Planos Spirits_ The Cause & Cur - Michael W. Smith, M.s., C.r.c.,

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael W. Smith has a Bachelor's Degree in rehabilitation and a Master's Degree in counseling and worked as a certified counselor in Maricopa County, Arizona for 23 years and in the field of rehabilitation for 25 years prior to entering the ministry on Christmas Day 2005. His prior certification credentials included work as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified General Counselor, Certified Insurance Rehabilitation Specialist, Certified Earnings Analyst, Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Job Placement Specialist and Forensic Vocational Expert. He was an expert witness in Superior, Federal & Industrial courts in Arizona, Nevada, Texas and California. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Anaheim High School and Emporia State University in Kansas and he has two daughters and two granddaughters living near Tucson, Arizona. He is married to a career middle school teacher. Mr. Smith has been on the radio for over 12 years and his current radio programs and newsletters, which contain dramatic healing & deliverance testimonies, can be accessed on www.hardcorechristianity.com Mr. Smith's experience includes work as a jail preacher at the Maricopa Country Sheriffs Office, prison preacher at the Arizona Department of Corrections, Bible teacher at the Central Phoenix Day Program, Bible teacher at the Phoenix Dream Center, chapel teacher at the Casa Grande Home of Hope, prison preacher at Correction Corporation of America. drug/alcohol counselor at Teen Challenge, Bible teacher at Streets of Joy, Bible teacher at House of Refuge, seminar speaker at Aglow International, Bible teacher at Church on the

Street Prescott, missionary to Nigeria & Ghana, among others. He ministers as a private Christian counselor, teacher and evangelist. His ministry specializes in inner healing, counseling, teaching seminars, healing & deliverance. Many of his teachings can be accessed on www.youtube.com/houseofhealingaz . Since 2005 Mr. Smith has personally seen hundreds of born again Christians cured of mental and emotional illnesses and physical sicknesses. He has seen thousands delivered from spirits and has been a guest on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and Joy in Our Town television shows in Phoenix discussing mental health issues and how Christians can be healed from addictions, mental illnesses, childhood trauma and emotional illnesses. He currently operates the House of Healing and Charity Counselors Assn. in Arizona and is available for teaching, healing and deliverance seminars (602-636-5800).

INTRODUCTION Americans being diagnosed with mental illnesses has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Incidences of childhood mental illness have risen even faster. The computer and information age has caused irreparable spiritual and emotional damage to our nation's youth. The Internet is the most abused invention in history. When Americans grew up in the 1950s and 1960s the main sources of violence and perversion were Playboy magazine, a black and white TV that received 3 or 4 clear channels and John Wayne war movies depicting, by today's standards, sheltered violence. Pornography was limited to restricted movie theaters and stag films that were not readily available to anyone, especially those younger than age 21. The spread of readily available knowledge and sensual fulfillments (Dan. 12:4) have also allowed children to mature at a much faster rate than they did decades ago. Today, children in grade school have much more exposure to human sexuality and violence than adults did 50 years ago. Now, the most graphic images of sex and violence imaginable are readily available on social media, satellite, cable TV and the Internet. Children regularly view hardcore pornography and mutilation violence on the Internet, in video games, social media and on DVDs. They commonly grow up in single family homes as latch-key children with little supervision or with both parents working full-time jobs. Satanic music is destroying the morals of America's children. Hip Hop, Gangster Rap, Punk, Techno, Metal, Glam. Hard Rock and Acid Rock among others, are searing the consciences and the minds of America's school children and initiating a nationwide wave of childhood mental illness, medication abuse, crime and behavior deficits. This form of child neglect is causing children to

become infected with spirits and to develop mental illnesses earlier in life and at record levels, than ever before. The immorality of America is readily reflected in our political, social and entertainment leaders. It is almost impossible to recall a period of time where political corruption, sexual perversion, crime and dishonesty have paralleled our current national situation.

DSM-IV, 1994 EDITION The Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM-I V) was published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1994 and is considered the bible of mental illness in the secular world. The DSM-I was originally published in 1952. It is used by clinicians around the world to diagnose and treat mental and emotional conditions. It was compiled by hundreds of professionals. The DSM-IV lists illnesses in five axis or sections: • Axis I: The formal psychiatric diagnosis. • Axis II: Developmental disorders (apparent at birth or early childhood) & personality disorders (affecting the person's interaction with society). • Axis III: Physical conditions (those that affect conditions of I and II). • Axis IV: Severity of psychosocial stressors (familial, financial, legal or vocational issues impacting the conditions listed in Axis I and II).

• Axis V: Highest level of recent patient functioning (how the conditions of Axis I and II have affected the person's ability to function in society currently and over the last year. The DSM-IV breaks down the mental illnesses into 13 categories (sexual, mood, eating, sleep disorders, etc.). I have highlighted only eight.

1. Under anxiety disorders they list acute stress disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These conditions lead to unusual, over reactive or inappropriate levels of anxiety.

2. Under dissociative disorders they list amnesia, fugue, dissociative identity disorder (DID) (formerly multiple personality disorder) and depersonalization disorders. These conditions lead to a significant disruption in consciousness, memory, identity and perception.

3. Under psychotic disorders they list brief psychotic, delusional, schizoaffective, schizophrenic, schizophreniform and shared psychotic disorder. These conditions lead to unrealistic sensations of taste, sight and smell and lead to auditory and visual hallucinations.

4. Under mood disorders they list bipolar, cyclothymic, dysthymic and major depressive disorder.

These conditions lead to unrealistic and prolonged mood disturbances.

5. Under somatoform disorders they list body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), conversion disorder, hypochondrias, pain and somatization disorder. These conditions lead to physical symptoms of discomfort or pain that have no organic cause.

6. Under sexual disorders they list dyspareunia, female orgasmic, female sexual arousal, gender identity, hypoactive sexual desire, male erectile, male orgasmic, premature ejaculation, sexual aversion and vaginismus disorders. Involving sexual dysfunction disorders they include exhibitionism, fetishism, frotteurism, pedophilia, masochism, sadism, transvestic fetishism and voyeurism disorder. Homosexuality was removed from the DSM-II and then altogether from the DSM-III as a disorder.

7. Under personality disorders they include antisocial, borderline and narcissistic disorder. These conditions lead to significant dysfunction in at least two of the following areas: thoughts, emotions, interpersonal functioning and impulse control.

8. Under sleep disorders they include insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, sleep terror and sleepwalking. They note that dyssomnias relate to the

amount, quality and timing of sleep and parasomnias relate to the abnormal behavior or events that occur during sleep.

The DSM-V was released in 2013. It included disorders not contained in the DSM-IV: 1) Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder 2) Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder 3) Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 4) Hoarding Disorder 5) Caffeine Withdrawal Affliction 6) Cannabis Withdrawal Affliction 7) Excoriation Disorder (skin picking) 8) Binge Eating Disorder 9) Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder 10) Restless Leg Syndrome 11) Major Neurocognitive Disorder w/ Lewy Body Disease & Mild Neurocognitive Disorder 12) Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder 13) Central Sleep Apnea & Sleep-related Hypoventilation Disorder.

In addition, there has been consolidation from the DSM-IV to the DSM-V: 1) Autism Spectrum Disorder acquired: Autistic Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder NOS 2) Substance Use Disorder acquired Substance Abuse & Substance Dependence 3) Intellectual Disability and Intellectual Developmental Disorder acquired Mental Retardation 4) Gender Dysphoria acquired Gender Identity Disorder 5) Major Neurocognitive Disorder acquired Dementia 6) Somatic Symptom Disorder & Illness Anxiety Disorder acquired Hypochondriasis.

I used the DSM III and IV in my 25 year secular counseling career. However, I do not use it beyond a general reference in my Christian counseling practice or in any Christian clinical setting. The research is deficient because it completely excludes the spirit world, the human inner man, God, Satan, the supernatural, spirits, sin and the authority of Scripture. The manuals frequently contain phrases like "causes unknown" and "incurable," which is foreign to the Word of God. The Holy Spirit knows the exact cause of every mental illness and He is able to cure each and every condition, regardless of severity. The DSM also notes that stress is a significant factor in almost every mental illness with medications recommended as treatment in most of the

categories. Prior to entering the ministry I worked as a secular counselor in Maricopa County, Arizona. I operated a profitable counseling and rehabilitation practice. I held significant educational accomplishments and multiple certifications which allowed me to provide a range of services. Unfortunately, after 25 years of professional service I noticed that I had never actually seen anyone cured from a serious mental illness through the accepted secular clinical methods, except for minor or temporary conditions. However, when I saw that the Holy Spirit was able to cure mental and emotional illness, I closed my counseling office, laid off my employees, retired from my lucrative career and entered the ministry. Observing people being cured by the Holy Spirit has been far more satisfying than my previous counseling practice of "patching" them and helping them obtain disability benefits. During my years of counseling in the ministry of the Holy Spirit I have discovered that in most mental and emotional illnesses there is a spiritual "root" cause that remains undiagnosed in secular psychiatry. What is the real cause of most mental and emotional illnesses the psychiatrists overlooked in the DSM-II, III, IV and V? What do most counselors and psychologists fail to consider? They overlook the Biblical diagnostic and treatment model of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. If we apply the Word of God and the healing power of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ, the "root" cause of an illness is exposed, allowing permanent and complete healing to take place. In January 2010 the American Psychiatric Association published research on spirituality in their publication; Psychiatric News. They also published similar articles in August 2000 and July 2004. Their research noted that a patient's

spirituality could be important in the treatment of mental disorders. A patient's positive religious and spiritual beliefs (hope, love, integrity, faith, peace, value of human life, etc.) were considered assets in the treatment process and should reasonably be accentuated by the clinician. Many rehabilitation centers, hospitals, church/religious treatment programs, mental health centers and private non-profit programs like Alcoholic Anonymous have found spiritual development to be productive and include it as a part of the IWRP (Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan) or overall treatment program for the individual. For example, most hospitals and inpatient treatment centers contain chapels and spiritual growth and development (reading/audio/visual) materials. In my counseling practice, I have expanded this concept of including spirituality in the treatment of mental and emotional disorders highlighted by the publications in Psychiatric News. In my practice I use the Biblical spirituality treatment model and I have seen hundreds cured.

SEDUCING SPIRITS In I Tim. 4:1 the apostle Paul mentions seducing spirits. The Greek word for seducing is planos which means deceiving. My experience has shown these spirits attack humans by entering the frontal lobe of the brain, affecting the control and judgment centers of the mind. When a person has been infected with seducing spirits over a lengthy period of time, it is difficult to affect a complete deliverance because the spirits have not been properly identified, rejected and renounced. Planos spirits that enter the brain in childhood blend into the individual's personality and become a "normal" part of their daily thought processes and are difficult to isolate and identify. The person usually does not recognize them and in most cases does not even realize they have them. Over a period of years a spiritual dementia slowly takes hold of the person's mind, which can prevent recovery. If unchecked, it can lead to a documented mental illness, severe memory and brain deficits and even total disability.

CAN CHRISTIANS HAVE SPIRITS? Can born-again Christians be "possessed" by demons? The Bible does not specifically answer this question. However, the Lord revealed to me that they cannot. The Holy Spirit resides in the spirit man of the believer and the demons cannot get into the spirit portion of the inner man. Can Christians be "infected" with demons? The Lord revealed to me that they can. Evil spirits can infect the brain and body of a born-again believer and cause mental, emotional and/or physical illnesses. In his letters to Timothy, the apostle Paul illustrates the symptoms of a Christian infected with spirits:

I TIMOTHY 3:6-7 A bishop must not be a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. They must also have a good report of them who are without (the unsaved world), lest they fall into the reproach and snare of the devil.

II TIMOTHY 2:24-26 The servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle to all, apt to teach. Patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose them, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, so they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

The following are the above KJV words translated with the Greek meaning: • The Greek word for condemnation (krima/judgment). • The Greek word for report (marturia /witness). • The Greek word for reproach (oneidismos/verbal abuse or slander). • The Greek word for snare (pagis/trap). • The Greek word for acknowledge (epignosis/full knowledge or complete understanding). • The Greek word for taken captive (zogreo/to be captured or imprisoned alive).

These passages clearly teach that a born-again Christian can be judged, trapped, verbally slandered and taken captive by evil spirits and Satan if they backslide, walk in the flesh or allow sin and pride to have dominion over them. Paul's description is an excellent illustration of the condition of a Christian who is infected in their body or brain with spirits. These are the hike warm and carnal Christians of our day. They typically lead unproductive, powerless and dysfunctional Christian lives. A born again Christian can be oppressed and be infected with spirits in their body or brain but cannot be possessed by them. Additionally, in II Cor. 11:1-4 Paul warns the Christians not to "receive" another Jesus (Gk: allos/another that appears

similar in kind & quality), another spirit (Gk: heteros/nonsimilar or different), another gospel (Gk: heteros/non-similar or different).

II CORINTHIANS 11:1-4 Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly & indeed bear with me. I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

This proves that it is possible for Christians to receive demonic spirits, demonic gospels and a satanic Jesus after their born-again experience. In James 3:13-15 the apostle warns the born-again Christians that any "wisdom" that they have received which does not come from above (God), is actually earthly, sensual (Gk: psuchikos/emotional or soulish) and devilish (Gk: daimoniodes/demonic).

James 3:13-15 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

In the book of Luke, Jesus mentions that it is possible for someone to have the light of God mixed with darkness. The following are the Greek definitions for the passage below: • darkness (skotos/shadiness, a mixture of light and dark). It does not mean complete darkness or pitch black. • evil (poneros/perverted). • body (soma/human physical body).

LUKE 11:34-36 The light of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is single, your whole body is also full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. If your whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a

candle does give you light.

Jesus is saying that within a person there can be both the light of the Holy Spirit (in the spirit man) and the perversion of demonic spirits (in the body or brain). This section of text illustrates the spiritual dichotomy of man. As we all know, humans can have both good and bad in them at the same time.

SMI (SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL) In my years of counseling, I began to recognize that the aforementioned process is the root cause of almost all mental illnesses. In the case of the SMI the process is more complicated and the treatment more extensive and invasive. In the SMI (schizophrenia, DID, severe bipolar, etc.) the patient is typically infected with spirits in childhood or through severe trauma and they grow to develop two personalities as mentioned in the Bible.

JAMES 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

The Greek word for double minded, is dipsuchos, which means someone with two souls. The spirits enter the brain of the

human and create a fake or imposter soul in the inner man. This demonic soul attaches to the real soul and houses other spirits that develop personalities separate from the individuals God given personality. This God given personality is referred to by Rev. Ida Hammond in Pigs in the Parlor as "the real self." The real person becomes buried under these demonic personas. If these spirits are not removed they can infect the person with a very serious mental illness causing a debilitating loss of reality or consciousness (see photo, back cover). This second soul can cause the person to lose their true identity or true self. These pseudo-personalities are noticed by others. Family members and friends observe these two souls reacting in the person and frequently comment on them. The person themselves, may also notice they seem to possess other personalities: • "He acts and talks like a totally different person when he gets mad." • "Something comes over her and she is not herself anymore." • "I don't know what happens to her. She acts crazy." • "She just won't listen to anything half the time." • "He acts like he has lost his mind." "His eyes change." • "He looks like another person sometimes." • "What's wrong with me?" • "Why did I say that?" "That was not me." • "It's like some other voice comes out of me."

• "I don't remember what I did. I said that?" • "What was I thinking?" "I blacked out." • "Am I losing my mind?" • "I didn't do that, did I?" "I don't believe what I just said." • "I did not say that!" "I don't remember any of it." • "It seems like I am talking to another person."

The person may attempt to correct the problem thru psychotherapy, counseling, self help books, motivational tapes or medications which, unfortunately, never actually cure the problem. They constantly search for relief and try multiple methods to improve their condition: healing oils, hypnosis, positive thinking tapes, increased church attendance, Bible studies, retreats, seminars, boot camps, prayer meetings, diet modifications, cleansing routines, mentoring programs, exercise, love and romance, marriage, holistic methods, etc. Unfortunately, nothing seems to work on a permanent basis and the person frequently relapses in exhaustion and frustration.

SPIRITS IN CHILDHOOD How do people become infected with spirits? It usually happens in childhood through dysfunctional families. The spirits typically enter through trauma, abuse, neglect or abandonment. Verbal, physical and sexual abuse, place the child in a weakened condition without appropriate spiritual protection. As a result, spirits are able to gain entrance into their bodies or brains which allows them access to the child's minds. Although there are thousands of different types of evil spirits, I have noticed they fall into three basic categories: 1. seducing (Gk: planos). 2. unclean (Gk: akathartos). 3. familiar (Heb: obe). Seducing spirits are the cause of most mental illnesses while unclean spirits cause most physical illnesses and addictions. Familiar spirits are the strongest and most intelligent of all demons and can cause both physical and mental illnesses. Principally, familiar spirits infect humans through religion, church denominations and occult practices of witchcraft and/or sorcery, psychic readings, cults, narcotics, hallucinogens and extreme or violent fantasy electronics (video/computer, Internet, etc.).

REJECTION SPIRITS The spirit of rejection is the most dangerous and populous spirit of childhood. These spirits can help create the 2nd soul noted in James 1:8 and allows in other demonic entities into the mind and body at a later date. Rejection spirits will also draw in spirits of lust, insecurity, jealousy, self-accusation, depression, suicide, guilt, shame and loneliness. They cause poor selfconcepts, self-hatred and deep-seated insecurity. They also let in fear spirits that cause phobias and anxiety disorders. Rejection spirits are very intelligent, persistent and manipulative. Rejection spirits usually enter the child's brain during periods of trauma or great disappointment. After entering the brain, they lead the child thru a specific debilitation process.

Phase I: They flood the child's mind with negative thoughts until the child learns to receive the demonic thoughts as their own. Phase II: They bring the child to a point of self rejection. They teach the child that there is something wrong with them and they develop low self esteem and a low self concept in the child's soul. Phase III: They let in a fear spirit and the child develops an anxiety disorder related to the fear of being rejected by others. Phase IV: They teach the child that love and performance are related and that they will be accepted if they perform properly for others and become a "people pleaser."

Phase V: When performing for others does not work the rejection spirits lets in a rebellion spirit and the child develops a victim mentality and deep seated anger at various sections of society. Phase VI: They let in spirits of Infirmity, among others, that gradually develop strange illnesses in the person's body as they age. Usually in the form of joint pains, womb issues, organ problems, auto-immune disorders and illnesses that do not respond to conventional medical or psychiatric treatment.

Many parents infected with rejection spirits cannot properly express love, nurturing and affection to their children and raise them "at a distance." Rejection spirits can even enter the child in the womb if the parents speak negatively over the fetus (word curses) or about the timing of the pregnancy or sex of the child, etc. Individuals with rejection spirits are usually starved for love and feel insecure, deficient, alone, slighted, victimized, abandoned or inferior. They frequently fantasize about happy or successful lives, which they have never actually experienced and probably never will. They usually have several childhood fantasy playmates and engage in frequent phantom speech (deeply conversing with self or imaginary personalities). Quite often these self-talking behaviors will carry into adulthood. The person may create an entire network of non-existent friends and associates. As adults, they frequently live in lust and selfishness in an attempt to placate their desperate need for the love they never received. They often develop promiscuous lifestyles (affairs, sexual experimentation, swinging, multiple lovers, pornography, etc.) while "searching for love in all the wrong

places." In some cases they develop sexual perversions mentioned under the sexual disorder section of the DSM. They frequently experience guilt, shame and frustration over their failed attempts to "fix" themselves or find the love they never received as a child. The spirits in the brain constantly influence them to feel anger, frustration, loneliness, insecurity, rebellion and inferiority. The spirits frequently influence them to engage in sinful behaviors, negative thoughts and fantasies of love and romance in an attempt to placate the internal heartache of their soul. If a child is sexually abused, the rejection spirit may draw in unclean spirits of sexual perversion, allowing bi-sexual, promiscuous or homosexual desires to develop during puberty. As the child matures they develop additional insecurities because of a lack of attraction to the opposite sex. They feel ostracized or rejected by their peers and classmates and frequently isolate themselves from friends and loved ones. They may develop many "gay" or "bi" friends who understand their tendencies and social isolation. The unclean spirits often plague them with depression, loneliness, guilt, self-loathing, hatred, rebellious exhibitionism and anger. They feel they were "born" homosexual because they don't ever remember being attracted to the opposite sex. This sensation feels real because the spirits entered their bodies and brains when they were children and morphed their sexual desires and development during puberty. Rejection spirits cause self-accusation and inject negative and condemning thoughts into the mind in an attempt to tear down the person's self worth and self-concept. They cause them to engage in excessive talking and frequent confessing of sins and failures to gain attention in an attempt to overcome their feelings of insecurity, loneliness and inferiority. Rejection spirits frequently cause the person to criticize,

reject and judge others while blaming everything and everybody else for their painful, lonely, dysfunctional life. Degrading others allows the person's self esteem to temporarily improve; however, the Rejection spirit re-institutes the self-negativity process thereafter and the person continues to spiral downward in a perpetual "catch-22" existence of unfulfillment and desperation. Rejection spirits inspire jealousy and envy over the benefits of others. They frequently get mad at God because He did not give them a wonderful ministry, a nice family, a good career, loving relationships or material possessions like He did others. They see God as someone who plays favorites and is partial, unfair, uncaring, indifferent and distant. They also blame God for their sexual orientation, addictions and uncontrolled sexual desires. They are usually uncomfortable with positive testimonials of other Christians. They feel anxious during true worship and while listening to blessing sermons or messages on the unconditional love of God because of their "unworthiness" emotions caused by spirits. Rejection spirits cause the person to have perfect memories of hurts, wrongs and injustices done to them in the past. They can recall incidents that happened many years ago as if they happened yesterday and they can relive the pain in a moment's notice. You will see them cry suddenly and then switch to laughter in a few seconds. They go from grief to joy in moments. The person often says that they have ""forgiven" everyone but they still hold ought (Gk: tis/something or anything) and deep seated resentments (Mt. 5:23, Mk. 11:25) in their heart, which they will not acknowledge. This ought is usually held against spouses, church members, family members and co-

workers who they see as their critics and perpetrators of injustice toward them, which keeps them in the state of a victim. Rejection spirits cause the classic "church hopper" syndrome. This person is typically a critical "nit-picker" who ingratiates themselves with every congregation they join. They are eventually rejected or insulted in some way and move on to another church to start the process anew until they receive another series of "'offenses." They commonly switch churches dozens of times over their lifetime, always searching for the right "move of God" and a person to give them a "true word" or a pastor who really "teaches the truth of the Word." They are very critical of ministries and ministers and hold themselves up as experts in spiritual warfare, church administration and evangelism even though they rarely, if ever, win someone to Christ or see them healed or delivered.

REBELLION SPIRITS The other powerful spirit that typically enters a person's mind during childhood is rebellion. After he takes a stronghold in the mind he frequently draws in other spirits (pride, selfdelusion, selfishness, retaliation, criticalness, frustration, etc.). The Rebellion and Rejection spirits always implant a root of bitterness (Heb. 12:15) into the victim's soul and it attracts other spirits to live with them (rage, anger, hatred, resentment, un-forgiveness, murder, violence, manipulation, etc.). God hater spirits (Rom. 1:30) can enter the brain and cause the person to blame all their problems on others and/or God in an attempt to avoid accepting responsibility and further damaging their poor self concept and deep seated insecurities. Rebellion spirits cause the person to become stubborn, self-willed and short tempered because of the individual's internal pain related to rejection and loneliness. They will commonly attack the ones who they perceive have starved them of love or cheated them out of benefits. They will become aggressive, bitter and vengeful. They retaliate at a world they perceive has rejected them. They grow up never being truly loved, never able to accept love and are unable to truly love others. The person resents the success of others and the blessings God has given them. They are angry, embittered, vengeful and jealous. Rebellion spirits will actually manufacture childhood abuse incidents when there is no objective evidence it ever occurred. They convince the person they were abused even when there is no objective medical, familial, personal or testimonial evidence. This allows the person to justify their

resentment of their parents, caregivers, teachers or others. They will readily receive negative information from a pastor or a prophet regarding incidences of childhood abuse, even when they or other family members cannot recall it. They are frequent dreamers and seek constant "interpretations" from "gifted" people in the church who give "words" to the flock. They rarely read or follow the Word of God and commonly seek "prophetic words" or "impartations" or "'mantels" or "downloads" instead. They usually have no patience when reading the Word and frequently fall asleep when they start to read. Congregants are often amazed at the infected Christian's behavior and attitudes. They can be godly, charitable and helpful one minute and then enraged, frustrated and sinful the next. The church people frequently remark: • "Where did that come from?" "What's wrong with them?" • "What causes them to act like that?" "Where did they go?" • "Do they need therapy?" "Why won't they repent?" • "Why is their flesh so out of control?" "Where have they been?" • "Why do they attend church and then quit for awhile?" • "Why do they act like hypocrites?" "Who was that person?"

Rebellion spirits influence Christians to live "bi-polar" lives with many frustrations, spiritual tips and downs, temper or rage incidents and social confrontations. This typically occurs in

between periods of solid ministerial activities helping others and promoting the gospel and church related activities. Their "yo-yo" Christian life eventually devalues them and they typically experience multiple periods of backsliding, burn out and depression. A person with rejection and rebellion spirits living in their brain will commonly switch from one personality to the other in a moment of time. They will be happy one minute and depressed the next. They will be kind one minute and insolent or inconsiderate the next. They will be weeping one minute and laughing hysterically the next. They are appalled at the sin of others and are unable to see the iniquity within themselves. They are frequently confused on basic Bible doctrine and often wonder if they are actually saved. The seducing spirits cause them to question God's existence and the spirits tell the person no one likes them and they have committed blasphemy or the sin unto death. They often feel like they are going to hell, can't be forgiven and they are frequently legalistic in their approach to the gospel and God. Rejection & rebellion spirits are experts at heaping guilt, shame and condemnation into the person's soul and mind. When they attack the soul the negative emotions erupt and the person develops deep-seated depression, self-hatred and disgust of self and others. The person frequently sees themselves as a "victim" in life, chosen by God to suffer. They have frequent trust issues. They see themselves as having a "thorn in the flesh" and must "grin and bear it." In spite of their pain being "God's will" they frequently seek medical and pharmaceutical cures to end their suffering while blaming others in the process. Their entire spiritual lives eventually become a surreal contradiction as their behavior and thought patterns gradually worsen into an embittered existence.

ROOT OF BITTERNESS

HEBREWS 12:14-15 Follow peace with all and holiness, without which no man will see the Lord. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God and a root of bitterness spring up and trouble you and you become defiled.

The root of bitterness will not allow the person to release childhood pain, marital hatred and emotional abuse. The spirits scar a wound into their souls. This allows the person to become spiritually defiled and emotionally wounded. They frequently hold hidden resentments toward their parents, relatives, ex-spouses and church members they can't or refuse to forgive. These spirits cause the person to take offenses (John 16:1, Mt. 18:6-7) which in turn, allows more demonic entities to enter the brain and body, allowing the fake or pseudo soul to strengthen into full double mindedness. Infected Christians are frequently relocating and never seem to develop lasting friendships or consistent ministry service. They often find fault with ministerial staffs and criticize pastors regarding how the service is managed or the quality of the preaching and how the church finances are administered. They become chronic "fault finders." These exceptionally powerful seducing spirits must be identified, rejected and removed before the person becomes SMI (seriously mentally ill). Over time, these spirits can cause a documented mental illness if not removed. These spirits cause

almost all the mental illnesses listed in the DSM. They can also cause the person to lose touch with reality, pursue a life of crime and ruin almost all of their personal relationships. These spirits can create voices in the brain, multiple personalities and cause the person to become impoverished, anti-social and isolated. The spirits on the inside of the brain allow the person to see and sense demonic entities outside the body. They allow entrance of other spirits into the brain frequently described to me as dark shadow figures with ugly faces and hairy or shaggy bodies with unusual, burning or fiery eyes. The person is frequently confused and unable to discern between the suggestions of the spirits in the mind and the messages from the Holy Spirit, speaking to them from their spirit-man. Religious delusions are common for patients with mental disorders. They often have a strong faith in God. but experience little improvement in their disastrous lifestyles or destructive behavior patterns toward themselves or others. Many can extensively quote Bible verses, but are unable to apply these truths to their own lives (2 Tim. 3:7). They are ever learning, but never coming to the knowledge of truth.

ANXIETY DISORDERS Anxiety disorders are caused by spirits of fear and cowardice. In my counseling practice I have seen numerous Christians healed of anxiety related illnesses. I have never seen a person with an anxiety disorder that was not also infected with other spirits. Spirits of fear, spirits of anger and lying spirits usually work together. The process is simple. The lying spirit injects a negative thought from the brain into the mind. If the person receives the negative thought then the fear spirit launches a strike or a fiery dart (Eph. 6:16) into the soul generating negative emotions or an adrenaline rush. Later, anger or depression spirits attack the soul and the person senses a sudden surge of rage or frustration which ruins the individual's personal relationships and allows the others spirits to stay in the body. To mercilessly continue the cycle, the lying spirit strikes again with another negative thought or fabrication and then the fear spirit strikes again causing negative emotions in the soul. This debilitating cycle is repeated numerous times during the day, week or month. It is a dysfunctional and debilitating pattern the person cannot consciously seem to abort. Fear and coward spirits (GK: deilia) always work together. The fear spirit gives the person the terror or anxiety over the subject. The coward spirit keeps the person from correcting the issue or seeking help. These spirits attacked Job and he suffered severe soul/emotional pain and even wanted to die over his physical illness:

JOB 3:20-22,24-25 Why is light given to him that is in misery & life to the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it comes not & dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly & are glad, when they can find the grave? For my sighing comes before I eat & my roaring is poured out like the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me & that which I was afraid of is come to me.

The fear of death is a major issue for humanity. The cure of this is one of the great benefits of the Gospel:

HEBREW 2:14-15 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh & blood. He also Himself likewise took part of the same. That through death He might destroy (GK: katargeo/abolish) him that had the power (GK: kratos/dominion) of death, that is, the Devil & deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

II TIMOTHY 1:7 God has not given us the spirit of fear (GK: deilia/cowardice); but of power (GK:

dunamis/supernatural power), love (GK: agape/unconditional divine love) & a sound mind (GK: sophronismos/orderly or disciplined).

GOD'S CURE FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES In my career as a Christian counselor I discovered how mental illnesses can be cured. The treatment modality can be found in Scripture. In my experience every mental illness can be cured by the process outlined in the book of James.

JAMES 4:7-11 Submit yourselves to God and resist the devil and he will lice from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands from sin. Purify your hearts you double minded (Gk: dipsuchos/two souls) and be afflicted and mourn. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and Lie will lift you up. Speak evil of no one.

The aforementioned verse holds the key to deliverance from the powerful controlling spirits in the brain and provides the IWRP for almost all the mental illnesses listed in the DSM. When followed carefully, this 8 Step procedure has never failed to cure any form of emotional or mental illness I am aware of. It is foolproof and will lead to complete recovery. 1. Submit yourself to God: You must surrender the control of your life to the Holy Spirit. You are no longer in charge. You must step down and submit your will over to the Lord. Self-centeredness must end.

2. Resist the devil: You must declare war on the spirits and sin in your body, brain and life. You must develop hatred (Lukel6:13, Eccl. 3:8) for anything of Satan.

3. Draw near to God: You must thirst for God's presence and desire Him more than anything else in your life. The presence of the Holy-Spirit is your key to victory. You go first, God moves second.

4. Cleanse your hands and your life from sin: Sin is the food the demons feed on in the brain. You can starve them out and weaken them to the point that they will collapse if you change your behavior. You must refuse to continue to listen to negativity and lies, for the kingdom of darkness is founded upon them (John 8:44).

5. Purify your heart of iniquity: Internal sin such as resentment, bad feelings, anger, frustration, bitterness, jealousy, envy and lust must be forsaken completely (2 Cor. 7:14).

6. Be afflicted and mourn: The demons in the brain can cause you to develop a casual attitude toward sin and may have blunted your emotions and your remorse for the pain you have caused the Lord, yourself or others because of willful sin. They can cause you to develop defense mechanisms, such as laughing, acting foolishly or making jokes about sinful behaviors or the misfortune of others (Rom. 1:21,1 Tim. 1:6,

20). You must have remorse for what you have done and confess your sin and failures (1 John 1:9, James 5:16).

7. Humble yourself: Pride will keep any form of sickness or evil spirit in your body permanently. Narcissism will prevent your recovery. The key to deliverance is a humble and broken heart with a contrite spirit (Ps. 34:18.51:17, 147:3, Isa. 57:15).

8. Do not speak negatively about yourself or others. Spirits in the brain spend most of their time degrading you and causing you to "nit pick'' and criticize yourself and others. They will also use factual negativity against you by reminding you of past failures and poor choices. Only the truth can set you free (Jn. 8:32). Agreeing with the spirits will allow them to remain in your brain until you die.

You must remove all forms of ought (negative feelings) from your soul and release all those who have damaged you in any way. Forgiveness alone will not work. The negative emotions, thoughts and attitudes regarding others must also be removed through daily practice of mind renewal and releasing them to Christ.

HOW TO FIGHT SPIRITS IN THE BRAIN

II CORINTHIANS 10:4-5 The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty thru God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations & every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

Planos spirits inside the brain hijack the person's mind and thought life in an attempt to control the person's will. Their work can be dismantled by following the specific instructions in II Cor. 10. • Carnal: (sarx/ fleshly). • Mighty: (dunamis/supernatural power or energy). • pulling down/casting down: (kathairesis/to overthrow or dismantle). • Strongholds: (ochuroma/ fortress). • Imagination: (logismos/mental reasoning). • high thing: (hupsoma/elevated ideas). • Thought: (noema/designs or ideas of the mind).

II Cor. 10: 4-5 has been interpreted by some to mean a person can dismantle spiritual principalities hovering over geographic areas, such as cities or states. The text actually refers to the war between the Holy Spirit in the spirit man and the ungodly, demonic or disobedient thoughts in the mind. The true "war of the worlds" actually occurs in the brain. 1. Pull down (Gk: kathairesis/over throw) your mental strongholds (Gk: ochuroma/fortresses). This can be accomplished by renewing your mind by studying God's Word, meditating, praying, worshiping interceding and consciously rejecting negative thoughts injected into the brain by spirits. As the untruths in the brain are dismantled, the spirits lose their power and collapse. Many times they will leave the brain without any specific prayer or deliverance. 2. Cast down (Gk: kathairesis/over throw) your imaginations (Gk: logismos/mental reasoning). Evil spirits will give you ideas that seem reasonable in an attempt to stay in the brain. Even if a thought in the natural seems rational, it is to be rejected if it contradicts the Word of God, your faith, your conscience or your peace of mind. 3. High thing (Gk: hupsoma/elevated) things against God's knowledge. Pride and ego centered thoughts that make the person feel important, accepted, intelligent, capable and valuable must be eviscerated. Your identity is not in the power of positive thinking or secular encouragement. It is not in vain babblings or instructions from friends or relatives or a codependent parent or spouse. Your identity is in Christ (Eph. 1). You have been accepted into the Beloved, sealed by the Holy Spirit and redeemed by the precious Blood of Jesus. Flattering or encouraging words from a planos spirit will lead to deeper bondage. Narcissism will ruin your deliverance. 4. Take your thoughts (Gk: noema/mental designs or

ideas) captive to obey those of the Lord Jesus Christ. Evil spirits can inject thoughts into the mind from the brain causing confusion and dementia.

If they have been in the person's brain since childhood, the thoughts seem "normal" and a familiar part of the person's personality. The vast majority of thoughts from seducing spirits are negative. If the thought is negative it is probably from Satan, not the Holy Spirit. EACH thought must be detected, rebuked and removed.

SYMPTOMS OF HAVING SPIRITS IN THE BRAIN

• Sinful or inappropriate behavioral patterns that do not clear up even after participating in Bible studies, church, home groups, prayer, fasting, conferences, retreats, mentoring and seminars.

• Odd changes in behavior or thought patterns after sustaining significant emotional or physical trauma.

• Uncontrolled periods of racing thoughts, curse words or music passing thru the mind without an apparent trigger or stimulus.

• I Tim. 4:1-3: Religious legalism which maintains a significant attachment to standards of clothing, food, feasts, forms, rituals, holidays, festivals, etc. while also harboring internal iniquity.

• Sudden spells or surges of anger, jealousy, frustration or lust in the soul (emotions) with no significant trigger or stimulus.

• The inability to completely remove all traces of unforgiveness or negative feelings regarding others or self, in

spite of attending forgiveness seminars, grace Bible studies and cleansing programs.

• The inability to remain awake to read or comprehend the Bible.

• The development of a sudden chronic fatigue pattern when attempting to work, maintain the home or read the Word.

• Chronic fascination with the "end times" or apocalyptic scenarios.

• A powerful urge to share religious ideas with others while living a secret sinful lifestyle.

• Chronic nightmares or repetitive bad dreams.

PSYCHIATRIC CASE STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE The Holy Scriptures illustrate cases of mental illness specifically caused by evil spirits. These cases demonstrate the ability of spirits to cause disabilities and mental impairments. Notice how rapidly the individuals recover when the spirits are removed.

CLINICAL CASE STUDY I THE DISABLED SON & THE GRIEF STRICKEN FATHER LUKE 9:37-43; MARK 9:14-20,26; MATTHEW 17:15-21

A desperate father brings his son to the 9 disciples for a deliverance service and they are unable to cast the spirits out of him because of their unbelief. The Scripture indicates the patient is suffering from the Greek word seleniazomai (moonstruck lunacy or insanity). It is revealed that the boy has a deaf and dumb spirit. Alalos is the Greek word for dumb and means a total loss of speech. Kophos is the Greek word for deaf and means a partial impairment. The symptoms the spirit caused the child are similar to illnesses seen today. Notice the Greek definitions: 1. He is sore vexed: pascho/suffering emotionally and/or mentally. 2. He is taken: lambano/received or hijacked.

3. It tears him: sparasso/mangle or seizure. 4. He foams: aphrizo/froth at the mouth. 5. It bruises him: suntribo/crush or smash. 6. It rarely leaves him: The condition is chronic. 7. He pines away: xeraino/to waste or shrivel up. 8. He gnashes his teeth: trizo/grind. 9. It casts him into the water and fire: ballo/throws.

This disability exhibits symptoms directly related to a wide range of mental illnesses listed in the DSM-IV & V. It also appears the patient may have had epilepsy, grand mal seizures, suicide ideation, clinical depression, anorexia, chronic pain and self mutilation. The child recovered quickly after Jesus removed the demonic spirits.

CLINICAL CASE STUDY II THE CRIMINALLY INSANE MAN OF GADERA MARK 5:1 LUKE 8:26 A man, suffering from symptoms of what appears to be severe paranoid schizophrenia, of his own free will "runs" to the Son of God for "treatment." The text reveals the clinical symptoms: 1. The condition was chronic. 2. He was naked and homeless.

3. He was pushed or controlled by spirits. 4. He had unclean (Gk: akathartos/morally impure) spirits. 5. He possessed unusual strength. 6. No one could tame him (Gk: damazo/to be out of control). 7. The man had severe sleep deprivation and insomnia. 8. He had severe clinical depression (crying all night). 9. He had a severe anxiety disorder and was a self mutilator (cutting).

Subsequent to the removal of the spirits the citizens of the town found the man "seated, dressed and in his right mind (Gk: sophroneo/sane mind). The citizens of the community were afraid (Gk: phobeo/alarmed or frighten) when they saw his remarkable recovery. Probably similar to the fear Christians have today of spirits, demons, Satan and deliverance.

CLINICAL CASE STUDY III SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS LUKE 11:14 A man suffering from a speech deficit, probably chronic stuttering, is instantly cured after a spirit with the same condition is removed by Jesus. The man had absorbed the traits of the spirit which infected the speech centers in the temple areas of the brain. The spirit had (GK: kophos/stutter) a speech

impairment (DSV-IV code 307) and transferred the condition to the patient. Subsequently, the man exhibited the same symptoms. These kind of seducing spirits can cause additional impairments in the Christian. These spirits frequently cause the person to fall asleep while reading the Word or block them from receiving their Gift of Tongues (1 Cor. 14). If the Christian does receive the gift of Tongues, the blocking spirits then try to limit it to a few words or one or two short repetitive phrases:

LUKE 11:14 One day Jesus was casting out a devil (GK: daimonion/demon) and it (autos/he) was dumb (GK: kophos/speech impediment). It came to pass when the devil was removed the dumb man spoke & the people wondered (GK: thaumatizo/to be utterly amazed).

CLINICAL CASE STUDY IV LYCANTHROPY DANIEL 4 Lycanthropy is derived from two Greek words, lukos "wolf and anthropos "man." In folklore and superstition it is applied to a human being who has changed into an animal, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf while retaining human intelligence. In psychiatric literature, lycanthropy is an unusual belief or delusion that one has been transformed into an animal or a behavior suggestive of such belief.

The capability of the human being to transform into an animal is a phenomenon that has been described in many cultures since early history. Lycanthropy is actually a severe mental illness caused by powerful seducing spirits that enter the person's mind causing insanity with psychotic delusions. In Africa they are called "animal spirits." Many clinicians use the term "madness." There is a case recorded in the Old Testament. It was instantly cured by-God after a disability period of 7 years:

DANIEL 4:33,34 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: He was driven from men. and did eat grass as oxen & his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like eagles' feather & his nails like birds' claws. At the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to Heaven & my understanding returned to me & I blessed the Most High. I praised and honored Him that lives for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion & His kingdom is from generation to generation.

CASE STUDY V TWO MANIACS OF GERGESENES MATTHEW 8:28 When Jesus came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes. There met him two possessed with devils (daimonizomai/to be demonized or under the control, to a

greater or lesser degree of spirits), coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce (chalepos/dangerous), so that no man pass by that way. These two mentally ill patients had no residence and lived in groups, like many American homeless do (skid row/LA, south Phoenix, etc.). They were probably criminally insane or sociopathic and violent. Once the spirits were removed from their brains they were cured and sober minded.

CASE STUDY VI GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDERS (GAD) I SAMUEL 21:12-14 David laid up these words in his heart & was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. He changed his behavior before them & feigned himself mad in their hands and scrabbled on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. Then said Achish to his servants, "Lo, you see the man is mad (Heb. Shaga/raving). Why have you brought him to me?"

DEUTERONOMY 28:28-29 "The LORD shall smite you (disobedient Jews) with madness (Heb. shiggaon/craziness), blindness & astonishment (Heb. timmahon/consternation) of heart. You shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness. You shall not prosper in your ways. You shall be only oppressed & spoiled evermore & no man shall save."

ZECHARIAH 12:4 "In that day, says the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment & his rider (Gentiles in the Millennium) with madness (Heb. shiggaon/craziness). I will open My eyes upon the house of Judah & will smite every horse of the people with blindness."

1 SAMUEL 16:14-16 "The Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul & an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles (Heb. baath/terrifies) you. Let our lord now command your servants to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on a harp. It shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon you, that he shall play with his hand & you shall be well."

CASE STUDY VII THOUGHT SUGGESTION I CHRONICLES 21:1 "Satan stood up against Israel and provoked (Heb. sut/to stimulate) David to number Israel." How did Satan stimulate David to number Israel when he already knew it was wrong to number the citizens? He did it by

putting thoughts into his mind.

CASE STUDY VIII THOUGHT SUGGESTION MATTHEW 16:22-23 "Peter took (GK: proslambano/aggressively took aside) Jesus and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Be it far from you, Lord. This shall not be to you." But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are an offence to Me. You savor not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." Where did the thoughts come from that led Peter to say what he said? It came directly from thoughts Satan put into his mind.

CASE STUDY IX AUDITORY THOUGHT SUGGESTION GENESIS 3:4-6, II CORINTHIANS 11:3 "The serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die. God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit did eat and gave to her husband with her and he did eat." What caused Eve to become beguiled (GK. exapateo/completely deceive)? The serpent audibly put thoughts into her mind that she received as true while she visually

examined the beauty of the fruit.

CASE STUDY X HOUSE OF HEALING CLIENT STUDY SMI Several years ago the Holy Spirit told me to provide extensive counseling and mentoring services to a young man in his mid-20's. He was infected with a legion of spirits and they had almost total control over him in 3 basic illness areas: paranoid schizophrenia, addictive personality disorder and narcissism. The Holy Spirit used this patient to teach me four important doctrines regarding treatment of the mentally ill and the SMI (severely mentally illness): God's unconditional love, God's supernatural grace, team treatment approach and the importance of human free will in healing and deliverance. This patient had a voluminous history of extensive sexual perversion, alcoholism, drug addiction, cigarette addiction, pornography addiction and familiar spirits of religion acquired from his cooperation in a satanic cult. He had an average IQ, was very manipulative and had a high level of "street smarts." He had excellent interpersonal "people" skills acquired during his years of seduction hook ups. manipulation of others and bar tendering. The 4 teamwork approach included myself, my wife, one of my ministry associates at the House of Healing and the loving support of his mother. The Holy Spirit taught me the treatment concept of Isolation thru this client. Isolation involved placing him in 48 to 72 hour voluntary "lock down" situations in a hotel. During

isolation he would never leave the room and would spend almost 24/7 in self-deliverance, worship, repentance, rest and study of the Word. After 5 Isolations he was dramatically improved. The Holy Spirit taught me the treatment concept of free will. By the end of the first year he was cured of smoking, alcohol, drugs and schizophrenia. It took almost three more years for him to be cured of sexual sin and pornography. After four years he was cured of everything except narcissism. After 4.5 years he left the House of Healing and started his own ministry. The Holy Spirit used the James 4 process with Isolation to effect a dramatic improvement in this severely ill patient. The Lord taught me that the client was cured in the order of his personal desire, free will and motivation. He truly hated schizophrenia, using drugs and smoking. He disliked sexual sin and pornography but did not truly hate it enough to be cured until over three years into the program. A traumatic legal incident occurred which led to his deliverance. His narcissism never was cured because he had no desire to be delivered from it. Fortunately, this was an extreme mental illness case and the dozens of other mentally ill cases that we have seen cured over the years did not require this level of time, energy or cooperative resources. The key to recovery from mental illness is Jesus' own words in Mt. 6 and Lk. 16; '"You cannot serve two masters. He will hate the one and love the other or hold to the one and despise the other." If the mentally ill Christian will hate and despise the illness, sin, iniquity, negative thoughts and the spirits behind them and love the Word of God and hold on to it, they will be cured, as in the aforementioned case studies. The

process in James 4 works every time. The "gift" of hate is a wonderful blessing.

CONCLUSION Mental illnesses have made dramatic inroads into churches in America. It is common to meet a church attendee, missionary, pastor or minister with depression, bipolar, anxiety disorder or addiction. The illnesses can be very debilitating and are as, or more painful, than physical illnesses. In my counseling practice I frequently work with pastors, ministers, evangelists, missionaries and lay ministers who need deliverance from mental and emotional illnesses. All of them are cured that follow James 4. Not all mental and emotional illnesses are caused by spirits, but in my experience all the chronic cases are at minimum, exacerbated by them. If spirits can stay in the brain and body of their hosts, then the individual will never completely fulfill their God-given call or destiny for their lives. They will never attain their desired level of anointing or gifts of the Spirit in their ministries. They will always be relegated to living a "yo-yo" Christian life, living by their emotions. Mental illnesses are not crosses to bear but a direct attack of Satan to steal, kill and destroy the spiritual life of the child of God (Jn. 10:10). I have personally seen the Holy Spirit heal a wide range of mental illnesses (schizophrenia, depression, bipolar, phobias, etc.) in my counseling practice. The keys to health are the Word of God, the Blood of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit, the steps of James 4, repentance, faith in the Cross of Christ and the unconditional love of God. The Holy Spirit wants you well and living in freedom. Like the maniac of Gadera in the gospel of Mark, I hope you will run

to Jesus today and receive your supernatural healing and be willing to make any sacrifice to get it. I hope you will submit your free will. You do not have to live with a mental or emotional illness and neither do your children. Bipolar, anxiety disorders, clinical depression, etc. were put on Jesus at Calvary when he paid for your deliverance and was sent by God for your miracle healing (Isa. 53, Luke 4). Jesus' incredible Crown of Thorns (Mt. 27:29) was for the cure of human mental illness. Deliverance is for Christians and is described by the Lord Jesus as the Children's Bread (Mt. 15, Mk. 7). Casting demons out of sinners is dangerous if a qualified spiritual support system is not in place. The spirits will come back and will probably re-enter the person. Their condition and symptoms may become worse than before they received ministry (Mt. 12, Lk. 11). Deliverance is appropriate inside the church (Mk. 1, Lk. 13). A full I /3 of all Jesus' healings involved deliverance and we are to replicate His work (Jn. 14:12, Mt. 28:20, Mk. 16:1518). By using these valuable insights into human psychology you will see dramatic patient improvement. Every born again human service professional should have this insightful study guide. Hear the compassion of the Lord for the mentally and emotionally ill:

II CORINTHIANS 13:14 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with all of you. Amen.

III JOHN 1:3 Beloved, I wish that you may prosper and be in health even us your soul (emotions) prospers.

PHILIPPIANS 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer & supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts & minds through Christ Jesus. Finally brethren, whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, of virtue & if there be any praise, then think on these things (use the mind). Those things, which you have learned, received, heard & seen in me, do & the God of peace shall be with you.

MATTHEW 6:31-34 "Take no thought (GK: merimnao/don't be anxious) saying, "What shall we eat? What shall we drink? How shall we be clothed?" For after all these things

the Gentiles seek. Your heavenly Father knows you need all these things. Seek first the Kingdom of God & His righteousness & all these things shall be added to you. Take therefore no thought (merimnao/don't be anxious) for tomorrow. Tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof."

ROMANS 8:5 They that are after the flesh do mind (GK: phroneo/mentally focus one) the things of the flesh. They that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

SUGGESTED READING:

Pigs in the Parlor by Frank and Ida Mae Hammond. Impact Christian Books. 1973.

They Shall Expel Demons by Derek Prince. Chosen Books Publishing. 1998.

There Really Is A Boogeyman by Michael W. Smith. www.hardcorechristianity.com. 2008.

The Triumphant Church by Kenneth Hagin. Faith Library Publications. 1991.

Atonement Healing by Michael W. Smith. www.hardcorechristianity.com. 2014.