As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.  O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.  (Isaiah 3;12)
 
The curse of destruction of the family priesthood, centered in the father, usually results from inherited family curses.  It paves the way for a spirit of Rejection to enter a child.  This leads to a withdrawal of the father from his role and position of authority.  It eventuates in a lack of love for and interest in his wife and children. 
 
Frustrated by his lack of leadership and her inability to respect him as a man, the woman (who herself may have inherited curses of dominance) begins to direct the home by the Jezebel spirit.  This involves usurpation of authority, dominance and rebellion.  This is the essence of witchcraft.  She controls the family through emotional blackmail and conditional love. 
 
The child is caught up in the conflict between the parents and becomes the chief victim.  He will end up with an inability to give or receive love freely.  Because of the confusion of the authority pattern in the home, he is set up for schizophrenia (double-mindedness)  and paranoia to gain a foothold. 
 
Evil spirits in the mother will coerce the male child.  They will forbid him to assert his masculinity or to engage in activities which would develop him as a man.  If he wants her approval and love he must submit to her control and domination.  This causes him to lose his own self-respect.  If he  disobeys and rebels, he loses her love and is tormented by guilt.  As he grows older, often he may become confused about his sexual identity, fear marriage and drift toward perversion and homosexuality as an escape from escalating sexual pressures and fears.  He will reflect his mother’s disdain for and despising of his father’s weakness and/or refusal to cope with the dominance in the home.

Often the father plunges into his work, drink, affairs with other women or divorce in an effort to keep his own sanity.  Preoccupied with his own problems he is indifferent to or helpless in the face of his family’s problems.

The progression of destruction in the life of a female child is much the same as that of the boy.  However, consciously or unconsciously, she will absorb and manifest the same attitudes and spirits which drive her mother.  The use of emotional blackmail in the home sets the stage from the entrance of double-mindness, especially in the children. 
 
In addition there will usually be a deeply buried spirit of Hatred of Parents in the child, opening the way for hounding of the individual by Guilt and Condemnation.  This terrible repetition of disaster in families is self-propagating.  Unless someone learns the truth, breaks the curses and reverts back to God’s family order, the curse can perpetuate itself for generations in families. 
 
There is a definite pattern to the entrance of Rejection, which in turns opens the door for Rebellion:
 
(1) Curse of destruction of the family priesthood, centered in father;
 
(2) Curses and Spirits of Withdrawal of the father and dominance by the mother;
 
(3) Spirit of Improper Discipline usually works through the mother, either over-permissive or too harsh, may associate with the curse of rebellion against discipline on the child’s part;
 
(4) Spirit of Lying to Escape Punishment;
 
(5) Curse and Spirits of Guilt;
 
(6) Curse and Spirits of Distrust (resulting from guilt);
 
(7) Curse and Spirits involving Lack of Communication Between Parent and Child;
 
(8) Curse and Spirits of Rejection (”My parents don’t love me…  . .I can’t even talk with them, etc.”) 
 
Many times rejection can be broken by following this progression: Break the curses mentioned in items 1 through 8.  Have the person confess sin and renounce the spirits and then force them to leave. 
 
First, bind the spirits of Rejection and his friend, Rebellion.  Ask the Lord to put a block or wedge between them lest they mutually reinforce each other.  Next, attack Rejection by digging out the roots and shields before confronting him.  He is much easier to remove after cutting away the “underbrush” of shielding demons, rather than mounting an offensive directly against him while his forces are intact.   
 
Battling the Host of Hell by Win Worley ©1976, pp. 224-226.
 
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Forgiveness is hard to give because it hurts to extend it to those who are undeserving and hard-hearted.  It implies acceptance rather than legalistic demands of compensation for injury done.  This makes for a costly operation.  To release a wrong-doer instead of exacting a just penalty requires that we reach out in love.  To do this we must reject the temptation to hold bitterness and resentment.  All of this is contrary to our natural inclinations; thus the old adage, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.”   We must have the Lord’s enabling in order to forgive others for hurts and disappointments. 
 
Forgiveness is not forgetting the wrong done; some hurts are so deep that this would be impossible.  We can forget the anger and hurt we felt, but the act we felt is branded in our minds.  It does no good to pretend that the offense never took place.  That fact must be accepted, not overlooked or disparaged as being unimportant.  Ignoring and denial are forms of withdrawal and deceit and lead to hidden resentful anger. 
 
Forgiveness takes place when the victim accepts the loss and/or injury done him and deliberately cancels  the debt owed him by the offending person.  Justice insists compensation be required from the inflicter of the injury, but forgiveness absorbs and accepts the wrong, and frees the guilty party. 
 
Anger must be dealt with openly and honestly, not denied or disregarded.  Either it must be vented in retaliation or the injured party must accept his own anger, bear the burden of it, and confess it in prayer.  This will release him and set the other party free. 
 
Revenge always hurts the retaliator far more than the one at whom it is leveled.  Forgiveness is being willing to pay the cost of another’s wrong without asking for redress or vengeance.  In other words, our pattern must be the gracious and substitutionary death of Christ.  He willingly received all the hurt and evil of the entire human race in His own body on the tree to pay the debt for our guilt. 

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:   
           
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:  Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:21-24)

He now offers what he has wrought as a free gift to undeserving and guilty persons so they can be free (Romans 6:23; John 10:28-30).  Far from minimizing or overlooking sin, God demonstrated at Calvary the awful depths of sin when He paid the debt in full in order to forgive us.  He dropped all charges against us on the ground that Jesus’ blood had satisfied the laws demand: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” 
 
As nothing else, forgiveness takes us into the mysteries of grace where God forgives unconditionally on the basis of the substitutionary payment by another (Mark 11:25-26).  By His enabling grace He desires us to go and dolikewise.  One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit’s work in a life is the quality of meekness.  It is a quality which is nurtured and abetted by practicing forgiveness.  Meekness is actually gentleness, in the sense that a wild horse is gentled.  This will harness all the energy, spirit and strength of the animal and channel it in constructive avenues. 
 
This highly prized quality will cause us to be able to accept God’s dealings with us as being good, without resisting or disputing.  It will surface in our dealings with other people who mistreat, insult or otherwise abuse us, giving patient endurance without retaliation.  Meekness will also make us able to “bear one another’s burden’s” cheerfully and for Jesus’ sake, enabling us to enter into the mystery of Christ’s sufferings.
 
Because unforgiveness and the resentment and bitterness it generates is so deadly, it is not optional, but necessary that it be dealt with.  Cancer and Arthritis spirits definitely root into this fertile ground.  To be bitter and unforgiving costs far more than it is worth! 

Conquering the Host of Hell by Win Worley ©1977, pp. 34-36.
 
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Bitterness is a hurt that will not heal, a wound in the spirit (Proverbs 18:14).  It comes into a life because of a failure to appropriate God’s grace Hebrews 12:15); by refusing to forgive others (Matthew 6:14,15; 7:1,2; 18:21-35); or refusing to thank God for all things (Ephesians 5:20; Philippians 4:6).
 
Often we try to forgive the ones who hurt us, and we even tell God that we do forgive them.  However, each time we remember the things which happened, we are suddenly flooded with hurt and/or anger again.  This indicates unhealed bitterness.  In order to cope with bitterness and heal the hurt, we must not only forgive but be in a position to receive God’s grace and His comfort as well. 

TO REMOVE BITTERNESS:
 
Give God vengeance (Hebrews 10:30).  It is too heavy for us to carry and besides it belongs to God.  Do not be a receiver of stolen goods!  God has promised to repay, it is not our responsibility. 
 
Forgive the others involved in the hurt and refuse to condemn (Matthew 7:12).  Forgive eagerly (Matthew 18:12), remembering that unforgiveness is torture to those who hold it (Matthew 18:34,35). 
 
Focus on God and no one else, for He alone sees the motivations of the heart (I Samuel 16:17).  We must remember that God loves us (Romans 8:32-34), and not look at what others say, what we think or even at the situation itself. 
                               
TO RECEIVE COMFORT:

We must go to the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3) for His Holy Spirit is our Comforter (John 14:16) and He earnestly desires to comfort us (Psalm 103:13). 
 
Going to God we will find a peace that passes understanding which will keep (guard, garrison)  our hearts and minds (emotions and thoughts) (Philippians 4:4-9).  Compare this with the incident recorded in Mark 4:39 where the peace invoked by Jesus surpassed anything the disciples had anticipated or expected.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
  
Focus on God and give Him thanks (Ephesians 5:20; Romans 8:28) rejoicing because your name is written in the Lamb’s book of Life (Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:4) and ask for grace, comfort and peace (Matthew 7:7-11). 
 
Focusing on God and letting Him be our judge is absolutely necessary.  He is the only One in a position to evaluate us and decide our worth.  The one upon whom you focus your heart and mind is the one whom you will emulate in you life (2 Corinthians 3:18). 
 
Proverbs 29:25 contrasts the fear of man with trust in God.  The one you fear is the one you look upon and this determines your values, goals, self-acceptance (or lack of it) etc.  The fear of the Lord is not the fear of the judgement.  Christians must not regard God as some sort of glorified watchdog.  To fear God in the Biblical sense means turning your back on the world and being filled with reverential awe at the greatness and goodness of God.  It involves focusing your heart and mind on God alone and letting Him be your judge (Psalm 112:1,7; Philippians 4:6; Romans 8:32:34). 
 
To receive comfort and heal the bitterness in your spirit you must die to works of righteousness (trying to earn God’s love and favor)  by drowning in the ocean of God’s love and grace, rejoicing that He has chosen you. 
 
Conquering the Hosts of Hell by Win Worley © 1977, pp. 36,37.
 
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About five years ago I was diagnosed by a psychologist and a psychiatrist as a paranoid-schizophrenic and warned that the condition is completely incurable.  The best I could expect would be powerful medication combined with continuous counseling for the rest of my life.  One of my symptoms was a complete inability to give or receive love freely, although I desperately wanted it. 
 
I had been dominated by women since childhood and was filled with guilt and condemnation.  Half of me enjoyed being dominated but the other half rebelled against it.  As a consequence I found myself continually vacillating between seeking to put myself in a position to be dominated by a female and yet angrily rebelling against it. 
 
Eventually resentment and anger would build up and I would reverse and demand to be the leader.  Because I was unable to love, I was harsh and unreasonable and could not really lead.  Soon I discovered that nobody wanted or accepted my leadership.  
 
Frustration and utter chaos came to destroy every intimate personal relationship I ever tried to build.  This drove me to marriage counselors and the psychiatrists.  I had extensive psychotherapy followed by intensive sensitivity training.  Sessions lasted 12, 15, 18, 20 and 24 hours at a time, working out certain types of exercises with a group.  I also had a great deal of group counseling; at least once a week, sometimes more. 
 
None of this seemed to work so I determined to seek a deeper relationship with the Lord.  At the age of eleven I had received Christ as my Savior.  I had to have the fullness of the power of the Lord in my life.  I read of things in the Bible which were not happening in the church I was attending. 
 
Through a series of events I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and began attending a local charismatic church.  After this experience with the Spirit I received a certain amount of relief from the paranoia and schizophrenia I had for such a long time.
 
A woman who later became my wife led me into the baptism.  She also had a limited knowledge of deliverance.  Many spirits left me as she prayed, but then a time came when no more left; yet I knew that the strongest ones were still there.  The biggest help to me was when an oppressing spirit of Depression left me.  My spouse was not aware of the spirit of Ahab which caused me simultaneously to long for and at the same time hate control by women.  Rebellion, Rejection and the Schizophrenic Paranoid control spirits were still firmly in control.  After a brief respite they began to reassert their unbearable pressures.  This caused me to be completely defeated.  Somehow I was unable to be the person I yearned to be, but I knew that Jesus Christ was the answer.  I visited Pastor Worley’s church and here there was a real breakthrough.  This came as a result of two months of intensive deliverance prayer two or three times a week.
 
First to be defeated were Hatred and Resentment.  Later Ahab, Rebellion, Paranoia and Schizophrenia and their supporting spirits were cast out in pitched battles.  This produced sudden and startling progress.  I can’t tell you what a glorious feeling of relief it has been to be set free after all these discouraging years. 
 
God restored me in a way impossible to have been anticipated.  It has been the most stupendous thing in my entire life.  He has put me through circumstances and severe testings to let me see just how real this deliverance is.  In situations where I would formerly have exploded with hatred, rebellion, resentment and bitterness, I find myself strangely calm and patient.  Things which once brought on temper tantrums, now release the overflowing agape love of Jesus Christ.  This makes a difference in every relationship.  Praise God for joy, peace and complete victory impossible to attain previously.  Small spurts of victory in the past were always short lived and were easily demolished by circumstances.  Deliverance has regained and held the grounds, and remains constant and steady through all of the trials and tests.

There are definitely still ups and downs and always will be.  However, now I have an unshakable joy and inner peace that I never dreamed was possible.  Previously, my double-mindedness would force me into a state of constant change.  I was different from one minute to the next and completely unpredictable whenever my emotions were involved.  Now I remain amazed and thrilled with the stability that God has wrought in me.  My personality is different and I express myself with strength and confidence.  I also feel much more masculine than I ever have. 
 
God has brought me through all these tests.  This demonstrated that even in adversity and tribulation, He has given me the victory.  Because I am no longer plagued with these negative and destructive attitudes, I can react with love and not hatred and rebellion.  Truly, I can sing from my heart, “How great is our God, how great is His name!  He’s the greatest One, forever the same.”                          
 
The following is an excerpt from “Schizophrenia, Booklet #13″ by Pastor Win Worley. Copyright © 1983 by Win Worley, Revised © 1993. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including storage and retrieval system, without securing permission in writing from the publisher, WRW Publications, PO Box 852626, Mesquite, TX 75185.

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