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The point of sharing Ezekiel 18 was so that you could see God's heart of love and compassion......that He's ready and willing to forgive us our sins no matter what they are if we'll repent and believe in HIm.
I'm sorry you're struggling, but until you believe that God is more powerful that Satan is, you're going to continue in this awful life.
The blood of Christ has rendered Satan powerless in our lives when we're born again. He made a spectacle of them and triumphed over them. That's why you need to read God's word. You don't realize that the enemy has no power in your life anymore - so you give him power to rule over you by listening and believing his lies.
Read what the Lord has done for us.
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. Colossians 2:8-15
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:1-10
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Thank you for your comment. Here is the truth though, I DO KNOW what I should be really doing is studying,actually drinking and eating the bible...but it's hard when my mind easily drifts up from whatever I am reading. My thoughts completely deviates from whatever I am reading or listening.
I was already like that as a kid. But I know this is NOT from me.
Here's how I know it:I mainly get the most distracted when I am doing, thinking reading or listening to something important. The more important it is the easier I get distracted.
Second , I just can't find the right church to go, where I feel can belong.
Third. You are right...I should be fearing and trusting more God than my enemies or future persecution.
I was already like that as a kid. But I know this is NOT from me.
Here's how I know it:I mainly get the most distracted when I am doing, thinking reading or listening to something important. The more important it is the easier I get distracted.
Second , I just can't find the right church to go, where I feel can belong.
Third. You are right...I should be fearing and trusting more God than my enemies or future persecution.
Ill add you to my daily prayers sister. and remind you that Christ Jesus has removed every curse of the Law for those of faith
galatians 3:13-14 "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
galatians 3:13-14 "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
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Yes...somehow though God left me on the hands of my enemies, in such manner that I had to go through grave persecution and confusion. Not the worst persecution but still grave persecution. I know God is fair so the fault was mine. Remember Job?He did nothing wrong and so many bad things happened to him. I know I did wrong things, and didn't go through half of what he did, thank God. I had days in which I'd cry everyday because of the confusion, due to general ignorance. I wouldn't even pray , so blind I was. Thanks to the word and testimonies my ignorance has been diminished.
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Hi Taise, my name is Maria, from Spain. I also did Yoga and stupid (and expensive) things in my past similar to the ones you mention. I was also a feminist writer before returning to religion, recently became a Christian fleeing from a Catholic background. I am reading you and I see you had some bout of OCD during adolescence. I suffer from OCD and these obsessions about being attacked by demons or curses or things we cannot control and that only exist in a mental plane sounds just too familiar. By what you say, you might be having OCD again, religious OCD is called scruples and it is very crippling. I won't go into details of what went through my mind during my bout when I went back to religion and realised these practises (chakra stuff and such) are wrong. Besides, I was working for a people who were related to masonry, I didn't know it and I am scared of conspiracies and such. So I almost went nuts with fear. The thing is it was all OCD, I went to the doctor and I am taking medication now. My head is clear, I know I am not pursued or tormented by demons or masons, I am protected by the Lord and those terrible thoughts have been gradually ceasing. What I mean is that instead of being worried about generational curses (the advice here is right, there is no such thing if you are saved) or having scruples about your past or your ancestors' past you should mention this anguish to a doctor. OCD is characterised by worry about terrible things we can't control and that overpower us, basically death, pain, condemnation, illness. Please think about it. I will be praying for you knowing the Lord is already protecting and guiding you and blocking the way to any demons that might want to torment you. Have faith and take care of your health dear, I hope my advice doesn't bother you. Many many many blessings dear.
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Hello.Thanks for praying for me, God bless you.Btw, if I have OCD it differs greatly from the type of OCD I had in adolescence. The one OCD from adolesce would be the type in which I would for example have thoughts of the sort:If I don't knuckle the wood/or walk from the one extremity of my bedroom 27 times I/certain person/my pet will die in a car crash, so doing it would save me or somebody or the pet.And so I would knuckle on the wood or walk from one extremity of my bedroom to another 27 times. Then I'd have this compulsive thought of it not being enough so 27 more times. It was sorta like that. This was the type of ocd, I had. By 14 it faded away THANKS TO GOD. Didn't even know I had ocd now btw didn't even consider it
Will ask God to cure me it if it is really ocd.
Will ask God to cure me it if it is really ocd.
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I will pray for you and hope I am wrong in my assumption and this is no OCD because it's quite a party. Nevertheless, if you still want to look into it, look for scruples on Google, which is religious OCD, perhaps St. Ignatius of Loyola. Information will do no harm to you and if I'm wrong the much better. May God bless you endlessly.
Deliverance from Deuteronomy 28:
I've never heard of someone who needed to be delivered from Deuteronomy 28.
I know a guy that had to be delivered from drug addiction.
I know a guy that had to be delivered from gambling.
But I never knew anybody who had to be delivered from Deuteronomy 28.
Maybe you should post in the prayer forum.
I've never heard of someone who needed to be delivered from Deuteronomy 28.
I know a guy that had to be delivered from drug addiction.
I know a guy that had to be delivered from gambling.
But I never knew anybody who had to be delivered from Deuteronomy 28.
Maybe you should post in the prayer forum.
