“Go away in the name of Jesus!”

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When our daughter was 2, she indicated scary things were in the room terrifying her.  While we were tempted to just write her reactions off as a normal but overactive imagination  – you know, the “there aren’t really monsters under your bed or in your closet” thing, her reactions were so real. Sometimes we’d hold her trembling body, and she’d look in the corner of the room, squeal and look away. It was as if there really were something in the room. We shown a bright light in the corner to prove nothing was there, and she would just point and say, “It’s right there!”

I was frustrated and more than a little scared. I said, with anger, to the empty air, “Go away in the Name of Jesus!

She instantly calmed down. “It’s gone.”

What just happened?

Well, spirits just happened. There were demons in the area, and we had somehow invited them in to afflict her. But we didn’t fully comprehend this at the time.

She was still scared they’d return, so we would pray, and snuggle her till she fell asleep. Sometimes they’d come back at night and scare her, or sometimes she’d have nightmares… not the normal night terrors that growing children have sometimes, but actual night attacks.  We could even feel the dark presence in the room. She described dark shadows in there. And they always reacted and left at the name of Jesus and at our command.

This begged the question… were we inviting them in? Was there a way to make them go away?  The answer was Yes, and Yes. But that was part of our journey.  In the meantime, when we said, “Go away in the name of Jesus” – and we taught her to say that when she saw something that scared her, it always worked.

One of the next things we tried was a good, old fashioned Amityville Horror-style a House Cleansing.

 

Comments

  1. Ever since i was little, i was told to say that at church. my church and my parents taught me that.
    it works so well. I am a Christian and i have had bad dreams as a child. weird and scary dreams. so i would say that, and instantly my bad dreams would dissappear. I am currently 15 years old and to this day i still say that. sometimes 3 times sometimes once, before bed I would say “GO AWAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST” and then i would be able to sleep comfortably. still, when i have bad dreams, i would yell it in my dream and my bad dream would be over.
    SATAN FEARS GOD. SO SO SO MUCH. so when we say that in Jesus’ name. he is fearful of God. always is and always will be. it is a wonder and I miracle that the things God does. God sends the Holy Spirit upon us and makes everything a wonder. I love God so much. and you should too. God loves you guys when no one else does.
    HEY IF YOU HAVE A BAD DREAM OR IF YOURE GETTING TEMPTED. TRY SAYING IT! MEAN IT ALSO! God Bless you guys!!!!!!!!

  2. Hi,
    When my son was young, he had night terrors and I taught him to say “In Jesus Name, get out of my brain!” when they came on. It helped him go back to sleep. He’s older now and he says he uses it when he gets tempted. (so he says.:) He is 18 yo). He had a very scary experience a couple of years ago when he was being choked by some entity while in bed. He could only think the name of Jesus and then whatever it was went away. I had heard him coughing and breathing weird and went into his room and he asked me if I had seen it (Nope on that one) We quickly prayed and anointed his room and the house. Jesus name is so powerful and it is worrisome how it is so frequently misused and abused.
    This blog is good. Thanks.

    • Wow! What a testimony. Thanks for sharing! And I’ll have to remember that, “In Jesus Name, get out of my brain!”

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