Above & Beyond Christian Counseling
Christian Counseling, Deliverance Ministry and Spiritual Warfare
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(pray deliverance) at the altar and casting out spirits.
We believe there is a better way than quickly laying hands on people and do not encourage this approach for the following reasons: [Read more…]
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.
He was very open to deliverance ministry because prior therapies had not been effective. I took him through the two teaching sessions and he came in for the appointed deliverance appointment on session four. [Read more…]
I witnessed a woman set free from a “spirit of Mary” and it was one of my earliest encounters with deliverance ministry. I understand that some of my Catholic friends may have a problem with this article but what follows is a true encounter that we witnessed.
In the late 1980’s, my wife and I were part of a “movement” of churches that believed in deliverance ministry but, like so many others, did not do it! We had a guest minister one time who was prophetically gifted and also operated in deliverance (even though we had no idea what that was in practice). [Read more…]
The issue of a person’s salvation is obviously paramount for their eternal destiny but in deliverance ministry it is a vital concern because demons do not want to relinquish a soul!
I ministered to a man a few years back who came from out of state for deliverance ministry. He had been raised in an eastern orthodox religion and still attended that church faithfully. When I asked (as I always do) about his destination if he would die this day, he was very candid in his uncertainty. He knew about Jesus, believed in Jesus but was really not sure if he was saved and would go to heaven. I noted that uncertainty and determined to address it when it came to the day of his deliverance prayer. [Read more…]
Should you talk to demons? Can you get truthful answers from them?
There is some level of debate among deliverance ministers as to whether or not one should speak to, or ask questions of demonic spirits during deliverance. [Read more…]