Deliverance from Evil Spirits: A Practical Manual Book

Foreword 11

Introduction 13

Part 1 Necessary Background: Clearing Away Misconceptions

1 How I Got Involved in Casting Out Demons: A Parable for the Church 23

Part 2 The Existence and Kinds of Evil Spirits

2 Do Demons Really Exist? The Scriptural Evidence 37

3 What Is the Evidence of Human Experience? 53

4 Should We Call It Possession? 72

5 How Do We Know If an Evil Spirit Is Really Present? 79

6 The Different Kinds of Evil Spirits 90

Part 3 Curses and the Power of False Judgment

7 Falling Under a Curse 99

8 Curselike Judgments and Ties That Bind 123

9 Who Can Pray for Deliverance? 133

Part 4 Getting Ready

10 How to Prepare 149

11 Selecting a Team 154

12 How the Demonized Person Prepares for Deliverance 159

Part 5 How to Pray for Deliverance

13 How to Pray for Deliverance: The Basic Form 169

14 Freeing a Person from Spirits of Trauma 185

15 Spirits of Sin 199

16 Spirits of the Occult 206

17 Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) 227

18 Other Kinds of Spirits 240

19 Deliverance through "Blessed Objects" 245

20 Follow-Up 253

Part 6 Setting Places Free

21 Larger Dimensions of Deliverance 259

22 Deliverance of Places 271

Part 7 Final Words

23 Baptism in the Holy Spirit 277

Appendix 1 Sample Prayers 285

Appendix 2 An Interview with Father Rufus Pereira 288

Index 299