Testimonies
A personal testimony is a powerful tool for communicating the truths of the gospel as the Apostle Paul demonstrated when defending himself before King Agrippa (Acts 25:23-26:1-32 ). No where is this truth more powerfully demonstrated than when a person has a testimony of being healed and set free from demonic torment.
Jesus validates the importance of a personal testimony of deliverance in the account recorded in Mark 5:11-19 and Luke 8:26-33, where he cast the legion of demons out of the insane man who lived in the tombs. After Jesus cast them out and restored the man’s sanity, he pleaded with Jesus to be allowed to follow Him. Jesus told him to go home and use his testimony to show his family what the Lord had done for him. (Mark 5:19). The man obeyed Him and spread the news of his deliverance throughout the region and Jesus' fame was spread throughout the land.
We often hear testimonies of healing and deliverance only to discover later the sickness or demonic activity has returned. The only way to truly authenticate a healing or deliverance from demons is if the sickness or freedom from the bondage is permanent. The following testimonies are those who have stood the test of time. Read the following testimonies of those who have been completely healed and delivered of the demonic activity in their life.
Some of the individuals giving their testimonies have wished to remain anonymous and we have honored their request. Others have willingly revealed their identities to proclaim Christ’s victory over the enemies in their life.
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Voodoo Curse of Death
March 2002
A lifelong friend and prayer partner in TDS Ministries asked me to pray for her son, Larry (an alias is used to protect privacy). Larry was experiencing an unusual and undiagnosable illness accompanied by bizarre symptoms.
I usually do not travel to pray for individuals, but this was an extreme case. I felt God wanted Peggy and me to go. And given the bizarre symptoms reported by Larry’s mother, I was intrigued and wanted to go pray for Larry.
I encountered a demon who was sent to Larry through a curse. This demon was very mouthy and more than willing to give me all the details of who sent him on his mission and how he was to kill this man. Below is Larry’s testimony. The details of this deliverance from my perspective follow.
Larry's Testimony
In 2002, I started experiencing agonizing pain all through my body. When I say agonizing it does not really describe the pain I felt. It was as if a gang of monsters, expert in the art of torture, were doing everything they knew how to torture me until I thought I was losing my mind.
It came on so quickly; I went from a very active businessman to a recluse in my house in one day. There is no way to accurately describe the pain. It felt like someone was scraping my bones with a knife, stabbing my spine with an ice pick and sticking pins in my flesh all at the same time.
While I was being subjected to this excruciating pain, something would push my head backwards until I thought my neck would break. It would also cause my arms, legs and fingers to cramp up causing me to look like a grotesque deformed creature.
This would go on day after day with me lying on the floor, writhing in agony. When I got a day of relief I was grateful but dreaded when it would return. At times I was so weak I couldn’t even hold a glass of water in my hand.
My doctor was totally baffled by my condition and would not even venture a guess at diagnosing it. He said I was the most bizarre case he had ever seen. This went on for eight months. I knew I couldn’t survive this agony much longer and had a will made out in preparation for my death that I was sure would come soon and I was sure would be a welcome relief.
My mother called Jess Parker and asked him to come and pray for me. He, and his wife, Peggy, came to my house and prayed for me for deliverance from any demon causing my sickness.
A demon spoke through me. He said his name was Nicodus and he was a voodoo demon sent by my ex-wife who had put a curse on me. He said his assignment was to kill me, but it had to be a slow agonizing death. Jess and his wife Peggy fought this demon twice over a period of two days before it finally came out of me.
When it left, all the pain, cramps and weakness left instantly. It has been 7 years now and I am still free. I can never thank God enough for setting me free from that evil thing.
The Bible says, “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.” [John 8:36] I am totally free through the power of Jesus Christ.
L. M.
Los Angeles
My wife and I drove hundreds of miles to meet with Larry, and arrived at his home around 11:00 pm. My wife, being exhausted from the long drive, excused herself and went to bed. I was pretty tired myself but wanted to talk to Larry to find out a little about what was going on with his illness.
We hadn't spoken but a few minutes when this man's head began to tilt slightly forward as if he was falling asleep. I decided to wake him up and let him know I was tired and suggest we both go to bed. As I was just starting to get out of my chair to walk over and wake him up, his left hand was suddenly twisted up behind his back as if some invisible being was putting him in a half nelson arm lock. I knew immediately this was not a sickness, but a demon. I began to rebuke the demon who was trying to break his arm.
As suddenly as the first action, this same invisible entity jerked his arm from behind his back and pulled it back around to the front of his chest and then up over his shoulder and behind his head. All this time Larry was in an unconscious stupor, moaning and whimpering like a small child.
I jumped up quickly and covering the three feet between us in one long stride, I laid my fingers on his forehead and commanded in a stern voice, "You stop that right now." His arm relaxed and moved back into its normal position in his lap and he opened his eyes and said, "Oh my God. It's a demon.
I walked over and set down in the chair and said, "Would you mind telling me what's been happening to you?"
He proceeded to tell me the most incredible story as follows:
I was in my back yard about eight months ago doing some yard work. I climbed up about 12 foot into a tree to trim some branches. I lost complete control of my arms and legs as they became completely spastic. It terrified me, but luckily I was in a fork in the tree and just allowed my body weight to sag down into the fork to keep from falling out of it. For the next fifteen to twenty minutes I sat there with no control over my arms and legs. After the twenty minutes, I regained the normal use of my limbs so I climbed down out of the tree as fast as I could and practically ran into the house. I set there for a while trying to figure out what had just happened. I finally concluded it was just a fluke deal and I needed to just forget it and get on with life.
The next day I got ready to go to work and got in my car. I only got about half of block away when it started happening again. When I realized it was starting again I jerked my steering wheel sharply to the right, forcing my car to hit the curb. It jumped the curb and I slammed on my brakes causing the motor to die. I sat there in my car for the next 15 to 20 minutes with no control over my arms or legs. When my arms and legs finally started to function normally, I started my car and drove back to my house as quickly as I could. I haven't driven since then and only leave the house when I get someone to take me to the doctor.
But it didn't stop there, for within a few days the pain started, slowly at first and then grew worse and worse until it was so agonizing I figured I was going to die. So I started planning for death by making out a will.
He went on to explain the symptoms. He said his mother thought his symptoms were caused by a demon and insisted on getting deliverance through Jess. Larry, however, thought it was an illness requiring a medical solution. So now Larry was dumbfounded to find it was a demon as his mother presumed.
I suggested we challenge this demon immediately, and he agreed. I started praying for him around 11:30 pm and fought this demon until 2:00 am. As soon as I commanded the demon to tell me his name, Larry lost consciousness and the demon spoke.
This is the conversation I had with this demon. I wrote it down because it was the first time I had ever fought an actual voodoo demon sent on a specific assignment.
me: “I command you in the name of Jesus to tell me your name?"
The demon didn't even hesitate to identify himself. This surprised me as I have had demons refuse to give me their names on many occasions, saying if they do it will give me authority over them.
demon: "My name is Nicodus.”
me: “What kind of demon are you?"
demon: “I'm a voodoo spirit."
me: “Don't lie to me. This is the states not the islands.”
demon: “You're a fool. Don't you know what a voodoo spirit is?"
me: “I guess not. Tell me."
demon: “A voodoo spirit is a spirit sent on an assignment because of a curse."
me: "That's a bunch of garbage. I've seen a lot of people curse people and it doesn't do this to them."
demon: “Yes, but her curses have power because she believes they do. She told my master she wants him to die a very slow and painful agonizing death, and I'm doing what I was sent here to do.
me: “Who cursed him?
demon: “His ex-wife. She hates him so bad she wants him to die slowly in pain."
me: “Why have you told me this. Don't you know you have just given me power over you?”
demon: “It doesn't matter. I have unlimited power from my master. I'm not like these weaklings you fight. I've been sent by the master and you will never get me out. I'll kill this man slowly and painfully and then I will move on to my next assignment and forget you and this piece of shit ever existed.”
He was so smug and arrogant. I now understood why he didn't mind identifying himself. He wanted to brag. He thought he was impervious to defeat and he wanted me know it was his work. He was like a serial killer who isn't content to kill. He wants everyone to know what he did and get the credit of fame. Pride is so often their "Achilles' Heel”. And I was counting on his pride blinding him, and it did. He didn't know this was not my first barbecue.
I said, "You take pride in the fact, demon, that your master has empowered you. You don't realize my master is Jesus and He's empowered me. My master defeated yours and I will defeat you, you piece of trash.”
With that the battle was on. For the next two hours we traded rebukes. Back and forth we went. He never did stop talking. He kept reminding me that I had never come up against anything as strong as him. I let him know that I had fought a demon called “The Possessor From Hell” that was so powerful he would have eaten him in one bite.
This shocked Nicodus and I could sense he had a little buyer's remorse regarding telling me his name. He said it didn't matter though. I would never be able to cast him out. He said he had been on many assignments and had always accomplished what he was sent to do.
All this time Larry had been unconscious, but I could tell he was not in any pain. He wasn't moaning and whimpering the way he did when Nicodus first attacked him shortly after I had arrived. I was grateful for this and intentionally kept this demon talking in hopes he wouldn't notice he wasn't torturing Larry.
Then around 1:30 am I noticed the bravado was slowly fading. When Nicodus spoke there was desperation in his voice. I mocked him saying, “I can always tell when a demon is frightened. You're frightened Nicodus.” He became angry and started threatening to attack me with pain. I told him I wasn't afraid of his threats and just kept rebuking him in Jesus name.
His last fifteen minutes were pathetic and I told him so. I said, "You're going to be in big trouble when you have to face Satan and explain why you failed him. Your boss doesn't take well to failure. He's going to send you to Limbo for sure. He may never let you out. He gave you all that power and you lost half of it when you told me your name. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to tell him that. But I will."
I love tormenting demons so when I get them in this weakened state I start mocking and badgering them.
When Nicodus started leaving, Larry regained consciousness, coughing and gagging. As soon as Larry finished coughing Nicodus out Larry said, “Praise God! He’s finally gone.” Then Larry started crying.
I was elated but exhausted. It was after 2:00 am and I suggested we both get some sleep. He agreed and we both went to bed and didn't get up until around 9:00 am. I ask him how he was doing. He said, “Great!” So we just spent the day talking, but about every hour or so I would ask how he was doing and he would assure me it was over.
He called some family and friends that he hadn't seen for some time to come and visit and he very soon had a full house. Everyone was excited Larry was feeling better, although no one knew how sick he really was or that a demon had been behind the sickness.
Everything was going good until about 9:00 pm. Larry turned and whispered to me, “Jess something is happening. I think he’s trying to get back in. I can feel a tingling in my hands and that's what I felt that first day it all started."
I said, “Larry, Peg and I need to leave early tomorrow so why don't you ask your guests to leave and we'll find out what's this demon's up to right now?”
Larry agreed and told his guests he probably should get some rest. He was officially declaring the party was over. No one knew how important it was for them to leave, however, and some lingered until close to 10:00 pm.
When the last one left I asked Larry to sit down. As soon as he did, I said, “Nicodus, how did you get back in?”
demon: “My dogs let me in."
me: “What dogs?"
demon: “Well they’re my guards. “You didn't cast them out and they let me back in."
me: “You listen to me, you filthy piece of slime. I going to cast you out and this time. I'll cast your guards out with you and you won’t be getting back in again."
demon: “You can't."
me: “Why not? I cast you out once and I can do it again."
demon: “Because I travel with one thousand demons of pain. And if you try to cast me out again, I'll tell them to kill him."
me: “I don't believe you. Why didn't you release them on him last night?”
demon: “Why should I have? I knew my dogs would let me back in. Why should I have fought you more last night when I could get right back in? I'm warning you— I will kill this man if you try to get me out again."
I reached over and grabbed Larry by the lapels of his shirt. I shook him until he regained conscious and told him what Nicodus had said.
Larry said, “I want this demon out of me. If he kills me I'm ok with that. I don't want to live with this kind of pain anymore. No matter what happens, don't stop until he's out of me."
I said, "Did you hear that Nicodus?”
demon: “I'm warning you. I will kill him."
me: “Do your worst, demon. But I'm casting you out of this man."
I won't try to describe to you the pain Larry must have endured for over two and a half hours, because I have no idea. But I can tell you it was bone chilling the way he screamed. The demons of pain came up in waves and he would first moan, and then as the pain increased he would start gasping for breath. And then as they left he would scream and roll on the floor in a fetal position until that group left. Then there would be a momentary lull, and then the moaning would start again and he would go through the whole cycle of torture again.
Larry never once asked me to stop. I wanted to and several times. I was almost ready to say that's it, I can't do this. My wife was crying and telling me I if I didn't stop she was afraid he would die. I knew if I stopped praying for him, I would never be able to start again. So I kept going. It seemed like an eternity listening to him scream. I knew at anytime he could say, “That's it. Stop. I can't take it anymore.” But he never did.
An eternity later the screaming started to ease. I knew Nicodus was finished. I said, “Nicodus, this man is tougher than you and your dogs and all your demons. The Word says one day he'll sit on a throne and judge angels [I Cor 6:3] and I'm quite sure you'll be one of them he judges. You'll get your punishment then. Now get out him you filthy piece of garbage.”
Larry started coughing and choking for about two minutes and then Nicodus was gone. He was a little gun shy after seeing Nicodus leave and then come back in again. I encouraged him reminding him they had done their worse, and he had endured everything they threw at him. I told him I needed to get a couple hours sleep and then head home, but I would keep close contact with him. And should anything happen I would come back.
I left later that morning, but called him every few hours for a week. Then I called once a day for the next week. After that I would call him from time to time, but Nicodus was gone forever.
He wrote his testimony in 2009, seven years after we cast him out. And as you read, he's still doing great.
All praise goes to The Glorious One, The Marvelous One, The All Powerful One, The Lord Jesus Christ who always causes us to triumph in Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14 says, "Now thanks be unto God, Who always causes us to triumph in Christ."
The Triumph is Sweet. Larry is Free.
Assassin
December 1998
A young man, about 30 years old (I'll call him Brice) came to me one day asking if I would cast a demon out of him. I asked him if he knew what kind of a demon it was? He replied, “Absolutely. It’s Rage. You better have some help when you cast it out because it wants to kill you.”
I was a little surprised and somewhat amused by his quick response. This was early in our journey into the bizarre world of the supernatural. I was still new at learning and always looking out for the unusual. So, I asked him, “How do know the demon wants to kill me?”
He replied, “Because it told me it would.”
All I could say was, "Oh, okay, thank you. I'll make sure I have a strong team in place and we'll set up a time and let you know."
I called four guys who were eager to get in on the action and we agreed to get together at 1:00 pm on a Sunday afternoon. One of the men I called was a local pastor in town who had heard of our ministry of deliverance and he was eager to sit in on a session to get some experience.
I can't help the mischievous smile that plays on my face when I recall the look of terror on this pastor’s face during his wild ride into “nether land.” I asked the Lord early on if I sinned against Him when I intentionally set this poor novice up for this frightful experience - an experience that forever removed from his mind any intention of ever becoming an exorcist?
The Lord said, “No.” He directed me to Psalms 16:10 that says, "In his presence everyone is joyful," and Hebrews 1:9 says, "Your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than anyone else." He said to me, “My Father and I both enjoy good humor. We had not called this pastor to the deliverance ministry, so this experience just helped him to see that.”
Now I know you are probably skeptical that I really had that conversation with Jesus, but I did. I know I'm weird. Jesus even reminds me from time to time that He made me to be weird. Not as weird as my wife, but still somewhat weird. In all honesty, I'd much rather be weird than boring. I once heard an old Indian say, "I like being crazy. It keeps me from going insane." That made good sense to me.
What happened next was over with so quickly I didn't even have time to evaluate the experience. Once the battle started, it was all hands on deck. I bound the strongman and commanded Rage to leave. The demon came out of his chair so fast he knocked me backwards, crawled over the chair and grabbed me around the throat, all the while screaming over and over, “I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you." Staring into those black eyes of hell left no doubts he meant to do just that. It was definitely a chilling moment.
I really appreciated how fast the guys reacted. They jumped out of their chairs, grabbed Brice from behind and jerked him off of me. I quickly got to my feet and yelled, "Get him on the floor!" Five two hundred pound bodies dog-piled him so fast the demon was unable to evade us and we took him to the floor. He just didn't realize this wasn't our first barbeque.
The pastor followed my command in helping us take down the demon, but he was white as a sheet. You could have parked a Diesel truck in his eyes they were so huge with fright. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. I told the men to each grab an arm or leg and use their body weight to keep the demon pinned down. The pastor was in shock, but he managed to lay his chest on top of Brice's left hand and arm so he couldn’t move. We now had this demon spread-eagle with eight hundred pounds of body weight pressing down on him while I’m over his head looking into his face and commanding the demon to leave.
One thing I have learned in this ministry is that demons can tell if you are afraid and this pastor was beyond petrified. The demon turned his face away from mine staring into the pastor’s eyes (no more than six inches away), and then lifted his total body weight about half a foot off the floor saying, “You're a little wimpy, aren't you preacher boy?"
I didn't think his eyes could get any bigger without exploding, but they did. He was scared spit less. In all fairness, I believe some of the other team members were a tad bit nervous and grateful the demon hadn't singled them out. They had just seen this piece of garbage take me down with his hands around my throat, ready for the kill. I thought I was being real cautious, but was totally caught off guard.
We fought this demon for three hours with him mocking and threatening to kill us when he got loose. We were not only casting out Rage, but also his army during the session. He would wrestle us from one side of the room to the other for ten to fifteen minutes and then Brice would start coughing and gagging as a bunch of demons left. However, Rage didn't seem much weaker than when we started.
When we were totally exhausted, I finally started calling Brice's name until he regained consciousness and Rage went down. The first thing Brice asked was, "Is he gone?”
I said, “No, but I believe he is getting weaker.” Brice was disappointed, but he agreed to meet again on a Wednesday night after the church service. The pastor from the other church declined to join us. He said his Wednesday night service runs late so he wouldn't be able to make it. In fact, his schedule stayed pretty busy from then on.
I invited six men to join us and we started the Wednesday night session. I had Brice lay on his back with the men holding his arms and legs before I spoke to Rage. I commanded him to leave Brice and the show started again. He wrestled and rolled trying to break free all the time shouting that he was going to kill us. He started digging Brice's heels into the carpet and pushing him across the floor dragging the guys with him. This went on for a few hours, but we were driving out his army just like before. About every 10 to 15 minutes more of the demon-army would leave.
About midnight we began to see him tiring. Then he suddenly announced there was a demon in this man that was so powerful we would tremble if he spoke his name. I said, “Try us. Tell us his name. Were not afraid to hear.”
He replied, “I’m not allowed to speak his name. It will make you terrified.”
From that point on we made the demons tell us who they were before they left. There was a whole menagerie of demons working under Rage. They identified themselves as violence, murder, anger, rage, lying, dishonesty, lust and a whole pack of others.
At about 1:00 am Rage told us that we had cast out his whole army and there was no one left to protect him or for him to sacrifice, so he was ready to leave. I told him I wasn't going to let him leave until he told me the name of that demon he said would terrify us. He said, “I told you I can’t. If I tell you the demon would kill you.”
I informed him, “We know demons can't die. They will be cast into hell at judgment day, but they don't die.” He was adamant that assassin would kill him. I said, “Okay, I know you're lying. You vermin can't die, but I'll humor you. What exactly do you mean when you say he will kill you?”
He said, “He will send me to Chamber.”
“What's Chamber?” This was a term I had never heard before. I was intrigued. I repeated, “What is Chamber?”
“It's death.”
“Listen you piece of trash. You're going to answer my question. What is Chamber?”
“It's death to us. It's a prison we are sent to and we can never come back. If we displease our master and he sends us to Limbo he can release us at a later date, but we can never return from Chamber. Even our father can't bring us back.”
I was new to all this, so I didn't put much stock into his words. I just know what liars they are, but this was interesting. I was to learn more of this place called Chamber from both an Angel of God sent to help me in 2000, and from many other demons who referred to it from time to time and trembled when they did.
He haggled with me for half an hour refusing to give up the name, but I just wouldn't take no for an answer. He finally told me if I would release him so he could run he would say its name as he left. I agreed and in a loud voice he screamed, “Assassin!” And then he was gone.
I called out, “Assassin?”
He answered, “What do you want?"
“Why do they call you that?”
“I'm a voodoo spirit. I was sent on an assignment from my master.”
“Why was there an assignment?”
“Because this man made a pact with my master.”
This got everyone's attention. I asked him, “What was the pact?”
“His father was robbed and killed by five men in a drug deal. Four of them went to prison but the other one got probation for testifying against the other four. This man was angry and swore he would kill all five of them. My master entered into covenant with him.”
“So your master sent you to kill these men?”
“Yes.”
“Have you killed any of them?”
He started to laugh hideously, and said, “You want to know the first thing I killed when I entered this man?”
“You want to tell me, so go ahead.”
“I killed his affections. He has two small kids and he's unable to feel any affection for them.”
“Have you killed any of those five men?”
“One.”
“How?”
“I incited this man to follow him until he caught him violating the terms of his probation. Then I sent him to the District Attorney to demand his probation be revoked and sent to prison. That influenced the DA to agree and when the man was sent to prison Brice called one of the men he had testified against to tell him he was arriving. The man killed him as soon as he arrived."
I had heard all I wanted to hear from this piece of garbage, so I said, “Are you going to put up a fight to stay?”
“No. There's no reason. I have no one to work with. You have cast out Rage and his army and I'm the only one left. I want to leave.”
“Then go,” I said.
Brice started coughing and gagging for a few moments and it was all over. He regained consciousness.
“Is he gone?” Brice asked.
“Yes, he's gone. Brice, have you ever murdered anyone?”
“No, I'd never do that.”
"The demon we cast out of you called Assassin says you did. He says you entered into covenant with his master to kill the five men who killed your dad. Did you call a prisoner in prison and tell him that the one who testified against him would be arriving on a certain day?"
He dropped his eyes and whispered, “Yes.”
“You killed him. If I were you, I wouldn't want to stand before God with that sin on my conscious. I'd be doing some serious repenting, and asking God to forgive me for the sin of murder.”
“Yeah, you're right, Jess. I will do that." Brice thanked us all and left the office.
I learned a lot during that deliverance time with Brice, and I learned a lot more about a place called Chamber. When the Angel I referred to previously came in 2000, I asked him if Chamber was a real place in hell. He confirmed that it was a real place. I asked if he could show me any reference in Scripture that refers to Chamber. He said that Chamber is a name the demons have given the place, but the Scriptures refer to it in Jude 1:6 as “Everlasting Chains of Darkness.” He further explained that it is the place God has reserved for fallen angels and demons who have had judgment executed upon them and are awaiting the Great White Throne Judgment.
I asked the Angel to explain what he meant by executing judgment. He showed me in Psalm 149:6-9 where God has granted the saints authority to execute judgment upon fallen angels and demons and send them to Chamber where they must stay until the final judgment day.
Had I known about our right to execute judgment before I fought Assassin, I would have executed judgment on both him and Rage.
Prophecies
"For Such a Time as This"
Prophecy Given 2-11-17
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Know that you are not accident. Know that you are not a face in the sea of the masses. Know that your time was ordained. You were made for such a time as this.
My hand is upon you for good. I will stretch out My hand in these times and use you.
Write The Vision and make it plain so that they who hear it may run. That they may proclaim it. Let your life be an Open Book. A Living Epistle. A Sounding Trumpet.
Proclaim it; Our God Reigns.
Days of Plenty says the Lord. All things written in the Book I am bringing to pass in these Present Days. Do not let the days overtake you but position yourself to receive the blessings.
Jump into the River says the Lord. The time for standing on the shoreline is over. My River is starting to flow and it is filled with good things.
Reach out and lay claim to the Good Things of God. I delight to give you these good things.
Abundance says the Lord.
Release says the Lord.
Plenty says the Lord.
Anointing says Lord
Authority says the Lord
The Violent take it by force. For the violence of the Holy spirit will come upon you and you will Tread down the enemy beneath your feet.
Loose Your Soul from the chains of the past. Loose your Soul from the,
Chains of Fear
Chains of Doubt
Chains of Hurt
Chains of Guilt
Chains of Intimidation
Chains of Accusation
Chains of Torment
Now is the Day of Salvation. Now is the time for the wells of Salvation to spring up within you. Reach out and Lay Claim to the Good things of God for I delight to give them to you. You have not because you ask not. Ask Me for good things and I will give them to you.
For today is a new Day. The day for me to Favor Zion
Now is the Time to lay hold of God's Favor
For Now is God's Time to Favor Zion
You are the Zion of God
For You were Born for Such a Time as this.
Freedom from Anger
Approximately 8 years ago my wife and I attended one of your Wednesday night classes, “Tearing Down Strongholds”. I believe this was a ten week course; however, we were only able to attend one session. The session we attended was titled “Anger, Frustration and Rage.
I had become a Christian about 25 years prior to attending this class and at the time of my conversion the Lord dramatically changed my life. I definitely had become a “new creation”. God graciously restored me to a new life with Him. I use to have a terrible temper and could fly into a rage with little or no provocation and when Christ came in, the majority of my temper disappeared.
Over the years I had grown and matured considerably, but I noticed that my temper was slowly coming back into my life. Anger had always been an issue in my family and I believe it is a generational curse that has been passed down.
At the beginning of the class, Jess prayed, asking God to reveal to the participants any experiences in our past that might have given the enemy a foothold into our life. The holy Spirit immediately began showcasing all kinds of experiences from my life as a youngster that involved rage and violence. I actually heard very little of the class as the Holy Spirit had my full attention.
Jess had a time of prayer with several members of his prayer team praying for us. I went back to my seat but still had a burden that had not lifted. Jess approached me and asked if I had requested prayer and I told him that I had. I explained that I felt anger had been passed down to me by my father and that I had passed it to my children.
Jess prayed for me again that the Holy Spirit would reveal anything that might have caused a wound the enemy had entered my life through. As he prayed, God brought to my memory an experience with my father that happened when I was very young. I had forgotten about this incident until that moment.
The Holy Spirit replayed this experience in my mind’s eye and I saw and felt that emotional wound as if it had just happened. I was crushed. All of this pain that was held inside of me for close to 50 years was released in just a few minutes of prayer... It was a supernatural experience that lifted a huge burden off of my life. It was as wonderful as when I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior!
What a glorious feeling I had the next day at the construction site where I was working. All day I had the strangest feeling of being light and free. When I left the jobsite site, I came up on the freeway and a guy in a car cut me off and then gave me the one finger salute. It was at that very moment that I realized I had been totally delivered from that generation curse of anger and violence.
I called my wife on my cell phone and told her what had just happened and told her there may have been one day in my life when I hadn’t gotten angry and upset but I did not remember such a day. This was the first day in my life that I was anger free.
You should know this was not a one day wonder; this lasted for close to three months before I got mad again. Has it tried to come back? Of course, but I now know that I can rebuke it and tell it to leave and that I am in charge and have dominion over these spirits. I am free indeed.
D.S.
California
Freedom from Anger
Approximately 8 years ago my wife and I attended one of your Wednesday night classes, “Tearing Down Strongholds”. I believe this was a ten week course; however, we were only able to attend one session. The session we attended was titled “Anger, Frustration and Rage.
I had become a Christian about 25 years prior to attending this class and at the time of my conversion the Lord dramatically changed my life. I definitely had become a “new creation”. God graciously restored me to a new life with Him. I use to have a terrible temper and could fly into a rage with little or no provocation and when Christ came in, the majority of my temper disappeared.
Over the years I had grown and matured considerably, but I noticed that my temper was slowly coming back into my life. Anger had always been an issue in my family and I believe it is a generational curse that has been passed down.
At the beginning of the class, Jess prayed, asking God to reveal to the participants any experiences in our past that might have given the enemy a foothold into our life. The holy Spirit immediately began showcasing all kinds of experiences from my life as a youngster that involved rage and violence. I actually heard very little of the class as the Holy Spirit had my full attention.
Jess had a time of prayer with several members of his prayer team praying for us. I went back to my seat but still had a burden that had not lifted. Jess approached me and asked if I had requested prayer and I told him that I had. I explained that I felt anger had been passed down to me by my father and that I had passed it to my children.
Jess prayed for me again that the Holy Spirit would reveal anything that might have caused a wound the enemy had entered my life through. As he prayed, God brought to my memory an experience with my father that happened when I was very young. I had forgotten about this incident until that moment.
The Holy Spirit replayed this experience in my mind’s eye and I saw and felt that emotional wound as if it had just happened. I was crushed. All of this pain that was held inside of me for close to 50 years was released in just a few minutes of prayer... It was a supernatural experience that lifted a huge burden off of my life. It was as wonderful as when I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior!
What a glorious feeling I had the next day at the construction site where I was working. All day I had the strangest feeling of being light and free. When I left the jobsite site, I came up on the freeway and a guy in a car cut me off and then gave me the one finger salute. It was at that very moment that I realized I had been totally delivered from that generation curse of anger and violence.
I called my wife on my cell phone and told her what had just happened and told her there may have been one day in my life when I hadn’t gotten angry and upset but I did not remember such a day. This was the first day in my life that I was anger free.
You should know this was not a one day wonder; this lasted for close to three months before I got mad again. Has it tried to come back? Of course, but I now know that I can rebuke it and tell it to leave and that I am in charge and have dominion over these spirits. I am free indeed.
D.S.
California
Freedom from Damius ( A spirit of death)
Shortly after high school I began to struggle with depression and thoughts of suicide. What was strange about this is that it wasn't a gradual onset of negative feelings but seemed to come out of nowhere. It's difficult to explain what I was feeling. The easiest way I can put it is it was as if I was hollow inside, like there was a black hole sucking away everything that made me want to get up every day and enjoy my life. I didn't want to die because something horrible was happening; I simply had no motivation to live.
I struggled with this emptiness for years. The longer it went on, the more debilitating it became. I had trouble sleeping and always felt distracted, which affected my work performance and day to day activities. I had times when I felt happy and had fun, but those moments where few and far between.
My emptiness led me into a role playing game called “Black and White” I created a warrior god I called “Damius.” Before long he turned from being my champion to become my tormenter causing the depression and thoughts of suicide to intensify.
By the grace of God, I began to realize this was a spiritual issue. I was prayed over by some of my family and eventually went to have prayer sessions with Jess Parker. He and one of my family members prayed over me several times over the course of two or three days. I can say with all confidence that I was delivered from evil spirits by God through that prayer.
I'm not saying that my life has been perfect since that day, life never is. But I have motivation and joy in my life again. My eyes have also been opened to the reality of how evil spirits can torment a person and rob them of the joy and reduce life to a miserable existence.
Thank you Jesus for setting me free from my tormenter and thank you Jess Parker for helping me get free. You are the most knowledgeable person I've ever met concerning this subject.
M.C.
Oregon
Child Freed from Snake Spirit
Eight years ago, my wife and I brought a beautiful little four year old boy home with the intention of adopting him as soon as the law would permit. This little guy was a dream come true. We were so excited, we couldn’t believe he was going to be our very own son.
Our dream turned into a nightmare within days of bringing him home. One day without provocation, he suddenly became enraged and start screaming and throwing things and kicking us and kicking the walls. He screamed such filthy obscenities we were horrified. As horrifying as all this was, I think we could have dealt with it if it had just been an anger problem. But that was only the beginning. He soon started turning into a serpent like creature, hissing and slithering across the floor just like a snake. This started happening about once or twice a week. It turned our life and home into a living horror story.
Each incident ended the same way. After a few minutes, he would curl up in a fetal position and remain that way until he regained his senses and then say in a childlike repentant voice, “I did something naughty, didn’t I.” This nightmare went on for weeks and we felt like we were all going insane. After each agonizing bout, we would try to gather our wits and pray that this one would be the last time. But it happened again and again.
I struggled with my thoughts for as long as I could and finally admitted to myself what I had been afraid to even entertain before. Our little boy had demons living in him and we were all being tormented by them.
I took him to my Pastor and explained what was happening and Pastor Dave agreed it was demonic. He prayed for our son and I took him home almost afraid to hope he was free. I counted each day thanking God for his miraculous deliverance. On the 29th day, he had another incident just like the previous ones. We were totally devastated.
I called to set up another appointment but Pastor was out of town so I ask to have Jess Parker pray for him. I shared with him how Pastor had prayed and he was fine for 28 days. God revealed to Jess that there were legal rights the demon had from sexual abuse his biological mother had suffered while she was pregnant with our son. He prayed a prayer of repentance for the sin perpetrated against his biological mother and then commanded the snake demon to leave. The demon fought and resisted for about thirty minutes and then came out.
That was eight years ago and our son has never had any recurrence of that demonic nightmare to this day. He is a fine young man and we are so proud of him, and so grateful to God for setting him free of that horrible snake demon.
R.M.
Phoenix, Arizona
School of Deliverance
Our Story
TDS Ministries and Tearing Down Strongholds School of Deliverance are based out of the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City, CA. Both were birthed out of an incredible experience God arranged for us in July, 1997 without our prior knowledge or approval. We were plunged into a confrontation with Anton Lavey, a well known Satanist who founded the First Church of Satan in San Francisco on April 30,1966. He also played the role of Satan in an occult movie; “Rosemary’s Baby” released in 1968 and authored the “Satanist Bible” published in 1969.
Pastor Dave and Cheryl, along with the Glad Tidings family, offered sanctuary to his daughter, who was trying to escape that evil lifestyle and serve God. Anton determined she was a traitor and must die for her crime. He was furious when we interfered with his plans and demanded we turn her over to him. When we refused, he started stalking our every move. He patrolled Dave and Cheryl’s house daily, often leaving his calling card of dead birds or some other sign of a demonic curse. He sent death threats and released demons and curses on us throughout the ordeal, while we attempted to free his daughter from what seemed like legions of demons. The battle lasted 4 months, culminating with his death on October 29, 1997. We came out of it seasoned warriors, with some knowledge of how to fight the forces of hell and a determination to expose the hidden works of darkness to all who would listen.
We started offering the Isaiah 61 Pastor’s Conference several times a year to teach pastors how to appropriate the healing and deliverance Isaiah 61 and Luke 4:18 promises and combat the forces of hell at work in the lives of God’s people entrusted to their care.
In August 2002, God spoke to me, instructing me to offer classes to the members of The Church of Glad Tidings and the surrounding community on how to tear down the demonic strongholds the Apostle Paul speaks of in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5. On September 2004, I started Tearing down Strongholds Ministries and offered the first course of the School of Deliverance. In the last twelve years, we have taken Tearing Down Strongholds Ministries and the message of deliverance and healing from demonic activity in the lives of God’s people to the nations of Russia, Sweden, India, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland, Italy, and Canada. Our team has prayed over thousands of saints for physical, emotional and mental healing resulting from demonic harassment. We receive phone calls from hurting people all over the world seeking freedom from demonic torment. We hold conferences each year, nationally and internationally, wherever the Lord opens a door of opportunity and conduct an Isaiah 61 Conference in April and our School of Deliverance in August at the Church of Glad Tidings each year. God bless you for your continued prayers and support for this ministry.
Jess Parker
Purpose
Tearing Down Strongholds School Of Deliverance is an intense three day course designed primarily for those involved in or feel God may be calling them into the deliverance ministry.
Everyone is invited to take the course but the pace is intense (15 classes in 3 days) to allow those who are serious about this ministry to learn as much as possible in a short period of time.
There are over forty classes in the school and it necessitates rotating the topics each year but we attempt to include the most common strongholds each year and rotate a few that are less common. We try to teach on at least two new topics each year.
Time limitations sometimes prevent us from delving into each topic as deeply as we would like, but hopefully we will provide you with sufficient working knowledge to equip you to meet the challenges you will face in your ministry.
Primary Goal
The goal of this course is primarily instruction to equip you rather than ministering deliverance over you. However, we have discovered freedom comes as truth enters the heart and mind.
John 8:32 says:
"You will know the truth and the truth will make you free."
We always try to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to accomplish what He has predetermined for each person He has sent here, so if we sense the Holy Spirit moving in a sovereign way, we will follow His leading.
Teaching Materials
All of these teachings are available on Mp3 downloads, CDs and some in books. If you need a crash course on any one of these subjects before the next course, you may purchase them on line or at the school.
Personal Ministry
Some may come hoping to receive personal ministry. We will do that if time permits, but our focus must remain on the teaching. Remember! Expectation in the heart is what activates faith for freedom, so expect great things and you will gain freedom when you mix your faith with the truths being taught.
Teaching Method
A method Jesus often employed when teaching his disciples was to take a real life situation and use it to stimulate the mind and raise questions. We do something similar in taking the teaching from scripture and personal experiences of others to stimulate the mind and trigger memories to expose the works of darkness in the lives of the hearers. Classes end with a short time of deliverance prayer to allow one to expel any spirits that may have surfaced because of the truths taught.
Realistic Expectations
Some may come to this school looking for answers to seeming failures in your deliverance ministry in the past. You have cast demons out of some, only to see them remain in bondage and, in some cases, walk away from God and the Church.
The deliverance ministry will not help everyone. Let me say that again. The deliverance ministry will not help everyone but neither will preaching, teaching, prophesying or evangelizing. We must not expect more from this ministry than we do from any other. Personal responsibility lies with the individual. If there is a lack of faith or trust or sincerity or determination to be free, no amount of desire or effort on our part will compensate for their lack. We must do our best and not allow the enemy to heap condemnation on us if the person is not helped by our efforts.
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