What Causes a Controlling Spirit to Operate in Someone? Someone tried to them in the past and in the process, hurt them They don't want to take for their lives Identifying a Controlling Spirit Attempt To Prevent You From Fulfilling Your Can Be Exceptionally If We Do Not Do What The Controller Wants Controlled People Feel - No Hope Of Being Control Manifests Primarily in Three Ways - Always has a with it - Carries with it the of losing something - Leaves the person with The Desire To Control Can Lead To Witchcraft Page 1
What Am I Dealing With? Jezebel? Jezebel? Page 2
Recommendations Don t As Jezebel Or We May Miss Don t Jezebel As Just That We Can Help Them With Don t Be Afraid To Don t Jezebel When It Is Operating In Dealing With Jezebel Early Warning Signs In People Marriage And Family Super Troubles Group Of people Page 3
Red Flags Statements - from John Paul Jackson "I just want to be your. "I just want to help you God has called you." "There are no to my help. I just want to "You can I will always you." "You do not acknowledge my "You do not me." "You me. I do not feel like I can to you." I have new. "The Lord has given me some things that I need to with you." "My last pastor did not know how to use. You/Church Are Probably Being Attacked If There Are: Issues Forming Of Within The Local Church Loss Of Of The Way The Local Church Is Being Run Or Governed Using The Lack Of To Manipulate And Control To Authority Of Trust By Those You Raised Up Into Leadership Page 4
Recognize the Downward Slide in Yourself Page 5
Common Strategies (Schemes) Syndrome Syndrome Syndrome Page 6
Syndrome Syndrome The Issue is the Issue Issues Come As The Presenting Problem Issues Lie Under The Presenting Issues Page 7
Core Issues Must be under to have! Jezebel uses authority! Jezebel authority that is not her own! The purpose of attacks is to the spiritual authority of God-given leadership! Consider Themselves Than Others! Of Others Don t Measure Up To Their Standards! Quickly Drop The Names Of Those They Are Or Who They Have Page 8
! Keep For Something Until They Get The Answer They Want! That They Have Asked Before Or What They Have Said Before! If You Don t Give In To What They Want, They Indicate They Will! Spiritual Authority Is Not An Honor To Be Sought, It Is A! When Themselves, Authority Comes From Themselves And Not From God! Jezebel Is All About Getting It s Done In Promoting Itself! Usually Presenting Something That Seems Godly And Reasonable, So Spreads Among The People! Prophetic Experiences Do Not Testify To One s! May Use Good Language - Using The System To Promote Themselves! These are an To God, Body Of Christ And Us As Leaders! Criticism Is A Manifestation Of Page 9
! Slander - something to say about others! A religious spirit will usually get a of discernment of spirits! Tongue is of Control! Claim A Relationship With The Lord - On A Higher Plain Than Others! To Gain Influence Or Control! Use The To Manipulate And Control Jesus Singular Approach - Rev 2:21 I have given her time to of her immorality, but she is unwilling Steps Toward Dealing With 1. And There Is A Problem Going On 2. Determine To No Longer It 3. And The Lord More Than Anything Else 4. Of All The Ways That You Have Previously Used Control, Manipulation, Intimidation 5. Know Your Place Of Under Christ 6. Figure Out How Flows In Your Church 7. Know The Authority, Authority And The Brokers Page 10
Authority Relationships 8. Into Your Place Of Authority In Your Church 9. Who Is With You In The Fight 10. The Cost 11. Increase The Rules 12. Establish A And Publish It 13. Do Against Jezebel, Absalom, Korah 14. Publically On Grumbling And Complaining 15. Get 16. Don't Take Them Into (Or Allow To Stay In) Just Because You Are Short Of Help 17. Call Them To Jesus Did 18. Watch The Dynamics 19. Don't Succumb To Page 11
20. Warn Them Warn Them a. Warn that divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that have nothing to do with him. Titus 3:10 21. Be Aware That Many People Have Likely Been 22. Bring To The Whole Body 23. Move The Church Final Words Be Aware Our Goal Should Be To See That Person They Most Often Will Themselves Because Controllers Have A High Need To Watch Out For Those They With Them In Their Offense They Will Resort To They Will Continually Want And Want To Set The There Comes A Time When You Can t (Or Shouldn t Try) To. Draw A Determine Seek To Page 12