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SOUL TIES IN RELATIONSHIPS 

A soul tie is a knitting or uniting of one person’s soul to that of another person or various other people, through a committed association or a s~xual relationship. It is when one person’s soul becomes tied to another.

Good soul ties approved by God represent the bonding of persons together in agape love. In marriage, God purposes that a man and a woman be joined together by love and to become one flesh in accordance with Ephesians 5. Within marriage, s~xual union is an expression of God-approved love. In Matthews 19, The Bible declares that in marriage God joins a husband and wife, and no man may put asunder what God has joined together (for example through divorce). Divorce violently raptures soul ties which God created. This tearing is what causes the pain, sorrow and trauma in divorce.

Demonic soul ties are perversions of the good and holy, and are founded upon lust (for example through fornication or adultery). Through s~xual relationships outside of marriage, demonic soul ties are forged. 1 Corinthians 16 teaches us that through adultery, an evil soul tie is created in lust, and this demonic soul tie destroys the holy union which is based upon mutual love and trust. When love and trust are betrayed through adultery, it is very difficult to restore the shattered bonds of marital oneness.

Demonic strongholds and repetitive patterns of abuse form because of transference of spirits. When there’s been an ungodly soul tie, a demonic stronghold can set itself up over the life of a person and this person will continually draw a certain kind of abuse to themselves for reasons unbeknown to them.

S~xual relations with other people will cause a bonding of your soul to that person. If you have a s~xual relationship with someone there will be a soul tie formed whether you wanted it there or not.

In Genesis 34, we found the account of the violation of Jacob’s daughter, Dinah. Dinah was s~xually assaulted by Shechem and in the process there was also a joining of their souls together. This is not a Godly soul tie as in the formation that takes place within holy matrimony, but is satanic and leaves a doorway for Satan to work through.

Through petting outside of marriage, passions are aroused and demonic soul ties are created. Excessive physical touching outside of marriage leads to the formation of a soul tie, and the lust that accompanies it makes the tie unclean, which opens the door for unclean spirits.

When a spouse dies, the soul tie formed with that person must be dissolved. The period of sorrow, following the death of a loved one, is a time of adjustment during which the soul tie is ended, yet the fond and loving memories remain. Guidelines concerning the time of mourning can be found in Genesis 50, Numbers 20 and Deuteronomy 34. Prolonged mourning may indicate the continuation of the soul tie, and the stress of extended grief will create an opportunity for spirits of sorrow, grief and loneliness to enter.

Evil spirits are able to enter when spiritual boundaries are violated. God has set boundaries which govern our relationships with others. There are protective boundaries set by God for marriage. A man is to forsake all others and be joined to his wife. When relationships within any given area disregard the boundaries which God has established, the relationships become perverse and thus fleshly soul ties become demonic soul ties.

Through soul ties, a spiritual channel is formed. In a Godly marriage, the Holy Spirit flows between husband and wife so that revelations and workings of the Holy Spirit are held in common between a man and his wife. The two become one through the influence of the Holy Spirit on their lives. The same principle operates in demonic soul ties. When there is a sinful joining of two individuals, demon spirits in one person open up the other person for similar spirits, and the two become one.

When you have a s~xual relationship with a second (or later) person, your soul responds once again to the spiritual law that causes it to join with this person. However, your soul was already joined to your first partner. Now what? There is only one way and that is for your soul to split in two. Half is now tied to the first person, and the other half to the second.

Breaking Demonic Soul Ties

If you have formed ungodly soul ties, you can ask the Lord to remove them and heal you in your soul and spirit of their effect in your life.

Repentance toward God is necessary. God's ordinances have been violated. Lust has taken you beyond the boundaries of purity which the Lord set for you. Even if the sin was committed in ignorance, it still requires forgiveness. Ask God to forgive you for each perverse soul tie which you have created.

Confess before God that Satan has no further legal right to you. Soul ties are formed with each person with whom one has had s~xual relationships outside of marriage. Name each s~xual partner by name and verbally renounce the ties with each one. Declare that each demonic soul tie that you have identified is now destroyed in the name of Jesus.

Command the evil sprits associated with the soul ties to leave you in the Name of Jesus.

Ask for and accept God's forgiveness for each evil soul tie that you ever formed.

These steps can also be seen in the following sample prayer suggested by Garry Kieswetter:

Heavenly Father,

I confess to you all of my promiscuous premarital s~xual relationships, as well as all s~xual relationships, as well as all s~xual relationships outside of marriage as sin. I also confess all ungodly spiritual, “soulish” or fleshly bondage as sin.

I thank you that you have forgiven me and have cleansed me of all unrighteousness through the blood of Jesus. In the Name of Jesus, I ask you to free me from all soul ties with previous s~xual partners and ungodly relationships. Holy Spirit, please pull out all these roots and tentacles of s~xual bondage. Cut off the roots of the tree, the emotional dependencies, lusts and addictions. I now wield the sword of the Spirit and cut off the soul ties between me and the following people …

Father, I pray that you will take away all memories that I have of these ungodly unions that I may be free to give my soul fully to you and my partner. Father, I accept your forgiveness for all past s~xual sins and I believe that I have been totally forgiven and that I am cleansed of all unrighteousness. I now dedicate myself to you. Please keep me holy in soul, spirit and body by your grace. To you belong all the honour and the glory in Jesus’ name. Amen

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