Prepare-for-War

early childhood, and experienced the same paralyzing evil later in life when taking street drugs. His was a long road to freedom through Jesus Christ. Again I wonder, what would have happened if his parents had been ChriStians and had protected their child with the power of Jesus Christ? Per~ haps Steve would not have been so rebellious and would have come to Jesus at an early age, thus saving him from many hurts and sorrows. I have had many calls from pastors and parents because of repeated nightmares in young children. Once they realize that often what seems to be a dream or nightmare is actually a real experience in the spirit world, they can pray and anoint the child. Anointing the child, anointing and cleans~ ing and sealing the bedroom, usually takes care of the problem. Parents should pray with their children every night as they put them to bed, asking the Lord to shield and protect them throughout the night. We must be alert to early demonic contact with our children. It is no accident that the Saturday morning cartoons and so many children's toys contain replicas of demons. These toys condition the children to the appearance of demons so that they can more easily accept them and make contact with them. As children play with such toys, imagining the figures in action, they easily begin to make contact with the spirit world. Parents take note. If your child is afraid to go to sleep be cause of something "in the closet" or "under the bed," they may actually be experiencing contact from the spirit world. Teach them to pray asking Jesus to shield and protect them and teach them to rebuke whatever frightens them, in the name ofJesus. I had a six year old boy as a patient in my medical practice. I saw him at his mother's request because of his nightly night mares which had not responded to psychiatric therapy. For several years, every night he had awakened screaming, ob viously terrified. His parents were not Christians.

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