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Good Reports - How to War!

We received a few great reports after praying for people concerning the Python spirit. Young and old are being set free with noticeable change in the person's attitude and focus. Examples: (1) People have reported changes in their spouses. (2) Rebelliousness leaving. (3) Wanting to play rap music changed overnight to wanting to write Christian music. (These people didn't know they were being prayed for.)

Please understand that praying against the Python is not the answer to everything, but God did say it has affected everyone in some way. (Remember, there are many other controlling spiritual influences in the world but this one is a strong man and is rampant.)

With the Python, especially the religious spirit, complete deliverance is a process. A lot of people report that they were not in control of their thoughts until the spirit was dealt with. Now that they can think their own thoughts on a subject, wrong thoughts need to be recognized. Truth does not come automatically because a spirit is gone, but now truth can be seen by the person where it could not be seen before. The person must be worked with to correct what the Python has caused. This is why we pray like we do to bring the Lord into the situation. He is Truth.

I have been told by people that I needed to share how to pray/war against the Python specifically and put it in this writing. Soon after this, the Lord confirmed to me that I was to do this.

First of all let me say that one must always be listening to the Holy Spirit for instruction. It is Jesus doing the deliverance and He has His plan. Remember, it took a month or so from the time the spirit of fear was cast out of me to when it was really gone. So, if we do not see instant results we should not let that shake our faith, although we do rejoice when it happens instantly. Jesus cast out demons when He was here in the flesh and the Bible says some came out "within the hour." Jesus did not always have instant deliverances. The reason is that there are different spirits, all of which have their own attributes. Also, the amount of control and how deeply ingrained the spirits are in a the person is a contributing factors.

Warring Against the Python

Here at Take His Heart we try to be led by the Holy Spirit the best we can as we come against the Python in people's lives. Most of the time we start by giving Jesus praise, thanking Him that He is the deliverer and healer, etc. We normally lift up the person before Him, although I have personally taken authority over the Python in Jesus' name - dealing with it directly. In other words, I just got after the spirit because it was manifesting and I had become disgusted with it.

I usually say something like this, speaking to the spirit itself. "In the name of Jesus Christ, Python, I break your power (or I render you powerless) in ____'s life. I tell you (or charge you) to come out, you and your cohorts, in Jesus' name. You cannot re-enter this person; you must stay out. I spoil your fruit, destroy your goods, seeds, and hatchlings in Jesus' Name, and I thank You, Jesus, for seeing to it the fruit (goods) of the Python is destroyed in ____'s mind and life. I call forth truth and declare that they see what they haven't been able to see and they hear what they haven't been able to hear. I call forth truth, I call it forth into their life and into the earth.”

As a group, we usually say most of the above in some way. There are three things that must be done and I believe the fourth to be very, very important.

(1) Break the power of the Python and its cohorts. 
(2) They must be called out.
(3) They must be told not to return.
(4) You ask the Lord to spoil its fruit (goods) and call forth truth into the person's life.
(5) Destroy the seeds, in Jesus' Name.

This is the order we mostly use but it works to call it out first also. The main thing is to make sure it all gets done.

Interestingly, at a recent prayer meeting I knew we were to pray for a specific family whose husband/dad was controlled by a religious spirit (Python). The Holy Spirit had been dealing with me all day to say something I have never said when warring against the Python. These are not the exact words but you will get the message I was being given by the Holy Spirit. I have underlined it. "In the name of Jesus I break the power of the Python in ____'s life! I charge you to come out, you worker of unrighteousness! You are not to return into this man!"

God never does anything or says anything without a purpose. There was purpose in having me say, "You worker of unrighteousness," at that time. Was it that God wanted to bring something (a truth) to our attention? The religious spirit does appear righteous in religious circles but in fact works unrighteousness. From what I know about this particular man, he certainly has been working unrighteousness in family matters, being deceived by what he thinks the Bible says. The point is that it is the Python manifesting this in him; it is not the man himself.

Jesus cast a deaf and dumb spirit out of a man who could not help himself. People who are controlled by the Python cannot help themselves either. It takes Jesus and His coworkers here on earth who have understanding to address the problem.

I have had Christians share with me that the Lord told them, either directly or through someone else, that they have a "Python spirit" or "familiar spirit." The Lord is doing this because He wants His people cleaned up so they can consistently walk beside Him and not be dragged off His path when this spirit starts functioning in their life.

Jesus loves these people and wants them set free. The thing to do is to walk beside Jesus as He brings it about. God wants you to become a thorn in Satan's side. He told this group that we are a thorn in Satan's side. He didn't do this to bring attention to us but to tell us we were being effective. We are grateful for the encouragement from the Lord and the encouragement from the good reports we have received.

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