Ticks stealthily deposit their bacteria that brings disease. The spirochetes are like little spirals that screw into our central nervous system, organs, eyes, brains, etc. They can multiply and create co-infections.

Spiritual ticks burrow into the lining of our heart. They deposit toxic substances that destroy our health. You may have heard expressions such as burr in their saddle, something stuck in their craw, or prickly person ~ descriptions of folks with unresolved issues.

Bitter root judgments. Hebrews 12:15. Unforgiveness. Matthew 18:34-35. Perverse tongue. James 3:6. Bitterness. Acts 8:23. Negative thoughts. Matthew 15:19. Adultery. Proverbs 6:32. Stuck in the past. 2 Corinthians 5:17. Anger. Ephesians 4:26-27.

Walking in the fear of the Lord protects us from spiritual diseases. Proverbs 8:13 says, “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”