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Demons Are Like Cockroaches...Really?

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:47am

-Donald J. Ibbitson,PhD
If you see a cockroach in your house and go over and squash it, what is your reaction? Are you relieved you killed the intruder or are you purposed to go after all its comrades you know must also be in proximity? Read more »

You Should Talk to Demons... Properly

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:25pm

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
The tongue is one of the post powerful weapons so why don’t more Christians use it more frequently to speak to the demonic realm? Demon spirits cannot read our mind or understand prayer languages (speaking in tongues) but they certainly can hear. Read more »

Word Curses Gone Wild

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:37am

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
Words have creative power, for good or evil (Prov. 18:21, Matt 17:20,James 3:8,9) and part of our teaching for counseling and deliverance ministry preparation involves breaking word curses. However, we see this notion of word curses in the Body of Christ carried to what we believe is an extreme that can result in us looking silly to others. We are called to live and walk in faith but there needs to be sensibility. Read more »

Mass Deliverance Meetings: Do They Work?

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 9:34am

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
If you’re a Charismatic/Pentecostal church attender you’ve probably been part of a meeting where the man or woman of God starts calling demons out of people. Sometimes they have people come to the front but often each audience member just receives “by faith”. Is this an effective approach? Read more »

Six Advantages of Understanding Your God-Given Temperament

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 5:55pm

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
In our counseling sessions, we use the Arno Profile System, a clinical diagnostic tool, to help assess a person’s God-given temperament. It is a useful tool because it allows us to more accurately tailor counseling to an individual’s specific needs. Read more »

Four Myths About Deliverance Ministry

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:20am

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
We have been ministering in deliverance for over thirteen years and have exchanged views and opinions with many people about all aspects of deliverance ministry. We are in a continual learning phase ourselves but what follows below are what we believe to be four of the more common myths/ misperceptions about deliverance ministry: Read more »

How Do You Know When Spirits Leave?

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 1:42pm

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
We are often asked by clients/ deliverance seminar attendees about how spirits leave and how we know when they are gone?  During the course of a deliverance ministry session, we are trying to assess whether or not a person has a certain spirit as we call it out and also trying discerning that it has left. Read more »

Six Reasons to Not Pray Deliverance At the Altar

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 2:07pm

 There are various approaches and methodologies in the Body of Christ as it pertains to ministering deliverance. In some church environments or meetings one will see the man or woman of God laying hands on people at the altar and casting out spirits. Read more »

Deliverance From a Spirit of Murder

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:37pm

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
One of my more memorable counseling/deliverance clients was a man who had been through two marriages and is current one was failing for the same reason: he had anger “issues”. Meeting in our Tampa office, he gave me a lot of information during the first interview session. Read more »

Life Tips: Living With A Supine

Submitted by Don Ibbitson on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 3:41pm

-Donald J. Ibbitson, PhD
*****This is the last of a five part series on how to live/coexist/thrive with different temperament types.******
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