Turn on the Light

Turn on the Light A lie cannot have any effect on you unless you believe it, and neither can a curse. Suppose a “significant other” called you stupid and worthless. That is a curse, which is a judgmental statement or threat. The offending person is wrong to say such...

Bad Thoughts

Bad Thoughts Hearing one or more voices may seem foreign to you, but that does not mean that you are not experiencing a spiritual battle for your mind. Have you ever come to a cliff or stood on a tall building and suddenly had an impulsive thought to jump? Have you...

Mental Health

Mental Health How should we, as Christians, define a mentally healthy person? I believe it begins with a true knowledge of God, and a true knowledge of who we are as children of God. Suppose you know that God was omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. You believe...

Mental Illness

Mental Illness The mental health industry would say that you are mentally healthy if you are in touch with reality and relatively free of anxiety. Such standards are based on western rationalism. What is reality? The real question is: Who is reality? God is the...

He has a Demon

He Has A Demon “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say He has a demon” (Lu. 7:33). The same was said of Jesus. When Jesus revealed their plans to kill Him, He asked, “Why do you seek to kill me. The crowd answered, You have a...

Hearing and Seeing

Hearing and Seeing I was leading a lady through the Steps to Freedom when she suddenly reacted in fear. I asked her what she was hearing or seeing in her mind. She said, “You mean you don’t see him there.” “Who,” I asked. She said, “My father, standing right there!” I...

Chemical Imbalance?

Chemical Imbalance? I am not the only one dealing with people who are hearing “voices” or struggling with condemning, and blasphemous thoughts. Every psychiatrist and professional counselor is treating patients with such symptoms. They are experiencing a chemical...

Deadly Deception

Deadly Deception Eve was deceived by Satan and so was David in the Old Testament. Judas and Peter, two disciples chosen by Jesus, were also deceived by Satan. All thought they were doing the right thing. Eve was probably the only one who knew those thoughts weren’t...

Peter’s Deception

Peter’s Deception In my last blog I shared that Satan deceived David in the Old Testament. Like Eve, David believed a lie and the consequences were devastating. Could that also happen to one of Christ’s apostles? It did! Luke records, “Then Satan entered into Judas...

David’s Deception

David’s Deception There are many divergent views about the second coming of Christ, but most agree that in the latter days there will be false prophets, false teachers, and false Messiahs. Jesus said, “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great...

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