The original question was about demonic influence in a persons life, but it seems to have become more about demonic possession, which is something entirely different.
Perhaps it would be interesting to talk about that difference, and how to both recognize its causes, how they work, what facilitates it, and how to recognize and free yourself from them.
How about a vision depicting the organization and cunning design of demonic attacks:
The Evil Army
I saw a demonic army so large that it stretched as far as I could see. It was separated into divisions, with each
carrying a different banner. The foremost and most powerful divisions were Pride, Self righteousness,
Respectability, Selfish Ambition, and Unrighteous Judgment, but the largest of all was Jealousy. The leader of this
vast army was the Accuser of the Brethren himself. I knew that there were many more evil divisions beyond my
scope of vision, but these were the vanguard of this terrible horde from hell that was now being released against the
church.
The weapons carried buy this horde had names on them: the swords were named Intimidation; the spears were named
Treachery; and their arrows were named Accusations, Gossip, Slander and Faultfinding. Scouts and smaller
companies of demons with such names as Rejection, Bitterness, Impatience, Un-forgiveness and Lust were sent in
advance of this army to prepare for the main attack. I knew in my heart that the church had never faced anything
like this before.
The main assignment of this army was to cause division. It was sent to attack every level of relationship-churches
with each other, congregations with their pastors, husbands and wives, children and parents, and even children with
each other. The scouts were sent to locate the openings in churches, families or individuals that rejection, bitterness,
lust, etc., could exploit and make a larger breech for the divisions that were coming.
The most shocking part of this vision was that this horde was not riding on horses, but on Christians! Most of them
were well-dressed, respectable, and had the appearance of being refined and educated. These were Christians who
had opened themselves to the powers of darkness to such a degree that the enemy could use them and they would
think that they were being used by God. The Accuser knows that a house divided cannot stand, and this army
represented his ultimate attempt to bring such complete division to the church that she would completely fall from
grace.
The Prisoners
Trailing behind these first divisions was a vast multitude of other Christians who were prisoners of this army. They
were all wounded, and were guarded by little demons of Fear. There seemed to be more prisoners than there were
demons in the army. Surprisingly, these prisoners still had their swords and shields, but they did not use them. It
was shocking to see that so many could be kept captive by so few of these little demons of Fear. These could have
easily been destroyed or driven off if the prisoners had just used their weapons.
Above the prisoners the sky was black with vultures named Depression. These would land on the shoulders of a
prisoner and vomit on him. The vomit was Condemnation. When the vomit hit a prisoner he would stand up and
march a little straighter for a while, and then slump over, even weaker than before. Again, I wondered why the
prisoners did not simply kill these vultures with their swords, which they could have easily done.
Occasionally a weak prisoner would stumble and fall. As soon as he or she hit the ground, the other prisoners would
begin stabbing them with their swords, scorning them as they did so. They would then call for the vultures to begin
devouring the fallen one even before they were dead.
As I watched, I realized that these prisoners thought that the vomit of condemnation was truth from God. Then I
understood that these prisoners actually thought they were marching in the army of God! This is why they did not kill
the little demons of fear, or the vultures-they thought these were messengers from God! The darkness from the cloud
of vultures made it so hard for these prisoners to see that they naively accepted everything that happened to them as
being from the Lord.
You can see by the description, the power of unrepentant sin in our lives. There is no defense when you are completely blinded.
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