Torment

[missi]

I'm a new member here and I signed up because I needed fellowship. I don't do well in church because I don't find the youth ministry there to be people I could be friends with or have a fellowship with, and my university ain't helping me either -- I'm not a part of any Christian organization there 'cause I can't find the headquarters of Campus Crusade for Christ. Anyway, I am in total need of your help, fellow Christians -- especially now.

I don't know if 'torment' qualifies to be a part of the 'Demonic Dreams?' thread, because my problem is somewhat like that, however it extends to something more than just dreams.

You see, I'm a teenager and I used to love fantasy fiction (I don't anymore as I started to see fantasy fiction in a new light) and anime (regardless of the anime's content, except for hentai, of course). When I started watching FullMetal Alchemist, I started having awful nightmares but I just ignored them at first and they wore off. After finishing the 52-episode series, I watched its sequel, The Conqueror of Shamballa, and then when I slept the night I watched that, I had a really, really terrible dream.

The dream was about this non-human creature who appeared to be a completely innocent girl. And then she started to eat the right part of her face and her right arm (or was it the left? I don't remember), and then scooped blood out of her self-inflicted large, large wounds and drank it. It was horrifying and I was crying when I woke up. I suddenly figured it was connected to the FMA series as it had homunculi, non-human creatures (usually made from mandrake roots, according to myth) that can inflict injury upon themselves and not feel it or care.

A similar incident happened when I bought my first Death Note notebook. Death Note, as you may know, is the anime about this deranged Japanese teenager who sees himself as the "god of the new world" when he finds a notebook that allows a person to kill anyone he wants as long as he knows the victim's name and face. The notebook, called the Death Note according to Japanese mythology, comes from the Shinigami, gods of death. These Death Notes are what the Shinigami use to kill people.

I never used my Death Note notebook, though. It was far too frightening as using it may make me a murderer.

From the time I bought the notebook, I started having bad dreams, although they weren't as bad as the FMA dream, but they were still bad. I decided to give up the notebook even if it cost a lot.

And now, well, for the past few weeks I've started liking the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. I know it's not proper and good for Christians, as God detests sorcery and the like. I see that clearly now, but during the past few weeks I obviously didn't.

I figured, since C.S. Lewis' Narnia series (the Narnia series appears to be a Biblical allegory) and the Tolkien LOTR trilogy are supported by many Christians, and they've all got magic in them, what on Earth must be wrong with Harry Potter?

So I looked up HP and I've found out that it wasn't so bad compared to Narnia or LOTR -- only that it's got more wizards and less elves and dwarfs.

My dad doesn't allow me to read the HP series, but he did allow me to read Narnia and LOTR. So I figured it must be fair that I read the HP series too, as it wasn't anything different from Narnia and LOTR at all.

I started watching the HP movies, without reading the books, and I was right -- it wasn't any different: Dumbledore is to Gandalf, etc etc.

And then I started having bad dreams again. It wasn't really anything like the FMA or the Death Note dreams, it was just light-sleeper-ness -- I kept waking up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. I lost peace.

And when I was already up, I can't go back to sleep quickly, and I kept being afraid of the sounds going on outside of the house. There wasn't any specially scary sound but the flapping of birds' wings or batwings or the howling of trees, but still.

Since I hadn't had much sleep during those nights, I eventually got tired everyday and I was barely any help around the house. I couldn't move my body much because it was lacking rest.

Furthermore, when I'm awake, now this is my main problem -- I feel perfect torment. It's just the sort that you lack peace and you feel scared of something and you know what it is but you just don't know how you'd start to attack it and that you feel so alone and you just wanna cry and go to God and hug Him and have Him hug you back so tight, literally, so that you'd get the sense of security.

Now, maybe you'd all get the idea that it was Harry Potter that caused this, but I don't think it's the only thing that caused this -- although one of my dreams had a vivid image of Nagini, Voldemort's rotten pet snake, following me around this strange white wooden maze-like house.

I started looking up things regarding C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. Now I don't mean to mess up their reputation to you guys as I respect them a lot, it's just that I've found several things that totally make Lewis lose credibility as a Christian. I didn't really take the sources' persuasive rhetoric into consideration -- what I did take was quotes from Lewis from his books and whatsoevers. It turns out Lewis has several beliefs that have been totally twisted by his fascination with pagan mythology.

I was right. Harry Potter and Narnia and LOTR aren't at all different: a bunch of sorcery and magic here and there, with good wins over evil here and there, and several Christian values here and there. It still had sorcery nonetheless.

I used to love Greek mythology and regular fairy tales but when I found this issue about Lewis, I decided to give up those fairy tales and all as I do not want to have faith twisted with fascination.

And now I see how it is to be truly Christian: to follow God all the way through -- no detours or shortcuts or stops-at-anywhere or my-very-own-routes. It's God's map, God's directions, God's will -- my life belongs to Him and Him alone and it should be like that, no matter how nice the things the world offers appear to be.

I began to be depressed about Lewis and for my love of fantasy fiction. The torment became worse. The light-sleeper-ness wore off, however, thank God.

Now I know what I have to do: give up fantasy fiction. And that's exactly what I'll do. The thing is, I can't give up the Narnia books. I've grown up with them and this is the only time they're bothering me. Even Disney's Snow White bothered me once, but now it totally doesn't. I don't really know what to do with Narnia. Harry Potter doesn't bother me as much as Narnia anymore because I've lost taste for the world of magic (and the Potter series became boring when the kids started to be romantically involved with people). All I want is for this torment to completely end.

Please give me some advice, with reference to the Bible, if you may. Please, just please. And very sorry for the very long message. Thanks a lot and God bless you people. =)


P.S.: Satan is perfectly dreadful: after my decision to give up fantasy fiction, he started tormenting me with temptation. Ever since I was a young kid I've had this problem with sexuality (I'm no pervert, I assure you, it's just that seeing porn makes me sin - a lot.)... He gives me visions of naked women and men and the like -- ugh. Disgusting. Please don't judge me as a sad perverted girl, because I'm not. It's just torment and it sucks.

 

[ImmanuelWithUs]

You're right - you cannot give up anything, but the Lord's precious Holy Spirit inside of you CAN. Pray for the Holy Spirit to take over your thoughts and your life. Pray for guidance from the Lord. The Bible says that anyone who comes to Jesus will never be disappointed. You cannot fail because, if you're a Christian and possess the Holy Spirit, the Lord has already fought and won ALL your battles for you. Satan has already been defeated by the cross of Christ.

"Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world." Rejoice and accept the fact that God already has and will continue to keep and sustain you; He'll continue working on you from the inside out until He's done with you. FEAR NOT! He said to the apostles during the storm while He was walking on the water to them, and He says the same thing to you, my friend! If you are in Christ, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit; you are safe.

What helps me when I feel horrible nightmares, thoughts, and fears coming into my mind is if I say "I listen only to the voice of my Shepard!" Immediately rebuke the thoughts as attacks from Satan.

One more thing - please know and remember that all Christians will be persecuted from time to time, some more than others, this side of the cross.

 

[judgement]

i pray this helps,may you be set free

you need to be set free - 10-13-08, 12:09 AM

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The Bible speaks of only two types of people—the saved and the lost. At other times those two types of people are described in other ways such as children of God and children of the devil. They may also be referred to as either sheep or goats and the list goes on and on. But when we come to Romans 6 there is an important choice of terms that is especially relevant in our dark day of moral decline and rampant heretical teachings. Paul wrote:



Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life (Rom. 6:16-22).




Which Kind of Slave are You?




What a powerful and clear refutation to the mix of pablum and candy-coated poisonous teachings that proliferate the pulpits of the world. Many don’t even know those precious truths of the Christian faith exist. These are the following points to remember from that Roman’s passage:




• One is either a slave to sin or a slave to obedience

• Obedience leads to righteousness

• All unsaved people are slaves to sin

• All saved people are set free from sin’s slavery

at salvation

• Christians are slaves to righteousness

• Being a slave to righteousness leads to holiness

• Christians are ashamed of their past life of sin

• The benefit of being set free from sin and being a slave to God leads to holiness resulting in ETERNAL LIFE

i pray this helps, and i will post scriptures that show how one is saved may JESUS our LORD set you free.

 

[judgement]

scriptures that talk on how to be saved

scriptures that talk on how to be saved - 12-06-08, 10:19 PM

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how a man, woman and child is saved from there sins.
what does it mean to believe in the gospel.? to believe means to trust, put faith in adhere to, receive. personal trust in the lord Jesus Christ in what he has done saves the soul. [this belief is not just head knowledge in ones head,] but faith in ones heart. for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;( Jesus) and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ( Romans 10:10).
the gospel of Jesus Christ, Christ died, was buried, and rose again the third day.

moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. for I delivered unto you first of all which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried , and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"( 1st Corinthians 15:1-4).IN WHOM YOU ALSO TRUSTED , AFTER THAT YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION: IN WHOM ALSO AFTER THAT YOU BELIEVED, YOU WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. Ephesians 1:12-13). THAT THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF GLORY, MAY GIVE UNTO YOU THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. Ephesians 1:17).

but I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. for I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ." Galatians 1:11-12).

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of god to salvation to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

for the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of god.

But as many as received him, JESUS) to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: john 1:-12}.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. john 1:13}.

JESUS said this in the book of Luke (24:44-47). Then he said to them, these are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of MOSES and the PROPHETS and the PSALMS must be FULFILLED." then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, THUS IT IS WRITTEN, that the CHRIST should SUFFER and on the THIRD DAY RISE FROM THE DEAD, and that REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS of SINS should be PROCLAIMED IN HIS NAME TO ALL NATIONS, BEGINNING FROM JERUSALEM.

REPENTANCE IS A CHANGE OF HEART/mind WHICH CAUSES YOU TO TURN TOWARD GOD AND AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENT SINFUL WAY OF LIFE, AND TURNING TO CHRIST FOR FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS.
TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS, AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS, REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD, AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. acts 20:21). BUT SHOWED first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the gentiles, that they should REPENT AND TURN TO GOD, AND DO WORKS MEET SUITABLE) FOR REPENTANCE. ACTS 26:20).


Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the WORLD PRODUCES DEATH. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10.

2. Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of GOD leads you to repentance. Romans 2:4 Why do we need a savior, God says for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23}.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by Sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have SINNED. Romans 5:12}.

FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH;" Romans 6:23}.

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Ecclesiastes 7:20}.

WE need JESUS because of our heart condition. THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED: WHO CAN KNOW IT?" Jeremiah 17:9).

FOR FROM WITHIN, OUT OF THE HEART OF MEN, PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, MURDERS, THEFTS, COVETOUSNESS, WICKEDNESS, DECEIT, LASCIVIOUSNESS, AN EVIL EYE, BLASPHEMY, PRIDE, FOOLISHNESS: ALL THESE EVIL THINGS COME FROM WITHIN, AND DEFILE THE MAN. mark 7:21-23).

GOD SAID THESE PEOPLE WHO DIE IN THESE SINS WILL NOT GET INTO HEAVEN.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, Lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, Hatred, Variance, emulations, Wrath, Strife, Seditions, Heresies, Envying, Murders, Drunkenness, Revel lings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. GALATIANS 5:19-21).

BUT the FEARFUL, and UNBELIEVING, and the ABOMINABLE, and MURDERS, and WHOREMONGERS, and SORCERERS, and IDOLATERS, and all LIARS, shall have their part in the LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH. revelations 21:8).

AND even as they did not like to retain GOD in their KNOWLEDGE, GOD gave them over to a REPROBATE mind, to do those things which are not CONVENIENT; being filled with all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, FORNICATION, WICKEDNESS, COVETOUSNESS, MALICIOUSNESS; FULL OF ENVY, MURDER, DEBATE, DECEIT, MALIGNITY; WHISPERERS BACKBITERS, HATERS OF GOD, DESPITEFUL, PROUD, BOASTERS, INVENTORS OF EVIL THINGS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, COVENANT BREAKERS, WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, IMPLACABLE, UNMERCIFUL:

WHO KNOWING THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO THE SAME, BUT HAVE PLEASURE IN THEM THAT DO THEM. Romans 1:28-32).

"FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN. proverbs 14:9}.

AND AS IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT:. Hebrews 9:27).

AND THIS IS WHY A MAN AND A WOMAN DO NOT COME TO JESUS FOR SALVATION. AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION: THAT LIGHT Jesus) IS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN THE LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL.

FOR EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVIL HATETH THE LIGHT, NEITHER COMETH TO THE LIGHT, LEST HIS DEEDS SHOULD BE REPROVED.

BUT HE THAT DOETH TRUTH COMETH TO THE LIGHT, THAT HIS DEEDS MAY BE MADE MANIFEST, THAT THEY ARE WROUGHT IN GOD. john 3:19-21).

A warning from GOD to those that don't believe in the gospel and why.

In whom the god Satan), of this world hath BLINDED the minds of them which BELIEVE NOT, least the light of the GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST, who is the IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE UNTO THEM.{2 Corinthians 4:4}.

Because of our SIN, we DESERVE DEATH, ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, the WRATH OF GOD. But GOD, because he loves us, has provided a means to have eternal life with him. that means is the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

BUT GOD commendeth his love toward us, in that, while WE were yet SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US." Romans 5:8).

FOR CHRIST also hath once SUFFERED for SINS, the JUST for the UNJUST, that he might bring us to GOD, being put to DEATH in the FLESH, but quickened by the SPIRIT."(1 peter 3:18).

what will the blood of JESUS do?
WHOM GOD hath set forth to be a propitiation through FAITH IN HIS BLOOD." Romans 3:25).

UNTO him that LOVED us, and WASHED us from our SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD", revelation 1:5).

AND the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin."(1 JOHN 1:7).

IN whom we have redemption through his BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS." Ephesians 1:7).

AND having made PEACE through the BLOOD OF HIS CROSS, by him to RECONCILE all things unto HIMSELF," Colossians 1:20).

MUCH MORE THEN, BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM." Romans 5:9).

AGAIN you must RECEIVE HIM. nobody is born into salvation you must be BORN AGAIN OF GODS SPIRIT.

BEING BORN AGAIN, NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, BUT INCORRUPTIBLE, BY THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH LIVETH AND ABIDETH FOR EVER.(1 peter 1:23).

THAT if thou shalt confess with thy MOUTH the LORD JESUS, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that GOD hath RAISED him from the DEAD, thou shalt be SAVED. FOR with the HEART MAN believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS; Jesus) and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto SALVATION. FOR the SCRIPTURE saith, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED.

FOR WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the LORD SHALL BE SAVED. Romans 10:9-13).

DEAR soul, you cannot earn the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD by good DEEDS, CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, SACRAMENTS, BAPTISM, or ANYTHING that YOU DO. IF YOU DO SOMETHING FOR IT, then it is SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

THE BIBLE SAYS, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to HIS MERCY HE SAVED US." Titus 3:5).

BUT to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for RIGHTEOUSNESS." Romans 4:5).

EVEN the RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD which is by FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE." Romans 3:22).

FOR by grace are you SAVED through FAITH; and that not of YOURSELVES: it is the GIFT of GOD: not of WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. Ephesians 2:8).

know you not that the UNRIGHTEOUS shall not inherit the KINGDOM OF GOD. BE NOT DECEIVED: NEITHER FORNICATORS, NOR IDOLATERS, NOR ADULTERERS, NOR EFFEMINATE, NOR ABUSERS OF THEMSELVES WITH MANKIND, NOR THIEVES, NOR COVETOUS, NOR DRUNKARDS, NOR REVILERS, NOR EXTORTIONERS, SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.(1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

AND the WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL" psalm 9:17).

AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. revelations 20:15).

MY prayer is that you go to your BIBLES and read the SCRIPTURES, the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are able to make you WISE unto SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT, THOROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS.(2 timothy 3:15-17).

21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Ezekiel 18:21-28

8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3

12And they went out, and preached that men should repent. mark 6:12

15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. mark 1:15

 

[beam]

Hi there missi, God's blessings of freedom and peace be on you in Jesus name,

I would suggest three things straight away.

1. Repent - Psalm 51:4 / Romans 3:23 / 1 John 1:9 / Luke 15:18
2. Burn, (do not throw away or resell) every item, picture, music, clothing, books, ornaments, reciepts, everything that you have that is connected to ANY form of darkness Deuteronomy 7:5,6 & 25/ Deuteronomy 18:9 / 2 Corinthians 6:17
3. Go for deliverance - Isaiah 52:11 / 2 Corinthians 7:1 (this scripture tells us that our spirits can be defiled as well)

I am sure you have already repented to the Lord for your involvement with this satanic stuff. But because of the broad spectrum and very deep rooted ancient demonic spiritual witchcraft you have opened up many doors to demonic influences. So there are many things that you need to NAME when repenting such as idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, fear, superstition, sorcery, fantasy, lust, bloodthirst, vengeance, secrecy, to name but a few.

If you are interested in going for deliverance i am sure Chad could refer you to someone or else i will help you to find someone close to you.
This type of repenting is usually done in a deliverance session and the person assisting you will also be shown by the Holy Spirit exactly whats going on.

Even though you have left the fantasy movies and games, you will be very drawn to other things that may surprise you, because you have allowed a 'gatekeeper' into your life who is a 'strongman' and it has the right to allow other demonic forces in. These strongholds must be broken in your life and judging by what you have shared this is a serious situation, you cannot just leave it like it is and hope for the best, you need to get to someone with alot of experience and totally filled with the Holy Spirit.

Did you know that your money (your silver and gold) that you paid for those items, was your first sacrifice you made to those demons. You allowed them in through your gateways. Every orifice on your body is a gateway to your soul and then to your spirit. You allowed them in through your eyes and ears, now they want your touching senses to be used and your sexual parts too.

By doing a sin over and over and over we allow a 'stronghold' to be built up and then we inevitably wind up building an 'altar' and every time that sin is commited it is actually a sacrifice we place on that altar as an offering to the demons and satan.

I am praying for you, God bless you with wisdom and surround you with His holy fire in Jesus name amen

best regards
beam

 

[beam]

scriptures that talk on how to be saved - 12-06-08, 10:19 PM

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Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the WORLD PRODUCES DEATH. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10.


THE BIBLE SAYS, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to HIS MERCY HE SAVED US." Titus 3:5).

Amen to everything but especially 2 Corinthians 7:9-10

Missi, i am also very very glad about your current attitude toward the Lord, there are many many others out there who are in deep bondage to what you have just barely escaped from, all glory be to God, He definately has His eye on you.

You are needed to help set others free, the harvest is ready but the laborers are few, Lord i pray that missi will be one of your fervent laborers in Jesus name amen

regards
beam

 

[trucker]

Missi, one of the first things you need to know is that as a christian the devil was defeated for you at the cross. The only power he has over you is your lack of knowledge of what Christ did for you at the cross, that your past is over and that you are a new creature in Christ, the old has passed away

Satan was stripped of his authority on earth by Christ when he rose from the dead. Read Colossians chapters one and two. Christ then gave you total authority over the devil and that includes torment. Please read the book of Romans, especially the first 8 chapters. It explains that you are dead to sin and alive unto Christ and his very spirit dwells in you now. Romans 12: 1-2 tells us the number one problems christians deal with, its the mind and our thought process. Once you get born again, you have to renew your mind to who you NOW are in Christ and begin to let the past fade away.

Stay away from influences that will corrupt your thinking. Be diligent to guard your heart and not allow ungodly things to affect it. You renew your mind by reading about who you are in Christ. You see, you are now a whole new person and you have to lay aside the old you and your old way of doing things. This is a process.

As far as dreams, when you have them, wake up, speak against the demonic influences and command them in Jesus name to leave.

As a born again christian you have been taken out of the kingdom of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of God. You are no longer a part of the dark kingdom.

There are two Kingdoms operating here on the earth, the kingdom of darkness ruled by satan and those who follow the world system and the Kingdom of God. These two kingdoms butt heads all the time and they both operate differently. The world system and Gods system coexist together. If you want to see this, read Matt chapters 3-6. It contrast the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of darkness. That is why Matt 6:33 tells us to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Once you understand your righteousness is from him and him alone, you then can overcome the kingdom of darkness because God has given you authority over it. Again, its a learning process.

If you are viewing porn and things that affect your emotional and mental realm, you will have a tough time with walking in the Kingdom of God. your thoughts will mess you up and sin will condemn you and make it hard for you to follow God.

Stay to the best of your ability away from sin. It will Jack you up!

This may seem to simple, but God and his grace will see you through all your difficult times and will guide you on a daily basis.

God bless you,

Trucker

 

[Gracealone]

missie,
What in the world are you doing?!!!!
A christian, and messing around with the occult?
STOP IT!
That simple ,for God gave a command to have nothing to do with that sort of thing!
Read your Bible, every day, and you will be set free.

Make your calling and election sure, for Satan will not, cannot, posses a
body, and life born again, and the spirit of Christ dwelling in them.
Stop playing around with evil.
You make choices every day, but the consequences of bad choices you cant choose.
Feast on Gods word instead. Deuteronomy 18:10 says: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits ,or a wizard, or a necromancer, for ALL these things are an abomination unto the Lord......

Ask God to forgive you, and stop doing this!
You alone are resonsible .
God loves you, so walk in obedience with him, not devided, and playing around with the devil!

 

[missi]

thanks everyone

missie,
What in the world are you doing?!!!!
A christian, and messing around with the occult?
STOP IT!

Errmm... I'm not really messing with the occult... I mean I didn't mean to... it's just like when a kid loves reading Grimm's Fairy Tales or watching Disney movies with magic in them... only extending further into deeper mythology. =)

If you are viewing porn and things that affect your emotional and mental realm, you will have a tough time with walking in the Kingdom of God. your thoughts will mess you up and sin will condemn you and make it hard for you to follow God.

nah I don't view porn... y'know how the devil works sometimes ~ he plants several images into your mind that tempt you to do something: whether it is to make you angry or whatever... and then to make it worse... out of 'coincidence',, you get to see this adult magazine with a naked person on it then you quickly turn your head away from it but then you realize that the disgusting cover's image is already implanted into your mind.... that's the torment there... it's quite easy to get away from things like those but the problem is it stays in your mind, and even if you don't pay attention to it you're not really sure if you're sinning or not as you keep seeing it even without willing to do so..

1. Repent - Psalm 51:4 / Romans 3:23 / 1 John 1:9 / Luke 15:18
2. Burn, (do not throw away or resell) every item, picture, music, clothing, books, ornaments, reciepts, everything that you have that is connected to ANY form of darkness Deuteronomy 7:5,6 & 25/ Deuteronomy 18:9 / 2 Corinthians 6:17
3. Go for deliverance - Isaiah 52:11 / 2 Corinthians 7:1 (this scripture tells us that our spirits can be defiled as well)

thanks. I've never really seen the error of my ways back then even when my dad kept telling me that the seemingly 'innocent' posters of Disney's Snow White at the back of my cabinet were actually what was causing me to be afraid of something I don't know or I think I may see... I just usually thought of them as completely innocent and have no sense of evil as the witch was gotten rid of eventually. It was so stupid of me. Now I'm just gonna have to get rid of them and burn them all up. Man, I've used up a lot of money for the devil without having realized it. I feel awful. I have a whole collection of fantasy fiction in my room... which was why I always felt this aura of darkness whenever I enter that room (I don't sleep in that room, it's just a storage room for clothes and books) ~ it's as if there was something brooding there and was waiting to pounce and gobble up the person entering it. I got rid of several things, but some of those I gave away to people: I gave them away because I didn't have them with me - they were borrowed and were never returned as the borrower and I never had the time to get together. I think that would be my mistake? What should I do if I have already given away some of the dark stuff when I shoulda burned them?


Thank you all so much for the help and the prayers. God bless all of you. =)

 

[Gracealone]

Bless your heart missi,
Just want to say one thing missi, so you dont get weighed down
over a needless burden..
Temptation and sin are two different things.
We are often tempted, but sin is when we put it into practice.

Go back and read about Joseph.

When Potiphars wife tried to tempt him to have sex with her, he turned and ran!
God has promised to make a way of escape, and I believe to turn and run the other way is the best answer to that.

We are not to lean to our own understanding ,(make excuse) but in ALL our ways acknowledge him, and he will direct our paths.
He promised, and we can count on him to keep them.

God loves you SO much, and all he desires is for us to walk in obedience and thereby show our love for him.
Bless your heart for your honesty, like King David, that ,as he said is a person after his own heart!
Now, turn and follow him in spirit, and in truth.:friends:
Love your honest spirit, and know God will bless you abundantly

 

[shipwreck]

Hi Missi, I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time i myself have struggled with this. I nolonger look at porn but becuase of my past relationships and veiwing of such things my mind was poisoned
i do not struggle as i once did but sometimes these images still haunt me it's nothing i can change but through Christ i've found help I beleive that we all struggle from past mistakes. you may not be able to change the past but through Christ you can overcome and the longer you refuse these thoughts and temptations of the flesh the easier it will become. You are not alone here there are many who struggle from this same problem. When these problems arise go to the Lord in prayer He will provide a way out. remember when we give ourselves to Christ we are nolonger slaves to sin the Lord will give you strength to overcome. i will be praying for you and may the Lord bless you and give you the strength to overcome. Godbless you in Christ's love

 

[beam]

What should I do if I have already given away some of the dark stuff when I shoulda burned them?

=)

Hi there missi,

God bless you in making the right decisions. You are really needed in the army of the Lord. God has work for you to do girlfriend.

The stuff you have already given away...we pray. Father we ask you to forgive us for all sins committed known and unknown, forgive us for willfull sins and may they not rule over us in Jesus name. Lord the stuff that is already out of missi's hands, please will you take care of that, may those cursed things be nullified and cancelled and broken and destroyed. may they do no further damage in Jesus name. thank you Father for loving us and taking such good care of us. You are a good God Lord, you are good to us all the time, we love you Father, we appreciate you and praise you our King. amen

Your journey has begun, your heart has begun it's pilgrimage toward eternal life with the lover of your soul...Jesus.

All my love in Christ
beam

p.s. something to keep in mind...every thrill satan tries to tempt you with is a counterfeit of the real thing. GOD IS THE REAL DEAL..AND FOR ALL ETERNITY WE WILL HAVE THE BLAST OF OUR LIVES. REMEMBER GIRL...THEIR AINT NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING !!