John 14:18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” Today's episode talks about what an "orphan spirit" is and what it feels like to have one. It talks about what we can do if we do have one and how great it feels when we free ourselves from it. The episode talks a bit about spirits and how we can inadvertently invite them in. It also discusses inner healing and where you can find it. Music:"Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
An Orphan Spirit, What Is That?
John 14:18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”
This is the verse immediately following the verses I covered in the last episode. I originally had it included in that episode but wanted to take it out so I would have some time to devote to just this verse. In our encounter ministry class last year, we talked a lot about healing. We had a whole eight weeks on physical healing and eight weeks on inner healing. One of the things that came up a lot during the inner healing quarter is the phrase “the orphan spirit.” This is not something that I had heard before. Or at least I don’t remember hearing it before this quarter.
The orphan spirit is one that can attach itself to people who feel they have been abandoned. Maybe one of their parents left them as a child or even as an adult. Maybe both of their parents left them. It could be that they have had multiple people in their lives leave them. This person/these people leaving from their life has left them with a sense of abandonment. It has left them feeling lonely and all alone. This can happen to adopted children as well. Even if they have a loving adopted mom and dad, they can feel abandoned by their birth families.
Often times people do not know they have this spirit within them. Evil spirits can not be in us unless we give them permission, but sometimes we do this subconsciously or without realizing we are doing it. For instance, when we come into agreement with the lies the enemy tells us, then we empower the liar and give Him access to our lives. This is how the orphan spirit can slip in unnoticed. From what I have learned, the orphan spirit is a spirit that will feed you lies, such as, “You do not have a father or mother.” “You are all alone.” “You don’t fit in anywhere.” “You are not loved.” “You are not wanted.” “You are not liked.”
This spirit can affect your relationships because you have a hard time believing someone could love you. You feel as though you always have this hole that needs to be filled, but you are not sure how to fill it. You try all the different ways you know to fill a hole, but it remains empty. You are unhappy, maybe not all the time, but you can’t seem to sustain happiness long-term. You may even be filled with anxiety and worry, and yet you can’t put your finger on the cause of these feelings. The cause is this spirit inside of you trying to ruin your happiness and whisper all those lies I mentioned earlier into your ear.
The only way to get rid of an orphan spirit is to rebuke it. You can say, even if you aren’t sure if you have one, “In the name of Jesus, I rebuke the orphan spirit. I do not give it permission to live in me, and I demand it leave right now. I bind it and send it to the foot of the cross.” All of God’s creations are bound by free will. If you tell a spirit, good or bad, to leave, they must leave. They cannot stay without permission, and yet we can inadvertently give them permission to stay without even realizing it. As I mentioned before, when we entertain negative thoughts and lies, then we are inviting the enemy into our minds, and if we don’t realize the enemy is there, then we don’t think to revoke the right to be there.
The truth is we all have a Father, and he has never and will never abandon us. Our heavenly Father has been there with us since before we were even created, and He will be with us for all eternity. He is someone we can rely on in a way that is different from any human relationship we have ever had. His love is perfect. It is unwavering and unconditional. It is hard to find that kind of love here on earth. Most of us love out of our brokenness. We love like we were loved, and that was most likely not perfect love. God is the only one that can fill that hole you are trying to fill. Turn to Him when you feel unloved. Turn to Him when you feel lost or alone. He will fill you with comfort. He will fill you with love.
There have been several testimonies about people who have received so much freedom after they have gone through some inner healing sessions. Whether it was an unbound session or an Encounter Ministries inner healing session, many people have had major breakthroughs in these sessions. Some people have reported that once they said the words to release the orphan spirit, they felt instant relief. They reported that they never knew they had this, and yet once they said it, so many things in their life made more sense. Once they released this spirit and then were filled up with the truth of all their heavenly Father had done for them over the years, they were filled with love from the Heavenly Father. They no longer felt alone or abandoned. They were finally set free.
The enemy tries to hide in the shadows. He doesn’t want us to know he is talking to us, he doesn’t want us to know that he is whispering lies to us. This is why his lies always seem to have some small truth in them. He will take this small truth and twist it to suit his needs. Sometimes we may have a spirit inside of us, and yet the feelings or thoughts it is feeding us are so subtle we may not even be aware of them. They usually affect us and our relationships, but we just don’t know why. For instance, if we have an orphan spirit that is constantly telling us subconsciously that no one stays and everyone always leaves us, then we may hold back our love and affection. We may put up a wall that we didn’t even know we put up to protect ourselves from getting too close because we think that person is going to leave at some point.
I hope all that I have said makes sense. I am not telling you this to scare you or make you worried that you have an unknown spirit living inside of you. I am telling you this because it is something the enemy doesn’t want you to know. I am telling you this because freedom can be just one sentence away. All you have to do when you notice a spirit is to tell it to leave in the name of Jesus. I am also telling you this because you might have some chronic issues. You might have some negative patterns that you have tried to fix, and yet no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to fix them. You might have the same negative results every time you get into a relationship with someone. If this is the case, it might be a spirit causing this. If you are struggling with the same issue over and over again, I recommend going to an inner healing session. The freedom you can receive is amazing! There is nothing like it. If you want to do a Zoom inner healing session with Encounter Ministries, I believe you can just go to their website to find that. If you want to do an unbound session, I believe you can find that on the unbound website as well. Don’t keep living in the darkness when you could be living freely in the light!
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless each and every person who is listening to this episode today. Lord, if anyone listening is suffering from an orphan spirit, I ask you to put it on their hearts to reject that spirit right now. If anyone has any other spirits, like the spirit of anxiety, anger, worry, depression, unforgiveness, and any other, I pray that you will put it on their heart for them to reject these spirits in the name of Jesus and send them to the food of the cross. Lord, you are so good. You respect our free will so much that all your creations are bound by it. Thank you, Lord! You are amazing. We love you, and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus’s holy name. Amen!!
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. I want to take a minute to talk about my coaching program starting in January. It will consist of a once-a-week coaching call where I will teach a certain topic for 30 minutes, and then you will have 30 minutes of small group time to talk about how you can apply what you learned to your upcoming week. Also, you can get to know your group members and start to build a community to help you grow closer to the Lord. Growth happens so much faster when you are surrounded by a community. I will record the teachings so you can rewatch them or watch them at a different time if you can’t make the Tues night sessions. There will also be a members-only Facebook group to help us grow as a community. It will be a great place to post questions, prayer requests, and any struggles or successes we have along the journey. I hope you will consider joining me. It is only $30 a month, a dollar a day, and yet will help you grow closer to the Lord. Details can be found on my website, walkboldlywithjesus.com. I look forward to meeting you here again tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you, and so do I. Have a blessed day!!
The word from the Lord for today is, "My children, I love you to be with me. I do not need your efforts, I do not need your talents, for I alone will make you fruitful. Just relax, be empty, and be with me."