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Overcoming Familiar Spirits:
Deliverance from Unseen Demonic Enemies and Spiritual Debt
Kynan Bridges Ministries, Inc.
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Preface
O vercoming Familiar Spirits: Deliverance from Unseen Demonic Enemies and Spiritual Debt has been one of the most challenging books I have ever writtenand it may be the most controversial. In this book, I discuss the shocking truth about demonic entities called familiar spirits . I specifically deal with how we can become free of familiar spirits by understanding spiritual debt, breaking unhealthy soul ties and agreements, and releasing demonic liens.
You likely know something about evil spirits and unhealthy soul ties, but you may be unfamiliar with the term demonic liens . In the natural world, a lien is a legal hold or claim against someones property until a debt is paid. The Lord has shown me that many believers are trapped by spiritual debt and ensnared by demonic liens, and this is why they are continually being hindered in their lives and unable to fulfill Gods purposes for them. They are being oppressed in their marriages, their finances, their ministries, and other areas.
The purpose of this book is to finally identify the culprit of so many common and constant struggles that believers, out of ignorance of spiritual truths, have conformed to, thus giving the enemy access. When people have had their minds and bodies bombarded by familiar spirits, they often feel discouraged and beyond hope. They think God disapproves of them and can never use them. Yet the Lord God Jehovah loves us and wants to break the demonic liens in our lives so we can experience freedom and abundant life. God desires that we confront these demonic forces and reestablish our place of spiritual authority in any areas where familiar spirits have taken residence. He wants us to exercise dominion on the earth and have victory over the enemys schemes.
Now understand this: I speak from personal experience. There were things in my life that were giving the devil legal access to me, and I did not even realize it. At the beginning, I was not even aware that familiar spirits existed or how to combat them, and that is why the same demons kept showing up through different people and circumstances, time and time again, with the same temptations, the same difficulties, the same obstacles, the same troubling dreams, the same issues, over and over again.
When I began to understand the nature of familiar spirits, I still needed additional revelation and insight. While I was consulting the Lord concerning this topic, I asked Him why certain things in my own life continued to perpetually afflict me. I am filled with the Holy Spirit, I am anointed by the Spirit, and I pray in tongues. So, why were there areas where oppression seemed to be continually present and particular sins were a recurring problem? The revelation of deliverance that I received and that I present in this book has been life-changing not only for me but for many other believers with whom I have shared these truths.
Even writing this book required much soul-searching and repentance on my part so that I could clearly articulate, from a pure and sincere place, Gods heart of love to give us the freedom and deliverance we need. Through this process, I was able to identify places in my mind and emotions that required deeper levels of healing and deliverance, and God gave me the grace to overcome in these areas. My prayer is that you will be impacted by the liberating presence and power of God in the same way. I also pray that you will come to receive the revelation that the source of our freedom begins and ends in Jesus Christ and the Word of God.
In Overcoming Familiar Spirits , I discuss both my experiences and others experiences in dealing with familiar spirits, and what the access points of so many of these demonic entities are. I also show the scriptural basis for how we can take back our spiritual authority over the enemy. In these pages, you will find real-life stories, anecdotes, and biblical examples to help you discern and have victory over familiar spirits.
