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Posted on 01/24/2025 6:09:10 PM PST by DoodleBob
If you’re not Catholic and want to debate/attack the merits of asking Mary to intercede, please hold fire. Thank you.
Demons lie. Consecrating anything to Mary is a lie. Mary has zero power to do anything.
Pray, read and study Bible, fellowship, and importantly keep your eyes and ears away from worldly garbage.
Yeah, you probably should have put it in Catholic Caucus (whatever that is).
>> The concept of diabolical oppression isn’t discussed widely.
Although after several years of hell-bent world government, the fact that there *is* a Spiritual domain and it *is* inhabited by forces of darkness as well as the One True Light is getting more of the well-deserved recognition and respect that it is due.
>> However, there is merit to understanding it and repealing it.
Amen to that!
all of the below things you quoted can sometimes break the human spirit. It is easy as to blame something out of your control as it is to believe that something else equally ethereal will save you.
One of the particular attacks the devil launches against us is something called “diabolical oppression”.
This involves more of an exterior attack from the evil one: “diabolical oppression involves those things that affect a person’s life from the outside.” (Charles D Fraune, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, Kindle Edition)
Renowned exorcist Fr Chad Ripperger states that “diabolical oppression can appear as inexplicable financial difficulties, such as the inability to obtain employment despite being highly qualified and applying for multiple jobs or being fired all of a sudden.
“Oppression can manifest and cause a person’s possessions to chronically break down, despite reasonable efforts to keep them in good order.” (Fraune)
Other effects that exorcists have noted are marital discord, illness with no natural explanation, the breaking up of friendships, etc, with the purpose of leaving the person isolated.
The devil indeed prowls about as a lion, as Scripture notes, but he is a cowardly lion who loves to attack us when we are in a weakened state.
Whether you pick up on strange supernatural things happening around your work, finances and relationships or not, there is someone we can go to for both protection and to counter these attacks.
that is as far as I will go.
>> Yeah, you probably should have put it in Catholic Caucus (whatever that is).
It’s just fine right here, IMHO.
The best way to deal with it is to not give Satan any ground in your life.
Confess sin and REPENT of it, purpose to do it no more.
Forgive others.
Be careful of objects used in religions from other countries. Objects can come with demons associated or attached with them.
Don’t engage in occultic practices.
And MEMORIZE Scripture.
Jesus used that alone against the attacks of the enemy.
But you can't use what you don't know.
I have been dealing with it ever since first becoming a Christian almost thirty years ago. My mind at times becomes assailed by horrible thoughts. It doesn't help matters that I have bipolar disorder. The oppression began a few years before those symptoms came.
The enemy has attacked me in just about every way. I have too often been too weak to stand up to it. It has cost me career, friends, and even a marriage.
In the past few years I have been attacked on the job front. It has driven me to brink of bankruptcy. I start a new job in two weeks but I'm running on less than fumes at the moment and there are times when it's like I can hear the enemy laughing at me.
I have been oppressed. I have seen oppression. I have also seen full-blown possession.
The enemy is real. I have to keep reminding myself that Christ within me is stronger.
Stay away from Democrats and pray to your Lord every day
The Demoncrats have got it bad.
Also things like accident proneness.
People don’t think of that as oppression but I understand it can be.
Ok, now that’s funny.
Correct. Mary is dead and will be raised at the last day. She is not able to intercede nor is any other person BUT Jesus. He is our High Priest and we need no other.
I agree strongly. Thank you.
Have you heard of this before? That if you wake up at 3 am regularly it means you’re getting attacked by demons?
I just heard a religious podcaster say that. He said if demons ignore you entirely, then you should start to worry, because they are content with where you’re at.
This is great a 16-min video (it’s actually audio of a lecture with pictures) that provides some additional context of Oppression AND how to break it. It may be of assistance - God bless you.
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