What are familiar spirits?
Just in case this is the first time you are hearing about these types of spirits, here are some references to the familiar spirits in the bible – Isaiah 65:4, Isaiah 19:3, 1 Samuel 28:8, Leviticus 20:27, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 19:31. Once you read these you will notice that they have to do with mediums and sorcerers who use these spirits to gain information into a person’s life.
You see, not everyone who knows things about you is from the Lord. Some are just using familiar spirits to gain information on you which they then use to manipulate you into believing they truly have a prophetic gift and are from the Lord.
1 Samuel 28:8 is the story of Saul using a medium to conjure up the spirit of the prophet. We also know that as a result of him resorting to using a medium and a spirit instead of going directly to the Lord for answers, the Lord rejected him and put David in his place as king.
Also, note that when the spirit appeared to Saul it actually looked like the prophet so he thought everything was OK until God rejected him because of it. This is important because there are so many people who pray to their dead parents or grand parents and regularly have conversations with them. If heaven is a place of constant praise and worship to God, where there is no sickness or pain, why would your dead relatives be visiting you on earth? There is no evidence in scripture that shows that Christians who have gone home to the Lord return to speak with their relatives. So, maybe people who speak with their dead relatives are not actually speaking to that relative but instead demons. You may have dreams about a relative that passed on but you shouldn’t be seeing them in your home. This could be a familiar spirit.
What are Monitoring Spirits?
There is the story of Paul and Silas as well as other followers of Christ being followed by a spirit. Because this spirit was used to monitor their movements and report back on the things they were doing we refer to this spirit or demon as a monitoring spirit
Acts 16:16-18 (AMP)
16 As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling.
17 She kept following Paul and [the rest of] us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce to you the way of salvation!
18 And she did this for many days. Then Paul, being sorely annoyed and worn out, turned and said to the spirit within her, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very moment.
The bible says that the girl had a spirit of divination. This is the enemies counterfeit gifting to the prophetic gift. We see that she was a slave girl and sometimes people refer to the spirits as a slave spirit or a slave demon. This basically means that she is gathering information for someone else and not for her own use. She was being used by someone else.
The same thing still happens today. You could have people in your life that are just there gathering information so that they can work against you or pass it on to others who will work against you. Working against your future, your children, your ministry, your finances, your business, your marriage and even your health. Whatever it may be they are not there for your good. They are always wanting to know everything you are doing. Keeping tabs on your progress.
The enemy has been studying you since you were born and these familiar spirits and monitoring spirits are there to check the status of your life and make sure that you never fulfill the purpose and plan that God has for your life. None of these spirits can actually read your mind, since God is the only one who is omniscient, so they can only gain information by watching you or hearing it from you or others around you.
Have you ever wondered why you keep going through the same problem? The same cycle of problems. Almost like you are experiencing deja vu? You keep losing your job at the same time of year. You have a cycle of going up and then going down. Your life seems to have a pattern. Well, there is a possibility that you have a monitoring spirit watching your movements to make sure that you never get there. You’re almost making it but not really. It’s very close but no cigar!
You could have some familiar spirit from your family line that makes sure that you are going to have the same problem as your great grand father, your grand father, and your father. They are making sure that generational curse gets passed along.
You can break all of this off. Think about what would happen is Paul didn’t stop this girl with this spirit that monitored his movement. It is obvious that he didn’t identify it as a spirit that was monitoring him until several days had passed. How could he know? Afterall she was saying the right thing that they were going around showing people the way to Jesus. It all looked good and was true but the spirit by which it was done was not of God. He wouldn’t be a able to get as far as he did with spreading the word of God if he did not cast that spirit away from his presence. As a matter of fact, once the owner of that girl found out that he could no longer use her to monitor people he made sure Paul & Silas ended up in jail. He was pretty mad!
Yes, the enemy is going to get really mad when he finds out that you are unto his tricks and gimmicks. BUT, you must put an end to this if you plan on fulfilling your purpose and stopping a cycle in your life.
Here is a prayer that will help you achieve that against this monitoring spirits and familiar spirits. You can also put on the Armor of God before you start praying this prayer.
Commander of Heaven’s Armies, I come to you today and put before you all the monitoring spirits and familiar spirits that are watching my progress and coming against the purpose and plans you have for my life. I ask that you would scatter every evil gathering that are made against me in Jesus Name. Disrupt their camp and send confusion within their communication. Disrupt their meeting and destroy the foundation of their meeting place. Fashion your weapon of devastation to destroy them. Absolutely no weapons that are formed against me shall prosper and any tongue that rises up against me in judgement You will condemn. Keep and guard me as the apple of your eye and hide me under the shadow of your wings. Cover me with your glory cloud of smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; be a canopy over me, a defense of divine love and protection. Put a hedge about me, my family, my finances, my job, my career, my children, my ministry and my house and all that I have on every side. Confer prosperity and happiness upon me and the work of my hands, and my possessions will increased for Your glory. Keep your words of the bible ever before me so that I may be wiser than the enemy. Bring to mind the scriptures I need to speak into the atmosphere to scatter them and destroy them. I tear up by the roots in the spirit anything that has been planted in my house, on my job, in my surrounding area, on my body that was not put there by you and was planted to destroy my hope and my future. Bring to mind any objects that are around me that would cause these monitoring of familiar spirits to congregate against me. Cover me under your blood Jesus – my life, my future, my destiny, my family, my job, my career, my health, my children, my marriage, my house, my finances, the ministry that you’ve given me so that the enemy will not be able to come against anything that belongs to me. Surely Your goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place. Lord may these monitoring spirits and familiar spirits lose my address. May they never find me again, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Make sure to go through your house and destroy anything that you find questionable. You know that thing you have in your house that has always made you feel uncomfortable? Now is the time to get rid of it. Did you receive gifts from someone that you just don’t feel right about it? Get rid of it.
Pay careful attention to the people that are in your life. Are they asking too many questions about your future plans and the progress that you are making? Be careful not to reveal too much. And if you notice that every time you tell a particular person about your progress and all the great things that God is doing in your life, the very thing falls apart they may have a familiar spirit attached to them. Most people don’t even know they are carrying this spirit so it is your job to pay attention to who you are sharing information with. If you say it to them and then everything falls apart, every time you tell them something, that is a clear sign they have a spirit attached to them that does not want you to succeed. It could be a familiar spirit, monitoring spirit or just the spirit of jealousy.
You found this post today because you know that there is something not right about the negative cycles in your life. Be on guard, pray and God will deliver you from this spirit.
Scriptures used for this prayer:
Isaiah 54:15, Psalm 17:8, Isaiah 4:5, Job 1:10, Psalm 119:98, Matthew 15:13, Exodus 12:7,13, Psalm 23:6
Here is some information on breaking generational curses
Here are some bible verses about spiritual warfare
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i am christian by name.i have come to observe that notting i does works.it was even reveal to me by a prophet that i can never finish what ever i started and it is happening t
o me right now.please i urgently needed prayer.thanks.
Father God I pray for Christian right now. Got to come against the lie that he will never finish anything. That is not your way. You do not make man hopeless but you give him hope God I pray right now that you would give Christian hope and that you give him the strength to finish strong. That you would bless His Hands his mouth his feet his mind and that they would go forth and fulfill the things that Christian has been called to do. I come against the law by right now in Jesus name and I break it off God and I ask that you would fill the space left with truth that he is a child of you and you don’t abandon your children. Wrap him with your loving arms and give him peace and reassurance that he will finish the race strong.
sir, am a nigerian, i woke one morning and experienced that one side of my face has become numb, and my eye can nolonger blink, and they said is bell’s palsy. pleace i need your help, pray for me
Deliverance power of God touch, heal and deliver Wisdom by your great power in Jesus name. Amen
please, I need prayers serious one. I have been having cobwebs attacks for over 7 years now. I have fasted and prayed and I am still praying but the more I pray, the more the attack comes. revelations of my family lineage as being behind my attacks have been revealed. I have lost my job as a branch manager of a bank. All I do never works, poverty is biting hard on us. I have been married for 11 years and my wife and I don’t have any child yet. this cobwebs is really troubling me. at the point of a successful business and hoping for a good result, this cobwebs attacks immediately and the business is destroyed .
I really need help and prayers in JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN.
thank you so much for I believe with your prayers, God will answer
Hi Vitalis, Many people have gone through what you are going through now. You’ve made a good first step which is to recognize that you do have a problem. Just as many have freedom from these demonic spirit activities, you can also become free. Here is an article that will help you with the first step https://missionariesofprayer.org/2012/09/blessings-curses-work/ If you read and do everything that it says and all the other related articles I know you will get your freedom from this. Do not lose hope! God is BIGGER than what you are going through and He is more than able to bring you through this. We’re praying for you.
Please I need serious prays over my life. My life is in danger with monitoring spirit from the family lineage, always dreaming of dead people I know, and having sex in my dream both with woman and man. My business and finance cannot grow since 1988. I’ll rise financially but will fall woflly to start afresh again. I’m finished, please help me out.
Am so happy that I’ve got to know all of this. Indeed i still have a long way to go. Am a prayer worrior to be and i yearn to become so ever since i realised that it’s my calling. Many stumbling blocks are in my way but i believe that am more than a conqueror. Put me in your prayers if you pray. I only need God’s grace,I know with it,I can make it all. Thanks
pls i need prayer, i notice a bird follows me about. Pls i need help
Lolla I have recently hear about these spirits and never heard of it before; i had an inflamation in my eye which is called pink eyes and i only thought it was maybe because of dust that my eye became this sore and teary then someone told me when she look at me she sense a monitoring spirit which i never knew about before and decided to google and here i got this site that clearly explains it, but tell me does a sore eye also really have to do with it? I need prayer as well!
No, getting pink eye does not mean that you have a monitoring spirit. If you are experiencing the other things we’ve outlined in this article then you would need to pray to eradicate them from your life.
Good day Pastor I need a prayer of Deliverance I have fallen from from grace I think I have a monitoring spirit my prayer life is going down ..please pray with me I need totally deliverance
Hi my name is Agnes an Intercessor and a prayer warrior from Kenya thank u so much for all that information,I have just declared war and I need your prayer warriors to stand with me,for the past three years since I rededicated to Christ I have gone on an spiritual warfare against the dark world and am conquering one territory after another of my life back in Jesus Name,e.g my family have a habit of canniballing our lips we literally bit the foreskin of our lips tearing tiny pieces till the lips become all painful,red,sore n bloody n our heads starts aching,I have prayed for this habit that I see in my family to end for years on end it’s only recently when i rededicated to Christ and be came a serious Christian that I conquered that habit and am happy to say I have soft lips…glory be to God…this is a big deal to me…there are other areas I need you to stand with me….the major one are delays in marriage you are almost there but no cigar!! Homosexuality in my sister, who is now a transman!!!,debts,court cases’ amongst other…am more than conquerer…be blessed
God bless you, I just stumbled upon this site, and I wanted to ask a question. I have been getting more involved in understanding these very things. I moved in 2006 into a house, and the landlord was involved with Funshei, clearing houses spiritually I believe that was what she called it, and also later learned that she was ghost busting, I really can’t remember what is was called, but involved connecting with the dead, and when I first moved in the house she had given me a black egg , said it was a house warming gift, but I threw it away, because it didn’t feel, or look spiritually right. Long story short I have been having trouble with my teenage girl who is now 23, and one night she jumped out of her bed, and came into my room, but she never told me until recently that she felt someone touch her. and my daughter’s behavior is challenging, however just found out that something significant had been happening in her life for a long time by her father, and at the same time I believe that something spiritually has been going on to, she’s changed, her spirit is different she’s blows up, has anger and hatred towards me, that doesn’t line up with anything concerning me to that degree, I can understand she was hurt by her dad, but why me? especially when I’m trying to help her,also I have had many things spiritually going on around me practicially all my life, I love God, and so does my daughter, I have called psychic hotlines back in the day, hand my palms read, and hand someone on my job who was reading tarrot cards, and they read cards for me, there has always been good against evil in my life, and God has made himself known in my life, and I believe I have a guarding angel, because I have been protect from some danger throughout my life that no one can take credit for. In this house I have seen some dark figure on the floor that came in my room, but when it got near me it turn and went the other way, I have heard movements in my room while sleepingthat started out of nowhere, and even recently been attacked while sleeping, but I was unaware of it, but had a bruise a few times on me when I woke up, I have a child with special needs as well, but seems to well considering everything I do believe God is with me, he has been my protection, and I wish I had time to tell you everything on that, but I have said enough. I have prayed throughout my house. I am concerned about my oldest daughter, because we are at a bad place, but I’m praying, and fasted several times, she’s needs deliverance I believe from whatever it is, I have renounced all wrong moves spiritually on my part many years ago, and asked God for forgiveness, I need to know what to do with my daughter. I have no fear of whatever the enemy is trying to do, I go to sleep at night without any worries, but my daughter needs help, thank you so much!
Hi Cindy, thank you for sharing. The first thing you need to do is repent for going to psychics, tarot card readers and anything else that was not reading the bible and going straight to God Himself. You need to denounce all of these habits and never take that route when you are looking for answers again. These activities open doors in the spiritual realm to evil beings attaching themselves to you. You also need to find a Christian who can pray through your house with you. To close any portals that may be open to the enemy. I do believe you have demonic presence in your house and that needs to be addressed. I then would suggest that you go to a Christian counselor with your daughter. Not just for her but for both of you. Perhaps your daughter is angry with you for not protecting her when she was younger and going through the molestation. You need to work through these issues with her and only a Christian counselor can help you both do that. If you are not yet associated with a church you need to find one where you can get the counseling you need. The entities in your house are not helping the situation either. You will need to address all of these items (not just one) to get the freedom you are looking for. God bless you and your family and we will keep you in prayer.
Good day Pastor. I read with interest discussion about monitoring spirit and I found that I have been monitored as well because I am a qualified health carer and I keep on loosing my job every now and then yet I am a hard worker but people around me are working properly even without qualifications (they are working permanently). I observed this for a while and now I am working on this through praying against these monitoring spirits and I will appreciate if you can pray with me too.
i need help i have been attack by witchcraft and many monitors
ive been victim of monitoring/familiar spirits my entire life as i was born into voodoo cult and theyre framing and abusing me, so i feel qualified to correct some information in this webpage, where it say, “None of these spirits can actually read your mind, since God is the only one who is omniscient, so they can only gain information by watching you or hearing it from you or others around you.” There definitely appears to be truth in that, but there are ways for the shamans to know your thoughts better than you do (there are definitely gurus with telepathy), and they can basically scramble your entire reality in voodoo, but their not being God, they don’t necessarily understand things like God would, so they judge and attempt to corrupt in a way that goes to show that they cant relate, sadistically at that.
Hi Moe, thank you for your contribution. I agree with you that the enemy can scrabble our thoughts and this happens because the enemy can push thoughts into your head. That means sometimes our thoughts can be those of the enemy and not God. They push thoughts but they cannot read our minds. Because they cannot read our minds they try to control our thoughts by pushing them into our head. Our job is to refuse those things that don’t stand up to the word of God. Put on the helmet of salvation and bring everything under submission to the word of God that are in our thoughts.
Thanks for the different view of stating that what Paul had was a monitoring spirit. I’ve heard of that in the world of witchcraft, but did not correlate it to what he was suffering. Plus, I am now aware that Saul was suffering from schizophrenia. I noticed people with schizophrenia always have demons tormenting them (demons and schizophrenia go together).
I must add, demons can read a person’s mind. At times, it is limited. Science has proven that a person’s brain waves can be translated into words, sentences and ideas. Thoughts literally have weight to them. That is why a schizophrenic would react to someone and talk out loud responding to a comment in his or her head because at times, the demon who is reading the other person’s mind relay the thought like a telephone line to the schizophrenic. A person who does not have the madness would look at the person as a true quack!
I like the prayer. l’ll make use of it. Thanks very much.
Oh my Dear God knows I made this mistake by accident. I had no idea I was asking for anything evil into me life. God loves me and I love him most powerfully but still I did this out of stupidity. Years ago I went to a crystal healing in Arizona and she mentioned a spirit guide of which I never heard of … I asked God if I could have a spirit guide thinking it was an Angel. I’ve been suffering 10 years with demons and I am just now getting to the cause!? I have attached demons and need your help and prayers please. Some are already leaving so I am sure this is it. Thank you so much for this help and please pray for me. God bless you and thanks so very much. I thought they were Angels
Praying for you Rose. You can basically renounce them yourself and open the door in your house and tell them to leave and never return in Jesus Name. Repent for doing this and ask God to forgive you. Accept the forgiveness and move on. They will leave you alone. If you have anything in your house that you received from the person in Arizona please get rid of it immediately. If you are a member of a local church ask someone – an intercessor or pastor – to pray through your house if you feel like you need help with this. The most important thing is to renounce them yourself and ask the Lord for forgiveness. God Bless.