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RTS Seminar Attendee Testimony: Issues with Depression, Suicidal Thoughts

By Don Ibbitson

Generational Curses Broken Exhaustion

What issues were you dealing with? Be specific.

I struggled with depression, loneliness and suicidal thoughts throughout my life. It felt like the more I leaned on God it got better (felt temporary), I did not feel strong enough to beat those thoughts and feelings, it would come back 10 times stronger.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Depression-Testimonial, Featured Post Slider, RTS Seminar-Testimonial, Self Destruction-Testimonial, Testimonial

Demon Spirits – The Real Root of Addiction

By Don Ibbitson

demon addictionThe terms “addict”, “my addiction” and “addictive personality” are tossed around liberally today. Are they accurate descriptions or do they misrepresent the root cause of a person’s struggles?

Is addiction primarily an emotional issue, medical, genetic, spiritual – or can it be a combination?

I’m going to share my perspective as a Christian Counselor/Deliverance Minister based upon experience in dealing with many who struggle with substance abuse.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Christian Deliverance Ministry, Featured Post Slider Tagged With: addiction, discipleship

Apathy: A Spirit That Steals Your Hope

By Phyllis Tarbox

apathy spirit hope

“I just don’t care anymore!”
“I give up!”
“I am bored.”
“If I finish this blog, no one will read it anyway!”

If you are speaking these words, they are an indication that a spirit of apathy is working overtime to steal your promises from God and leave you hopeless.

Apathy is an ugly spirit that co-labors with boredom to wear down your resolve to leave you hopeless.  It’s like weed killer on your favorite house plant that is being poured out of your mouth.  What comes to kill, steal, and destroy uses your tongue as a lethal weapon.

I see it all the time with the young people that come in.  If they have to wait for anything, they become restless, bored, and impatient.  They give up quickly because they are the microwave generation of instantaneous gratification.  They never learned how to wait so they even get agitated when a text response takes too long.

But for older folks who remember snail mail, and waiting weeks for an answer, impatience is replaced by weariness in the waiting.  Weariness distances you from your promise, and it begins to feel like a hopeless memory that now looks impossible.

Stop right there!

Nothing is impossible with God!  Just don’t give up!

I sense that 2020 is the year of breakthrough!  I have personally seen in one day a situation bathed in prayer for almost 20 years completely turn around.

Apathy Reports to a Strongman of Slumber

Apathy is part of the slumber stronghold, which includes isolation, indifference, laziness, sluggishness, daydreaming and confusion.  During deliverance sessions, this is the stronghold that wants clients to quit and give up.  They often hear, “This isn’t going to work, just forget it.”

A spirit of dread that visits you when you first wake up will activate a stronghold of slumber.  It gets you to say things like;

“I wish I could just stay in bed.”

“I wish I didn’t’ have to face this day.”

“I just want to sleep.”

These are invitations to spirits of slumber that will bind you to your bedroom.  Your agreement gives them the legal right to saturate you in an apathetic, lazy mood that keeps you from moving forward.  What usually follows is depression.

Break the Grip of Apathy

  1. Begin by breaking any word curses inspired by apathy, boredom, hopelessness, and weariness by declaring: “I repent and cancel every legal right I have given to the demonic realm with my words that have invited in spirits of apathy, boredom, hopelessness and weariness specifically (speak out anything you have voiced to invite these spirits in) I now sever the assignment of these word curses and command these spirits to loose me now in the name of Jesus Christ.
  2. Write down the dreams and promises that God gave you that have not come to pass and ask God to provide you with a baby step to reignite these dreams.
  3. Write a vision statement that will remind you who you are in Christ and set the demonic realm on notice. An excellent book to help with this is the “Power of Vision” by Myles Monroe. I purchased this book in 2014, followed its instructions, and watched God dust off dreams of a TV show now on YouTube, start and finish my Ph.D. and write a book all within 3 years.  Andrew Wommack’s book, “Don’t Limit God” was also instrumental in my revived hope to get past an apathetic slump.

Don’t give one more day to the demons that weigh you down with apathy.  It’s time to take a 2020 view of your dreams and become fruitful in your land of promise.

Of course, if you need help, we are just an intake form away from your first session!


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Filed Under: Christian Counseling, Featured Post Slider Tagged With: slumber

Internet Client Testimonial: Issues with Depression, Generational Curses and PTSD

By Don Ibbitson

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testimonial Hopelessness Fear Unbelief

What issues were you dealing with? Be specific.
PTSD, depression, hearing voices, nightmares, low self esteem, family miscommunications, uncontrollable crying, panic attacks, suicide, moderate drug dependency, digestive issues.

How where they affecting you?
I didn’t really feel normal or happy. I had a “regular” life, but it didn’t feel that way. I felt like I was living a life for a very critical audience of judges. I rarely felt any joy, or peace. I just hoped that I would die peacefully some night, and just be done with everything. Heavy, and exhausted, guilty for no reason, unloved. I was suicidal, even stating, at least 14-30 times a day, “I just want to kill myself”, or “I just want to die”. I’ve been through years of therapy as well, but This deliverance seminar has helped me 100 fold more.

What changes have you seen?
I feel lighter. I used to feel punished and afraid, fearing bad things. I felt suspicious and judged always. Now I feel normal. I feel hopeful. I feel more thankful, and less guilty or shameful. I smile more often, and my bad moments pass quickly. The rain cloud lifted, and my doubts are fleeting, and not pressing. I still have memories that make me feel afraid but they no longer control my emotions and dictate my life. I have gained a better discernment of spirits in my life, and thoughts and i can see them at work in my family and friends, and can pray more decisively. My prayers have grown more bold, and my faith is deeper than ever. My nightmares have ceased.

Other Comments
I am a believer, but I was skeptical. Just trust. Let go, be vulnerable like a child, and hope and believe. The prayer warriors there WILL help you. While in the deliverance I felt a bit of doubt, and began praying, and i heard the holy spirit tell me briefly to look around at the room, and for a second, I saw massive Angels standing side by side all around the walls with their wings touching together like a cathedral roof. In between each aisle I also saw large Angels walking around the room grabbing demons, which came out if people like little whisps of smoke, under their breath, in quiet little hisses. The Angels gradded them calmly and silently, casting them away. I cant stop testifying what I saw. I knew then that this whole thing was something real, and that God’s spirit was there, and arranged all of this for us, through the above and beyond team. Dont feel embarrassed or silly, The prayer warriors and counselors really have dealt with this enough to know what to do and there really ARE Angels there working, even if you dont see anything or feel anything immediately. Dont worry, your situation is not too weird, or too mundane. You’re not weak, it wont be silly, or weird or ineffective. Whatever is hindering you, go in spite of that feeling. You will be surprised. Even if you are really active in your church, or you’re a pastor, and read scripture daily. You might have a stronghold in your life, that you need others gathered together in prayer to help you with. Even the apostles had to encourage each other and the growing church. This is no different. The bible speaks of scrolls being opened and seals being broken in revelations. Could this be in the form of new understanding, and teaching? I believe so. You will get a new perspective and gain better understanding of the authority you have been given through Jesus, over the demonic strongholds that may be in your life and church and your ministry. If anything, it will give you a testimony of God’s spirit.
I am an evangelist with a weekly open air ministry for homeless people and my ministry has grown momentum. You might solve issues you never imagined existed. I used to believe that I was just a depressed person, After struggling with sadness since I was a child. I dont feel that way anymore. I also dont hear the same voices of judgement in my head anymore. My perspective and perception of God has even changed. My reactions to people has changed as well (for better).

– BV

Filed Under: Curses-Testimonial, Depression-Testimonial, Fear-Testimonial, Internet / Skype-Testimonial, Testimonial Tagged With: depression, fear, unbelief

RTS Seminar Attendee Testimony: Issues – Rejection, Depression and Unbelief

By Don Ibbitson

Generational Curses Broken Exhaustion

What issues were you dealing with? Be specific.

4 men in my life, 3 sons and ex husband. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Curses-Testimonial, Depression-Testimonial, Doubt/Unbelief-Testimonial, Rejection-Testimonial, RTS Seminar-Testimonial, Testimonial

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