Lesson 30

When a child is spoilt by his parents, he is not trained to differentiate between right and wrong.
When he does wrong as a child, his parents will give in to his evil demands because they spoil him and give him whatever he wants, instead of properly teaching him.
Thus, because his parents spoil him, he will develop many evil habits.

Because of this, he is heavily demonized since his evil habits allow demons to build strongholds in his life as he grows up.
Later, as he grows up, he will suffer rejection from others socially because of his evil habits.
As a result, he also develops all the evil habits associated with evil response to rejection.

God's word declares that parents who spoil their children are giving their children a death sentence for life (Proverbs 19:18; 23:13-14).

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to his death.
(Proverbs 19:18)

Do not withhold discipline from a child;
     if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod
     and save his soul from death
(Proverbs 23:13-14)

There children will grow up dead spiritually and socially, without friends and social life, because they have not been trained by their parents to live in a real world.
This is because spoilt children do not know the difference between what is right or wrong -- morally, socially and physically.

A spoilt child is one who is not punished when he does wrong.
In fact, his parents reward him for doing wrong things, instead of applying the rod on him in discipline.

So he develops many evil habits as he grows up, because of his evil response when his parents spoil him, including some of the following:

A spoilt child is not able to function socially, in the family, the neighborhood, the church or the workplace.
Because of his evil habits and false expectations, he will be rejected and shunned by others.

He becomes a person who can never stand pressure at work or in the society, because he always has had his ways at home.
His life will therefore be socially, mentally and spiritually destroyed, since he does not know how to interact with people who say "no" to him.

In the end, he will be confined to his own home, where he will continue to torture his old parents who spoilt him in the first place.
If someone send up marrying him, the poor wife will be his slave for life.
If he becomes violent, he will end up in the mad-house.

A spoilt child will be despised by others as being "mama's pet, sissy-pondan, spoilt brat, softie, etc.," when he interacts with others in the school or in the office as he grows up.
He will find it difficult to find true friends who can stand his childish and selfish habits and behavior.

Because of such rejection, he will develop more evil habits because of his evil response to rejection by others.

A spoilt child who has turned to Jesus for salvation can be totally set free from his evil habits and be changed into the likeness of Jesus.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, he can be transformed into a new man in Christ.

To be set free, he needs to take the following steps.
There steps are similar to those taken to set ourselves free from evil habits which have developed as a result of our evil response to rejection by others (Lesson 29).

Repent of all sinful habits and acts and turn from them.
Repent as he is led by the Holy Spirit concerning any sinful attitudes, thoughts and acts.

Forgive his parents for not bringing him up in a godly way, for not disciplining him when he did wrong as he was growing up.
Forgive his parents for spoiling him, for encouraging him in his wrong attitudes and actions.

Forgive those who have rejected him and mocked him for being a spoilt brat, a mama's pet, a sissy-pondan, etc.
Forgive everyone who has hurt him with their attitudes, remarks and acts.

He must take his authority in Christ and break the power of every demonic stronghold in his life.
These demonic powers have entered his life because of his evil acts and habits.
He must drives out these spirits and set himself free (self-deliverance).

He must choose to obey God's word and choose to walk in righteousness everyday.
In place of his evil habits, he must choose to walk in love towards God and man.

He must live in total dependence on God's strength and help everyday to live a life of obedience of God's word.
He must totally rely on the power of the Holy Spirit everyday to live a life of victory over his past evil habits.

By faith, he must thank God everyday for setting him free from all demonic bondage.
By faith, he must thank God everyday for his victory over all evil habits.
By faith, he must thank God for the ability to walk in righteousness everyday.

He must read God's word everyday and begin to meditate on his new life in Christ.
He must see himself in Christ as God sees him and declare it with his mouth.
As he does so, his faith arise to believe for all that God has given to him in Christ.

Use the following prayer if you desire to set yourself free.
Use the prayer as often as the need arises, as the Holy Spirit reveals to you your evil habits that need to be repented of.

1. Father God, please forgive me for all my evil habits,
   habits which I developed because of my evil response to being spoilt by parents,
   habits which I developed because of my evil response to rejection by others,
   habits which I have opened a door for the entry of demons into my life.
   

2. I ask you right now to forgive me for these sins in my life:
   
   selfishness, caring only for my own needs and not to others,
   always wanting only my own way, indifference to the needs and concerns and interests of others.
   
   desire for instant gratification, being demanding of my parents and others, having a short temper, getting angry easily when I cannot have my way, shouting, yelling and banging and breaking things to express my anger,
   
   disrupting other people's meetings and conversations, being impolite to others, being childish in my thinking and actions, not discerning right from wrong in most situations, foolishness, doing only what pleases me and not God,
   
   irresponsibility, job-failures, idleness, laziness, silly excuses, stupidity, uncleanness, reckless living, being spendthrift, having no proper plans for life, rebellion, self-will, stubbornness, unteachableness.
   

3. I also forgive all those who have spoilt me in the past.
   I forgive my
   father, mother, foster mother and father, grandparents and other relatives,
   
   for not disciplining me when I did wrong as I was growing up,
   for encouraging me and condoning my sins when I did wrong,
   for allowing me to throw tantrums so that I always have my own way,
   
   for not teaching me right from wrong,
   for not giving me house-work,
   for not teaching me to be responsible for my work,
   
   for allowing me to spend money unwisely and loosely,
   for not teaching me to be clean and to be responsible for my cleanliness,
   for allowing me to destroy things and to disrupt other people's meetings.
   

4. Father God, I ask You to bless them right now. (Luke 6:27-28)
   May they come to know You and Your salvation through Your Son Jesus. 
   

5. Wash my sins away by the precious blood of Jesus.
   In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. (John 16:23)

6. EVERY SPIRIT OF DARKNESS THAT HAS GAINED ENTRY INTO MY LIFE
   BECAUSE OF MY EVIL RESPONSE WHEN I WAS SPOILT BY MY PARENTS AND BY OTHERS
   I OVERCOME YOU BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS, RIGHT NOW, IN JESUS' NAME.
   

7. IN JESUS' NAME, I BIND AND BREAK YOU HOLD OVER MY LIFE, RIGHT NOW.
   IN JESUS' NAME, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE ME AND NEVER RETURN.
   LEAVE WITH EVERY BREATH I BREATHE OUT.
   GO, IN JESUS' NAME.
   

8. SPIRITS OF
   SELFISHNESS, INDIFFERENCE TO OTHERS, CHILDISHNESS, SELF-PLEASING, DEMAND FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION, UNFAIR DEMANDS UPON OTHERS,
   
   UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER, SHORT TEMPER, SHOUTING, YELLING, SCREAMING, DESTRUCTION, DISRUPTION, RUDENESS, FOOLISHNESS,
   
   IRRESPONSIBILITY, JOB-FAILURES, IDLENESS, LAZINESS, SILLY EXCUSES, UNCLEANNESS, RECKLESS LIVING, SPENDTHRIFTNESS, ANARCHY.
   
   REBELLION, SELF-WILL, STUBBORNNESS, UNTEACHABLENESS, FANTASY, PARANOIA, INSANITY, MADNESS, ETC.,
   
   YOUR POWER OVER MY LIFE IS NOW BROKEN.
   LEAVE ME RIGHT NOW AND NEVER RETURN, IN JESUS' NAME.

9. Thank You, Father God, for the victory you have given to me through the precious blood of Jesus.
   Thank You for setting me free from every demonic oppression that has entered my life because of my evil response to being spoilt by others.
   

10. Dear Father, give me Your strength everyday to always obey you and walk in love towards others in all that I say, do or think.
    Let the power of Your Holy Spirit help me to walk in righteousness everyday.
    

11. Thank You Father for transforming me everyday, from glory to glory, into the likeness of Your Son Jesus Christ.
    

12. Thank You for Your love to me.
    Thanks You for all the good things You have done in my life.
    Help me to know and to enjoy more and more of Your love everyday, so that I may love others with Your love.
    

13. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Your thought

1. Name one evil habit that you see in children spoilt by their parents.
   How will this habit affect them when they grow up?
   

2. How do you tell the parents of a spoilt child that he is disrupting that church service or the Sunday School by his selfish acts?
   How would you discipline such a child in your class?