It might make a big difference in people’s lives if they understood that the soul is a spiritual part of the human anatomy.
James 2:26 explains that, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” Your “inner man” or “spiritual man” is comprised of your human spirit and your soul. The moment this inner man leaves the body, death occurs. Let’s dig deeper.
Your soul is actually a living spiritual part of you. It is where your mind, will, and emotions—your spiritual energy—is located.
If you ever go to a funeral, you will notice that when there is an open casket, the deceased doesn’t look like a person sleeping. It is so obvious to me when I look. The body is like a clay vessel; the spirit that animates it has gone.
The reason I say this is because I want to talk to you about the power of soul ties.
Why is this important?
1. You are a spiritual being in a physical body. Even as your body can connect with something physical, your soul can connect with someone else. During the act of sexual intimacy, the two become one (Genesis 2:24). This is one of the mischiefs of sex. The consequences of soul ties has not been effectively taught in this generation.
2. Your soul can be bound to another. When two pieces of paper are glued together, no matter how carefully they are pulled apart, each side has fragments from the other that remain stuck to it. When you have multiple physical partners, you have multiple parts of you that have “become one” with those partners. It may not be that all those relationships have equal power but it is almost certain that there is a memory imprint that is hard to shake from one or more such encounters. American culture has completely collapsed on this front. Young people are stunned to hear this paradigm. It does more to clarify the Biblical call to sexual purity when seen from a different perspective.
What I encourage people to realize is that your soul is a real spiritual energy. The capacity to bond or have a “soul tie” with another person is not always bad. David and Jonathan, for instance, had a godly soul tie. Parts of you entwine, connect, and bond with others. Jesus had this holy bond with the 12 disciples and FELT IT when one of them betrayed that bond at the table.
The point is—be intentional, be careful about where you bond your emotions, where you go physically, where you go with intimacy, and how you open yourself up with another person. The fibers become woven together, and they influence you and you influence them. Even in physical separation, you don’t always stay apart.
3. Soul ties can hinder or delay God’s destiny for your future relationships. These individuals who were once close to you can linger in the memory of your soul. In many deliverance sessions where I’ve helped people get remarkably free, they recognize that parts of their soul are attached to other people, and that they can never fully give themselves to the relationship they are in until certain ties are broken.
When you are able to identify these soul ties and sources of bondage that are holding you back in life, you will be able to start moving towards your destiny and deeper in your relationship with God. If you believe that you are in bondage from lingering soul ties, here is what I suggest you do:
- Pray to Holy Spirit and ask him to shine His light on the areas of your life that are in bondage because of a soul tie. Let Holy Spirit reveal it to you so you can name it and then identify it.
- Break agreement with the soul tie(s). Name it and ask the Lord to remove it from you life.
- Dedicate that part of your life back to the Lord. Give him full access to those rooms of your heart and mind.
You might have objects, or gifts, such as jewelry, for instance, from past boyfriends or girlfriends. Take a look at it, and ask the Lord, “Is it time to get rid of it?” If you can’t let it go—there’s a soulish tie and connection with the item.
Consider getting rid of anything that is a trigger or a tie to neurological attachments and memories—these things are no longer meant to be a part of your heart or your life.
Question: Do you have unholy attachments with people from your past (or your present) with whom you need to break soul ties? What is the Lord speaking to you? His heart is for you to walk in freedom.
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As One!
Lance
P.S. Let this be a word that brings life and healing. Shame and condemnation have NO place. Receive His forgiveness and restoration. God is a God of REDEMPTION. When submitted before Him, He WASHES ALL THINGS CLEAN.
Now is the time to surrender, cut ties, and walk in a NEW freedom!
Awesome, Lance. You are right.
I would add pornography to the list of soulish ties. The Greek for fornication is porneo and I believe there are correlations with communing with that spirit which isn’t always the hardcore visuals. It lingers in music and music videos as well.
Please expanciate more.
I agree and also certain scents
I mean about music I agree with not the rest.
So true about how we r clay vessels. When my former husband died I was right there with him and he looked completely different when he left this realm. But, dreams I’ve had he was so full of light and life. We are wonderfully and fearfully made for sure.
You talk about male to female. soul ties.
Does this apply to Homosexual or Lesbian relationship in your opinions.
Also in the case of rape, does soul ties apply.
All of them.
I believe a sexual soul tie is created whenever a person GIVES himself/herself away.
In the case of rape, when force is involved, I don’t believe a soul tie is created.
When a person forces himself/herself on another individual, this is a selfish act where he/she has no regard for the other person. The victim of such an attack has no influence on him/her, thus the rapist is not “tied” to the victim.
When a person is forced into a sexual act, because his/her soul has been intruded upon – TAKEN without permission, again, a soul tie has not been created.
As one who had gone through being forced opon, and being in a prior relationship before marriage, I can tell you that you do make a tie… But it’s not an entwining of two souls, it’s more like sandpaper has removed those fibers there is no give and take it is just take.
I disagree. I was forcibly raped when I was 15 and got pregnant and thrown into an unwed mother’s home, even though I was “an innocent” babe at that time, and I dream about him all the time, still 54 years later. I’ve forgiven him, etc. Haven’t seen him, but I do still dream about him.
I meant that I disagree with Denise, and AGREE with Lance.
Kitti, your comment is quite enlightening to me. However, I do have one question.
What was your relationship with the person who raped you PRIOR TO the rape. Was this someone you knew to some degree or a complete stranger?
Please know I am open to correction and always willing to learn.
Thank you
I believe their is an attached spirit not the same as one of consentual sex that creates soul ties. It is one of evil violation done unto another.
I fully concur with this …thank you Lance ! May God extend your borders to enrich the Body of Christ.
how to form healthy bonds in healthy relationships. I heard it said that you can have unholy bonding in healthy relationships. so soul ties can be physical and emotional and there is deliverance for both.
what else can be holding someone back in life from their destiny? what are hindrances to destiny besides ungodly soul ties.
Many, many years ago I broke a soul tie with a man I was involved with. I shared with him the truth of breaking soul ties so we could both move on. We prayed together about this. He remarried. I never remarried (I have been told I can’t because of Paul’s teachings, I have been told if you repented it is under the blood and a few other interpretations…I gave it to God), dated a few men but it still bugs me that I can go months, even a year without thinking of him and no desire too..seriously….but will have a dream of him. Over the years this has frustrated me.
Thank you for this writing. I truly understand the implications of having unholy soul ties. Before I was Born from Above, I too, experienced the effects and complications those soul ties create. Thank you again for speaking about this topic that the Body of Christ feels is taboo.
Thanks for this clear teaching. As a therapist, I have led many people through the process of breaking soul ties that keep them tethered to sexual partners so they can know the kind of freedom you are addressing. So important! I often observe a physical change at the same time that the client is becoming free of the attachment which now enables them to form healthy boundaries and cherish themselves in a new and wholesome way! So powerful!
Good article Lance. So true. You talk a lot about alignments also. What I have been sensing God tell me, is to come off of certain ministry boards that have in some ways held me back. Nothing wrong with what they are doing, just wrong for me. A possible soul tie for sure. When you are transitioning into a new season, it is amazing how what you want to come out of pops up with a little different twist to it just to keep you around. Cutting them off frees us to move on to our next season. Interesting for sure. Thanks for all you share. It is very refreshing to say the least.