This is for all the women out there depressed...Here's some info on soul-ties. Also, you'll learn some things about the hormone oxytocin which will help explain why you feel the way you do sometimes... Men need to check this shit too.
Q: What is a soul tie? Is it bad? What do they look like?
A: A soul tie is a spiritual connection between our soul and that of another person. There are godly and ungodly soul ties, which account for the influences that they have on each other. You cannot see them, but you can see the results. Strong soul tie happens between two people who are very close. And if the relationship is not godly, then the influence could be bad. The link between husband and wife (two become one flesh) and friendship (Jonathan and David) are examples of soul-ties. Soul-ties also happen after you have sex with someone.
There are good soul ties and bad soul ties. Good soul ties are commonly created in marriage and healthy friendships (Malachi 2:15; Genesis 2:24, 1 Chronicles 12:17, Colossians 2:2). Bad soul ties are created through sinful relationships and/or activities. Examples of situations that could create bad soul ties:
* Sex sin: Sex unites people physically, emotionally and spiritually. If we have sex with people other than our spouse, we create soul ties that cause all kinds of problems (spiritual confusion, emotional confusion, sex addiction, compulsivity, obsession, etc.).
* Looking at sex images, memories, objects and fetishes: These activities can establish a soul tie with an evil spirit. An example of this is found in Hosea 4:17 when Ephraim became joined with his idols. A tie may not be established in every instance, but it is certainly possible. Example objects: a favorite porn depiction, a garment worn by a former lover, pictures of former lovers, a cherished sexual memory.
* Sexual abuse/molestation: This can result in soul ties between the perpetrator and the victim. If you have been involved in sexual abuse, please seek healing prayer and Christian counsel as you proceed in your journey to freedom.
* "Unhealthy" relationships: Examples include relationships characterized by manipulation, guilt, emotional abuse, co-dependency, unnatural affection, envy and/or lust.
How to know if you have a bad soul tie:
* Ask the Lord: Take a moment to ask God in prayer to show you if you have soul ties that need to be severed. If the Lord brings people to mind or you think there is a possibility of a soul tie, proceed to pray to cut the soul tie.
* Look at the fruit: A way to determine the nature of a soul tie is to examine its fruit (Matthew 7:16-18). Good soul ties will bear good fruit; examples being love, blessing, fidelity, loyalty, honor, righteousness, etc. The overall effect of the good soul tie will be to strengthen our emotional wholeness and our walk with God. Bad soul ties will bear bad fruit, examples being hatred, resentment, curses, manipulation, anger, strife, jealousy, control, bitterness, etc. The overall effect of bad soul ties will be to hold us back from enjoying our relationship with God and to keep us in bondage to whatever we struggle with.
Cutting soul ties: We can cut soul ties by praying in the authority of Jesus Christ. The idea is to identify the source, confess/repent from any sin you committed related to it, cut the ties in Jesus' name, ask God to remove all negative effects and ask for restoration to wholeness.If you are cutting soul ties related to an object, be sure to destroy the object and remove it from your home.
The power of Oxytocin during sex
http://www.wpctucson.com/pregnant/campus/oxytocin.php
"Sex releases the hormone and will create a bond between the two people involved… since the release of oxytocin can be classically conditioned, after repeatedly having sex with the same partner, just seeing that partner could release more oxytocin, making you want to be with that person all the more. [1]
Breaking this bond is often difficult and can lead to depression and other psychological woes.(You break it by cutting soul-ties)
Unprotected, a book written by Dr. Miriam Grossman, a campus MD, shares story after story of students she has seen and dilemmas they are in because of the sexual culture prompted by college campuses."
The world today promotes the notion that sex is pure recreation, that the "hook-up" culture is natural and even empowering to women, and that love and sex are two completely different things.
That's not the whole story. Casual sex is not a natural part of the human make-up. Sex is a bonding experience and when the bond is broken by multiple partners, your body and mind have a conflict. This conflict is caused by a hormone called oxytocin and this is what makes love so ecstatic but also hurt
The hormone Oxytocin comes from a Greek word meaning "quick birth". It is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In women, it is released mainly after distension of the cervix and vagina during labor, and after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating birth and breastfeeding. Oxytocin is also released during orgasm in both sexes. In the brain, oxytocin is involved in social recognition and bonding, and is involved in the formation of trust between people.
A recent article in the Arizona Daily Star shows the power of this hormone and its effects on autism. "Scientists have found preliminary evidence that oxytocin, holds promise as a potential new treatment for autism. While it is hardly implausible that a hormone involved in orgasm would have positive effects on anyone, these findings of improvement in adults with autism given oxytocin are based on measurable changes in behavior as well as visible changes in their brains as seen through functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Previous studies have indicated that oxytocin, plays some role in how mammals manage fear, develop trust and establish socially cooperative behavior. Autism is a disorder in which, among other things, individuals have difficulty establishing social relationships. In this study those who received the hormone improved in their ability to identify emotions as described in writing to them and also reduced characteristic autistic repetitive behaviors."
In preliminary studies, the hormone oxytocin was shown to be associated with the ability to maintain healthy interpersonal relationships and healthy psychological boundaries with other people. The study appears in the July 2006 issue of Psychiatry.
"This is one of the first looks into the biological basis for human attachment and bonding," said Rebecca Turner, PhD, University of California, San Francisco adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and lead author of the study. "Our study indicates that oxytocin may be mediating emotional experiences in close relationships."
The study builds upon previous knowledge of the important role oxytocin plays in the reproductive life of mammals. The hormone facilitates nest building and pup retrieval in rats, acceptance of offspring in sheep, and the formation of adult pair-bonds in other animals. In humans, oxytocin stimulates milk ejection during lactation, uterine contraction during birth, and is released during sexual orgasm in both men and women.
Turner and her colleagues tested the idea that oxytocin is released in response to intense emotional states in addition to physical cues. Twenty-six women between the ages of 23 and 35 were asked to recall and re-experience a past relationship event that caused them to feel a positive emotion, such as love or infatuation, and a negative emotion, such as loss or abandonment. Because massage done on rats had previously been shown to influence oxytocin levels, the participants also received a 15-minute Swedish massage of the neck and shoulders. Blood samples were taken before, during, and after each of the three events to measure baseline oxytocin levels in the bloodstream and any change.
"We decided to look at the interpersonal characteristics of individual women to see if there was a correlation with changes in their oxytocin levels," said Turner, who is also the director of Student Research at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda campus. "We found a significant difference between women who reported distress and anxiety in their relationships and women who were more secure in their relationships."
Different questionnaires, including the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems and the Adult Attachment Scale, were used to assess each woman's previous experiences with personal and close relationships. The results were significantly correlated with the recorded changes in bloodstream oxytocin levels.
Women whose oxytocin levels rose in response to massage and remembering a positive relationship reported having little difficulty setting appropriate boundaries and being alone. Women whose oxytocin levels fell in response to remembering a negative emotional relationship reported greater problems with experiencing anxiety in close relationships.
In addition, women who were currently involved in a committed relationship experienced greater oxytocin increases in response to positive emotions than single women. The researchers speculate that a close, regular relationship may influence the responsiveness of the hormone, said Turner.
These preliminary findings bring up some intriguing questions, said Teresa McGuinness, MD, PhD, UCSF clinical psychiatry faculty member. Because oxytocin is released in men and women during sexual orgasm, it may be involved in adult bonding, said Turner. There is also speculation that in addition to facilitating lactation and the birthing process, the hormone facilitates the emotional bond between mother and child.
"Evolutionarily speaking, it makes sense that during pregnancy and the postpartum, both a woman's body and her mind would be stimulated to nurture her child," said Turner.
Oxytocin may also play a role in the higher levels of depression and interpersonal stress seen in women. According to most psychiatrists, women experience depression twice as often as men and tend to be more affected by relationship difficulties.
Dr. Grossman describes a 19-year-old, "Heather," who is depressed. She has a "friend with benefits" but only with the help of psychotherapy is she able to acknowledge that the relationship is causing her pain. She'd like to do things with him, like see movies or go out for dinner, but he is interested only in sex. She helps Heather to see that her needs are being neglected.
Another student, "Olivia," is devastated after her first serious boyfriend breaks up with her. Her grades suffer, she weeps constantly, and suffers a relapse of an eating disorder, making herself vomit up to six times a day. "'Why doctor,' she asked, 'why do they tell you how to protect your body — from herpes and pregnancy — but they don't tell you what it does to your heart?' ] Oxytocin is the culprit. One does not have to think long to understand what multiple relationships can do to the heart and one's self-esteem.
Remaining sexually pure until marriage is the way the human body was designed. To be with and desire one person in your life time is part of the human chemical make up. Stepping outside of that natural design creates conflict between body and mind.
[1] Oxytocin - The Cuddle Hormone, Johneen Manning , http://www.filly.ca/health/body/sexual_health/Oxytocin.asp
Wikipedia.org
Another Oxytocin link: http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/2004010721/
Breaking soul ties
This is a basic guide that will help you understand how to break ungodly soul ties.
Step 1 to breaking soul ties:
Repent of any sins that involve that person
If you have had adultery, fornication, etc., it is vital that you repent of those sins and receive God's forgiveness for it before you can go about breaking the soul tie.
Step 2 to breaking soul ties:
Forgive the person of any wrongs done
If you have any unforgiveness in your heart against the person, you must choose to release that bitterness and forgive the person. The Bible is clear that bitterness defiles a man.
Step 3 to breaking soul ties:
Renounce any covenants made with the person
If you have made any spoken commitments, vows or even simply saying, "I will love you forever", it has ample power in the spiritual realm to bind the soul to that person (form a soul tie). The tongue is quite capable of binding the soul and can be a great means to create soul ties:
Proverbs 6:2, "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."
These spoken covenants need to be renounced in order to break the soul tie. When you renounce something, you basically take them back verbally. You spoke them verbally, now it is time to take them back verbally. For example, if a woman has had a soul tie with a man who was not the one, and said she would never be able to love another man, then this needs to be renounced if she wants to break the soul tie. Such a woman could renounce it by saying something like, "I renounce having said that I will never be able to love another man."
Step 4 to breaking soul ties:
Get rid of any gifts exchanged
Gifts also symbolize a relationship and can hold a soul tie in place. If a person has a ring, personal gifts, cards, jewelry and other 'relationship gifts' from a previous relationship, then it is time to get rid of them. Holding onto such gifts symbolizes that the relationship is still in good standing and can actually hold the soul tie in place even after it has been renounced. You can learn more about the power of symbols in the teaching Symbolic Representations.
Step 5 to breaking soul ties:
Renounce and break the soul tie in Jesus' name
Verbally renouncing something carries a lot of weight in the spiritual realm. Just as vows can bind the soul, renouncing can release the soul from bonds. Jesus said that whatsoever you shall loose will be loosed in heaven (the heavenly realm, or spiritual realm). You can renounce and loose yourself from an ungodly soul tie by simply speaking something like this from your heart:
"I now renounce and loose myself from any ungodly soul ties formed between myself and ________, and I break these ungodly soul ties in Jesus' name."
More about Soul-Ties from http://www.b4prayer.org/index11.html
God designed the universe to function with natural and spiritual laws that bring freedom when obeyed, but bondage and destruction when broken and violated. (Blessing and Cursing)
Two souls can be knit or made to cleave together in a covenant relationship; they can also be tied or knit together to form bondage and enslavement.
GOD to make two marriage partners one flesh before GOD ordained sexual union, but promiscuous premarital affairs and extramarital affairs can mysteriously tie ones soul to many partners.
We just don't have any conception of promiscuity (sex) outside of marriage scatters their souls and destroys their ability to commit to one partner.
Prov 5:15-19 Drink water from your own cistern, running waters from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
It is very important that married couples keep their sexual life to satisfaction, because if not the other may become strongly tempted to seek sexual fulfillment elsewhere. Remember if you are your spouse become tempted and start thinking about a picture will develop in your mind if you think on it enough. Eventually it will manifest.
1 Cor 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. KJV.
1 Cor 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. NIV
Mat 5:27-28 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. NIV
Matt 5:27-28 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. KJV
Prov 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
2 Cor 10:5-6 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
If you get into an affair you suffer more than you imagine.
1.You will eventually start feeling guilty after the newness wears off and the flesh is satisfied.
2.You have committed adultery and take the chance of losing your spouse.
3.Your soul has now become tied and scattered, causing confusion and strife
1 Cor 6:16-17 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. NIV TRANSLATION
1 Cor 6:16-17 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. KJV
You may be involved or thinking of becoming involved in a sexual affair now. DON'T, you may make all kind of excuses on why you should.
Here are some common excuses that people use to justify what they are doing, but do not fall in the trap of deception
1: We are in love and it won't hurt anything because we are going to be married someday.
2: He said it would be ok if we did just this once and we will wait until we are married to do it again.
3.Your soul has now become tied and scattered, causing confusion and strife.
4: I won't think badly of you, we are meant to be together.
5: God won't mind because we are going to get married.
If you are already married here are some of the lies the devil can throw at you.
1: My husband doesn't love me any more and our sexual life is the worst
2: If I have a one-night affair, no one will know. GOD DOES
3: I will get back at him and he won't know the difference.
God says it is a sin and it will bring eventual destruction and not: blessings God never makes exceptions to his laws for you or anyone else.
A relationship began in righteous and holy actions will often bring forth blessed and holy branches, on the other hand, a relationship begun in sin and fornication will many times bring forth-evil branches and fruits. This could include adulterous cheating, divorce and even children that indulge in immortality.
Prov 5:20-22 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The consequences of a casual affair can be harmful and enduring. The soul ties formed can actually bind a person for life. The Word says (Rom 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of son ship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
God has so built every woman that the first man who has sex with her takes a form of dominion over her. Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Her human spirit and soul is built to respond to the man by nurturing him, supplying affection to him and being that mans fountain of satisfaction to him all through his life.
God made woman to develop a longing desire for their first lover (supposedly their husband) Read Gen: 3:16 again.
These scriptures warnings to women:
2 Tim 3:2-7 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (King James Version)
NIV Translation
2 Tim 3:2-5 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
The dominion a soul tie gives a man over his lover is often so binding that he can insult and mistreat her but she seems helplessly enslaved to him. Many women will tolerate all kinds of abuse and they won't understand why: They end up hating themselves, because they don't understand about soul ties. Whenever you hate yourself it is hard to give real love or receive real love.
SCATTERED SOULS
People that have formed soul ties with many people through fornication and promiscuity, their souls have become fragmented and scattered among all their sexual partners.
If you are unable to give yourself fully to your mate (husband) it is because your thoughts and emotions are being continually drawn back to their past lovers. This is also adultery in your heart.
If a woman has sexual relations with several men, her spirit and soul seek out every one of them. Her spirit is scattered and torn apart
If you have ever been raped, but yet you find yourself thinking or desiring the one that raped you, it is because the two souls have knit together.
A man's spirit is so built that for each woman he enters his spirit is built to find, protect, bless and nurture and provide for that woman. Guys have you been divorced and remarried, but you still seem to want to protect or take care of your ex-wife?
Prov 6:27-32 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry. But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
1 Cor 6:18-19 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? KJV
People that have been promiscuous, their souls are not only drawn to all their former lovers, but when they marry they often have sexual and communication problems with their mates. They are unable to be sexually satisfied by their marriage partner because they suffer from a scattered soul and cannot share themselves fully with their mate. They often seek satisfaction, not only with multiple partners, but also through experimentation with bizarre forms of sex that may eventually lead to perversion.
1 Cor 6:16-18 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. NIV
If soul ties have not been broken in your life, here are some pointers.
1: You had no knowledge or understanding of soul ties.
2: You have never dealt with getting rid of your past.
3: You have not let go of emotional attachments, memories and fantasies.
Multiple soul ties will weaken your character, your will, your emotions and your mind to the point that a decision to be free is difficult to make.
Prov 6:32 but whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Lust and sin are gratifying for the moment, but a person always pays later in shame, guilt, humiliation, and anger towards God, sorrow and torment. Sometimes we don't see that we are involved in those things because of denial. We tell ourselves that there is nothing in our past to deal with and we don't want to change. Fear of change keeps you in bondage and fear is not of the Lord. Years of sin have weakened our character to the point of destroying the desires for good and making it difficult to change.
There is HOPE (blueprint, picture) and that is Jesus. If you make him the Lord of your life and serve Him with all your heart, you can and will be set free if you believe and receive. You can be set totally free if you allow God to set you free, but He gives us a choice. He won't make us do anything we do not want to do.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed
Mark 11:24-25 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Before you pray the prayer below, please take a few moments to forgive all that has hurt you in any way, whether it be mentally or physically. Even though you do not think that they deserve forgiveness, you have to do it to receive your forgiveness. We did not deserve forgiveness from the Father, but His grace, mercy and His love for us was enough.
LET US PRAY IN FAITH, RECEIVING
Father, in the name of JESUS, I submit my soul, my desires and my emotions to your Spirit. I confess, as sin, all my promiscuous, premarital sexual relationships and all sexual relationships outside of marriage. I confess all my ungodly spirit, soul, and body ties as sin. I thank you for forgiving me and cleansing me right now!
"Father, thank you for giving me the keys of your kingdom, the keys of spiritual authority. What I bind is bound and what I loose is loosed. In Jesus name, I ask you to loose me from all soulish ties to past partners and ungodly relationships. Please uproot all the tentacles of sexual bondage, of emotional longings and dependencies, and enslaving thoughts. I bind, renounce and resist any evil spirits that have reinforced those soul ties or may have been transferred to me through evil associations.
Please cleanse my soul and help me to forget all illicit unions so that I am free to give my soul totally to my mate. Father, I receive your forgiveness for all past sex sins. I believe I am totally forgiven. Thank you for remembering my sins no more. Thank you for cleansing me from all unrighteousness. I commit myself to you by your grace; please keep me holy in my spirit, soul, and body. I praise you. In Jesus name. AMEN.
I have a personal testimony on deliverance of soul ties and I have worked with women in a ladies Hope group and have witnessed their deliverance. They are very real and can be emotionally destructive. My heart really longs to see people set free from these soul ties.
If there are times that you seem to feel like you don't know who you are and going in so many different directions, well you probably are soul tied.
Always remember that: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Yes God did that just for you, because He loves you no matter what!!!!!!!
The Holy Spirit shared this illustration with me and I want to share it with you. It will show that before we can cleave, (be tied to) someone new, you have to let go of the old first.
When a woman becomes pregnant she carries the baby inside of her for nine months, and during that time her and the baby are one. The umbilical cord is connected from the mother to the baby. The baby receives all the nutrients from the mother. They are one at that time. They have to go everywhere together. Even when the mother experiences stress, anger, bitterness, and other things, the baby will be affected.
Once the baby is born, the mother and the baby are still connected together, because of the umbilical cord. There is a procedure that has to be done to separate the two. The umbilical cord has to be cut, and when this happens the baby can begin its new life. I think that this is a great example of what God is trying to show us about being soul tied.
You have to cut and sever all old ties before you start your new life. You can see the importance in severing the spiritual umbilical cord from those in the past. As long as you are connected in the soul with someone from the past, it is hard to move forward.
The Holy Spirit has told me that so many single people want to get married, but they are not ready because they have to get themselves prepared for the bridegroom, and the most important thing is getting rid of the old and allow the new to come forth. If you go into a marriage with your past not put behind and all the ties severed, the enemy will try to bring them back.
Let's say that you were married and your spouse started cheating on you, he or she was coming home late from work, you were receiving hang up calls, and you became so suspicious of your spouses every move. You finally divorce your spouse and later you meet someone else and you decide to marry. One night your spouse is late coming home and the phone rings and it is a hang up. The devil starts putting thoughts in your mind that your spouse is cheating on you just like the other one did and he goes on and on. By the time your spouse walks in you are in a rage. You start accusing them of all the things your ex- spouse did to you. Can you see what is happening here? You are repeating your past, because you had not released the other person from your soul. It is a never-ending cycle if it is not dealt with. You can try to deal with it in the natural; by seeing counselors, trying to forget, or by even getting a divorce but those are only temporary, it is to be dealt with in the spiritual realm.
2 Cor 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
We must keep ourselves connected to Jesus at all times. He will never leave or forsake you. You may separate yourself from Him, but nothing can separate you from the love of God. He is always waiting to help you walk in the freedom that Jesus died for you to have.
Phil 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Phil 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Sample Prayers to break soul-ties
Cutting soul ties: We can cut soul ties by praying in the authority of Jesus Christ. The idea is to identify the source, confess/repent from any sin you committed related to it, cut the ties in Jesus' name, ask God to remove all negative effects and ask for restoration to wholeness. If you are cutting soul ties related to an object, be sure to destroy the object and remove it from your home. Here's a sample prayer:
"Father God, I thank you for saving me from destruction. I praise you for sending Jesus to die for my sins. Please forgive me for my sins against you. Specifically, I confess that I ______________(details of the sin & names). I repent of that sin and renounce it now. Lord, please purify my heart from this sin, the memory of it and any associated fantasy I have entertained in my mind regarding it. In the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of his blood shed on the cross, I cut myself free from any soul ties that may have been established with _______ (name (s) or specific objects). I commit him/her/them to the care of Jesus Christ for him to do with as he wills. Satan, I rebuke you in all your works and ways. I rebuke any evil spirits that have a foothold in me. In the name of Jesus, I command you evil spirits to leave me and go directly to Jesus Christ. Father, please heal my soul of any wounds resulting from these soul ties. Please reintegrate any part of me that may have been detained through this/these soul ties and restore me to wholeness. I also ask that you will reintegrate any part of the person(s) I sinned with that has been detained in me, and restore them to wholeness. Thank you, Lord, for your healing power and your perfect love for me. May I glorify you with my life from this point forward. In Jesus' name, Amen."
For those who feel uncomfortable cutting the soul ties themselves, here is a prayer that asks God to cut the ties for us:
"Father God, Thank you for saving me from destruction. I praise you for sending Jesus to die for my sins. Specifically, I confess that I have sinned in the following ways: ______________(details of the sin & names). I repent from those sins and renounce them now. Please forgive me and cleanse my conscience with the blood of Jesus. Lord, please cut the unhealthy soul ties between me and _______ (list name (s)). Please restore me to wholeness in spirit, soul and body and reintegrate any part of me that was involved with those soul ties. I also ask for the salvation and restoration of those people that I was involved with. I commit him/her/them to your care. I rebuke any evil spirits that may have gained a foothold in me from that sin. I command you to leave me and go to Jesus Christ now! Thank you, Lord, for setting me free to live as the new person in Christ you made me to be! I praise you now and forever, Amen!"
More links: http://www.ministeringdeliverance.com/breaking_soul_ties.php
http://www.porn-free.org/soul-ties.htm
Q: What is a soul tie? Is it bad? What do they look like?
A: A soul tie is a spiritual connection between our soul and that of another person. There are godly and ungodly soul ties, which account for the influences that they have on each other. You cannot see them, but you can see the results. Strong soul tie happens between two people who are very close. And if the relationship is not godly, then the influence could be bad. The link between husband and wife (two become one flesh) and friendship (Jonathan and David) are examples of soul-ties. Soul-ties also happen after you have sex with someone.
There are good soul ties and bad soul ties. Good soul ties are commonly created in marriage and healthy friendships (Malachi 2:15; Genesis 2:24, 1 Chronicles 12:17, Colossians 2:2). Bad soul ties are created through sinful relationships and/or activities. Examples of situations that could create bad soul ties:
* Sex sin: Sex unites people physically, emotionally and spiritually. If we have sex with people other than our spouse, we create soul ties that cause all kinds of problems (spiritual confusion, emotional confusion, sex addiction, compulsivity, obsession, etc.).
* Looking at sex images, memories, objects and fetishes: These activities can establish a soul tie with an evil spirit. An example of this is found in Hosea 4:17 when Ephraim became joined with his idols. A tie may not be established in every instance, but it is certainly possible. Example objects: a favorite porn depiction, a garment worn by a former lover, pictures of former lovers, a cherished sexual memory.
* Sexual abuse/molestation: This can result in soul ties between the perpetrator and the victim. If you have been involved in sexual abuse, please seek healing prayer and Christian counsel as you proceed in your journey to freedom.
* "Unhealthy" relationships: Examples include relationships characterized by manipulation, guilt, emotional abuse, co-dependency, unnatural affection, envy and/or lust.
How to know if you have a bad soul tie:
* Ask the Lord: Take a moment to ask God in prayer to show you if you have soul ties that need to be severed. If the Lord brings people to mind or you think there is a possibility of a soul tie, proceed to pray to cut the soul tie.
* Look at the fruit: A way to determine the nature of a soul tie is to examine its fruit (Matthew 7:16-18). Good soul ties will bear good fruit; examples being love, blessing, fidelity, loyalty, honor, righteousness, etc. The overall effect of the good soul tie will be to strengthen our emotional wholeness and our walk with God. Bad soul ties will bear bad fruit, examples being hatred, resentment, curses, manipulation, anger, strife, jealousy, control, bitterness, etc. The overall effect of bad soul ties will be to hold us back from enjoying our relationship with God and to keep us in bondage to whatever we struggle with.
Cutting soul ties: We can cut soul ties by praying in the authority of Jesus Christ. The idea is to identify the source, confess/repent from any sin you committed related to it, cut the ties in Jesus' name, ask God to remove all negative effects and ask for restoration to wholeness.If you are cutting soul ties related to an object, be sure to destroy the object and remove it from your home.
The power of Oxytocin during sex
http://www.wpctucson.com/pregnant/campus/oxytocin.php
"Sex releases the hormone and will create a bond between the two people involved… since the release of oxytocin can be classically conditioned, after repeatedly having sex with the same partner, just seeing that partner could release more oxytocin, making you want to be with that person all the more. [1]
Breaking this bond is often difficult and can lead to depression and other psychological woes.(You break it by cutting soul-ties)
Unprotected, a book written by Dr. Miriam Grossman, a campus MD, shares story after story of students she has seen and dilemmas they are in because of the sexual culture prompted by college campuses."
The world today promotes the notion that sex is pure recreation, that the "hook-up" culture is natural and even empowering to women, and that love and sex are two completely different things.
That's not the whole story. Casual sex is not a natural part of the human make-up. Sex is a bonding experience and when the bond is broken by multiple partners, your body and mind have a conflict. This conflict is caused by a hormone called oxytocin and this is what makes love so ecstatic but also hurt
The hormone Oxytocin comes from a Greek word meaning "quick birth". It is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In women, it is released mainly after distension of the cervix and vagina during labor, and after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating birth and breastfeeding. Oxytocin is also released during orgasm in both sexes. In the brain, oxytocin is involved in social recognition and bonding, and is involved in the formation of trust between people.
A recent article in the Arizona Daily Star shows the power of this hormone and its effects on autism. "Scientists have found preliminary evidence that oxytocin, holds promise as a potential new treatment for autism. While it is hardly implausible that a hormone involved in orgasm would have positive effects on anyone, these findings of improvement in adults with autism given oxytocin are based on measurable changes in behavior as well as visible changes in their brains as seen through functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Previous studies have indicated that oxytocin, plays some role in how mammals manage fear, develop trust and establish socially cooperative behavior. Autism is a disorder in which, among other things, individuals have difficulty establishing social relationships. In this study those who received the hormone improved in their ability to identify emotions as described in writing to them and also reduced characteristic autistic repetitive behaviors."
In preliminary studies, the hormone oxytocin was shown to be associated with the ability to maintain healthy interpersonal relationships and healthy psychological boundaries with other people. The study appears in the July 2006 issue of Psychiatry.
"This is one of the first looks into the biological basis for human attachment and bonding," said Rebecca Turner, PhD, University of California, San Francisco adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and lead author of the study. "Our study indicates that oxytocin may be mediating emotional experiences in close relationships."
The study builds upon previous knowledge of the important role oxytocin plays in the reproductive life of mammals. The hormone facilitates nest building and pup retrieval in rats, acceptance of offspring in sheep, and the formation of adult pair-bonds in other animals. In humans, oxytocin stimulates milk ejection during lactation, uterine contraction during birth, and is released during sexual orgasm in both men and women.
Turner and her colleagues tested the idea that oxytocin is released in response to intense emotional states in addition to physical cues. Twenty-six women between the ages of 23 and 35 were asked to recall and re-experience a past relationship event that caused them to feel a positive emotion, such as love or infatuation, and a negative emotion, such as loss or abandonment. Because massage done on rats had previously been shown to influence oxytocin levels, the participants also received a 15-minute Swedish massage of the neck and shoulders. Blood samples were taken before, during, and after each of the three events to measure baseline oxytocin levels in the bloodstream and any change.
"We decided to look at the interpersonal characteristics of individual women to see if there was a correlation with changes in their oxytocin levels," said Turner, who is also the director of Student Research at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda campus. "We found a significant difference between women who reported distress and anxiety in their relationships and women who were more secure in their relationships."
Different questionnaires, including the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems and the Adult Attachment Scale, were used to assess each woman's previous experiences with personal and close relationships. The results were significantly correlated with the recorded changes in bloodstream oxytocin levels.
Women whose oxytocin levels rose in response to massage and remembering a positive relationship reported having little difficulty setting appropriate boundaries and being alone. Women whose oxytocin levels fell in response to remembering a negative emotional relationship reported greater problems with experiencing anxiety in close relationships.
In addition, women who were currently involved in a committed relationship experienced greater oxytocin increases in response to positive emotions than single women. The researchers speculate that a close, regular relationship may influence the responsiveness of the hormone, said Turner.
These preliminary findings bring up some intriguing questions, said Teresa McGuinness, MD, PhD, UCSF clinical psychiatry faculty member. Because oxytocin is released in men and women during sexual orgasm, it may be involved in adult bonding, said Turner. There is also speculation that in addition to facilitating lactation and the birthing process, the hormone facilitates the emotional bond between mother and child.
"Evolutionarily speaking, it makes sense that during pregnancy and the postpartum, both a woman's body and her mind would be stimulated to nurture her child," said Turner.
Oxytocin may also play a role in the higher levels of depression and interpersonal stress seen in women. According to most psychiatrists, women experience depression twice as often as men and tend to be more affected by relationship difficulties.
Dr. Grossman describes a 19-year-old, "Heather," who is depressed. She has a "friend with benefits" but only with the help of psychotherapy is she able to acknowledge that the relationship is causing her pain. She'd like to do things with him, like see movies or go out for dinner, but he is interested only in sex. She helps Heather to see that her needs are being neglected.
Another student, "Olivia," is devastated after her first serious boyfriend breaks up with her. Her grades suffer, she weeps constantly, and suffers a relapse of an eating disorder, making herself vomit up to six times a day. "'Why doctor,' she asked, 'why do they tell you how to protect your body — from herpes and pregnancy — but they don't tell you what it does to your heart?' ] Oxytocin is the culprit. One does not have to think long to understand what multiple relationships can do to the heart and one's self-esteem.
Remaining sexually pure until marriage is the way the human body was designed. To be with and desire one person in your life time is part of the human chemical make up. Stepping outside of that natural design creates conflict between body and mind.
[1] Oxytocin - The Cuddle Hormone, Johneen Manning , http://www.filly.ca/health/body/sexual_health/Oxytocin.asp
Wikipedia.org
Another Oxytocin link: http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/2004010721/
Breaking soul ties
This is a basic guide that will help you understand how to break ungodly soul ties.
Step 1 to breaking soul ties:
Repent of any sins that involve that person
If you have had adultery, fornication, etc., it is vital that you repent of those sins and receive God's forgiveness for it before you can go about breaking the soul tie.
Step 2 to breaking soul ties:
Forgive the person of any wrongs done
If you have any unforgiveness in your heart against the person, you must choose to release that bitterness and forgive the person. The Bible is clear that bitterness defiles a man.
Step 3 to breaking soul ties:
Renounce any covenants made with the person
If you have made any spoken commitments, vows or even simply saying, "I will love you forever", it has ample power in the spiritual realm to bind the soul to that person (form a soul tie). The tongue is quite capable of binding the soul and can be a great means to create soul ties:
Proverbs 6:2, "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."
These spoken covenants need to be renounced in order to break the soul tie. When you renounce something, you basically take them back verbally. You spoke them verbally, now it is time to take them back verbally. For example, if a woman has had a soul tie with a man who was not the one, and said she would never be able to love another man, then this needs to be renounced if she wants to break the soul tie. Such a woman could renounce it by saying something like, "I renounce having said that I will never be able to love another man."
Step 4 to breaking soul ties:
Get rid of any gifts exchanged
Gifts also symbolize a relationship and can hold a soul tie in place. If a person has a ring, personal gifts, cards, jewelry and other 'relationship gifts' from a previous relationship, then it is time to get rid of them. Holding onto such gifts symbolizes that the relationship is still in good standing and can actually hold the soul tie in place even after it has been renounced. You can learn more about the power of symbols in the teaching Symbolic Representations.
Step 5 to breaking soul ties:
Renounce and break the soul tie in Jesus' name
Verbally renouncing something carries a lot of weight in the spiritual realm. Just as vows can bind the soul, renouncing can release the soul from bonds. Jesus said that whatsoever you shall loose will be loosed in heaven (the heavenly realm, or spiritual realm). You can renounce and loose yourself from an ungodly soul tie by simply speaking something like this from your heart:
"I now renounce and loose myself from any ungodly soul ties formed between myself and ________, and I break these ungodly soul ties in Jesus' name."
More about Soul-Ties from http://www.b4prayer.org/index11.html
God designed the universe to function with natural and spiritual laws that bring freedom when obeyed, but bondage and destruction when broken and violated. (Blessing and Cursing)
Two souls can be knit or made to cleave together in a covenant relationship; they can also be tied or knit together to form bondage and enslavement.
GOD to make two marriage partners one flesh before GOD ordained sexual union, but promiscuous premarital affairs and extramarital affairs can mysteriously tie ones soul to many partners.
We just don't have any conception of promiscuity (sex) outside of marriage scatters their souls and destroys their ability to commit to one partner.
Prov 5:15-19 Drink water from your own cistern, running waters from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
It is very important that married couples keep their sexual life to satisfaction, because if not the other may become strongly tempted to seek sexual fulfillment elsewhere. Remember if you are your spouse become tempted and start thinking about a picture will develop in your mind if you think on it enough. Eventually it will manifest.
1 Cor 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. KJV.
1 Cor 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. NIV
Mat 5:27-28 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. NIV
Matt 5:27-28 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. KJV
Prov 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
2 Cor 10:5-6 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
If you get into an affair you suffer more than you imagine.
1.You will eventually start feeling guilty after the newness wears off and the flesh is satisfied.
2.You have committed adultery and take the chance of losing your spouse.
3.Your soul has now become tied and scattered, causing confusion and strife
1 Cor 6:16-17 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. NIV TRANSLATION
1 Cor 6:16-17 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. KJV
You may be involved or thinking of becoming involved in a sexual affair now. DON'T, you may make all kind of excuses on why you should.
Here are some common excuses that people use to justify what they are doing, but do not fall in the trap of deception
1: We are in love and it won't hurt anything because we are going to be married someday.
2: He said it would be ok if we did just this once and we will wait until we are married to do it again.
3.Your soul has now become tied and scattered, causing confusion and strife.
4: I won't think badly of you, we are meant to be together.
5: God won't mind because we are going to get married.
If you are already married here are some of the lies the devil can throw at you.
1: My husband doesn't love me any more and our sexual life is the worst
2: If I have a one-night affair, no one will know. GOD DOES
3: I will get back at him and he won't know the difference.
God says it is a sin and it will bring eventual destruction and not: blessings God never makes exceptions to his laws for you or anyone else.
A relationship began in righteous and holy actions will often bring forth blessed and holy branches, on the other hand, a relationship begun in sin and fornication will many times bring forth-evil branches and fruits. This could include adulterous cheating, divorce and even children that indulge in immortality.
Prov 5:20-22 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The consequences of a casual affair can be harmful and enduring. The soul ties formed can actually bind a person for life. The Word says (Rom 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of son ship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
God has so built every woman that the first man who has sex with her takes a form of dominion over her. Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Her human spirit and soul is built to respond to the man by nurturing him, supplying affection to him and being that mans fountain of satisfaction to him all through his life.
God made woman to develop a longing desire for their first lover (supposedly their husband) Read Gen: 3:16 again.
These scriptures warnings to women:
2 Tim 3:2-7 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (King James Version)
NIV Translation
2 Tim 3:2-5 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
The dominion a soul tie gives a man over his lover is often so binding that he can insult and mistreat her but she seems helplessly enslaved to him. Many women will tolerate all kinds of abuse and they won't understand why: They end up hating themselves, because they don't understand about soul ties. Whenever you hate yourself it is hard to give real love or receive real love.
SCATTERED SOULS
People that have formed soul ties with many people through fornication and promiscuity, their souls have become fragmented and scattered among all their sexual partners.
If you are unable to give yourself fully to your mate (husband) it is because your thoughts and emotions are being continually drawn back to their past lovers. This is also adultery in your heart.
If a woman has sexual relations with several men, her spirit and soul seek out every one of them. Her spirit is scattered and torn apart
If you have ever been raped, but yet you find yourself thinking or desiring the one that raped you, it is because the two souls have knit together.
A man's spirit is so built that for each woman he enters his spirit is built to find, protect, bless and nurture and provide for that woman. Guys have you been divorced and remarried, but you still seem to want to protect or take care of your ex-wife?
Prov 6:27-32 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry. But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
1 Cor 6:18-19 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? KJV
People that have been promiscuous, their souls are not only drawn to all their former lovers, but when they marry they often have sexual and communication problems with their mates. They are unable to be sexually satisfied by their marriage partner because they suffer from a scattered soul and cannot share themselves fully with their mate. They often seek satisfaction, not only with multiple partners, but also through experimentation with bizarre forms of sex that may eventually lead to perversion.
1 Cor 6:16-18 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. NIV
If soul ties have not been broken in your life, here are some pointers.
1: You had no knowledge or understanding of soul ties.
2: You have never dealt with getting rid of your past.
3: You have not let go of emotional attachments, memories and fantasies.
Multiple soul ties will weaken your character, your will, your emotions and your mind to the point that a decision to be free is difficult to make.
Prov 6:32 but whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Lust and sin are gratifying for the moment, but a person always pays later in shame, guilt, humiliation, and anger towards God, sorrow and torment. Sometimes we don't see that we are involved in those things because of denial. We tell ourselves that there is nothing in our past to deal with and we don't want to change. Fear of change keeps you in bondage and fear is not of the Lord. Years of sin have weakened our character to the point of destroying the desires for good and making it difficult to change.
There is HOPE (blueprint, picture) and that is Jesus. If you make him the Lord of your life and serve Him with all your heart, you can and will be set free if you believe and receive. You can be set totally free if you allow God to set you free, but He gives us a choice. He won't make us do anything we do not want to do.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed
Mark 11:24-25 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Before you pray the prayer below, please take a few moments to forgive all that has hurt you in any way, whether it be mentally or physically. Even though you do not think that they deserve forgiveness, you have to do it to receive your forgiveness. We did not deserve forgiveness from the Father, but His grace, mercy and His love for us was enough.
LET US PRAY IN FAITH, RECEIVING
Father, in the name of JESUS, I submit my soul, my desires and my emotions to your Spirit. I confess, as sin, all my promiscuous, premarital sexual relationships and all sexual relationships outside of marriage. I confess all my ungodly spirit, soul, and body ties as sin. I thank you for forgiving me and cleansing me right now!
"Father, thank you for giving me the keys of your kingdom, the keys of spiritual authority. What I bind is bound and what I loose is loosed. In Jesus name, I ask you to loose me from all soulish ties to past partners and ungodly relationships. Please uproot all the tentacles of sexual bondage, of emotional longings and dependencies, and enslaving thoughts. I bind, renounce and resist any evil spirits that have reinforced those soul ties or may have been transferred to me through evil associations.
Please cleanse my soul and help me to forget all illicit unions so that I am free to give my soul totally to my mate. Father, I receive your forgiveness for all past sex sins. I believe I am totally forgiven. Thank you for remembering my sins no more. Thank you for cleansing me from all unrighteousness. I commit myself to you by your grace; please keep me holy in my spirit, soul, and body. I praise you. In Jesus name. AMEN.
I have a personal testimony on deliverance of soul ties and I have worked with women in a ladies Hope group and have witnessed their deliverance. They are very real and can be emotionally destructive. My heart really longs to see people set free from these soul ties.
If there are times that you seem to feel like you don't know who you are and going in so many different directions, well you probably are soul tied.
Always remember that: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Yes God did that just for you, because He loves you no matter what!!!!!!!
The Holy Spirit shared this illustration with me and I want to share it with you. It will show that before we can cleave, (be tied to) someone new, you have to let go of the old first.
When a woman becomes pregnant she carries the baby inside of her for nine months, and during that time her and the baby are one. The umbilical cord is connected from the mother to the baby. The baby receives all the nutrients from the mother. They are one at that time. They have to go everywhere together. Even when the mother experiences stress, anger, bitterness, and other things, the baby will be affected.
Once the baby is born, the mother and the baby are still connected together, because of the umbilical cord. There is a procedure that has to be done to separate the two. The umbilical cord has to be cut, and when this happens the baby can begin its new life. I think that this is a great example of what God is trying to show us about being soul tied.
You have to cut and sever all old ties before you start your new life. You can see the importance in severing the spiritual umbilical cord from those in the past. As long as you are connected in the soul with someone from the past, it is hard to move forward.
The Holy Spirit has told me that so many single people want to get married, but they are not ready because they have to get themselves prepared for the bridegroom, and the most important thing is getting rid of the old and allow the new to come forth. If you go into a marriage with your past not put behind and all the ties severed, the enemy will try to bring them back.
Let's say that you were married and your spouse started cheating on you, he or she was coming home late from work, you were receiving hang up calls, and you became so suspicious of your spouses every move. You finally divorce your spouse and later you meet someone else and you decide to marry. One night your spouse is late coming home and the phone rings and it is a hang up. The devil starts putting thoughts in your mind that your spouse is cheating on you just like the other one did and he goes on and on. By the time your spouse walks in you are in a rage. You start accusing them of all the things your ex- spouse did to you. Can you see what is happening here? You are repeating your past, because you had not released the other person from your soul. It is a never-ending cycle if it is not dealt with. You can try to deal with it in the natural; by seeing counselors, trying to forget, or by even getting a divorce but those are only temporary, it is to be dealt with in the spiritual realm.
2 Cor 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
We must keep ourselves connected to Jesus at all times. He will never leave or forsake you. You may separate yourself from Him, but nothing can separate you from the love of God. He is always waiting to help you walk in the freedom that Jesus died for you to have.
Phil 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Phil 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Sample Prayers to break soul-ties
Cutting soul ties: We can cut soul ties by praying in the authority of Jesus Christ. The idea is to identify the source, confess/repent from any sin you committed related to it, cut the ties in Jesus' name, ask God to remove all negative effects and ask for restoration to wholeness. If you are cutting soul ties related to an object, be sure to destroy the object and remove it from your home. Here's a sample prayer:
"Father God, I thank you for saving me from destruction. I praise you for sending Jesus to die for my sins. Please forgive me for my sins against you. Specifically, I confess that I ______________(details of the sin & names). I repent of that sin and renounce it now. Lord, please purify my heart from this sin, the memory of it and any associated fantasy I have entertained in my mind regarding it. In the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of his blood shed on the cross, I cut myself free from any soul ties that may have been established with _______ (name (s) or specific objects). I commit him/her/them to the care of Jesus Christ for him to do with as he wills. Satan, I rebuke you in all your works and ways. I rebuke any evil spirits that have a foothold in me. In the name of Jesus, I command you evil spirits to leave me and go directly to Jesus Christ. Father, please heal my soul of any wounds resulting from these soul ties. Please reintegrate any part of me that may have been detained through this/these soul ties and restore me to wholeness. I also ask that you will reintegrate any part of the person(s) I sinned with that has been detained in me, and restore them to wholeness. Thank you, Lord, for your healing power and your perfect love for me. May I glorify you with my life from this point forward. In Jesus' name, Amen."
For those who feel uncomfortable cutting the soul ties themselves, here is a prayer that asks God to cut the ties for us:
"Father God, Thank you for saving me from destruction. I praise you for sending Jesus to die for my sins. Specifically, I confess that I have sinned in the following ways: ______________(details of the sin & names). I repent from those sins and renounce them now. Please forgive me and cleanse my conscience with the blood of Jesus. Lord, please cut the unhealthy soul ties between me and _______ (list name (s)). Please restore me to wholeness in spirit, soul and body and reintegrate any part of me that was involved with those soul ties. I also ask for the salvation and restoration of those people that I was involved with. I commit him/her/them to your care. I rebuke any evil spirits that may have gained a foothold in me from that sin. I command you to leave me and go to Jesus Christ now! Thank you, Lord, for setting me free to live as the new person in Christ you made me to be! I praise you now and forever, Amen!"
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