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Mediumship: Another Lure Placed Before Believers
The Lord has been leading us to write about a number of occult practices the Devil is now influencing Christians to get involved in. Few leaders have encouraged their congregations to pray for the genuine gifts of the Holy Spirit, and unfortunately Satan is now increasingly stepping in to fill that void.
The following is another case in point, posted by a woman at a Christian forum just this morning. Being alone and in a small town with little to do and no friends to keep her company, she got seduced into doing what she called "mediumship readings" for people. This likely referred to psychic readings through clairvoyance, only as I advised her, to do so opens one up as a medium for the wrong kinds of spirits to operate, and as her own account explains, it was now producing some rather negative consequences in her life as a result.
From her Introduction thread, entitled "Tips for Anxiety and Depression."
Hi everyone. It's my first time posting. I'm Christian and I am a mom to a ten year old, been married for a while now. A few years ago I moved to an area far from my immediate family. While I enjoy our life here, I've been really lonely and depressed at the same time. I'm being treated for that. I haven't made any friends, which is hard because back in my home city I had a lot of friends. Not for lack of trying, but it just hasn't happened yet. At least not anything more than superficial friendships.
I've always been incredibly empathetic and thoughtful about others, ever since I was a child. A year and a half ago, I started to do mediumship readings for other people, but it was short-lived because I realized that DUH, we as Christians just shouldn't be doing that. So, I stopped. I realized I had been sucked into something that we just shouldn't be messing with. During the time I was engaging in mediumship, I started to get really bad anxiety, even worse than before. And now I'm constantly worried terrible things are going to happen to my immediate family. I've had a few rough blows related to past relationships and abuse within them, so I'm almost "used" to bad things happening.
I felt like maybe someone on this forum would have some advice or tips on how to connect to God, to get relief from some anxiety, and just be closer to Him in general. I really need to heal and rest. Any response is appreciated. <3
I responded that the spirits she was giving herself to are the very reason she has been experiencing so many anxieties and fears now, but that there is a remedy:
Greetings, Ellie.
The first step would be to engage in all the activities that will fill you with HIS Spirit. Being a medium is essentially to become a go-between between a spirit (i.e. a demonic spirit) and the one you are trying to counsel in life matters, and that's why you are experiencing so many fears now. But God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power and a sound mind. So what you want to do is this:
1. Get in the word of God, because as scripture says, His words are Spirit and they are Life.
2. Engage in more worship, because scripture also says that God inhabits the praises of His people, and
3. Give yourself to more time of intensive prayer. I say intensive prayer because if you spend just a few moments you will not enter in, but if you give yourself to significant sessions of prayer, the Holy Spirit will eventually begin taking over your prayers as you let Him begin to do the praying through you.
Those would be the three main things you need in order to drive the spirit of fear out and replace it with the Spirit of Power, Love and a Sound Mind.
Blessings in Christ and welcome to Christian forums. We hope you benefit from being a member here.
Hidden
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As she stated in her own confession, it would seem obvious to Christians not to dabble in such practices, but believers are not solely to blame here. Satan is working overtime to turn Christianity into various forms of occultism, and church leaders should quite honestly be doing a better job of warning Christians about these growing trends.
Original Thread:
The Lord has been leading us to write about a number of occult practices the Devil is now influencing Christians to get involved in. Few leaders have encouraged their congregations to pray for the genuine gifts of the Holy Spirit, and unfortunately Satan is now increasingly stepping in to fill that void.
The following is another case in point, posted by a woman at a Christian forum just this morning. Being alone and in a small town with little to do and no friends to keep her company, she got seduced into doing what she called "mediumship readings" for people. This likely referred to psychic readings through clairvoyance, only as I advised her, to do so opens one up as a medium for the wrong kinds of spirits to operate, and as her own account explains, it was now producing some rather negative consequences in her life as a result.
From her Introduction thread, entitled "Tips for Anxiety and Depression."
Hi everyone. It's my first time posting. I'm Christian and I am a mom to a ten year old, been married for a while now. A few years ago I moved to an area far from my immediate family. While I enjoy our life here, I've been really lonely and depressed at the same time. I'm being treated for that. I haven't made any friends, which is hard because back in my home city I had a lot of friends. Not for lack of trying, but it just hasn't happened yet. At least not anything more than superficial friendships.
I've always been incredibly empathetic and thoughtful about others, ever since I was a child. A year and a half ago, I started to do mediumship readings for other people, but it was short-lived because I realized that DUH, we as Christians just shouldn't be doing that. So, I stopped. I realized I had been sucked into something that we just shouldn't be messing with. During the time I was engaging in mediumship, I started to get really bad anxiety, even worse than before. And now I'm constantly worried terrible things are going to happen to my immediate family. I've had a few rough blows related to past relationships and abuse within them, so I'm almost "used" to bad things happening.
I felt like maybe someone on this forum would have some advice or tips on how to connect to God, to get relief from some anxiety, and just be closer to Him in general. I really need to heal and rest. Any response is appreciated. <3
I responded that the spirits she was giving herself to are the very reason she has been experiencing so many anxieties and fears now, but that there is a remedy:
Greetings, Ellie.
The first step would be to engage in all the activities that will fill you with HIS Spirit. Being a medium is essentially to become a go-between between a spirit (i.e. a demonic spirit) and the one you are trying to counsel in life matters, and that's why you are experiencing so many fears now. But God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power and a sound mind. So what you want to do is this:
1. Get in the word of God, because as scripture says, His words are Spirit and they are Life.
2. Engage in more worship, because scripture also says that God inhabits the praises of His people, and
3. Give yourself to more time of intensive prayer. I say intensive prayer because if you spend just a few moments you will not enter in, but if you give yourself to significant sessions of prayer, the Holy Spirit will eventually begin taking over your prayers as you let Him begin to do the praying through you.
Those would be the three main things you need in order to drive the spirit of fear out and replace it with the Spirit of Power, Love and a Sound Mind.
Blessings in Christ and welcome to Christian forums. We hope you benefit from being a member here.
Hidden
___________________________
As she stated in her own confession, it would seem obvious to Christians not to dabble in such practices, but believers are not solely to blame here. Satan is working overtime to turn Christianity into various forms of occultism, and church leaders should quite honestly be doing a better job of warning Christians about these growing trends.
Original Thread:
Tips for anxiety and depression
Hi everyone. It's my first time posting. I'm Christian and I am a mom to a ten year old, been married for a while now. A few years ago I moved to an area far from my immediate family. While I enjoy our life here, I've been really lonely and depressed at the same time. I'm being treated for...
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