Breaking Soul Ties

183 Pages·2019·1.784 MB·English

by  Dennis Clark, Jen Clark

I have never read another book that deals with the full range of brain
traps. When you hear the term “soul ties,” you think of ungodly
emotional ties to other people. But it’s far more diabolical. Soul ties
can be ungodly addictions or lust of all kinds, such as food,
television, drugs, adultery, pornography, or even hobbies such as
sports. All and more can be idolatry and open you up to spirits of
darkness. Finally, a book that identifies the problem and is the “go to”
book for complete freedom. Every Christian should have this
resource in their library.
SID ROTH
Host, It’s Supernatural
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CONTENTS
SECTION ONE UNDERSTANDING SOUL TIES
Chapter One Caught in a Trap
Chapter Two Spirit, Soul, and Body
Chapter Three Created for Relationship
Chapter Four What Is a Soul Tie?
Chapter Five The Tangled Web of Codependency
SECTION TWO FINDING FREEDOM
Chapter Six Spiritual Anatomy
Chapter Seven Dealing with Emotions
Chapter Eight Dislodging Troublesome Thoughts
Chapter Nine Filling Emotional Need
SECTION THREE DEALING WITH HABITS
Chapter Ten Life, Purpose, and Traps
Chapter Eleven Breaking Bad Habits
Chapter Twelve The Habit of Prayer
SECTION FOUR HEALING FOR SEXUAL ISSUES
Chapter Thirteen God’s Word, Will, and Way
Chapter Fourteen The Science of Love
Chapter Fifteen Lust and Brain Traps
Chapter Sixteen The Pornography Epidemic
SECTION FIVE WALKING IT OUT
Chapter SeventeenChurch as Family
Chapter Eighteen Remapping the Brain
Chapter Nineteen Restoration
Section One
UNDERSTANDING SOUL TIES
Chapter 1
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
by Jason
Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the
fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
—PSALM 124:7
How had it ever come to this? Everything had started out so well!
She was sweet, cute, and exactly my type. And, just what I thought
I’d ever wanted—my Proverbs 31 woman. I had fallen head-over-
heels in love with Lana and, at first, really believed she could be “the
one.” Overcome with joy, I called my father (Dennis) to tell him all
about her. Within a few months, however, I began voicing my fears
and confusion to him as I got sucked into a swirling whirlpool of lies,
torment, and madness. My dream girl became my captor and life
became a nightmarish reality.
MY DREAM GIRL BECAME MY CAPTOR!
The truth started to be exposed when I caught her in all sorts of lies
and deceptions, beginning with the fact that she was cheating on me
with a former boyfriend. Soon things took a darker turn to physical
abuse and emotional gaslighting, which is psychological
manipulation designed to sow seeds of self-doubt making the
targeted individual question their own memory, perception, and
sanity.
Usually the perpetrator is deliberate, cunning, and sociopathic;
however, in this case, it was Lana’s own craziness, manipulation,
and control that caused me to question my own sanity. I then
threatened to leave her, at which point she turned me in to the cops
and made false charges against me. Now we were locked into the
legal system and I couldn’t go anywhere else for at least a year while
the wheels of local justice began to slowly grind.
Lana didn’t want to lose me. After all, she had already moved into
my apartment, quit her job, and convinced me to pay for all sorts of
medications for mental and physical ailments, many of which were
imaginary. Unfortunately, my rescuer identity and codependency took
over. Now the lock on the trap snapped into place: Lana needed me.
To cut her loose at this point would have seemed like kicking a
wounded dog to the curb and walking away.
When I sought help from a psychiatrist, he did what doctors
usually do—he wrote prescriptions to help alleviate my anxiety,
depression, and other symptoms. I found myself taking all sorts of
powerful medications to which I quickly became addicted but which
only increased my torment. And Lana liked me doped up. It made it
easier for her to control me and keep me from leaving her.
Still having enough presence of mind to document the physical
abuse, I sent some photos of the stab wounds in my face from her
keys and the bloody fingernail scratches across my cheeks and neck
to Dad and Jennifer. All it took to set Lana off was my failure to do
exactly what she wanted or to do something the wrong way, even if I
didn’t know what her “right way” was. The situation I described was
bad, and they were very concerned about my welfare. Dad and Jen
told me to leave her and move in with them because they had a
place where I could stay until I could get my life sorted out. But,
unable to act even on my fear, I wound myself even more tightly into
what had become a web of my own making.
I WAS IN A WEB OF MY OWN MAKING.