Break Ungodly Soul Ties Who or What is Your Soul Ties Too? Study Guidy By: Mary Favors What is soul ties? The King James version uses three words (knit, cleave, and bound up) that all have the same meaning according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (Hebrew word 1692) of being "cling or adhere", "abide fast, fast together, follow close, be joined, keep, stick." A soul tie is the joining or knitting together of the bonds of a relationship. Godly soul ties occur when like-minded believers are together in the Lord: friends, marriage partners, believers to pastors, etc.Relationships that lackGod-centeredness can result in ungodly soul ties between friends, parents and children, siblings, marriage partners, former romantic or sexual partners, domineering authorities, etc. An unhealthy attachment with another can bring about a psychic control that can adversely affect or effect the life. "Affect" means "to alter" or "influence." "Effect" means "to accomplish." - A mother who refuses to relinquish her hold on her children (tied to her apron strings), - A person who refuses to release to the Lord the memory of an old romantic flame (withdrawing into nostalgia in times of loneliness), - A person who holds a grudge or a judgment against another, someone who uses spiritual forces to control others (witchcraft). For two people to bond to the point of a soul tie often takes time, particularly in the area of friendships. Man's soul consists of his mind, emotions, and will. A soul tie involves the joining of minds, ideas and views, as well as emotional unions in the feeling realm. (Divine Favors Publications www.divinefavorsbooks.com)