Terrify Demons: Prayer Strategies to Breakthrough in the Spirit Realm

Intercessors have the ability to pick up many things that are going on in the spirit realm.

Often, it seems like intercessors get so focused on what the devil is doing that they don’t look at what God is doing. The question is not, “What is the devil doing?” The question should be, “What is God doing?” This should be the life theme of all of the people of God. But here’s the deal. There are times when intercessors can pick things up from the demonic realm. And some intercessors will get stuck here and even live out of this place. They begin living out of the first and second realms.

Let me explain. There are three “realms” that are mentioned in the Bible. The word realm means a region, sphere, or area. The Bible specifically talks about the first realm, the second realm, and the third realm. The first realm is the realm that you can see with your eyes. It’s the physical realm. “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea” (Revelation 21:1 NKJV). So here you can see that the first heaven is the earthly realm, or what you can see right now. Our bodies, our homes, and our cities exist in the earthly realm. Deuteronomy 10:14 (NKJV) says, “Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.” According to the New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, the word heaven means, “astrologers, compass, earth, heaven, heavens, and the highest heaven.” From the beginning, God created the earth, the heavens, and the highest heavens.

The second heaven, or “midheaven” of Revelation 14:6 (NASB)—“and I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people”—is the demonic and angelic realm where they war with each other. In Daniel, the second realm is also shown to be the demonic and angelic realm (see Daniel 10:13).

Then, there is the third realm. This realm is where the glory of God is. It’s the beauty realm. The apostle Paul calls the third heaven “paradise.” It’s where we can see the great plans of Heaven.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2 NKJV).

He continues in verse 4, “how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words.”

The third realm is where every believer should live. You see, all believers should live from a place of victory, knowing and partnering with the strategies of God. Ephesians 2:6 (NKJV) says that God has “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” You have heard the saying, “so heavenly minded, no earthy good”? That’s a very impossible saying. I believe that, if you are heavenly minded, you will be of great good to this earth.

Prayer

Thank You, God, for the gift of sensitivity that You have placed in me. Whenever that gift feels overwhelming, whenever I am picking up all of the frequencies of the first and second heaven, I will turn my face to Yours. I will rise in my spirit above and access Your truth and perspective. Help me to sit with You in the heavenly places.

Terrifying the Demonic

When we worship, we have access to the heavenly realm. When we worship, we push ourselves out of the inferior realms where we can pick up all of the negative stuff, and we end up in the glory realm, surrounded by His presence.

I heard a story many years ago about a Christian man who was very depressed. He was so desperate for God to help him. He was crying out to God one day and heard the Lord tell him, “For a whole year, I want you to worship me.” God went on to tell him that He didn’t want him to ask for anything when he prayed. Just worship. After that year, he was released from the depression that he had lived in for so long. I’m sure he learned a very valuable lesson in that year.

Someone asked my husband what his prayer life looked like. He said, “If I have an hour to spend praying, I will usually worship for around 45 minutes and pray the rest.” It’s amazing how many things you can pray for in ten to fifteen minutes.

Worship, whatever form—dance, adoration that comes from our mouth, or any other kind of worship—terrifies the demonic realm. I believe they cannot stand to hear or even be close to those who are true worshipers. I’ve watched our son Brian take his guitar and play over a person in torment to see peace come. I know of a woman who goes to the convalescent hospital in our city and plays her flute over Alzheimer’s patients to watch them become peaceful.

Prayer

God, I come into Your presence today and I consciously drop every heavy thing I’ve been carrying at Your feet. I release any pain, worry, and confusion that I’ve picked up from the inferior realms. I will drop those burdens and, instead, choose to worship You. Worship is my weapon, spending time with You is my life source.