July 2nd – A text came in from a friend who asked for prayer because she felt she was under spiritual attack. She was having dark thoughts that were not normal for her.
July 5th and 6th – While checking in on my friend God reminded me that she is in Iceland and shared that since the thought are not normal for her, the spiritual attack is not against her, it is against the territory she is visiting. I texted this to my friend and suggested she pray in Jesus’ name of course against the territorial demon in the area. She texted back, not knowing exactly how to do this, saying she was simply sharing God’s love to the region.
July 7th – Waking up God showed me the territorial demon over Iceland that my friend was picking up on. At first, I simply observed but then it was clear that I was supposed to pray to remove the demon. I didn’t get its name, nor did I need to know it. I bound it in the name of Jesus. I asked the angels of the Lord’s army to come help me and escort it away. It was VERY hard to concentrate, and it kept trying to distract me by thinking of yesterday’s events, my concerns about work, finances, or anything else that had been on my mind. Anything stressful from the last few days was brought up to see if I would obsess or get anxious thinking about it. Repeatedly, I turned my thoughts back to loving God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. The God would redirect my prayers against the demon.
Eventually, the demon was bound up into a “small” package, and I was shown a cave in the area where the package would fit. With the angels I took the demon to its place in the cave that was the perfect fit for it. I slid the demon into the space, and it just barely fit there. We put another rock in front of the cave and sealed it with the blood of Jesus so that it could not get out and none could get into rescue it.
The strange thing is that I have tugging feels of compassion for the demon. I think they try to do this to make me think they are not as completely evil as they are so I will not fight them in the future. God said He would take care of the situation.
I can see there is another territorial demon on the other side of Iceland, but I do not have the opening to do anything about it at this point and so I will wait for God to give me a cue.
Spiritually I returned to the place where the demon had been and God said to release His holy angels into the region, which I did. Then He said that the demon was all about distraction. The distraction of daily life, worries, anxieties, and thoughts were the tactic of the enemy to keep people from knowing or loving God.
He asked me to pray Psalm 23 over the territory. I began…
Psalm 23 BSB
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.”
God wanted me to speak over the people of Iceland that Jesus is their shepherd and to follow Him. He wanted them to remember that they are like sheep looking for a shepherd and this demon was distracting them by their day-to-day concerns. I could see Jesus standing in the middle of the country, very tall in stature so the whole region could see Him. He had a shepherd’s staff and was singing over them, a melody to remind them to come back to Him.
It got extremely difficult to continue praying the Psalm and it took a lot of effort to stay on track. Repeatedly I had to start from the beginning of the Psalm again. As soon as I got to the next part (verse 4 and on) the distracting thoughts bombarded me and tried to get me off track. I must have tried 6 or 7 times before I could make it to the end of the Psalm.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”
I texted my friend an abbreviated version of this and asked her to pray Psalm 23 over the country, preferably out loud if she could, as she travelled. She has done this and will continue as she explores the region. She will be travelling to the capital soon and I am expecting there will be more adventures to be had there.
God told me that she would still have unnerving thoughts but they would be less powerful and she should simply command them away in the name of Jesus, knowing they are not her own. She can also continue praying Psalm 23.
God is totally amazing! He knows that Iceland needs some help and so he sends someone on vacation who will know to reach out for spiritual help to fight what is going on there. He also knew that I would need to be prepared and so He had me praying and sleeping extra so that I would have the energy for the battle.
I have been exhausted today. I got everything done that I needed to but have been so tired and am looking forward to getting to bed early!
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