What can I do???!!! Advise needed!

[Angelique]

Prayers needed!

A family member on my husband side has mental problems. He sees/feels demons (they harras him) hears voices and into occult stuff. Like fortune telling, card reading, mediums, contacting dead people, etc. He thinks he needs those mediums for him to loose the demons. The medium told him he can't be at home at Christmas or Newyear. Now he just called us in panic and he wants to stay with us or at his parents house. But his parents are elderly. And its not easy for them too.

I do want to help, but to be honest I dont want him in our house...because I cant handle these things and I also have a baby. The family member won't listen to my Biblical advise or take his medicine.

What can I do? And prayers are more than welcome.

 

[stonesoffire]

first of all, you cant let him in your house.

This person needs to go to a church that deals with deliverance.

 

[Angelique]

But am I not protected by God and maybe hes just mental only?

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

Prayers needed!

A family member on my husband side has mental problems. He sees/feels demons (they harras him) hears voices and into occult stuff. Like fortune telling, card reading, mediums, contacting dead people, etc. He thinks he needs those mediums for him to loose the demons. The medium told him he can't be at home at Christmas or Newyear. Now he just called us in panic and he wants to stay with us or at his parents house. But his parents are elderly. And its not easy for them too.

I do want to help, but to be honest I dont want him in our house...because I cant handle these things and I also have a baby. The family member won't listen to my Biblical advise or take his medicine.

What can I do? And prayers are more than welcome.

Jesus didn't ask for permission to command the demons out of people. He just commanded them out, and they left. Take your authority as a Christian.

I hope this helps. I will pray for you and your family member, and I hope you all have a wonderful, demon-free Christmas and New Year!

 

[Angelique]

But cant he just have a mental problem?
Deliverance won't help when you have mental problems, only when its spiritual

 

[stonesoffire]

You said hes hearing voices, and being harassed by demons. That's a spiritual problem.

Actually some people believe all illnesses are spiritual, but I digress.

You can't medicate demons Angelique. They need bound in the name of Jesus and then cast out.

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

But cant he just have a mental problem?
Deliverance won't help when you have mental problems, only when its spiritual

Prayers needed!

A family member on my husband side has mental problems. He sees/feels demons (they harras him) hears voices and into occult stuff. Like fortune telling, card reading, mediums, contacting dead people, etc. He thinks he needs those mediums for him to loose the demons. The medium told him he can't be at home at Christmas or Newyear. Now he just called us in panic and he wants to stay with us or at his parents house. But his parents are elderly. And its not easy for them too.

I do want to help, but to be honest I dont want him in our house...because I cant handle these things and I also have a baby. The family member won't listen to my Biblical advise or take his medicine.

What can I do? And prayers are more than welcome.

This is spiritual.

 

[Angelique]

Oke, he started doing al those stuff to stop the voices. He was hearing them before he started with those occult stuff.
I cant do deliverance. I am to scared.

 

[Depleted]

Prayers needed!

A family member on my husband side has mental problems. He sees/feels demons (they harras him) hears voices and into occult stuff. Like fortune telling, card reading, mediums, contacting dead people, etc. He thinks he needs those mediums for him to loose the demons. The medium told him he can't be at home at Christmas or Newyear. Now he just called us in panic and he wants to stay with us or at his parents house. But his parents are elderly. And its not easy for them too.

I do want to help, but to be honest I dont want him in our house...because I cant handle these things and I also have a baby. The family member won't listen to my Biblical advise or take his medicine.

What can I do? And prayers are more than welcome.

This isn't me scolding you. (Sometimes my responses sound like scolding, but aren't, so thought I'd say that before saying anything. lol) This is a real question.

He's your husband's family. Why aren't you asking your hubby what to do? Shouldn't this be a decision made between the two of you?

And, if it helps any. You can report the mediums to the cops. It's illegal to take money from people who are clearly not in their right minds. My brother just got some folks to lay off selling my Dad stuff he can't use and can't even receive in the mail for that same reason. (Dad has dementia and lives in assisted living because of it.) If you keep telling these mediums that you're going to report them to cops, they suddenly don't want to see him or take his money.

 

[Depleted]

But am I not protected by God and maybe hes just mental only?

All 12 apostles were protected by God. 11 of them were killed. Why do you think God saves people's lives all the time?

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

Oke, he started doing al those stuff to stop the voices. He was hearing them before he started with those occult stuff.
I cant do deliverance. I am to scared.

Well, now the occult is the problem, whether he heard voices before or not.

Go to someone who will do the deliverance, and be there. You'll see how it's done and face a fear, and your husband's family member will be delivered. Sounds like a win-win.

 

[stonesoffire]

Oke, he started doing al those stuff to stop the voices. He was hearing them before he started with those occult stuff.
I cant do deliverance. I am to scared.

I would never tell you to do this either. This is a problem for the elders of a church who have deliverance ministry.

A doctor could medicate him but it would not really help. This is a problem for mature men of faith.

 

[Angelique]

This isn't me scolding you. (Sometimes my responses sound like scolding, but aren't, so thought I'd say that before saying anything. lol) This is a real question.

He's your husband's family. Why aren't you asking your hubby what to do? Shouldn't this be a decision made between the two of you?

And, if it helps any. You can report the mediums to the cops. It's illegal to take money from people who are clearly not in their right minds. My brother just got some folks to lay off selling my Dad stuff he can't use and can't even receive in the mail for that same reason. (Dad has dementia and lives in assisted living because of it.) If you keep telling these mediums that you're going to report them to cops, they suddenly don't want to see him or take his money.

My husband does believe in God but not in demons. He thinks its a mental problem. And you cant force someone to take medicine when they are adult. Reporting won't help, the medium before this I phoned telling her to leave my brother in law alone. But then he just find another new medium.

 

[Depleted]

Oke, he started doing al those stuff to stop the voices. He was hearing them before he started with those occult stuff.
I cant do deliverance. I am to scared.

I bet he was in his late teens to early 20's when he started getting the demons hallucinations. If he wasn't, it might be demonic. If he was, I suspect he's schizo, but either way, you're job is to take care of your family. It's also to submit to your husband, not to everyone on an online forum.

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

My husband does believe in God but not in demons. He thinks its a mental problem. And you cant force someone to take medicine when they are adult. Reporting won't help, the medium before this I phoned telling her to leave my brother in law alone. But then he just find another new medium.

Does he take Biblical advice? Because if so, you can show him the several places in the Gospels where people had demons. They exist.

Also, this may seem like a stupid question, but does your husband know about the mediums, and contacting dead people and whatnot? Those aren't symptoms of mental illness...

I bet he was in his late teens to early 20's when he started getting the demons hallucinations. If he wasn't, it might be demonic. If he was, I suspect he's schizo, but either way, you're job is to take care of your family. It's also to submit to your husband, not to everyone on an online forum.

I think in situations like this, when someone's soul is at stake, it's okay to ask Christians for some advice. That's not to say she won't talk about it with her husband afterwards.

 

[Angelique]

I bet he was in his late teens to early 20's when he started getting the demons hallucinations. If he wasn't, it might be demonic. If he was, I suspect he's schizo, but either way, you're job is to take care of your family. It's also to submit to your husband, not to everyone on an online forum.

Yes of course I submit to my husband
But I do value different input from a biblical perspective. I think I am just scared if I let him in my house, what can happen

 

[Angelique]

Does he take Biblical advice? Because if so, you can show him the several places in the Gospels where people had demons. They exist.

Also, this may seem like a stupid question, but does your husband know about the mediums, and contacting dead people and whatnot? Those aren't symptoms of mental illness...



I think in situations like this, when someone's soul is at stake, it's okay to ask Christians for some advice. That's not to say she won't talk about it with her husband afterwards.

I told him not to contact mediums anymore. He won't listen. Yes my husband knows about it.

 

[Angelique]

And... Its even worse....
He says he has sex with the demons and he enjoys it. But now he wants it al to stop. Because the medium told him this is not good. I saw her website and she says shes a believer of Jesus. But shes in occult stuff, like fortune telling, new age, cleansing houses etc. So its really really bad.

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

I told him not to contact mediums anymore. He won't listen. Yes my husband knows about it.

Then he should know that the likelihood is pretty high that his relative's problems are more than just mental...

I'll pray for your husband too, to wisen up. :/

 

[Depleted]

My husband does believe in God but not in demons. He thinks its a mental problem. And you cant force someone to take medicine when they are adult. Reporting won't help, the medium before this I phoned telling her to leave my brother in law alone. But then he just find another new medium.

I get what the authorities can't do for crazy people anymore. Faced that with Dad last year. But it's not what I was suggesting you talk to your husband about. You really can't fix crazy. But you're facing if this guy spends Christmas with you. That's what you and hubby have to talk about.

Also, it might help to know God does some amazing things that we just don't see coming even when we're praying for his help. The things Dad wanted the most were to stay in his house and drink. Nothing could change Dad's mind on either and he was as bad as it gets. My brother (who Dad made his executor specifically because he knew my brother would do what's right even when Dad hit the point of never-going-to-let-him, and then was going to shoot someone -- we still don't know who but he did hide a gun and had bullets, so he was going to shoot it -- for my brother's efforts), had to face him in court, knowing the judge couldn't even force Dad into help.

BUT as dug in as Dad was to stay in his home, (deeper than a tick), miraculously the judge got Dad to say four times that, for his family's sake, he would go into detox and then he would go into assisted living.

Our country has washed our hands of people completely out of their minds. God has not. Have some faith God knows what he's doing, because let's be real. We sure don't.