Overcoming Spiritual Attack: Identify and Break Eight Common Symptoms by Ryan LeStrange

Overcoming Spiritual Attack: Identify and Break Eight Common Symptoms by Ryan LeStrange

Author:Ryan LeStrange [LeStrange, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Christian Life, Spiritual Warfare, Religion, ebook
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2016-09-06T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter Seven

ATTACK SYMPTOM 5—UNUSUALLY SLUGGISH AND TIRED

UNDER THE EXTREME pressure of a spiritual attack a person finds himself unusually sluggish and tired. Many times when I speak about this symptom of an attack the following question arises: Couldn’t that just be a natural occurrence or health condition? The answer is yes, it could be. If a person isn’t getting proper rest or is pushing his body to the limit, then obviously he will be tired. As I stated previously, the list of symptoms in this book provides a checklist for a person who is attempting to discern if he is under attack.

I have seen many people delivered from the power of a demonic onslaught. Often they have shared with me physical and emotional symptoms they have had. I vividly remember a time many years ago, when I was leading a Bible college, that a student received prayer during the morning prayer time. The Lord revealed to the prayer team and me that she was under the influence of a wrong spirit. As we began to pray and intercede, the enemy began to manifest. We prayed strongly with authority until we broke the power of hell from her. Afterward she felt that she needed to go home for the day. When we asked why, she said she was very sick in her stomach. Why was she feeling that way? It was her body’s reaction to the tormenting spirit tearing and manifesting as we broke its power. We advised her to sit for a while until she felt better. She quickly recovered, went back to class, stayed free, and eventually graduated with honors.

During an extended attack there is typically an increase in emotional battles. As we have established in previous chapters, this is part of the coordinated efforts of the enemy. He desires to assault on multiple fronts in order to bring forth his agenda of defeat and aborted assignments. As the mind and emotions process the stress, it takes a toll on the body and on energy levels. This is illustrated when Jesus delivered a child who was held in a demonic grip. The boy’s father had literally exhausted himself with futile attempts to help his son:

One in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. Wherever it takes hold on him, it dashes him to the ground. And he foams at the mouth and gnashes with his teeth and becomes rigid. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not.”

He answered, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

So they brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit dashed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

He asked his father, “How long has it been since it came to him?”

He said, “From childhood. Often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water to kill him.



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