The Exorcist Files Giving The Enemy No Foothold with John Eldredge
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Feb 4, 2026 
John Eldredge, bestselling author and counselor focused on spiritual formation, identity, and mental health. He recounts dramatic encounters with spiritual darkness and the role of therapy in revealing warfare. He explores renunciation rites, daily prayer rhythms, how lies form strongholds, discerning attacks vs. trauma, breaking agreements, protecting marriages, and practices that leave nothing for the enemy.
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Agreements: Where War Is Won
- The enemy works by twisting truth into lies that exploit pain and produce 'agreements' in the heart.
- Belief precedes behavior, so internal assent is the pivot where spiritual influence takes hold.
Three Daily Discernment Checks
- Monitor your inner chatter, what you say aloud, and the fruit it produces to spot agreements with lies.
- Test thoughts by their fruit: love, joy, and peace indicate health; fear and despair indicate attack.
Healing By Renouncing Self-Cursing
- A man repeatedly fell ill before joyful events until Eldredge asked him how he felt about his body.
- After renouncing self-curse language and blessing his body, the suspicious pattern stopped.
