Category Archives: casting out demons

Unwanted compelling desires are bondage.

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

When you are being compelled by thoughts, feelings, desires, or habits that you don’t want, you are in bondage to something other than yourself that the Bible calls sin. If you are a slave to big sin or tiny sin, … Continue reading →

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The Jesus revolution means power over demons!

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Steve Simms

The Jesus revolution is the daily fight to “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2. Every believer who has been inwardly changed by Christ still lives in this physical world that is under the influence … Continue reading →

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Movin’ on up–beyond mental and emotional pain . . .

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Steve Simms

Mental and emotional pain are warnings that your thinking and behavior are self-damaging and need to be adjusted. To have the mind of Christ we must let God’s Spirit direct our mental traffic. Invite the living Jesus into the home … Continue reading →

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Defeat your demons!

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

The daily news demonstrates how demons working in and thru people say and do cruel things to people. As humans we need to learn to recognize, refute, and resist the voice of demons when they insert their wrongful thoughts into … Continue reading →

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Do the CBS (“Crazy” Bible Stuff)

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Steve Simms

It’s time to begin to do the CBS, the “crazy” Bible stuff. Dare to read it, believe it, & boldly do it — now. Definition: “Crazy Bible stuff” is stuff in the Bible commonly considered to be crazy. Here’s an example: “If … Continue reading →

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Listening to the subtle voices of bad spirits causes much pain.

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Steve Simms

The evil in the world (& in our own heart) demonstrates the reality of bad spirits. Everyone is subject to the attack, torment, temptation, & seduction of bad spirits. The ultimate goal of bad spirits is the ultimate defeat of … Continue reading →

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Beyond verbal bullying and belligerent boasting!

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Steve Simms

Christ-followers are called to love our enemies, not to blast them with verbal bullying and belligerent boasting! Jesus wasn’t kidding when He said “love your enemies”! What a person is, is more important that what a person says. A man can … Continue reading →

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I’ll fight with spiritual weapons!

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Steve Simms

Plenty of people will fight with the physical weapons of guns and bombs. Where are the people who will dare to fight with spiritual weapons instead? Christ-followers are called to fight evil with spiritual weapons rather than physical weapons. So … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Halloween Challenge! (Reformation Day.)

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Steve Simms

–The greatest challenge for Halloween is not decorating, or getting a costume that suits you, or which party to go to, or getting the kids ready for trick or treating, or even the weather. The greatest challenge is to take … Continue reading →

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Reading Catherine Booth — (Evil Spirits, Participatory Church & Weeping Ministers)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Steve Simms

Reading Catherine Booth (co-founder of The Salvation Army), I came across these words: –“I suppose most of you believe in evil spirits who have access to the human mind. I wish, if you do not, you could have some of … Continue reading →

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