In a world where the unseen spiritual realm plays a very real role in our lives, many believers remain unaware of how demonic oppression can subtly take hold. The Bible calls Satan the “prince and power of the air,” and his goal is always to steal, kill and destroy. But as believers, we are not left defenseless. In a powerful message on Daystar, Kathryn Krick laid out four key principles for removing demonic influence from your life—and keeping it out.
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The four keys Krick shares are anointing, faith, renouncing and sowing. While each plays a significant role, she focused on the power of renouncing strongholds in a person’s life.
“Renouncing is to use your own authority in Christ and say, ‘I renounce anxiety, depression,’” she explained. “You’re renouncing the specific oppression that you have that you don’t want anymore.”
Renouncing isn’t just a spiritual ritual—it’s a declaration of dominion. It involves rejecting the enemy’s foothold in your life and actively reclaiming your peace through Christ’s authority. “God wants us to walk in authority,” Krick continued. “So that includes rejecting the devil. That includes knowing the Word of God, renewing our mind with the Word of God.”
For deliverance to be lasting, renouncing must be specific. Believers are urged to call out and reject not just feelings, but the root behaviors and open doors that gave the enemy access in the first place.
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“You should also renounce the specific open doors you know of,” she said. “Like if you know, ‘Oh, I’ve confessed wrong words a lot,’ negative words. ‘Oh, I’ve sinned … continually drinking, continually doing drugs, continually sleeping around, watching horror movies, watching porn.’” The list also includes inner heart conditions such as bitterness, unforgiveness and shame.
Even mental strongholds must be confronted: “Renouncing believing lies again and again, meditating on lies of the enemy, even like condemnation and shame. There’s no condemnation for those of us who are in Christ Jesus.”
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Ultimately, freedom begins when believers stop living passively and start walking in their God-given dominion. “This anxiety, this can’t stay. This depression, this can’t stay. This is the enemy. He doesn’t have authority over me. Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world,” Krick said.
When believers use the authority Christ has given them, renounce the lies of the enemy and walk in alignment with God’s Word, they position themselves to experience lasting deliverance and victory.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
