I think more people are mentally tormented uh than uh we realize and perhaps many of you uh people don't share it often because they might feel embarrassed or what's wrong with me? Why do I have all this stuff in my head that is tormenting me? Uh well, first of all, all of us are tempted by Satan.
So all of us have this bit of a spiritual warfare going on in our lives and in our heads too. Uh but some are more afflicted. Uh one well-known exist thought that by 25% of the American population suffered at some point from what we call demonic obsessions.
This mental warfare of Satan, you know, pounding in on our brain. U I think actually the numbers higher. Uh, I think that it's a very common tactic of Satan to to uh put these horrible thoughts in our brain.
What does Satan try to tell us? You're an awful person. You're terrible.
And there's no hope for you, and God doesn't care about you. They're all lies. God made you beautiful.
Yes, we're sinners, but Jesus has saved us. He forgives us our sins. and uh God's kingdom is open for us, waiting for us with expectation and joy.
So uh that's the truth. But Satan uh infuses these lies in us. Now there are many reasons of course why you don't want to go to hell.
But that's one of the uh hallmarks of hell. This torment of conscience as as St. Faina called it.
this this constant mental warfare about how terrible you are or awful you are and it's just an exaggeration and a denial of the real salvation and forgiveness in Christ. So this is what Satan does to us to try to torment us. So I think this mental torment is more common than people realize.
Uh it is uh uh difficult but it's part of the spiritual battle. you know, uh we we we won't be completely free of this until the the life of the new life in heaven. So, so take courage, uh be strong, uh that uh we all in some ways are assaulted by the evil one.
Now, I'm going to say a prayer now uh to help you with this uh and uh but I want to give you a couple ways of of dealing with this. First of all, uh I want you to what we call disappropriate. When you have these thoughts in your brain that tells you how awful you are, remind you of all the bad things you've done and says you're hopeless doesn't come from God.
We know where it comes from. So, we disappropriate it. I reject it.
It comes from Satan. And then we do the three Rs which we've often mentioned. I reject it.
I rebuke it. I renounce it. And in Jesus' name, I cast it out.
Now, you might have to do that several times, but we reject it. It does not come from the Lord. And of course, uh, putting good things in your brain, reading the Bible daily, uh, the word of God, uh, chew on that, reflect on it.
I read it every day, of course. Uh, so we replace any sort of satanic stuff that's going on uh, with the word of God, with Jesus' word. So, we put Jesus ideas in words uh, in in our minds.
And then finally, I would say uh, what St. Paul says to pray always. Now, this doesn't mean we're going to be on our knees all day.
Of course, we can't do that. We're busy. But there is this way of being recollected in the Lord.
Even though we're busy throughout our days, there can be this remembrance, this holy inner recollection that God is with me, God walks with me, and loves me. And even throughout this busy day, uh I I'm aware uh that I'm not alone. So pray always uh read the Bible, disappropriate and reject the evil one.
And finally, and be patient. You know, it's uh don't don't be so ashamed or or or discouraged. This is just part of the life of of the Christian in this spiritual warfare.
I'm going to say what we call our deep scrub prayer with the precious blood and the Holy Spirit. Scrub the mind, scrub the heart. So pray with me.
Holy Father, I ask that you pour out the most precious blood of our Lord Jesus right now upon all present. I ask that the most precious blood would flood their memory, imagination, emotions, common sense, power, and carditative power. I ask that these parts be completely flooded with most precious blood in the most holy name of Jesus.
Through the power of the most precious blood, I bind any and all evil spirits that may have attached to these parts or oppressed them in any way. I command you to leave them now and go straight to the foot of the cross. I again flood these parts with the most precious blood.
And this time in the name of Jesus with the power of the most precious blood, I destroy any structures, evil structures in the parts established by these evil spirits. I destroy these structures individually separately and dissolve them with the most precious blood. I call upon the fire of the Holy Spirit right now to go through their memory, imagination, emotions, common sense, power, and cogitative power.
I ask that the fire of the Holy Spirit bring healing to these parts. Purify them, sanctify them, connect them to our Lord Jesus. I now ask the most precious blood of Lord Jesus right now to go into your hearts.
I completely flood your hearts now with the most precious blood. If any evil spirits have attached themselves to your heart or oppressed them in any way, I bind you now and command you in the name of Jesus and through the power of the most precious blood to leave them now. Go direct to the foot of the cross.
I again flood your hearts with the most precious blood and this time and destroy any structures established by evil spirits in your hearts. I destroy them individually separately dissolve them with the most precious blood. I call upon the fire of the Holy Spirit right now to go into your hearts.
I ask that the fire of the Holy Spirit bring healing to your heart. Heal it, purify it, sanctify it, connect it with the sacred heart of Jesus. And by the power of the Holy Spirit and the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, may you be healed.
In the name of Jesus, may you be at peace. And may Almighty God bless you all and give you his peace. Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
Amen. Go be at peace.
