spiritual warfare in the church

[amazedbyhislove]

please pray for spiritual warfare going on in several churches....please pray seducing spirits will be bound/revealed to all sheep in the church....

Edited October 11, 2004 by amazedbyhislove

[larryt]

please pray seducing spirits be bound /revealed/ to all sheep in the church....

Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I agree with my sister and ask that the spirits of seduction, spiritual adultry, spirit of antichrist, and deception be bound.

LT

[Catsmeow]

In total agreement! Amen and amen.

[other one]

:prayer :dove :dove :prayer

[tsth]

It is true, I have seen it firsthand! In a church that we thought was too biblically sound to fall away. I too ask for revelation to those who will seek the Truth of the Lord.

In His Love,

Suzanne

[Leonard]

I've seen it too. I watched a guy who preached the Gospel go further and further off base until he actaully proclaimed William Branham was a reincarnation of Jesus! Then he just sort of tripped out, began molesting barely pubescent girls, and proclaimed he was "Joshua the High Priest" from the Book of Zechariah.

Sorta' made me realize that if he'd been in a good denomination, his fellows and his overseers would have put him put him in check long before he got so far afield.

[tsth]

I've seen it too.  I watched a guy who preached the Gospel go further and further off base until he actaully proclaimed William Branham was a reincarnation of Jesus!  Then he just sort of tripped out, began molesting barely pubescent girls, and proclaimed he was "Joshua the High Priest" from the Book of Zechariah.

Sorta' made me realize that if he'd been in a good denomination, his fellows and his overseers would have put him put him in check long before he got so far afield.

Not necessarily, in my church, the head deacon tried to speak to our pastor, only to find that the rest of the deacon body had become SO enamoured by him that they were ALL in the same stronghold.

The head deacon was totally dumbfounded...........fully thinking that the other deacons would have recognized the strangeness in the change of the pastor going off the foundation of the Word......but was met with total alliance toward this falsehood.

I know............ I am that deacon's wife. It was/is devastating to watch. Not to mention being openly called "spiritual slime" from the pulpit, and that once loving church congregation, did not see this as a red flag that something strange had come over our pastor?

In His Love,

Suzanne

[amazedbyhislove]

Suzanne,

So what finally happened? Did the deacons finally see the light?

There was a church I went to once where people finally did see the light...even ones I thought never would.

But the situation that is going on now...most who have been in the church for a while realize.....there are a lot of newer people who don't yet realize....tons have left and almost half of the deacons have resigned along with several s.s. teachers and other positions....

If your situation is going on now, I'll be in prayer for your church.

Tracey

[tsth]

Suzanne,

So what finally happened? Did the deacons finally see the light?

There was a church I went to once where people finally did see the light...even ones I thought never would.

But the situation that is going on now...most who have been in the church for a while realize.....there are a lot of newer people who don't yet realize....tons have left and almost half of the deacons have resigned along with several s.s. teachers and other positions....

If your situation is going on now, I'll be in prayer for your church.

Tracey

Hi Amazed,

Well sadly enough, it is a battle of "pride". We left the church, after the Lord had revealed to us that we needed to separate ourselves. We know that things are in a poor state, but not to the point that anyone will "admit" it is so.

We've had a phone call from one deacon, who openly admits that things are wrong, but that he and his wife just feel they are too old to make a change, i.e. a stand right now, so they are staying. But we are hearing of much sickness within the church, especially with the children, the giving has dropped lower than normal, even to the point that they are not even getting their weekly need met, not to mention the need for the "new" mega building, etc, that is now part of the "debt load". The programs are scarcely attended, and it is VERY, VERY, SAD. But no one is willing to say that maybe there's a problem. It breaks our hearts to watch. We just keep hoping for a real refining to take place, but at this point, "pride" is winning out. There are some VERY prominent things taking place within that body that should be a wake up, but they will not surrender at this point.

So, we are "outside" the camp, suffering right now.

Thank you for asking, I will have compasssion on you as well, knowing that you are enduring the same sufferings too. I will try to remember this in prayer. Stand firm.

:hug:

In His Love,

Suzanne

[amazedbyhislove]

Suzanne,

Your situation sounds so similiar. Our church was/is getting ready to build soon, too. Money being way down. So many people are hurting. I feel especially for one dear couple who deserve double honor & respect for who they are in Christ and how they have lived. They are made to look like pharisees to the newer people...people just don't know..... I love them so much!

I am just trying to keep my eyes on Jesus right now....be obedient to the things He has called me to do....He has not told me to leave. My heart is broken.

I pray the Lord will circumcise some hearts.....

Praying for you! Please keep going somewhere!

Love in Christ,

:hug:

Tracey

Edited October 18, 2004 by amazedbyhislove