Breaking Unhealthy Soul Ties: Do Your Relationships Produce Bondage or Joy? by Bill Banks, Susan Banks Page B
Authors: Bill Banks, Susan Banks
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fear of poverty; or worshiping doctors, who alleviate their fear of sickness, disease or death. Jesus should be our Source and the One to whom we look when fear attacks us:
Thus saith the LORD; C ursed be the man that trusteth in man , and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jer. 17:5
This Scripture makes it clear that looking to another source, any other source, especially man, is to depart from the Lord. This is a thought echoed in numerous Scriptures, such as...
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Ps. 118:8–9
At the heart of many evil soul-ties is some kind of fear. Scripture places the fear of death as the greatest controlling force in people’s lives. Hebrews states:
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
Heb. 2:14–15
The bottom line is evil soul-ties must be broken. The next chapter will outline the steps to freedom.
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The Cure:
Breaking Soul-Ties
Virtually all battles with Satan are fought upon the battlefield located in the mind. This is true with regard to deliverance in general, and breaking of soul-ties in particular. The candidate for freedom must come to recognize that a soul-tie problem exists, make the decision that he or she wants to be free, and then determine to take steps in that direction.
These steps will include some or all of the following: confessing, renouncing, verbally breaking soul-ties, casting out evil spirits, and then calling back the fragmented portions of the soul that it might be restored and healed.
Force yourself, if necessary, to heed advice and to renew your mind, as Paul recommends in Philippians 4. Often, when under the sway of soul-tie domination, the individual is totally blinded to the control exercised over him. He may go from pastor to pastor, counselor to counselor, seeking agreement for what he wants to believe.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind
Rom. 12:2
There are varying degrees of difficulty in breaking soul-ties. Normally soul-ties are not formed overnight. The degree of difficulty encountered in breaking a soul-tie will usually be affected by the duration and strength of that relationship. Soul-ties from relationships presumed to be rooted in love, involving sexual contact, and those rooted in fear or the occult are usually the strongest and most difficult for the victim to break. However, even simple over-dependence upon a mother can be very strong if allowed to exist for a long time.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:32
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
Knowledge of Soul-Ties
Arm yourself with knowledge. Ignorance or lack of awareness was the doorway for these unhealthy soul-ties to gain a stronghold, so the obvious solution is knowledge through education. We must educate ourselves as to their existence and effects. This learning process includes not only studying material on the subject, but learning to pattern our relationships after the perfect example of Jesus Himself.
Jesus avoided all control from every other source, except God the Father, and He resisted all temptations to sin. Holiness requires the need to sacrifice temporary pleasure for the greater goal of personal and spiritual freedom. We need also to learn the tactics and wiles of the enemy.
Adam broke faith with God by disobedience. He failed to keep (literally “guard”) the Garden because of his lack of knowledge of Satan’s intentions. What were the devil’s intentions? They were to gain control over Adam and all of God’s creation, which had been entrusted to Adam. Isaiah
Thus saith the LORD; C ursed be the man that trusteth in man , and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jer. 17:5
This Scripture makes it clear that looking to another source, any other source, especially man, is to depart from the Lord. This is a thought echoed in numerous Scriptures, such as...
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Ps. 118:8–9
At the heart of many evil soul-ties is some kind of fear. Scripture places the fear of death as the greatest controlling force in people’s lives. Hebrews states:
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
Heb. 2:14–15
The bottom line is evil soul-ties must be broken. The next chapter will outline the steps to freedom.
5
The Cure:
Breaking Soul-Ties
Virtually all battles with Satan are fought upon the battlefield located in the mind. This is true with regard to deliverance in general, and breaking of soul-ties in particular. The candidate for freedom must come to recognize that a soul-tie problem exists, make the decision that he or she wants to be free, and then determine to take steps in that direction.
These steps will include some or all of the following: confessing, renouncing, verbally breaking soul-ties, casting out evil spirits, and then calling back the fragmented portions of the soul that it might be restored and healed.
Force yourself, if necessary, to heed advice and to renew your mind, as Paul recommends in Philippians 4. Often, when under the sway of soul-tie domination, the individual is totally blinded to the control exercised over him. He may go from pastor to pastor, counselor to counselor, seeking agreement for what he wants to believe.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind
Rom. 12:2
There are varying degrees of difficulty in breaking soul-ties. Normally soul-ties are not formed overnight. The degree of difficulty encountered in breaking a soul-tie will usually be affected by the duration and strength of that relationship. Soul-ties from relationships presumed to be rooted in love, involving sexual contact, and those rooted in fear or the occult are usually the strongest and most difficult for the victim to break. However, even simple over-dependence upon a mother can be very strong if allowed to exist for a long time.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:32
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
Knowledge of Soul-Ties
Arm yourself with knowledge. Ignorance or lack of awareness was the doorway for these unhealthy soul-ties to gain a stronghold, so the obvious solution is knowledge through education. We must educate ourselves as to their existence and effects. This learning process includes not only studying material on the subject, but learning to pattern our relationships after the perfect example of Jesus Himself.
Jesus avoided all control from every other source, except God the Father, and He resisted all temptations to sin. Holiness requires the need to sacrifice temporary pleasure for the greater goal of personal and spiritual freedom. We need also to learn the tactics and wiles of the enemy.
Adam broke faith with God by disobedience. He failed to keep (literally “guard”) the Garden because of his lack of knowledge of Satan’s intentions. What were the devil’s intentions? They were to gain control over Adam and all of God’s creation, which had been entrusted to Adam. Isaiah
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