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!
This is freedom, Lance. The need to tell the truth and expose the insidious nature of soul-ties should be shouted from the rooftops! There was a popular shampoo commercial in the 70’s where a lady told her friends how great this shampoo was , these friends told their friends and, exponentially, each person’s picture appeared until the screen was filled with everyone that each friend told about the shampoo. The tag line at the end of the ad was ‘You’ll tell two friends and so, and so on ,and so on…’ And so it is with the soul tie. The exponential sharing of the spirits of each of the persons involved in the sexual liaison.
Thank you, Lance!
Really good candid article on this critical topic Thank you for shedding light on this !
This is soooooooooo True….. This is a big part of the Cleansing Stream ministry.
It is a ministry that everyone needs to go to. I have been in church all my life
BUT some of these things I did not know…. Thanks Lance for this teaching as
you reach so many people that will never get to attend a Cleansing Stream Seminar.
Blessings, Jan
Wow, Lance I never thought of sex like this. It makes sense. So when you break a soul tie it brings that piece of your heart back to you? I know that in science I’ve heard for years that when you have sex with another person you have sex with everyone that person ever slept with. They limit it to the last 10 years, but I think everyone ever would be the truth.
Thanks for sharing!
Shortly after my wife and I married, we attended a seminar with Cleansing Stream ministries. At one point in the conference, we were taught about soul ties, and directed to pray for The Lord to show us any unauthorized soul ties that we might have. In my spirit, God showed me a vision. I was in the center of a dark place. I was the midpoint of light, with many strings going out from me, like spider webs. Only one of them was golden, my wife. All the rest were silver, and belonged to the many relationships I’d had as a young man, including my ex-wife, and her exploits. One at a time, God broke each string as I confessed it, leaving me with only the single golden thread. Our marriage immediately grew in closeness and improved communication. This is all true stuff! Every pastor should walk engaged couples through this spiritual exercise prior to agreeing to marry them. It would keep people from starting their marriages in a hole.
Thank you Lance for addressing this subject. And you did it in such a non-judgmental, soft and compassionate way that I was able to easily receive your message. Thanks so much for enlightening me with this subject so some healing could happen that I didn’t even realize needed to happen. You have so much insight!
Lance,
Yes, but I have died with Christ I am a new creation! He makes all things new. There is now no condemnation!
Beautiful and true Lance!
Thanks Lance! You’re right on and I love the way your teaching is so easy to understand.
A timely word. After reading this I read My Utmost for His Highest http://utmost.org for July 23.
Whoa,! Synchronicity !