Session Eight addresses the spirits and trauma bonds that enter through sexual violation. It treats both the real trauma and the spiritual consequences with gravity, outlines the careful process of renunciation and cleansing, and emphasizes the non-negotiable need for mature covering. What was taken by force does not define those who have been purchased by Christ.
Category Archives: Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Seven – The Strong Man of Fear (and the Spirit of Control)
Session Seven confronts the strong man of fear and its primary strategy of control. Fear says safety depends on management; Scripture says God gave a spirit of power, love, and sound mind. The post examines how fear and control operate, their biblical confrontation, and the process of renunciation so that the heart can transfer its dependence from self-protection to the faithful presence of God.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Six – The Spirits of Rage and Entitlement
Session Six confronts the spirits of rage and entitlement that rise when performance and people-pleasing fail. These secondary spirits feed on the original wounds of abandonment and rejection, keeping the heart locked in demand and bitterness. The post examines their biblical confrontation, their operation, and the process of renunciation so that justice and comfort can be received from the Father rather than demanded from others.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Five – The Spirits of Performance and People-Pleasing
Session Five examines the spirits of performance and people-pleasing – common strategies the heart develops to manage abandonment and rejection. These patterns appear virtuous but are agreements with the original strong man. The post walks through their spiritual root, biblical confrontation, and the process of renunciation so that work and service can flow from freedom rather than from the need to earn belonging.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Four – The Spirit of Rejection
Session Four addresses the spirit of rejection – the near-constant companion of abandonment. It examines how rejection turns the wound of being left into the identity of being unworthy, contrasts this with the biblical reality of being chosen and accepted in the Beloved, and walks through the process of renunciation and receiving the truth of Ephesians 1. Human rejection does not define those whom God has chosen.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Three – The Strong Man of Abandonment
Session Three confronts the strong man of abandonment – one of the most common and deeply rooted spirits. It examines how this strong man enters, the secondary spirits it invites (rejection, entitlement, performance, rage), the biblical answer of adoption, and the specific process of renunciation and receiving the Spirit of adoption. The Father does not leave His children as orphans.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session Two – The Process
Session Two of Root Work walks through the biblical process of deliverance: identification of open doors and strong men, repentance and renunciation, resistance in Christ’s authority, and the essential filling of the Holy Spirit. The order cannot be reversed. Submission precedes resistance. Anything less leaves the house empty and vulnerable.
Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions | Session One – Foundations
This first session of Root Work lays the biblical foundation for deliverance and inner healing. It examines why the modern church (especially New Thought and therapeutic streams) has largely abandoned real spiritual authority, explains the strong man principle, and issues a clear warning: this work requires maturity and covering. Submission to God must come before resistance.
Dear Christians… | Where Are the Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministries?
The church is largely unequipped for the deep spiritual work of inner healing and deliverance. Root Work: The Deliverance Sessions begins here – naming the strong men, closing open doors, and returning to Scripture and true spirituality rather than surface fixes.