Very good thoughts Olivia (I hope that's your actual name also!) I agree with everything you have said.. I completely agree with you that there is no reason why only demons cause these things.. Few questions for you.. Based on your personal beliefs
Do you believe in demonic oppression?
If so, how do you differentiate that from normal sickness which could be treated..
And how will you face it? Do you rebuke the demon or simply give it over to Lord and pray about it?
Before I say anything I want to remind you once more of the truth. As believers you and your wife are infinitely more powerful than Satan and all demons and the only weapon they have against a saved person is when the believer of Jesus decides to believe the lies of Satan.
Yes, demons can oppress someone, even unknowingly like during sleep and yes I had experience with it. However, because I was always confident that God would protect me always, the Holy Spirit intervened and called out Jesus through me during the most dangerous experience and immediately I saw Jesus and a battle happening spiritually. I was completely kept safe by my loving and wonderful and caring savior who always watches his sheep as a good shepherd. The whole experience was very quick, but it is a reminder that even though sleeping the Holy Spirit acts through me and God is ever present. God is with you and your wife even when asleep.
The dreams and visions could be related to many things. I actually use to study natural health a lot, until God told me to stop, not because he made it clear that he wants me to always have faith and all my health problems are gone. Nevertheless, this doesn't mean that the person I am advising it to has faith this way, or they may momentarily have faith for a healing, only to a week later have illness again because they start to doubt.
You sound confident that if you know what is God's will to do you would do it and know that God keeps his promises. Your in the same room, but you don't feel the oppression. You need to honestly know some things regarding your wife however:
I ask these questions because I know this is a hard time for you and your wife, yet these things must be addressed for her to stand in faith. If she is having doubts, I want to help her with that as well, but these questions address this post.
Is your wife confident by faith that God is always with her and watching over her?
Does she know by faith that she is always protected by God?
You told your wife: 1) He who is in us is greater than he who is in this world.. It is about Him and not us..
Great thing to tell her, but does she believe it? Does she know that a believer's power, protection, wisdom, love, peace come from God? That it is about God in her? She may know these things in her mind, but not KNOW these things from God by faith in Him.
2) Devil has NO authority over life..God is sovereign...
Again, she definitely needs to know God is all powerful, but is your wife confident by faith in this? Does she know without any doubt that God is always with her and watching over her? Or does she really think that he is only aware occasionally? Does your wife have true faith that God is her protector?
3) As a believer we both are indwelt by Holy Spirit and there is zero chance for evil spirit to get into her.. All an evil spirit can do is threaten her (which is what is happening).. And we have to put the armor of God.
Is your wife thinking that in her own power she is going to have to fight this (is she afraid that she doesn't have the armor) or does she have confidence that God will fight for her or resolve the situation for her, whichever is necessary. Does she believe God will give her wisdom if she asks?
4) Generation curses will have no effect on her.. If they can have, then Christ's work on cross is not sufficient..
Another great point, but does she believe it? If she still believes she is guilty somehow, she won't feel worthy of using her faith to trust God for deliverance from the problem.
Does she have a faith issue, like she doesn't believe she has enough faith, or she believes she needs something other than faith, or she believes she has no faith. Maybe she is very confident and knows she can trust God with everything and that He will always come through for her. Does she know that everyone has been given the measure of faith and she has enough faith for all problems if she believes?
This is not meant to be an interrogation. In fact you might not even ask her anything, but she needs scripture and affirmations that affirm the truth and deny whatever the negative things that she is saying in her head.
If your wife is confident and strong in faith then she can rebuke or resist the demon, if that is what it is. Even if it is a health issue, if someone has great faith and then they believe something is done for them (as long as it is in God's will of course), it will be done for them.
"When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 "Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." 17 "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me." 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" 20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:14-17:21).
This shows that if your wife uses her faith, she can be rid of the problem.
It doesn't matter if it is rebuke, resist, or prayer because it is the unwavering faith in God for the result that produces the result, not the action itself. However, if there is wavering faith do not expect anything.
"But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,…" (James 1:6-7).
If your wife realizes that she doesn't have faith or has a belief like her faith isn't strong enough for what she perceives is a powerful demon (which she needs to remember that demons are only as powerful as a person's belief in them) then she does need to pray to God to have the Holy Spirit give her living understanding and awaken her to the real faith within her. She needs to believe God will do this? Can she believe by faith this much? If she won't (she has the power to, but some deception has trapped her thinking so she believes she can't), then she needs to meditate on what Jesus said, "I tell you the TRUTH, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for your (Matthew 17:14).
She also needs to stop listening to people who instill fear in her about curses and evil things building these things up as if they are more powerful than she can handle. They are not more powerful. Whatever voices she is hearing (because if there weren't some type of negative thoughts she would of stood in faith by now) she needs to block out and say the truth of scripture. "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1). She needs confidence and assurance that Jesus hears her righteous request (he doesn't want her sick or oppressed as if His work wasn't good enough).
"We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).
You and your wife should pray, (but make sure that she is having faith in the prayer and not relying on your faith only) that God removes all bad dreams and visions from her as well as the pressure. If she hears any thoughts that say it can't or won't happen, she needs to drown those thoughts out with things like: I trust God with all things, I cast all my cares on Jesus, God has removed all evil from my presence, my health and thoughts only come from God, All my faith, hope, trust, and belief is in God. Remember when we use our faith it is joined to the faith of God (God always believes the truth and good about and for his believers). God believes us to be who we are in Christ, new creations. Having real faith is really believing this, that it is God working through us and God made us to be over evil, not subjected to it.
Faith is what allows the Holy Spirit to work through us. Also, make up a list of affirmations and scripture and record it and put it on replay for the whole night or play the bible on replay all night long. Let her subconsciously listen to the truth. I doubt any demon is going to want to hear scripture all night. I agree with Mitspa about communion. We do it in our house often. I believe that God wants you to do this and it is very powerful.
I will be praying for you. If your wife wants to try some things (that can't hurt her in any way) to test some physical things that may show if they are causing the dream and vision part, I can offer some suggestions if you pm me and I will give you a personal email, since I know that the website doesn't want to be related to that. However, whatever the issue, it can all be solved by faith, but I do want to work with your wife from where she is now and I want her to know that I am always here for her.
May God bless you and your wife with wisdom, peace, hope, joy and faith that is steadfast in God's truth.
), spouting obscenities to those who have wronged us, keeping from taking revenge, etc. In other words or as in Luke 6:29, we turn the other cheek to these worldly things. When things start becoming personal and diabolical, where you can't just change the channel, walk away or turn the other cheek. Do not be afraid to rid your surroundings of demonic oppression in the name of Jesus Christ.
I think you know that, by looking at the effort you took at explaining it.. Only after I posted, I was thinking if the question really sounded right in the tone!!!