How do I know which door is open in my life?

Ask the Holy Spirit and watch the pattern. The door is usually adjacent to the recurring symptom — torment points to trauma or words, compulsion to sin or inheritance, dread to occult contact or fear.

Does shutting the door remove the demon automatically?

Shutting the door removes the permission; you still command the entity to go in the name of Jesus, and then fill the ground.

How do I keep the doors shut?

A daily rhythm: confession before sundown, forgiveness without delay, scripture aloud, and worship. Freedom is maintained, not stored.

The 8 Open Doors Demons Use (And How to Shut Them)

Demons do not have rights; they have permissions. Every permission comes through a door. Shut the door and the eviction holds — leave it open and the same spirit walks back in with reinforcements (Matthew 12:45).

Door 1 — Unrepented sin

Practised, defended sin gives place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Shut it: confess specifically, forsake actually, and put accountability in place.

Door 2 — Unforgiveness

Jesus tied unforgiveness directly to being delivered to the tormentors (Matthew 18:34-35). Shut it: forgive by name, release the debt, and bless the person.

Door 3 — Occult contact

Divination, mediums, horoscopes, charms, witchcraft, ancestral rites, secret oaths. Shut it: renounce each by name, destroy every object, and break every oath in the name of Jesus.

Door 4 — Trauma and fear

Trauma opens the soul; fear signs an agreement. Shut it: bring the memory to Jesus, renounce the fear that entered, and receive comfort in place of the vow you made in that moment.

Door 5 — Words and vows

Curses spoken over you and vows you spoke in pain hold power until revoked. Shut it: renounce each word, break agreement, and replace it with what God says about you.

Door 6 — Inheritance

Bloodline covenants, dedications, and altars raised by ancestors. Shut it: confess the sins of your fathers, break every covenant, and dedicate your line to Christ.

Door 7 — Objects and media

Cursed objects, idols, occult art, pornography and material that feeds the works of darkness. Shut it: remove and destroy it, then cleanse the house with prayer and anointing.

Door 8 — Idolatry of self

Pride, control and rebellion — which scripture equates with witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23). Shut it: submit to God, submit to accountable covering, and repent of independence.

The 8 Doors Demons Use — And How to Shut Them