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Question: Dear Br. Ignatius Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Which of the 2 statement is advisable to say or command in the ministry of deliverance " In the name of Jesus I bind you spirit of (name of the spirit) or to say " Jesus you command and bind the spirit of (name of the spirit). Most of the prayers that we recite we do it in the name of Jesus (e.g. Binding prayer or prayers of protection) but we were told by a priest not to do it but rather tell Jesus to bind and command the spirit to do it so that we do not get burned out in this whole process Kindly advice
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC Dear Lessly: A deliverance ministry should never be attempted without years of discernment and also extensive training. Doing this work requires more than knowing a little theology and deliverance prayers. We have the most extensive training program in the world at our St. Michael Academy for Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Counseling. But, wherever the training is done, training is really necessary. The two forms of prayer you mention are called imperative (the 1st one) and deprecatory (the 2nd one). The Church allows either form of prayer. It is imprecatory prayers, calling down a curse on the demon, that are reserved to a formal exorcism by a priest. See discussion on this here. In doing deliverance work the risk of burnout has little to do with whether we use imperative or deprecatory commends. Burnout is usually associated with overdoing it, or becoming frustrated, not keeping things in perspective, and forgetting that God is the deliverer, not us. No one should do deliverance work exclusively. It is both dangerous and one can get burned out as mentioned above. For example, I do many things like this Q&A. I also take a break from deliverance for the summer. This is good psychological and spiritual hygiene. Also, I accept only as many cases at a time as I can handle. The devil loves is to take every case and then get so tired and overworked that we end up helping no one. One has to learn to say "no" in this apostolate no matter how hurting someone who comes to us may be. There are only so many hours in the day. See our Spiritual Prayer Catalog linked below for many prayers that you can use. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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In The Name Of Jesus

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

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Dear Br. Ignatius

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus

Which of the 2 statement is advisable to say or command in the ministry of deliverance " In the name of Jesus I bind you spirit of (name of the spirit) or to say " Jesus you command and bind the spirit of (name of the spirit).

Most of the prayers that we recite we do it in the name of Jesus (e.g. Binding prayer or prayers of protection) but we were told by a priest not to do it but rather tell Jesus to bind and command the spirit to do it so that we do not get burned out in this whole process

Kindly advice

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC

Dear Lessly:

A deliverance ministry should never be attempted without years of discernment and also extensive training. Doing this work requires more than knowing a little theology and deliverance prayers. We have the most extensive training program in the world at our St. Michael Academy for Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Counseling. But, wherever the training is done, training is really necessary.

The two forms of prayer you mention are called imperative (the 1st one) and deprecatory (the 2nd one). The Church allows either form of prayer. It is imprecatory prayers, calling down a curse on the demon, that are reserved to a formal exorcism by a priest. See discussion on this here.

In doing deliverance work the risk of burnout has little to do with whether we use imperative or deprecatory commends. Burnout is usually associated with overdoing it, or becoming frustrated, not keeping things in perspective, and forgetting that God is the deliverer, not us.

No one should do deliverance work exclusively. It is both dangerous and one can get burned out as mentioned above. For example, I do many things like this Q&A. I also take a break from deliverance for the summer. This is good psychological and spiritual hygiene. Also, I accept only as many cases at a time as I can handle. The devil loves is to take every case and then get so tired and overworked that we end up helping no one. One has to learn to say "no" in this apostolate no matter how hurting someone who comes to us may be. There are only so many hours in the day.

See our Spiritual Prayer Catalog linked below for many prayers that you can use.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.