I neglected to define the occult in this way, though the last question below alludes to it: wherever you go to get Life's Big Questions answered is what you worship. If you go to a horoscope for guidance in those times, it's idolatry. If you go find somebody who'll prophesy to you, it's the same as going to a tarot card reader: dirty. So here's the questions. Process through them with the LORD, and bring your answers ready to your small group...
What in your life promises provision or protection? What have you looked to for those things? Where do I seek peace other than in my Father?
What "outside" allegiances have you made? (Isaiah 30:1-3) Ex: Church, school, fraternity, company
Are there people in your life with common strongholds as you? Identify who takes you down into the same pit they’re in and obscures your view of Jesus.
Is there any thing in your house (or place) that’s been ‘given over’ and defiled? Does anything in your house or office remind you of sin, lead you to lust, make you meditate on evil? Has anything in your life become an idol? GET RID OF IT or, if it’s a location, REPENT and reclaim the space.
Where’s the FIRST place you go for healing?
Where have I made secret oaths or kept family secrets?
What is your access to information? Where do you get the big questions of life answered? Identify ANY place you get that besides Jesus.
DON'T FORGET the below!!!
ReplyDeleteActs 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
1 John 4:7-8
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Psalms 27:10
Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
Colossons 1:22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Reporting back on our small group, I was surprised at the amount of "stuff" the Spirit brought to our discussion/prayer time of Occult. While none of us our into witchcraft or Marilyn Manson music, just exploring our college years brought out some stuff that might have remained buried.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we dug in, repented, and prayed.
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