Claim Your Property
"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you." — Joshua 1:3
The Ground the House Sits On
There is a second step that most believers never think of, and it explains why some houses will not stay clean.
Whenever you move to a new home, walk around the edge of the property and claim that ground for the Lord, asking Him to sanctify it holy to Himself, and to seal and protect it.
The house is one thing. The land is another.
If occult practice has taken place on a property, the enemy considers that ground his — and, in a legal sense, rightly so. It is not enough to clean out and seal the house. You must clean out and seal the ground it sits on as well.
Land Carries What Was Done On It
This is thoroughly biblical, and it is not a modern novelty.
"So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood defileth the land." (Numbers 35:33)
When Cain killed Abel, God said the blood "crieth unto me from the ground" (Genesis 4:10). The ground itself held testimony.
"The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant." (Isaiah 24:5)
And when God gave Israel the land, He gave it by treading: "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you" (Joshua 1:3). Possession involved physically walking the ground.
What You May Be Living On
You very likely do not know the history of your property. That is normal, and it is not an obstacle — God knows it even where the records do not.
But consider what may have happened there before you arrived: occult practice by previous occupants, violence, deaths, dedications made over the land or the building, or ordinary sustained wickedness.
You may also have contributed to it yourself. If you were involved in occult practice in your own home, that ground was given away by you. It must be taken back.
Point to Ponder
You cleaned the house. Did you ever deal with the ground it sits on?
Verse to Remember
"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you." — Joshua 1:3
Question to Consider
Do I know what happened on this ground before I lived here?
Today's Practice
Two parts today.
First, find out what you can. Look at the deed history. Search the address in local records or newspaper archives. Ask long-time neighbors what stood here before. Ask three questions: what was here, who lived here, and did anything happen here?
You may learn nothing. Proceed anyway.
Second, walk the boundary. Take oil and walk the actual edge of your property — the fence line, the corners, the driveway, the gate.
At each corner, anoint the ground and pray aloud:
"In the name of Jesus Christ, I claim this ground for the Lord. Father, I ask You to sanctify this land holy unto Yourself, to seal it, and to protect it.
I confess every sin ever committed on this property — bloodshed, violence, immorality, idolatry, occult ritual, and every dedication ever made over this ground. Cleanse it by the blood of Jesus Christ.
In His name I break every curse placed on this land, and I command every spirit claiming any right here to leave now and never return. This ground belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ."
If you rent, or live in an apartment, claim what is yours to claim — your unit, your doorway, your parking space. Do what is within your authority.
Prayer
Father, You made this earth and every part of it is Yours. But ground carries what has been done on it, and I do not know what was done here before I came.
You know. And whether I ever learn it or not, I ask You to cleanse it now.
I confess every sin committed on this ground — by previous owners, by previous occupants, and by me. Where I gave this ground away through my own practices, I take it back today in the name of Jesus Christ.
Sanctify this land holy unto Yourself. Seal it. Set Your angels around its borders.
In the name of Jesus Christ I break every curse on this property and command every spirit claiming right here to depart and never return.
This ground is Yours. Let Your peace rest upon it. Amen.
The enemy considers ground given to him to be his — and legally, he is right until it is taken back.