SOUL TIES
Soul Ties
A definition: bonding together; knitting together of two souls in mind, will and emotions. (knit means to bind up - to join together)
* Restoring the Foundations: Soul ties are an ungodly covenant with another person based on an unhealthy emotional and/or sexual relationship. This covenant binds the two people together. God honors or recognizes these covenants. HE leaves us free to decide when and if we will appropriate HIS provision to break or cut the ties and release both people.
I. Godly soul ties are good. 1 Samuel 18:1 - Jonathan and David - Jonathan’s soul was “knit” to the soul of David.
A. They can exist in:
1. Healthy parent/ child relationships
2. Balanced close friendships
3. Intimate, healthy marriages
B. They are a blessing from God
C. Unity = Strength
II. Most common ungodly soul ties:
A. Fornication and adultery causes ungodly soul ties.
1 Cor 6:15-16 “Do you not see and know that your bodies are members of Christ, the Messiah.”
B. Unhealthy emotional soul ties:
1. Girlfriend/boyfriend, first love even if no sexual relationship (if I’d only married so-and-so)
2. Child/parent (Child becomes surrogate mate) or parent continues to control child; not allowed to leave home - etc. … hatred results
Gen 2:24 “… leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh.”
3. Any friendship where the motivation of relationship is impure - all of these hinder relationship with God and with others - type of idolatry - causes:
a. Emotional dependency
b. Control
c. Manipulation
d. Confusion
4. Unhealthy soul ties concerning alignment with false teaching
a. Cult
b. Masonic Order
c. Vows made - sororities, fraternities
d. Legalistic church - causes:
· Religious strongholds
· Brings bondage and guilt
· Transferred allegiance from God to list of do’s and don’t’s
· Gal 3:1 “Who has bewitched you?” (Type of witchcraft)
· Fruit - domination, intimidation, manipulation
5. Soul ties with the dead - (a lost parent, child, spouse or close friend) must be broken even if it was a Godly soul tie in a healthy relationship
III. How to break ungodly soul ties. Be sure to explain to the one breaking the soul ties that you only wish to break the UNGODLU ties.
A. Repent (confess) and forgive self and the person who bound us. Ask God to forgive that person.
B. Break tie and renounce it then break any sexual soul ties or bonds.
C. Break generational sex sins and resulting curses if applicable.
D. Rebuke and bind any demonic spirits (tormenting spirits, guilt, shame divination, witchcraft).
E. Renounce and cancel the assignments of all evil spirits sent to attempt to maintain the ungodly soul tie (jealousy, control, confusion, co-dependency).
F. Break any vows made.
G. Call back every part that was given away (every emotion, will and thought that was part of the bond through the blood of Jesus so it goes back sanctified).
H. Pray healing over mind, will and emotions and ask for memories to be cleansed and healed.
I. Thank the Lord for wholeness, holiness, and grace.
Example prayer:
Father, in the name of Jesus, I come to YOU in complete trust! I repent of wrong choices I’ve made in relationships. Forgive me for entering into ungodly soul ties; for emotional and sexual sins. I choose to forgive each person that I have been involved with in any ungodly way and I ask YOU to forgive them. I ask YOU, Lord, to forgive me for my sin that resulting in an ungodly soul tie.
Lord, I renounce and break any vows or promises made and ask YOU to forgive me and release me from them.
Lord, I receive YOUR forgiveness and thank YOU for YOUR forgiveness and cleansing.
I choose to forgive myself and no longer be angry at myself, hate myself, or punish myself.
Lord, I break the ungodly soul ties with _______. I release myself from him/her, and I release him/her from me through the blood of Jesus. I pray that you would cause him/her to be all that YOU want him/her to be, and that YOU would cause me to be all that YOU want me to be.
Lord, please wash my mind from all memories of ungodly union. Make me free to give myself to YOU and to the one YOU’ve chosen for me in marriage.
I renounce and cancel and break the assignments of all evil spirits attempting to maintain these ungodly soul ties by the authority in the name of Jesus Christ.
Lord, thank YOU for restoring me to wholeness. Let me walk in holiness by YOUR grace. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
* Restoring the Foundations, Proclaiming HIS Word Inc., Proclaiming HIS Word Publications, Chester and Betsey Kylstra P.O. Box 2339, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459, 850-835-4060, office@phw.org
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