Since it has already been shown that demon spirits are
able to gain entrance to a fetus and to children, it is
obvious that there should be deliverance for them.
Demons can be called out of children in the same
way they are called out of older persons. There will be
manifestations of the spirits leaving through the mouth
and nose as in other deliverances.
Ordinarily, children are quite easily delivered. Since the
spirits have not been there very long they are not as
deeply embedded in the flesh. There are exceptions to
this, as in the cases of children who have been exposed
to demonic attack through severe circumstances. The
manifestations of the demons can be quite dramatic,
even in children.
A young Christian couple brought their three month old
child for ministry. This was their first baby and they
had disagreed as to how to discipline the child. The
father and mother had a violent argument over
the matter. While they were having this argument the
child began to scream, and since the incident it was
apparent that the child was suffering from tormenting
spirits. My wife held the child in her arms and began to
command the troubling spirits to go in the name of
Jesus. As the first spirit came out the baby stiffened and
cried out. Two other demons came out in the same way.
Then the child grew quiet and relaxed and was soon
asleep.
A little four year old girl received deliverance while
looking at the pictures in a Bible Story Book. The Holy
Spirit guided me as comments on the pictured would be
woven smoothly into the identity of the spirits and
command for them to come out. As each demon was
challenged it would come up and out with a cough. Two
other children in the same family, ages six and seven,
were ministered to in an informal way. These older
children had caused great consternation to the parents.
They' were quite rebellious and unmanageable.
Following their deliverance there was such a marked
change in children's behavior that persons outside the
family began to comment on the improvement they
saw.
Most children by the age of five or six can be given a
simple explanation of what you are going to do before
you begin the ministry. They need to know that you are
not talking to them but to the spirits in them, otherwise
they may be offended or frightened by words of
command addressed to the evil spirits. Usually the
children are quite cooperative.
Since the children may feel more secure with a parent,
it is often best for the parent to hold the child during
the ministry. The deliverance minister must discern
reactions in the child attributable to the spirits being
stirred up. The spirits may cause the child to resist
being held. He may cry or scream and show signs of
great fear. The demons may try various tactics to make
one think it is the child being hurt or wronged, so that
the minister and/or parent will become so sympathetic
with the child that they will stop the ministry and the
demons retain their hold.
Especially in ministry with children it is well to
remember the fact that it is not the loudness of a
command that moves the demon but the authority of
the name and of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
commands can be given with such calmness and
matter-of-factness that the child will scarcely realize
what is taking place.
How do infants and children keep themselves free from
the demons once they are delivered, since they are not
competent to protect themselves? It is not the
responsibility of the child but of his parents or
guardians. I believe you will find in the scripture that
when Jesus ministered to children one or both of the
parents were present. It is the responsibility of parents
to be the spiritual guardians of their children.
The following account is given by my wife, Ida Mae, and
will illustrate most of the factors involved in a child's
deliverance.
Ida Mae Describes A
Dramatic Child Deliverance
The most graphic child deliverance I (Ida Mae) have
ever had was that of a six year old girl. We will call her
Mary. Mary's father came to us for deliverance. In the
course of the interview he spoke of the difficulty
he had in handling his daughter. He and his wife were
divorced and he was raising the girl. He said that she
was a most difficult child to handle, being very
stubborn, self-willed and rebellious. He was quite
concerned since her nature caused him to become so
excessively angry that he would punish her too
severely. We told him that the girl needed as much
deliverance as he, if not more, and insisted that he
bring her to us.
Mary came to us directly from school a few days later. I
need to point out that as I was getting acquainted with
her and was explaining to her that I wanted to pray for
her; she drank about a half a thermos of orange
juice. She was very hyperactive, jumping on and off the
church pew, absolutely unable, due to restlessness, to
sit while we chatted.
I said, "Mary, your father tells me that you know there
are bad spirits."Her eyes widened and she began to tell
me very seriously how every night she had to make
sure all the doors were locked before she could
go to bed. When she got up in the night to get a drink or
go to the bathroom she was afraid and had to know
personally that all doors were securely locked. I said,
"Yes, that is fear, Mary. You have demons of fear in
your body. They make you afraid and I want to pray for
you and make them leave your body. They have gotten
inside you and when I pray they will come out of your
mouth and leave." She accepted my words with simple,
child-like faith.
I asked her to come sit on the bench beside me while I
prayed. She did, but she was so restless that I had to
take her on my lap to keep her near me. She sat on my
lap with her back toward me. I began to pray a prayer
of faith and trust that Jesus was going to set her free.
The Holy Spirit very plainly told me to keep my voice
very quiet... lower than a conversational tone. Also, to
consider every word hereafter that came out of Mary's
mouth to be a demon speaking or to be demon inspired,
Then I began to address the demons. I said, "Now, you
demons indwelling, Mary's body, I want you to know
that Mary is covered by the blood of Jesus through her
father's relationship to Jesus. Just as the father in the
days of Moses sprinkled the blood on the doorpost for
the protection of the entire family, so is Mary under the
covering of the blood. Demons, I also want you to know
that Mary's father has heard and accepted the truth of
God's Word concerning you demon spirits. He knows
now that it is you he has been struggling against and
not Mary."
I became aware that Mary was whispering and leaned
around to see if I could catch what she was saying. She
was whispering, "I don't like what you are saying." I
replied, "I know you don't like it, demons, because I am
exposing you and I have knowledge of you. Mary has
been tormented by you from before she was born.
While she was still in her mother's womb some of you
entered her. But God has said you cannot indwell her
body any longer." Again the demon in Mary began to
whisper. This time in very tight-jawed defiant words
they protested, "I... don't... like ... what... what...
you ... are ... saying!" I was careful to keep my voice
very quiet as I responded, "It's not going to get any
better for you, demon, but worse because you are going
to be cast out of her today. You are losing your home."
At this the demon screamed out and again retorted, "I
don't like what you are saying;now shut up!" I replied,
"No, I shall not shut up but rather will continue to talk
until you are out of her body."
I continued speaking to the demons softly. "Now, one by
one you demons start manifesting yourselves, in the
name of Jesus." Immediately Mary began to say in a
whisper, "You don't love me; if you did you wouldn't be
holding me." I answered, "That's right, rejection demon,
you shut her off from love relationships. You make her
think nobody loves her. You even make her think God
doesn't love her. You are going to come out of her,
rejection, in the name of Jesus." One by one the demons
began to manifest their nature. They came so quickly I
often only had time to name one and another would be
to the surface.
The demons were making Mary struggle to get out of
my lap although I was still able to hold her rather
loosely in my arms. Eventually I had to resort to putting
one of her legs between mine, thus holding her in
a vise and bodily restraining her. The demon of hate
put her face right up in my face with our noses
touching and screamed, "I hate you.” Still speaking
quietly laddressed the demon, "Come out, demon of
hate.” She began to scream, “I want a knife, I want a
knife.” I inquired. “What do you want with a knife?"
The demon clenched Mary's teeth and said, "So
I can kill you."' 'All right, you demon of murder," I
commanded, "you come out in Jesus' name."
Next, Mary stood up, threw her shoulders back, placed
her hands on her hips and retorted, "Nobody EVER tells
me what to do!" I said,"Defiance, you come out!"
There was a distinct change in voice as the next demon
spoke. It said, "I do only what I want to do." I said, "Self-
will come out." Then there was another change in
voice. "You will never make me come out", said the new
voice. "Stubbornness, you have to come out too", I
insisted. Mary then raised her hands like claws and
lunged for my face; her eyes were protruding and she
was screaming. I said, "Madness, you come out of Mary
in Jesus' name." She began to claw her hair and shake
her head violently. I said, "Mental illness and insanity,
come out." Next I called for the spirit of schizophrenia.
"You demons of schizophrenia, I call your hand. You
bring out your two opposite personalities which you
are establishing in her. One of you is rooted in rejection
and self-pity and the other is rooted in rebellion and
bitterness. Neither one of those personalities is the real
Mary. I release and loose the real Mary to be what
Jesus wants her to be." With this she clawed violently at
me, scratching my arms, and lunging for me she bit a
hole in my blouse. When she came up with part of my
blouse in her teeth she looked very startled as though
she expected me to slap her across the face. I could tell
it was the real Mary who was startled. I addressed the
demons and said, "No, demons, I shall not harm Mary
for ruining my blouse because I can separate her
from you. Too long Mary has been punished in her
flesh for the things you have done through her. You
demons have gone virtually untouched.
It's different today; you demons are taking the
punishment and Mary goes free." Mary looked relieved
for a second, then the other demons began manifesting
themselves.
Finally, after about twenty or thirty minutes of this
deliverance procedure Mary began to scream one long
scream after another and beg to be turned loose. She
would say, "Don't hold my leg! Don't hold my leg! The
Holy Spirit gave me understanding that her flesh was
now stirred up and that I should release her and have
her sit on the bench beside me. I instructed, “Mary, I
am going to let you sit on the bench.
Okay?" She was crying softly and said, "I don't like for
you to hold me like that." I said, "Well, I'm sorry I had to
hold you so tight, but the bad spirits were making you
fight me." I was always careful to put the blame on the
demons. In her childish way she seemed to appreciate
that they were finally catching the blame instead of
herself.
Mary sat beside me for a little while and was very still
and relaxed. The Holy Spirit told me that I should now
give the command quickly for the remaining demons to
come out. I said, "Now, in the name of Jesus, I command
all demon spirits remaining in Mary to come out. Come
out now in the name of Jesus!"
Immediately Mary became sick at her stomach and
before I could reach a paper towel she threw up a large
ball of slime. It filled her little hands and mine. She
looked up and faintly smiled and then just seemed to
turn to peace all over.
Remember, at the beginning of this account I stated that
Mary was drinking a thermos of orange juice when she
came for ministry. There was not a trace of juice in
what she threw up. None of the slime came from her
stomach.
Well, we sat there and talked for about fifteen minutes.
Mary sat quietly and relaxed, in contrast to the
hyperactive nature she had shown earlier.
Her father was astounded. He had watched the stormy
deliverance with mixed and confused emotions.
Unfamiliar with demon manifestations, and unable to
distinguish the many different voices of the demons as
my trained ear had done, Mary's father thought that the
real Mary was being treated rather roughly and said
that once it was all he could do to keep from
interfering.
Though I have not personally seen Mary since her
deliverance I have received several good reports. Most
say, "She's so different." "She just isn't the same." "I can
hold her and she responds to love." "You just wouldn't
believe she is the same girl.
My eyes get moist even as I write this. She is the only
deliverance that ever caused me to weep. The warfare
was so tumultuous and the peace afterward so
beautiful. I could not keep back the tears. To God be the
glory!
