Driving Out Devils to Heal the Sick

This blog was taken from Facebook posts written by Kevin Riodan

Opening Doors to Healing

Before you read this, I’m just letting you know - there may be some who will disagree with what you’re about to read on the relationship of demons and sickness. That is your prerogative. I’ve written this from what I have seen over ten plus years of praying for the sick. In those ten years of ministering healing and deliverance, I have come to realize that while there are no absolute approaches that will always work every time (this is especially true in deliverance), there are some medical conditions where the scriptural approach of casting out demons has consistently proven to result in the healing that God has promised.

I believe one of the biggest reasons why the church sees so few healings is because of it’s ignorance of the demonic role in sickness, or it’s unwillingness to deal with the demonic for fear of being controversial. Whether for ignorance or controversy, our unwillingness to consider the demonic role in sickness has been a detriment to the church. Deliverance is as much a part of the gospel as healing is. According to Mark 16:17, the driving out of demons should accompany the preaching of the gospel. If this vital ministry is being ignored in the church, then the full gospel is not being preached in your church.

In 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul writes about the gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit, he refers to healing as being in the plural. Here Paul teaches that the Holy Spirit manifests himself through “giftS of healing”. In other words, there is more than one gift of healing. We see in scripture, and it has been proven to me by my experience in functioning in healing and deliverance, that deliverance is an essential, God-given part of the healing gift.

For example, we read in Luke‬ ‭13:11-13: “And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.”‬

Throughout the gospels we see Jesus healing the sick and driving out devils. In scripture we see Jesus dealing with a deaf-mute spirit, epileptic spirit, and he heals Peter’s mother-in-law by rebuking a fever.

My eyes really came open to this years ago when I was brand new in healing. I was praying for a woman with breast cancer. As I prayed, she began to feel something moving in the breast where she had cancer. It moved from her breast up her chest, to her throat and came out of her mouth. At that point, she was the second person I had ever seen healed.

Since that experience over a decade ago, I have seen literally thousands of people healed of various sickness, pain, and mental illness, both within the church walls and outside of them, through the driving out of demons.

There are some who have accused me of believing that there is a demon under every rock and behind every tree. While that is not entirely true, I do believe that there are more demons under more rocks and behind more trees than the western church wants to believe. Try as they might, you really can’t argue with people’s testimonies.

The reality is that many sicknesses are directly caused by a demon. Countless times, I’ve simply commanded a demon out and the pain and all other symptoms left with it.
For others, sickness is a physical problem where healing is prevented by an occupying demon. There have been times where I have laid hands on an individual and prayed for healing to no avail. I then asked questions, determined the root such as unforgiveness. I led them to forgive, drove out the demon, prayed for healing, and healing came immediately.

There are certain illnesses that I pray for, that I will automatically go after a demon. They are as follows: asthma, COPD, allergies, all cancer, lupus, migraines, severe reflux, fibromyalgia, chronic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome (and most syndromes for that matter), epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative arthritis, scoliosis, diabetes, neuropathy, stomach/intestinal issues (many stomach issues are actually a spirit of fear), anything that cannot be diagnosed (you can’t diagnose a demon), schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression. I will deal with demons every time the sickness or pain is caused by trauma. When it comes to other sickness and pain, I will deal with demons depending on the circumstances surrounding the sickness.

I have been asked, “Do I need to address the demon by its exact name for it to come out?”  My answer is that when it comes to sickness, it is usually either a spirit of infirmity, affliction, pain, sickness, death, or trauma. Or the spirit is named after what it causes, for example: cancer, diabetes, migraines, allergies, sciatica, etc.

It is unfortunate how many times a person has gone forward for prayer, didn’t receive healing, and was told it was due to their lack of faith or that it wasn’t God’s timing. Sometimes all it takes is a two-minute prayer, a sharp command in the name of Jesus for deliverance, and years of pain goes away.



Kevin on Facebook - www.facebook.com/kevin.streetfisher
Kevin’s Website - www.setfreeweekends.com