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Hey,

I've been reading a lot lately.. and one of the books is "He Came To Set The Captives Free". By Rebecca Brown, MD - have you read it? I'm about through it.. and I have to say it has really had me thinking.. I've put in the devo today .. some of the thought provoking scriptures I thought you might be interested in.. When you get a chance read through it all.. because there seems to be something for everyone to think on.

Ok.. well it depicts what happened in the life of someone who opened themselves up to the inflow of satanic power and demon infestation. Pretty heavy stuff actually.. People have and are still actually opening their lives up satan's power. These doorways give satan legal ground, according to God's word, to exert satans power in their lives. Christian's are not protected because when they open these doorways it involves their conscious participation in sin and/or ignorance.

It talks about this in Romans 6:15-16..

"What then? shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"

Hosea 4:6 too.. says it this way.. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..."

That's telling me that not only does a person need to be aware of these areas of influence for themselves but also for others in which one might be wanting to share the gospel with.

2 Cor 4:3-4 "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

Any dealings with the occult, no matter how lightly or briefly, is a doorway. So things like horoscope, fortune teller, tea leaf reader, palm reader, etc. are all areas/doorways the enemy can get in. I know this because of what it says in..

Deut 18:10-12 "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you."

Just one visit to a seance out of curiosity is enough to affect the rest of your life. So is studying books on the occult arts, playing with an ouiji board, trying out ESP, psychic experiences, astral projection, meditation of any kind that involves blanking out or "clearing" the mind, water witching, or divining for oil or minerals by using a dowsing rod or pendulum. Same goes for magic arts like levitation, i.e. movement of objects without touching that object physically, consulting a medium or spiritist ini an attempt to locate some missing object, and obviously witchcraft through spells or incantation, etc. And of this will open a doorway to the inflow of satanic power and demons. Street drugs and drunkenness are also doorways. Child abuse almost always results in demonic infestation. Sexual intercourse is another big doorway.

To me it makes more sense to not be caught unaware.

satan likes it when we're uninformed.. and scared.

In Christ alone,
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