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There is another type of familiar object as well. Satan's servants can call up demons and attach them to specific non-occult objects, then present the object as a gift to someone, thereby placing the demon directly into their home without their aware ness of what has happened. The purpose of these demons is to exert a strong demonic influence to produce such things as marital discord, strife .tmongst family members, illness, depression, diffi culty praying, difficulty reading the Bible and so on. These objects usually do not need to be destroyed. A simple anointing with oil (as in Exodus 40:9} and prayer asking the Lord to sanctify and cleanse the object is usual1y sufficient. Solomon made reference to such gifts: "Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain." Proverbs 25:14 Christians must be alert and very cautious about re ceiving any gift from someone they do not know well enough to know where he/she stands with the Lord. This is an area where we must be very sensi tive to the Lord's guidance. The major battlefield to keep the demons from returning, or which the demons will use to attack those of us taking the offensive against Satan, is within our minds. I have written much more about this in Chapter 15 and refer the reader there. Remove all sin from your life. We as Christians are always vulnerable to sin, but the normal condition of a Christian is that he/she should sin very rarely indeed. The idea that we all sin some each day without realizing it is a pure lie and comes basically from Catholicism. Once the

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