Hello friends. Below is a message that I wrote about the growing influence and popularity of the witch and occult movements in our society. I don’t think Christians could ignore their powerful influence anymore.
As I’m researching, I am discovering that the Catholics have extensive teachings on exorcism and demonology. I know topics like this is scary and very uncomfortable but I am now convinced that if we keep our “heads in the sand” about it, then we will suffer greatly from defeat upon defeat upon defeat. If you feel the same way, please download this podcast called the “Exorcist Files”. I’ve heard about this podcast about a year ago but I didn’t want to listen; but now I feel that I should listen and learn. The creator of this podcast is a Protestant journalist who has been documenting this Catholic priest, Father Martin who has extensive experience with exorcism and teachings on demonology.
This is a podcast interview with two evangelical Protestant pastors who are open to discussing the value of learning from Father Martin’s stories and teachings.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-exorcist-files/id1635371540?i=1000684157114
(For the Protestants like us, we have branched off from the Catholic Church over five hundred years ago by the great Catholic reformer monk, Martin Luther. However I’m discovering from my research that the Catholics have over two thousand years of church history and experiences. I know that we have our differences but we are allies. There are about 1.4 billion Catholics in the world and 85 million in the USA. Satan did a very good job of keeping us at war against one another in the last five hundred years. I’m so glad that there is more unity and collaboration between the Protestants and the Catholics today. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ! We are stronger and better together.)
If you want to learn more about this subject on exorcism and demonology from a Protestant pastor, then the late pastor Derek Prince has many great resources. His ministry does a great job of organizing his old teachings into categories.
Some of our young adult children are being sent to work in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. Shawn Bolz covers the entertainment industry often in his podcast. He did a good segment in here about the P. Diddy trial and shares how occultism and witchcraft are widespread in the Hollywood industry. I think it’s very wise to know about these things if your children are being sent out there to work. Please listen to this message and pray about sharing this information with them. If I was going out there, I would appreciate the heads-up about these things.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-shawn-bolz-show/id1620903955?i=1000709445411
If the supernatural subject is not your “cup of tea”, I understand. I wanted to keep my “head in the sand” about it for as long as possible. This interview is a very good one and non-supernatural. A super smart, Ivy Leaguer talks about his journey to faith in college and how a polygraph test to get an internship with the prestigious NSA made a huge impact on him to becoming born-again. God can use anything, including a polygraph test. 😃 It was a very good testimony.
If anyone is interested, I came across these Christian conferences.
KINGDOM BUSINESS WOMEN’S CONFERENCE – This is a conference that’s happening next week if anyone wants to sign up for their virtual event. Bonus it’s FREE!
https://www.kbawomensconference.com/fb-kingdom-1
LIFE SURGE is coming to Newark, NJ in July! Please register early since I heard that the one in Philadelphia was sold out. Please see their speakers. There are famous NFL athletes in the Newark event too.
This event looks incredible for anyone interested in counseling and coaching skills. It’s in September in Texas. You can sign up to attend virtually as well.
Have a wonderful and blessed day!
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 5:30 AM
Subject: Wicca witch religion + Genesis lecture for teenagers
Hello ladies!
1. I believe it’s time for me to share with you about the Wicca witch religion that is growing exponentially in the USA and across the world, especially amongst young women. I was alerted about this growth from these articles in 2018. It explained a lot of things, including why I, as soon as I became a prayer group leader, got so many spiritual attacks and attention by the enemy especially leading up to Halloween. There are many witch group meetings and seances during this time. Therefore, I have learned to pray aggressively and proactively throughout the month of October for our church leaders and our families. Church leadership is a big target in October. Last October, I breathed a great sigh of relief because less people gathered due to Covid. This year, I will resume again in praying aggressively, proactively and corporately in the power and leading of the Holy Spirit for our church, leaders, volunteers and families in the month of October.
– https://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-james-emery-white/more-witches-than-presbyterians.html
2. Testimonies of young ladies:
Focus on the Family, a Christian organization shares about Wicca religion, and a testimony of young lady who got into it deeply, and how she found deliverance and freedom in Jesus Christ:
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/the-hidden-traps-of-wicca/
Here is another teen girl who got into Wicca witch religion, and found deliverance and freedom in Jesus Christ, and now she is in deliverance and worship ministry:
Apostle Paul warned believers, it is good to be wise in what is good, and innocent in what is evil. That means, when I am doing research on anything that is unholy; I should learn enough to know for God’s kingdom work as a prayer intercessor, but I do not need to delve into the details of their beliefs lest I fall into their deception and temptation. Unless, the Holy Spirit clearly tells me to delve into the details further to educate the church about the dangers.
If you know of someone interested or already involved in the Wicca witch religion, please pray for them especially their salvation. If someone in your church or family is dabbling in witch groups, please warn them and even pray that God will allow very scary experiences so that they will run to Jesus Christ for deliverance and safety as these two teenagers did in the articles. Also, please warn them that they must actively fill themselves up with God’s word and stay close to God’s community of believers, or else they will end up in a worse state than before! This is Jesus’ warning recorded in Matthew 12.
I want to share with you a story that I read several years ago. I wish I had saved this story but I don’t remember where I read it. I only remembered that it was a pastor’s testimony. He was going through a tough painful illness and recovering from surgery at the hospital. His church was praying for his health and recovery. Whether in dream or vision, I don’t remember how he saw this; but he saw a loyal member of his church praying for him and her prayers were especially powerful for his healing and recovery, more than many church members combined. He was very convicted after seeing this because he rarely paid any attention to this church member because she was not very neat-looking, not mentally sharp, and socially awkward. But he saw in the spiritual realm that her prayers had great spiritual power during his personal health crisis. Also, she was the one who prayed the most for him because she was the least busy.
Why am I sharing this story with you? As divisions are rampant in the body of Christ from politics, personal and theological differences; be very careful who you sever relationships with. Their prayers may be what you need in a moment of your big personal crisis. In my ten years walking with the Lord, I have never burned any bridges in any relationships made in the body of Christ. If someone severs a relationship with me, I always do my best to reconcile our relationship because I know they need me as much as I need them. Our enemy is very real and actively plotting and working against us. We are safer and stronger together than apart. Also, please don’t judge by what you see as more effective and influential members in the church. God loves to use the weakest, humblest, quietest and meekest servants in His body so that no one will boast in themselves but give God all the glory.
By the way, I have learned that whenever I get spiritually attacked I double up in my prayers. If you have the gift of speaking in tongues, then do this even more. Wake up earlier to pray proactively and offensively. Sleeping is secondary at this point. You have to be aggressive when spiritually attacked so that unholy fear will not take root in your heart. As I was preparing this message yesterday for you, I was spiritually attacked. It just confirmed that this warning message needed to be delivered to you. So I prayed throughout the night, got up from bed at 4am and prayed with my gift of tongues for an hour and I believe I did damage to the enemy. You must be aggressive against the enemy’s assaults! In addition, I go straight to God and pour out my heart while crying like a baby. Being naturally self-sufficient, I think God is greatly moved when I cry out to Him for help. King David did that all the time too and you’ll see it while reading his psalms. So do not hold back your tears as you are pouring out your heart and brokenness to God. He can handle your pain and He will move heaven and earth to answer your prayers made in pain and brokenness. You just stay put, trust Him and do not be double-minded while waiting.
2. Dr Mortenson’s lecture for teenagers on the origins of life was excellent. Please subscribe to his apologetic group, answersingenesis.org
Please keep me and my family in your prayers. Thank you so much.
Bible verses referenced in my email:
Romans 16:18-20(AMP)
18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive]. 19 For the report of your obedience has reached everyone, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The [wonderful] grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Psalm 32:8-9
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.
Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Matthew 12:43-45 (NLT)
43 “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. 45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 (AMP)
27 But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty]. 28 God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, 29 so that no one may [be able to] boast in the presence of God.
Ephesians 6:10-11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. 11 Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
Journal of Faith 