The Spiritual Realm is Real and Active - Protection of The Home And Property in The Spiritual Realm

 

In my last article, I offered guidance on how one undertakes spiritual warfare to release someone from spiritual attachments that may be weighing them down. These attachments can have physical, mental and, of course, spiritual effects on us. It is my belief that it is a good idea to address these attachments on a regular basis in order to be able to achieve the greatest spiritual health that we can; call it spiritual maintenance.

There is another aspect to spiritual warfare that I have not yet covered and that is protection of the home and property in the spiritual realm. In one of my earlier articles, I mentioned that once a year my family undertakes to release each other from the spiritual burdens that we accumulate over the course of the year. At the same time, I do the same for our home and our property. There may be those who will be thinking that I am taking this far too seriously, but since I started doing this, we have heard from so many people on so many occasions that our home, and even our property feel different somehow. When people come to visit, they feel so comfortable, and I don't think this is necessarily due to our gift of hospitality.

To shine a light on how much this can affect not only your property but those around you, it was almost exactly two years ago that we left our home of 20 years in obedience to God. For several years prior to our leaving, I had been protecting our property in the spiritual realm. When we left that property with the last load of our belongings, I stopped and I released the angelic hedge that I had placed around that property years before and which I had renewed annually for years since. Since I had placed that hedge around the property for the protection of my family, I saw no reason to leave it there since my family was leaving. In Jesus' name, I released the angels from their duty and requested that they come with us to the place where we were staying, and I erected the hedge around us there as well.

It has taken a little bit of time to accumulate the knowledge of the ramifications of those actions through conversations with former neighbours and friends in the area of our former home, but we have made some observations through comments made by various people at different times.

Our next door neighbour told my wife several months ago that their daughter made a comment that the road that we lived on doesn't feel as safe as it used to. It is not an unsafe area by any stretch of the imagination, but the reason for the change remains unknown to the daughter or her parents; she just knows that she does not feel as secure in her childhood home as she used to. I believe that my wife had shared with our neighbours the things that we did to protect our property in the spiritual realm, but I don't think they took her words or our actions seriously, and I believe that they haven't put two and two together yet. Given the direct contact of the two properties, I will claim that the removal of the angelic hedge has allowed unwanted spiritual beings to enter and act in the area. I will also assume that the new owners of the property have brought things with them as well, and it is the change between a clean and protected property and what they have next to them now that they are sensing.

We have some other friends who still live in the town nearest to our former home whom I have taught about this spiritual protection over the property. They moved into that town in large part because we became friends and they moved closer to us. Now they have been considering moving again because the town is no longer as safe or peaceful as it used to be. Petty crimes are on the rise, particularly property crimes.  Now, I have a hard time claiming with any certainty that removing the protection from our property outside that town has had that much of an effect on the town, but our friends indicated that they believe that things began to change not too long after we left and that things have been getting steadily worse. On another, possibly connected note, there was a rash of marital strife and divorce in and around that town since we left, a noticeable uptick, particularly among those whom had positioned themselves against us prior to us leaving.

I want to be clear that I am not trying to claim responsibility for protecting that area through my own actions, but it is interesting to note that the removal of the spiritual protection around our property, something that we were taught to do by a wonderful and very spiritual lady, seems to coincide with things changing in this way. It is not illogical to consider that when a force has a stronghold in a geographic area, the enemies of that force will not dare to try to infiltrate that area. They will move their forces away from there in an act of self-preservation and will not seek to assert their own desires near the area of the stronghold unless that stronghold is suddenly left vacant. This is true in the physical realm, so it makes sense that the same can also be said in the spiritual realm. If this is correct, can you imagine how believers could reclaim our country if this became standard practice for all of those who love God? What if we all claimed our properties, our homes, our apartments, our businesses as areas that are protected by God's angels and as strongholds against the evil ones? We could see a shift in the ways that our countries operate and potentially a tidal shift against the degradations that we are witnessing in society today. So let's take a look at what I was taught and what I have been putting into practice to claim my little corner of this country for God.
 
I have written about taking control of our own minds and bodies and taking steps to spiritually protect them from assault and invasion. I am of the belief that if we protect our homes spiritually in the same ways, then we are less likely to come under attacks and damages as a result of those who are under the influence of the devil. They will likely feel so uncomfortable entering our property that they will leave before engaging in serious mischief; if they have come specifically for the purpose of engaging in mischief, they will likely not even attempt to enter the property, or they will likely not be allowed in by the angelic warriors who are defending the property. This is not to say that damage will not occur, because we do not know what God has planned for us, but I do have reason to believe that God’s supernatural protection will extend into the natural realm of weather related issues as well. If we protect our homes and properties spiritually, we will also lessen the spiritual attacks that our families have to deal with. Our homes can become a safe haven for the members of our families. As it is with undertaking spiritual warfare in order to protect our persons, there are certain guidelines that we can follow in order to protect our property as well.

We have already looked at how to cleanse ourselves from spiritual entities that we do not want to have around; the basics are the same when we decide to take steps to cleanse our homes and our properties from the same. Probably the one greatest difference is that you will not have to name every entity that you are removing. What we are doing is making a clean sweep of everything, though there may be a strong entity that the Spirit may stop you and bring to your mind to deal with directly and by name. As with personal spiritual warfare, you must remain tuned in to the Holy Spirit and be ready to act according to His leading.
 
There is a system to this. The purpose of this system is not to be ritualistic, but rather the system helps us to be thorough. If something manages to slip past, then it is free to remain unless and until it is dealt with directly.

I tend to start in the basement. If you do not have a basement, you will move to the next recommended
level, but the process is the same throughout the entire house. If you have a main area of the basement with access to the stairs, leave that section of the basement for last. You want to start in the individual rooms or, if the basement is wide open, start in the farthest corner from the stairs or possibly a basement exit that circumvents the rest of the house. You will clear every peripheral room on any given level first, closing doors behind you as you go and pushing everything into the main or common area.
 
Enter whatever room you will be clearing and open any closets or cabinets that are there. It was suggested to me to also open any drawers or cubbies that are in the room. Whether or not this removes places for demons to hide in or if it is just as a visual aid, I am not sure. I suggest that you first pray in whatever closet is in the room and close the closet door. Move to the point in the room that is the farthest away from the open door; you will clear the room towards the door. I tend to spread my arms out to mimic a sweeping action and to help me visualize reaching into all of the corners of the room. You must speak out loud, because the demonic realm is not omniscient and cannot read your thoughts. If you remain quiet, this exercise will be entirely futile. You will claim the authority of Jesus’ name, made available to you by the Blood of Jesus and you will call out all demons, spirit entities, dark forces, etc. that are present. Again, they will likely not be specifically named in this case, though that may be necessary in some cases, if the Holy Spirit gives you something to call out specifically. I will often use the phrase “whatever is not of God, from God, for God” as I go, as a way to call out all that I wish to have removed, since I want my home and property to be claimed and sanctified for God and for His purposes. I have also used a phrase such as "from corner to corner, wall to wall, floor to ceiling" as a way to verbally cover the entire room. This is not ritualistic; if you want to help yourself to cover the whole room in another way, figure our your own way. These are not 'magic words'.
 
As you speak your way through the room, walk towards the open doorway. I find it easiest to visualize
that I am herding the unwanted entities towards and out of the door; you are getting yourself behind them and herding them out of the room with a spiritual presence. When you reach the door, you may
want to say “Amen” as a way to seal the room and proclaim it clean.  When you exit the room, close the door behind you, to act as a physical barrier in the spiritual realm to keep that room sealed as you clean the other rooms.
 
Now you will repeat this process through all of the remaining peripheral rooms. Make sure that you
include under-stair storage areas, crawlspaces, shower enclosures; every open space. You do not have to remove boxes or move furniture, but pray in these areas and visualize as you mentally sweep the area from corner to corner. You can even call out the areas behind and under furniture if you wish. This is more for yourself to ensure that you are covering all areas than it is to facilitate the cleansing.
 
Once all of the peripheral areas have been spiritually purged, you will do the same in the main area of
your basement, herding everything towards the stairs to your main level or even out the exit door to the
exterior, or maybe an attached garage or shop. Make sure that you also pray through the stairwell to clear it as well, moving everything onto the main level to be cleared out later. You do not want to leave these creatures there and forget about them. If I move the beings into one area and then my plan requires that I go take care of a different area, I tend to instruct the demonic beings to stay where I have herded them until I return to deal with them fully. As I finish any given level of my home, I will go back through the rooms and close any open cabinets or doors to return the room to its normal state.
 
This is the general process that should be followed for every floor of your home. If your home has multiple above-ground stories, I would proceed to the uppermost floor, going room by room, and herding the creatures to the next floor down, clearing the stairways as well, until you have brought them all to the main floor of your home. You will then clear the main floor of your home in the same manner, gradually pushing everything towards and out the front door. Doors are not an actual barrier to the spiritual realm, but opening and closing them to signify the containment or release of the spiritual beings is helpful and effective.
 
If you have a garage or any other structure attached to your home that has a direct exit to the exterior,
this is the time to deal with those areas in the same manner.
 
After your home has been thoroughly purged, you should walk around the outside of your home, praying an angelic hedge of protection as you go, clearing your property and claiming the Name of Jesus as you go. Those who can see in the spiritual realm would tell you that as you walk, there will literally be a wall of angels that are taking up station behind you to seal off your home. I know this because I have been told this. Because of this, you will want to intentionally choose a spot from which to begin, walk around your entire home in one complete circuit, praying as you go, and finish in the same spot from which you started. In this way you will close the protective ring around your home. The words are simple; you are just asking God to erect the hedge where you are walking, God and His angels take care of the rest.
 
You are almost finished. You have now protected the interior and exterior of your home from unwanted
demonic beings. It’s time to protect your surrounding property.
 
If you have any out buildings, you will want to purge those at this time, using the same technique that you used in your home. Once this is done, you want to clear the rest of your property and to erect a hedge of protection at the outside edges of it. You can accomplish both of these at the same time, as I will point out below. If you are able to walk the outside border of your property, such as with a town yard or open land, my opinion is that this is preferable. However, if you have an extensive property that you cannot navigate the borders of due to size or access (bush or other natural obstacles), then you can walk what is more easily accessible. 

This has been my situation, so I will walk the edges of my mowed lawn with my arm extended, pointing to the border of my property as I pray, while I visualize the cleansing and protection extending over my entire property and an angelic hedge of protection forming behind the line made as I see my reach extending to the very edges and corners of the property. Speak to the edges and corners of your property. By this I mean that you should do the same as you might have done inside; "corner to corner, wall to wall, floor to ceiling", but as is suitable for the outdoors. Again, someone with the gift of spiritual vision would tell you that another line of angels will be taking station to protect the borders of your property. This will give you two lines of defence between the outside world and your home.
 
I have chosen to do this annually, to renew my own commitment to God to protect that which He has given me to oversee, and to remind the devil that this property is not his as long as I am still the master over it.
 
There are numerous things which I point out that I do when I act to protect my property. These are merely suggestions that may help you. These are not requirements. This is an example of what needs to be done. The most important point to remember is that you are claiming the authority granted to you by Jesus by claiming His Name repeatedly as you go, and you are covering your property with His shed blood. The other important point that should be followed is to work systematically through your buildings and your property. You are cleaning from the inside out. You do not want to push anything into an area that you have already cleared and then forget about it. You can think of it as painting the floor; you do not want to paint yourself into a corner. The demonic realm has to obey a child of God and they will go where you push them. It may help if you draw a map of each floor of your home and plan where you will start and finish for each floor.
 
You will also find yourself saying similar or repeated phrases over and over again as you go. This is okay. There are only so many ways that you can tell these beings to leave. I try to avoid allowing it to become a chant that I say repeatedly. This is not a ritual; this is a process. Switch up the words and the phrases that you use so that it does not become a chant. The above is an outline, a suggestion on how to undertake spiritual warfare; it is not intended to be a step by step process that is followed to the letter. As we undertake to battle in the spiritual realm, we want to make sure to allow ourselves to be lead by the Holy Spirit, as He knows what needs to be dealt with, where everything is hidden and how best to deal with it. You should also make sure that your family knows what you are doing and why. This is how you build a spiritual legacy for your children, and you will be teaching them to do the same to whatever place they will call their own in the future.

I need to point out that this is not a perfect protection. If someone or something enters your property that has demons attached to them or it, the demons have permission to be there. By you allowing that person on your property, you are allowing what they allow on themselves to enter as well. After that person or thing has left, you may sense that there is something around you that you do not want. You can address that directly at that point. You may want to cleanse the room or rooms that were entered by that person or thing as well as your property in general. Demons can use those they hold to to gain access to places they would not otherwise be allowed into and then they will release what they rode in on in order to stay. You have absolute permission and authority to cast them out when you become aware of them. Sometimes someone will come to see us and I will feel the need to cleanse what was left behind by them. This is not a judgment on that person. They may not know or accept what I am telling you now. You are simply asserting your dominance over what God has given you to manage. Just be sure to deal with whatever they leave behind anytime they come to see you or you otherwise spend time with them.

It may sound odd, but this same theory applies to things that you get from other places, particularly used items from garage sales or flea markets. These things have spent time in the homes of other people and can become infested with their demonic attachments. You would do well to pray over these things before entering your property or house with them. This can also apply to things that you already own when you go to cleanse your house the first time. You may want to pay attention to the things that you have in your home; things that may inherently have a demonic attachment simply due to what it is and what it is used for.

For example, a yoga mat is used specifically for conjuring up demonic entities. If you bring it into your home, you are inviting those entities into your home. Get rid of it. Certain statues that depict idols, movies with dark or spiritual themes that are contrary to God. Books on false religions are similar, but I myself have some of these as reference materials. I simply pray over them to remove any spiritual entities attached to them so they become simply words in a book with no spiritual force. I am not sure that the same can effectively be done for movies or games that are questionable about whether you should have them in your possession,

Our animals can also bring spiritual entities with them. Our dog recently went to visit a neighbour's dogs, and he was not welcome there. He came running home yelping and whimpering with a couple of new holes given to him by their dogs. I had no right to be mad since my dog went where he should not have been, but we doctored his wounds and he started to heal. While his physical wounds were healing, his personality had changed. He seemed afraid of everything, he had no energy and did not want to play. At first we attributed this to soreness from the attack, but eventually we came to realize that there was something else wrong. I felt the need to pray over him to release him from anything that he may have carried back from the neighbour's house, and within about 30 minutes of me praying over him, he was happy and energetic again, the change was so dramatic. We had our dog back. He had become weighed down by whatever dark spiritual entities were on that yard both by his entry onto the property and I believe also by the attack itself. It may be that violence is a vehicle for aggressive spiritual attack as well. I am still learning about the different ways that the spiritual realm affects us, and I suspect that I always will be learning.

This has been kind of a long series of articles and I suspect that I will be writing at least one more article before this is wrapped up. I hope that this series has opened your eyes to the realities of the spiritual realm and the ways that it affects us. I hope that you are emboldened in your own authority to assert your dominance over the spiritual realm through God and His Son who conquered the dark spiritual forces. I have begun the titles of all of the articles in this series with the headline "The Spiritual Realm is Real and Active" so that you can quickly identify which articles belong to this series. I want to encourage you to read all of the articles so that you can get a more complete understanding of the spiritual realm to the extent that I am able to present it to you. You can find the articles by visiting my home page.

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