Exorcism - A Christian Manual (7 page)

Spiritual History

In the first section, use these questions to help the client warm up to the process and reduce fear.  These questions help to know the spiritual history of the client and what kind of spiritual shape they are in right now.

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What is your testimony? When were you saved and what were the circumstances?

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Have you been baptized by the Holy Spirit?

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Do you know what your spiritual gifts are?

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Have you ever heard God’s Voice in prayer?

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Have you ever seen Jesus? Have you ever seen an angel or a demon?

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Do you believe that you are in God’s will for your life right now?

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Do you believe that Jesus is God? How do you know?

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How often do you pray? How often do you read the Bible? How often do you spend time in praise and worship?

Personal History

In this section we are going to ask life history questions that examines personal and mental concerns.  Please look for areas that may need inner healing or counseling before or after an exorcism takes place.  Look for extremes, look for patterns, and look for memories that still hurt and are unresolved. 

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Tell me about your life, beginning with the 5 earliest memories you can recall.

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What was your relationship like with your parents when you were a child and what is your relationship like with them today?

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Are there any memories that still bother you today?

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Are there times in your life where you have no memories?

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Are there people that you hold unforgiveness toward?

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Have you ever dissociated in times of stress?

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Have you ever been hypnotized?

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When was your first sexual experience? How many partners have you had? Have you been involved in any sexually deviant practices? Do you still have sexual fantasies about old partners? Have you viewed pornography?

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What were your teenage years like?

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Do you have a drug/alcohol history? Explain in detail.

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Do you have a criminal history? Explain in detail.

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Do you have a history of violence? Explain in detail.

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Are there any emotions in your life that you feel are out of control, like fear, anger, guilt, or depression?

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Have you ever been a victim of domestic violence, rape, or sexual abuse?

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Have you ever been in counseling or been on psychiatric medications?

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Have you ever been hospitalized for a mental disorder?

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Have you ever felt like your mind was speeding up or slowing down?

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Do a family tree to look for generational curses.

Occult Activity Involvement

In this section there is an exclusive focus on occult activity. Don’t underestimate childhood or teen dabbling in the occult.  All occult activity is forbidden by God.

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Have you ever played with an Ouija board?

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Have you ever read horoscopes to guide your life or visited an astrologer?

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Have you ever called a psychic for direction?

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Have you ever tried to contact a loved one or anyone that is deceased?

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Have you ever had your fortune told by a fortune teller?

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Have you ever been to a tarot card reader or played with tarot cards yourself?

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Have you ever gone to a good witch for spiritual help?

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Have you ever been rooted (cursed)? Have you ever sent a root (curse) against someone?

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Have you ever attended a séance?

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Have you ever joined a cult, like a vampire cult, a Voodoo cult, or a foreign religion?

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Have you ever participated in satanic activities?

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Have you ever played Magic, Dungeons & Dragons, or other role playing games?

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How much heavy metal music and violent slasher movies do you enjoy?

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Have you ever tried to contact a spirit guide?

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Have you ever tried to channel a spirit?

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Have you ever tried to discover what one of your past lives were (reincarnation)?

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Have you ever tried to astral project?

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Have you ever used crystals for healing?

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Have you ever used crystals, coins, dominoes, or cast ruins to predict the future?

The Will

In this section we try to determine how committed the person is to renouncing sin and staying clean.  We must be aware that if the house is not swept clean the departed spirits will go and grab 7 more, and they will force their way back into the house (Luke 11:21-26).  There is always a dilemma as to when to do the exorcism.  In some cases the will to stay clean gets stronger after the exorcism.  For others, you wait until they get strong first through daily Bible readings, repentance, and church attendance so that they can remain strong after the exorcism.  You must assess this on a case by case basis.

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Have you ever been through an exorcism before?  What happened?

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Are you willing to renounce your sins and work constantly to stay away from them?  Are you willing to stay away from the people, places, and things that could draw you back to the old sins?

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Are you willing to commit to a spiritual life of living close to God?

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Are you willing to forgive all that have hurt you?

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Are you willing to commit to counseling to help you after the exorcism?

How To Determine If a Demon Is Present vs. A Mental Disorder

There are some problems in life that may resemble the presence of demon, but in reality they may have a physical or a mental cause.  For example:

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Poor nutrition that leads to sickness.

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If you go days without sleep you can have hallucinations and delusions.

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Hormonal imbalances may cause mood swings, irritability, hot flashes, confusion, and even violence.

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Side effects of medications: if you take antidepressants to help with depression, some of the side effects are increased depression and suicide.

A key difference is that there should be a change in symptoms if the problem is addressed such as eating better, getting sleep, having hormonal therapy, and changing medications.  We can be fooled by seeing something that looks bizarre by believing it must be demon if it looks strange.  The 2 main ways to detect a demon is through the gifts of the Holy Spirit and if the person does something supernatural. 

The main gift of the Holy Spirit that detects demons is the gift of discernment of spirits (1 Cor. 12:10).   There are two levels to this gift.  First, it tells what the spirit is behind a person’s actions-God’s Spirit, the human spirit, or a demonic spirit.  The second level is being able to read the character of a person’s spirit.   The gifts of the Holy Spirit work through the senses and you can detect demons in the following ways:

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Seeing
: you may see the demon.  Frequently the clients’ face will freeze and move to the side and you will see the demon’s face underneath.  You may also see the demon in the clients’ eyes, or a dark shadow in the body.  I once saw a dark line wrapped around the neck that looked like a snake choking the client.  God may also give you a vision with a picture of a demon in it.  Some pictures are of a real demon and some are revealed in symbols as demons are sometimes too hideous to look at.  Here are some symbols of demons that may be revealed in dreams or visions:

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Black or grey cloud-can also be a whirlwind especially with evil symbols in it.

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Cloaked or hooded figure: religious spirits and familiar spirits appear at times as a cloaked figure with a hood pulled over its head.  They may look like monks with shadows for faces.

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Dragon: Revelation 12:7 and 20:2 describes satan this way.

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Flies: satan is called Beelzebub, or lord of the flies (Matthew 10:25).

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Fox: Luke 13:32.

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Frog: Revelation 16:13…”Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs.”

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Goat: goat is symbol of satan used by Satanists (Lev.16:9).

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Lion: 1 Peter 5:8.

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Locust: Revelation 9:3.

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Moth: a secret destroyer (Isa. 50:9; James 5:2).

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Owl: In many religions, even Judaism, owls are associated with occult activity (Isa.13:21).

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Person: A familiar spirit may appear as a family member (especially generational spirits) or a friend in a dream.  There will usually be something wrong in the person’s appearance as a tip-off that this is a demon.  For example, a nose may be extremely long, the voice may sound off pitch, or their posture or walk may look strange.

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Pig: Luke 8: 26-39.

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Raven: Prov.30:17.

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Scorpion: Revelation 9:5.

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Skeleton talking or moving: This may indicate that voodoo or divination is being used against you.

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Snake (serpent): Matthew 10:16; Genesis 3:1.

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Spider: Danger (Isa.59:5-6)

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Vulture: Mathew 24:28 

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Hearing
: you may hear the demon talking to you without the client opening their mouth.

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Touch
: you may feel the presence of evil.  Your spirit is quickened to the presence of evil and the Holy Spirit will touch your spirit and tell you that evil is present. In many cases people walk into homes or meet new people and feel uncomfortable around these situations and will not understand it.  They have not tuned into the fact the God is alerting them to the presence of evil.

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Smell
: demons do have an odor and it is a foul smell that is overwhelming.  In one case I smelled sulfur, which represented that a powerful demon was present.  I walked into the church sanctuary at night and there was this overwhelming smell of sulfur.  I went to talk to the head pastor and he stated that someone had done an exorcism earlier in the day in the sanctuary.  I told him that a demon was still lurking around because of the smell.  We went back and cast it out and the smell left instantly.   Some demons of addiction smell like alcohol gone bad and some demons of sickness smell like rotting flesh.

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Taste
: some will have a foul taste in their mouth when a demon is present.  I saw this 16 year old girl in the hospital as she had been there for 5 days and they could not find out what was wrong with her.  She originally went in with severe stomach cramps but they could find no cause.  Through the entire time she had a foul taste in her mouth that she could not get rid of, not even with gum and mouthwash.  I went to pray for her and sensed the presence of evil so I did a simple prayer to cast out a demon of infirmity.  After I prayed, she started to get sick and threw up about 5 pounds of this awful green bile.  When she was done she felt better, and after several tests was released from the hospital with no pain.  The amazing thing was that her breath cleared up and she no longer had the foul taste in her mouth.

The other way to tell if a demon is present is if the client exhibits supernatural behaviors.  In other words, the client is experiencing or doing something beyond any human abilities or beyond what is expected of the age or gender.  Some of the signs are: