one can’t succeed in the “outer” world if they haven’t mastered the “inner” world. And is that inner word a heart that is “desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9) and in need of a Savior? No, according to the Journal, all that’s needed is meditation to “remove all cognitive and emotional errors . . . to achieve a state of lasting happiness.”

There you have it. No need of repentance, sanctification, consecration, sacrifice, humility, or being born again.” Zuckerberg can be a reincarnation-spouting Buddhist and get born again, and again, and again, and again . . .He may find enlightenment, but he won’t find eternal life, and he’s at risk for finding eternity in hell.

An encouraging word: HALLOW YOUR HOME.

Deuteronomy 20:5 is an interesting verse. Among the ancient Hebrews it was considered mandatory that when a new house was built it had to be properly dedicated. This verse commands that even a soldier had to leave the field of battle to return home and consecrate his new dwelling. We should all hallow our homes as a place where God is welcome. The opposite of this may be having a haunted house, filled with the presence of evil. Have you hallowed the place where you live? If not, pray over it and dedicate it today.

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Debbie Reynolds, age 84, died this past week. As most of America knows, it was just one day after her 60-year-old daughter, Carrie Fisher died. Thousands of articles and blogs have been written about this tragedy, but I’ve not seen any that touch on the underlying spiritual factors. Reynolds seemed like quintessential Hollywood good girl, just singing in the rain. But in the 1950s she suffered the acrimonious split of her marriage to singer Eddie Fisher, after he committed adultery with Elizabeth Taylor. Daughter Carrie Fisher was just two years old at the time. Carrie’s father unleashed a Jezebel curse that was to torment her life.

Fisher married musician Paul Simon, but that lasted only 11 months. That was followed by a relationship with Bryan Lourd which resulted in an illegitimate child. Lourd eventually left Fisher for a man. During the filming of “Star Wars” she had a three-month sexual affair with Harrison Ford. In 2005 a man was found dead in her home from an overdose of cocaine. Fisher claimed that the man’s ghost hunted her house. Afterwards, she declared herself an “enthusiastic agnostic.”

Bipolar disorder, cocaine addiction, and overuse of prescription medications were the staples of her life. In 1965 she overdosed and was rushed to the hospital. Her body having been pushed to the limit, she stopped breathing on a flight, December 23. Four days later she was dead. It was more than her mother Debbie could handle. She died the next day while planning Carrie’s funeral.

Who’s to blame for all this evil? Only God knows the whole story, but much of the evil can be blamed on eight-times-married Elizabeth Taylor. How she became such a Jezebel, eternity will tell. Yes, Eddie Fisher was also to blame. But Carrie might be alive today, and Debbie too, were it not for Taylor’s break-up of the marriage.

And one more thing. Though Carrie had no star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, fans have chalked one on the sidewalk, with the words, “May the Force be with You.” As I’ve written about before, The Force is a demonic power that George Lucas borrowed from Buddhism. There seems to be no evidence that Carrie Fisher ever turned from her antagonism toward God and repented of her own immorality. If so, The Force is indeed with her, for a terrifying eternity.

An encouraging word: SEEK GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT

“Godliness with contentment is great gain.” So said the apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 6:6. This is not to say that there is anything wrong with success and the reward of financial advancement. That is gain to be respected. But “great” gain is godliness with contentment. Truly devout piety that is combined with a life-affirming satisfaction is what Paul was directing his young charge to focus on. An individual can act in a godly way and still not be content if that posture of spirituality doesn’t lead to a life of peace. Today, pursue godliness, but pursue it with the gratification of a life well-lived.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Let me be more grammatically correct regarding the title to this blog, I HATE HAPPY HOLIDAYS. What I mean to say is that I hate the greeting, “Happy Holidays.” I don’t hate holidays that are happy. More pecisely, I hate (Ok that word is a little strong . . . I intensely dislike) the politically correct greeting that uses “holidays” in place of “Christmas.” I’m disappointed that Trump covered both bases with “Merry” and “Happy.” But at least he did include “Merry Christmas.” President Obama, in his typical offend-no-one (except Christians) style, just can’t bring himself to say “Christmas.” Eight years in a row he has deliberately refused to issue a First Family “Merry Christmas” greeting.

But what is Christmas? It’s actually a Middle Ages compound word meaning “Christ’s Mass,” or “Cristemasse,” the commemoration of Christ’s birth. In case you haven’t noticed, there have been a lot more “Merry Christmas” greetings thrown around this year. Perhaps it’s the Trump-effect, the celebration that the Obama years of bowing to spiritual multi-culturalism are over. (Read that, criticize Christianity but always call Islam a “peaceful religion.”) I don’t know yet if public-square religious sentiments are going to change in the next four years, but I have hope. I’m not saying who history will judge as the best President between Obama and Trump, but I can tell you I do like the Trump card better. It’s not where it needs to be, but moving in the right direction, for now. Let’s pray that next year Trump puts an angel or a nativity beneath his “Merry.” That will make a lot of Christians happy, and it will certainly make Jesus more happy. After all, it is His birth that we celebrate.

An encouraging word: GIVE UNTO THE LORD

Christmas is a time of giving. We all wonder what is the best gift for those we love, especially that person who “has everything.” But God truly does have everything. He made it all, and it all belongs to him. So, what can we give the Lord? Psalm 29:1-2 has the answer: “Give unto the Lord . . . glory and strength . . . glory due to his name.” And, of course, we can give our tithes and offerings. Statistics indicate that in the American evangelical church, less than 5% give the 10%. If you are one of that 95%, remember that nothing you have of God’s blessings belongs to you anyway. Give of your resources and that will give Him glory.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

When a headline like that blares forth from the liberal “Washington Post,” it’s newsworthy. The report concerned a North Carolina man, Jeffrey Ward, who is facing murder charges for killing his 40-year-old wife and 14-year-old daughter. Then he threw their bodies down a 40-feet-deep well. When investigators arrested Ward, he blurted out that he “screwed up and killed them” during a blackout episode, when he was “overtaken by demons.” The wife, Dawnn Ward, had obtained a domestic violence protective order against her husband two years ago, because he strangled her until she passed out. He had also threatened to burn her house. The alleged killer had previously been convicted of breaking and entering and larceny. And, of course, liberal judges put him back on the street, this time to kill.

Did the devil make him do it? If he is guilty, the answer is “Yes” and “No.” Technically, Satan can’t make anyone sin. He can only tempt and influence evil acts. The commission of any unlawful deed, including murder, requires some cooperation of the personal, human will. But this is where it gets murky. I’ve dealt with people who have committed terrible acts of evil without realizing what they did. In some cases, they were in a dissociated state and an alter-ego acted out the crime. In some instances, they blanked out the despicable deed in a kind of hypnotic state. But in every instance, there was at least some prior plotting of the crime, by which the person’s will made an evil covenant with demons. In other words, in a way, the devil can make you do it, if you have given him prior consent. Or if you have been enraged in some part of your soul, held on to the hate, mentally disconnected, and then formed an evil alter-ego capable of the crime.

Whatever the case is with Jeffrey Ward, my heart breaks to think that this young mother and her young daughter would be alive today if some Christian who knew the killer had led him to Jesus and cast out his demons. All too many Christians in America deny the reality of Satan and demons, and they are ones who allow the devil to do it.

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An encouraging word: WHERE IS GOD LEADING YOU?

Some Christians are too fond of casually saying, “The Lord led me.” But in Mark 1:12 we find that when Jesus was led by the Spirit, he was driven “into the wilderness” to face the devil head-on. How many Christians do you know who are led in that direction? Too often Christians feel led to places of comfort and safety, not to risky places in life. But if you are really walking with Christ, there are times when His genuine leading will direct you to take on Satan. If you are only led to pleasant places, you may not be following the Lord at all. Where is God leading you today?

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.