In order to decipher your daily circumstances and detect anything unusual in your life, you have to know yourself. The Enemy is constantly at task to bring us down, sensing subtle attack after subtle attack each tailor-made for each of us. Often, these attacks come with lies about ourselves and others.
When you know yourself and are confortable in it, you see these lies and set-ups clear as day. Because your foundation is fixed.
When I was an active member of thr church (Catholic then adventist), I had to give up/hide a lot of things. Even to myself : love of fashion and art in general, curiosity, ambition, interest for societal issues and such. That’s what I like. But whenver I saw any interest in something “worldly” I had a hard time accepting it and I was in a constant inner fight to hide, to change or just mourn about it.
This prevented me from knowing myself in a secure way. So when demons came to torment and mislead with their lies and intrusive thoughts about (myself particularly), I fell right for it because I couldn’t say “Hmm… I have that thought in my mind… that’s not of me to think that. I won’t pay much attention to it.” and thus stay relaxed.
In church, by these constant urges to change yourself with your own strength, prayers and ritualistic acts such as reading the Bible, going to mass or tithing, you are obviously not encouraged neither to be yourself or to be honest and acceptant if yourself and others.
They mistake denial of the flesh as denial of the self which is who you are ; which leads to useless self-doubt, self-righteousness, self-hatred and worst of all, complete defeat in front of demonic torment through passivity.
Truth is, we are sinners. We are in the world and unless God touches us, we are going to love the things of the world. That’s it.
If you are coming out of church and want to come out of your shell of religiosity to know yourself to resist the devil successfully, contact Pastor Pam, our leader at rescueonfb@icloud.com or by telephone at 888-818-1117.
Nigerian witchcraft and it’s dangers is something my Nigerian family often mentioned to me. Growing up in America, I remember hearing about Nigerian witchcraft; there was so much that I didn’t understand, especially why it was so popular. Some of the things I saw were professing Christians practicing witchcraft type behaviors and seeing nothing wrong with it. I saw Nigerians blend witchcraft practices into their everyday lives. Eventually, those same patterns of occult witchcraft started to influence me, particularly when I was emotionally stressed. This led to turmoil and unhappiness in my life.
The Problems of Nigerian Witchcraft Are Commonly Known Among Nigerians
Many Nigerian families have had conversations about Nigerian witchcraft and it’s dangers. It is portrayed in Nigerian movies; whether as a parody or used as a life lesson warning about why it is so dangerous. I became used to hearing stories of disturbing or unusual potions put together to achieve some desired goal. The inevitable result was; tragedies happening to that person who started those potions and it was the talk of the town. Other Nigerian Americans I knew had similar experiences hearing these stories.
Nigerian witchcraft and it’s dangerous risks are still present despite the knowledge of it’s damaging effects. The love of money, fear, desperation, greed, pride, lust, and generational influences may drive witchcraft behavior. Generational influences that promote witchcraft as acceptable can be passed down. Parents can influence children to believe in witchcraft. The expectation and pressure to continue any cultural witchcraft can be strong.
Fear is an emotion that can lead people to witchcraft. This can grow to the point where the individual loses common sense judgment to make sound decisions. I believe that fear is important for everyone to address. It’s also key to identify what are your deep fears; this knowledge can reduce the risk of seeking witchcraft.
The Damaging Attacks and Control
Witchcraft can cause evil spirits to attack that individual who partakes in it, leading to emotional pain, mental aguish, and repetitive harmful choices in ones life. Demons and fallen angels coming in control of ones life can lead to spiritual torment; evil spirits will continue to fight your individuality, and they will work to try to destroy you in whatever way they think they can. The individual who partakes in witchcraft can be controlled in a way that they lose sight of who they are, and become bound to evil spirits, as if they are in prison. It is noteworthy to point out; since demons and fallen angels hate all humans, the end result is that those evil spirits will eventually turn on you.
I am happy that God saved and protected me from witchcraft. Amazingly, despite my unwise participation; he intervened. What’s even more wonderful is that; miraculously, God caused me to have an unforgettable salvation experience in Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Regardless of how long it took for me to realize that all forms of witchcraft and occultism is a recipe for disaster, it was a powerful lesson learned. I am grateful that God saved me from the dangers of witchcraft occult.
Resist Nigerian Witchcraft Practices
It’s important to take action against Nigerian witchcraft. Resisting it’s practices helps one break free from this evil. No matter how small the act is or how meaningless it may seem, these practices risk having a long lasting harmful presence in your life. It will grow into a burden of continuous darkness. I also believe that superstitious behaviors can influence a person to do witchcraft behaviors. This should be examined and addressed to see if it’s a problem that needs to be overturned in your life.
Nigerian witchcraft can begin at a young age. Parents can invoke fear to children that witchcraft is a last resort when things go wrong. This can continue on as an adult. When it comes to prayer, it can be used as a form of witchcraft; some are taught that this is acceptable. Those who do controlling prayers to cause harm to another person are doing a form of witchcraft.
Examine Yourself
Professing Christians who do witchcraft type behaviors likely do not realize they had a false born again experience. Deceiving spirits strongly influence these individuals. It’s up to the Holy Spirit to give that person a wake up call that it’s deceiving spirits who strongly influence these individuals. A professing Christian’s faith must be examined, especially if the individual finds that he or she is drawn to seducing spirits.
Spells, magic, curses lead to the dark world of evil and can ruin an individuals life. These acts attach the person to the evil spirit realm causing one to be the devils toy. Plus, it gives the enemy permission to control their life. The goal of evil spirits is to eventually destroy the individual in whatever way they can. Many are blind to the fact that evil spirits do not like humans at all. They may try to allude to trying to help the individual, but their ultimate goal is to try to take you down, no matter who you are.
Human Sinful Desires
People use Nigerian witchcraft to get something they want. The sinful nature of all humans are reasons that often lead one to Nigerian witchcraft and it’s dangers. Examples are that a person’s goal may be to steal from others or get rich quickly. Other times it could be to find love or lust. In Nigerian witchcraft, the practicing person, intends to cause harm to another. Nigerians grow up hearing stories about ghastly witchcraft outcomes. Time after time, the story ends with the person who did witchcraft, going through dangerous despair themselves as a result of the witchcraft practiced.
The many angles of Nigerian witchcraft can become filled with patterns of unrealism and thoughts. When a person becomes drawn by these thoughts, the individual becomes a captive to the idea of witchcraft. They let witchcraft take over their lives and cause fear in them. As a result, the aspects of witchcraft, controls their life. That individual must learn to remove the obsession and fear of witchcraft and renounce it.
The Importance of Rejecting Nigerian Witchcraft
I am glad to hear about Nigerians who want to stop the spread of Nigerian witchcraft and it’s dangers in Nigerian society. I urge Nigerians to continue to be alert and cautious to the many ways that witchcraft still exist. The controlling aspect of witchcraft often goes unnoticed, and it puts those who are easily influenced, at risk of being subjected to witchcraft personalities.
Despite generational impact that Nigerian witchcraft can have on a person, the good news is that one can rebuke those witchcraft influences! This is one of the most encouraging things that I learned when I came into Pam Sheppard Ministries; the truth strengthened me as I rid myself of occultist desires.
Nigerian witchcraft can lead to a road of spiritual torment, especially if the individual chooses to mix Christianity. Pam Sheppard Ministries is able to help with any sort of struggle like this.
Get Help So That You Can Overcome
Pastor Pam helped give me the strength to overcome witchcraft influences. She was formerly involved in the occult and became born again in Jesus Christ of Nazareth on March 29, 1977. She coached and counseled me so that I can recover from the aspects of witchcraft and many other spiritual problems. I also read her various meaty books. Those books gave me in depth insight about the deceptive witchcraft evil spirits, coming into individuals lives.
A helpful book to read is: The New Idolatry. This is a book that really helped me. For this book, click the book image below. To contact PSM, call 1-888-818-1117 or email deliverancecounseling@yahoo.com.
We are in the last days, watching the geopolitical relations of the nations develop and tending to the damaged sheep of the good shepherd, Jesus Christ. We’ve come nearly 2000 years since the Lord God ascended and have seen different church ages operate in a variety of ways. At PSM many of the clients were formerly involved in different aspects of religion.
But God is One Who is full of surprises. We are seeing a steady increase of clients from a field that is getting more mainstream and prominent than ever: the occult. And one of these occult practices that is gaining prominence is that of the empath.
What is an empath?
An empath is one who can feel the emotions of others. It differs from empathy because it takes the idea of empathy and ramps it up by 500%. It’s one thing to hear a friend confide in you about some difficulties that are crippling them and to feel sad for them. This is empathy, and that’s a good thing. It’s part of human connection.
The problem is when one hears the story and literally feels the same, deep sadness inside their body despite not having personally gone through those circumstances. Instead of just feeling sorry for the person, they become just as crippled as the person and experience the same deep pain they are experiencing. This goes for any emotion: anger, sadness, happiness, etc.
As humans made in God’s image, we are soul, spirit and body. Part of the soul is the emotions. Our emotions are our own; they are not meant to be explicitly experienced through others.
Do not misunderstand me: there is validity in sharing in emotions with people through social interactions. But there is an occultic practice where experiencing others’ emotions starts to dabble in the supernatural. Empaths have the ability to physically touch someone and “absorb” their emotions into their own body, feeling whatever emotion that the other person did within.
Understanding empaths spiritually
Being an empath is lauded in the occult because it is often the gateway to other supernatural powers such as telepathy, psychic abilities and experiencing energy among others. It is also linked with the chakras, especially the solar plexus chakra which is located right above the navel and below the sternum. The solar plexus chakra is equated with one’s self-worth.
The world of the occult and chakras often speak about energy. A quick description of what energies mean in an occultic manner is that they are stored emotions in different parts of the body, in organs and chakras. The confusion arises from one looking at different parts of their body and chakras then trying to interact with them to change their mood, emotions and outlook on life.
An example of this is touching one’s heart and saying affirmations about self-love and forgiveness. Or tapping the solar plexus chakra and saying statements of self-worth. Empaths distort reality by trying to make existence all about emotions and energy and constantly managing them through interacting with chakras.
The hole goes deep. By doing this, they are inviting demonic influence into their life because they are interacting with others and themselves on a spiritual basis through means that was enhanced by Satan.
Compare empathy and living through Christlike means and you will see that the two contradict and cannot coexist. The born again Christian has a new spirit and they live a life where they grow, developing Godly and Christlike aspects to their character. They do this by walking in the Spirit.
The empath on the other hand is on a quest to become more spiritual through their own means instead of God’s. Their absorbing of other peoples’ emotions and interacting with their chakras is often a precursor to going further into the occult world with other practices like reiki and energy healing.
Godly ignorance
Empaths are an interesting topic because they are directly interacting with the spirit realm on a level most people are not. The thing is, we are not meant to have consistent interaction with the spirit realm. God has closed our eyes to the spirit realm for a reason: we would go crazy if we saw all the things that are happening in the spirit. That’s because demons and fallen angels are running circles around man, taking wicked and foul forms to mock human beings while controlling them.
Dabbling with empaths in the occult is a lot like Satan’s other forms of deceptions: it has room to go deeper and deeper. Those who participate in these ideas often have a notion that they are becoming a more divine creature by partaking in occultic actions and rituals. Their eyes become more open to the spirit realm and they start seeing changes to themselves in the physical realm. They fool themselves into believing they are reaching a higher level of consciousness and even godliness.
One must be content with what they have in the physical realm. It’s how God created us and intended us to be. Any and all Godly interactions with the spirit realm will be decreed by God Himself and one does not have to go seek it outside of prayer that His will be done through it. This notion that man can ascend through occultic means has a vanity and pride at its root: that man is his own master, and is so powerful that he can reach divinity and godliness by himself.
So do away with it. The antithesis of these occultic practices is simple: walk in the Spirit, and by definition walk in faith. When one does so, they do not need to see or feel things in their flesh to attain a form of Godliness. They can rest in the knowledge that their soul and spirit has been preserved by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Have you been a partaker of occultic practices like reiki, energy healing, chakra-opening and other things? Have you found yourself in bondage due to looking into these things are now in torment? Give PSM a call at 888-818-1117 or email deliverancecounseling@yahoo.com.
I want to talk directly to anyone who is waiting to be born again or healed by God in this post.
I have been a part of this ministry since 2016 during some of the most formative years of one’s life: their early 20s. I have seen people who were here before me grow and serve God in honorable ways. I have seen people who came after me do the same. And finally, I have seen people serve for a season or two then depart, having even left myself for a while.
Yet I have noticed a difference in the last year or two: God is causing His people to be born again more than ever. We have had clients meet Pastor Pam and get born again in the same week, even the same day. We have seen God reward people who have been here for years waiting patiently on Him by leading them in rebirth.
This ministry is kicking into high gear. Members are finding their callings. This post is from someone who recently became born again reaching across the aisle of life over to the side of the spiritually dead waiting to come to life thru the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I want to encourage you and tell you what it’s like to be born again. I want to give you a sense of what you have to look forward to.
Before I got born again, I reached a point where, in my eyes, my physical life was a failure. I had spent my entire life building up ideas and philosophies with which to live by. And what it meant to live in a way that was right, meaningful and honorable. Yet for all my efforts, I was ice cold. I could smile but felt a nothingness deep in my soul, devoid of joy.
I came to a point where I realized I was evil, not on just an intellectual level but something I felt physically and emotionally deep in my heart. And I remember being surprised that such a deep evil existed there. My main motivation to live was to hang on until God came for me. I had concluded that if my efforts at building my life to a place of meaning failed after all of my many attempts, that perhaps God could give me meaning.
He did. And he gave me what I want to talk about today: assurance.
In Hebrews 10, the Apostle Paul writes to the church encouraging them to “draw near [to God] with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith.”
Assurance is something that each and every child of God is either waiting on (those awaiting rebirth) or experiencing (those already born again). It affects every single person involved in this ministry whether they realize it or not. The importance of this topic cannot be understated.
I was like many of you: a faithful member of the church going every Sunday with Bible studies and other meetings in between. Yet I had a lingering, nagging doubt about salvation. I didn’t feel saved. My thought was: if I am an heir of eternal life, should I not know deep within that I am?
There was an emptiness in my soul. An insecurity about salvation, a fear of not being saved that led to psychological issues which we are seeing churchgoers run to the ministry with. People come asking why they are lukewarm, why they have no zeal. Why they doubt salvation, why they feel unsure about their souls. Deep things. I will tell you the answer: they do not yet have a heart for God. But they will when He comes for them!
And when you get born again, the Lord God places a crown of life on your head and plants peace and assurance in your heart and soul. Do you remember when the Lord Jesus Christ came to the Apostles after His resurrection? He said, “Peace be with you” and breathed on them, giving them new life through God the Holy Spirit and an inner peace and assurance. He does for His people today what He did for them while He dwelled on earth: grant them eternal life and a heart for God!
If you are not yet born again, you will be in time and all of those doubts, insecurities, fears will be replaced with an empowering ASSURANCE! You go from an emptiness and depravity of the soul that is universal to every person who has ever lived (except Christ) to an inner CERTAINTY that you belong to God. You know that your time here on earth is short until you are reunited with Him, whether through His glorious return or when you leave the physical realm into His arms.
How strong is this assurance? Well, it is this strong certainty that rests in one’s soul and spirit. It is the Godly mark of Christ, this peaceful feeling that grounds you and gives you the knowledge that no matter what, you belong to God and NOTHING will change that. I make no exaggeration when I say that if someone came up to me and shot me, obviously I would feel physical pain but my spirit is so emboldened by God that I would simultaneously feel a peace within that He gave me. That is what it means to walk in the Spirit: you walk with a confidence that nothing will move you because you are in the Lord’s hand.
Yet there is even more to the life that God gives His people. My brothers and sisters in Christ in the ministry and I have experienced how God has made us aware of skills and talents that we did not even know we had!
Think of when you were a child and went through life, you didn’t realize it at the time but in retrospect you can see how your personality developed in certain places and how you matured at times. As someone recently born again, I am “developing” a new life and I find myself reacting to things in new and different ways because I am a completely new being. So will YOU who are waiting on God.
That’s the brilliance and beauty of God: He takes his people and leads them in an ENTIRE LIFETIME of growth to become more Christlike. It’s the ultimate adventure. I remember reading the scriptures and the saints seeming so distant, just characters in a book. They no longer feel that way now that I understand what it means to walk with God. Anyone in Christ is like another character from the Holy Bible who is being molded to what God wants them to be, it’s glorious. We have mentors who can interpret dreams. We have mentors who can cast out demons. We have mentors who can decipher the deep troubles of peoples’ souls and counsel them.
And Pastor Pamela Sheppard, the head of the ministry under God, works with individuals one on one. She leads them to a point where they are free of the demonic influence that shackled them and brings them to a place of STRENGTH. And when God moves and breathes on the individual like He did for the Apostles, the person discovers a NEW SELF IN CHRIST who can accomplish things they NEVER thought themselves capable of doing. They put on the armor of God and go forth with confidence, grounded by a Godly assurance in their soul as a constant reminder of eternal life through the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
So what do you fear?
Do you wish to be free of demonic influence in your life? Do you seek purpose and want to be born again in the Lord Jesus so you may live a life of meaning and discovery in Him? Give PSM a call at 888-818-1117 or email deliverancecounseling@yahoo.com.
One of the ongoing missions of Pam Sheppard Ministries is to lead our clients out of the captivity of Satan and into the freedom of Christ. A prevalent reason for their spiritual woes is idolatry, often having manifested in them worshiping fallen angels posing as Jesus without them knowing it. They often cause this by asking Jesus to come into their heart or prior involvement in religion or the occult.
Yet there is another form of idolatry, a deeper one that is essentially a heart issue that arose out of original sin. This is inner worship of something. Let me break this down on two fronts: 1) How sin and fall from grace led to man practicing idolatry and 2) How idolatry is often practiced today with whatever one wants.
First off, look at the scriptures and you will see God’s original intent for His beloved creation, man, was to have a special relationship with God and that one of the main components of this love was worship. Adam and Eve got to enjoy an incredibly blessed and privileged existence because they were constantly near God both in a physical and spiritual sense. When one is close to God and worships Him, one feels a Godly joy and peace within. Too many times have I seen worship misunderstood as a physical act wherein the person may feel some fleshly emotion but not the Godly, spiritual sense of satisfaction and joy that God brings.
Adam and Eve’s disobeying of the Lord God opened the door to sin taking a foothold inside of man. It led to a corruption of the soul and a separation from God that was passed down to every single human being conceived after them except for Jesus Christ. In Old Testament times, the Lord God began a mission to overcome sin by leading a lineage of people who would eventually pave the way for Christ to be born. We read of the saints of old who were Godly men and women who worshiped the true God.
Yet due to man having sinned, there were many people who were led astray into deceit because ultimately man still felt a deep sense of needing to worship something to draw close to God. A byproduct of sin allowing man to become aware of evil was that man started to worship false gods. This is the first form of idolatry we read about in history and it became commonplace, resulting in events like golden calves and other gods being worshiped across different cultures.
Idolatry continued throughout the ages in various forms up until the modern day. The plight we see with regards to idolatry today is twofold: 1) outer worship of false gods, most commonly through churches claiming to be Christian and 2) inner worship and love of something that is not God, whether it be self, an activity, money, etc.
Think of the path the common man takes today. One is born with a dead spirit. Their first priority should be to want God and become alive spiritually. But due to being separated from God they are blinded to the idea of seeking Him.
Instead, their life becomes a mission to have a good career, find a mate, have a family, find something they are passionate about and dedicate their lives to it, so on and so forth. While these things and others have their place, the problem arises when they become the top priority in one’s life and seen as the meaning of it. They aren’t.
The meaning of life is to be reconciled to the Lord God and serve Him so that He may be pleased with you. The idolatry of things that are not God come because man has an innate need to worship and love. So because the person is ignorant to the idea that they should seek God, they find something else to replace Him and make that their god instead.
Perhaps the god we see most in the world today is self, with the common man motivated by self pleasure. The past few hundred years especially have seen things like philosophy and science pump man’s ego to the point where he believes he is his own master. You choose your own path in life and do whatever you want so long as it is in the context of completing the broader mission you have set out for yourself. People do this because they do not understand what it is to worship God in spirit and truth.
I’ll speak plainly: it is better to have one’s spirit reborn in Christ and live what would be considered an unremarkable or meager life than it is to accomplish all of one’s goals, dreams, attaining all of their physical desires, only for them to die with a dead spirit which never got to experience the love of God. Their spirit was dead and empty without them even realizing it because all they focused on was flesh.
What most people do not realize is that by serving the Lord God in spirit and truth, you also benefit from it. You experience joy. You experience love. You experience devotion to a perfect Being Who loves you unconditionally and fills your soul and spirit with a peace, happiness and assurance that is IMPOSSIBLE to get from ANYTHING in the world.
Love of self or fleshly desires has led to a myriad of issues that our clients have found themselves in counseling for. There are people who made a god out of things of the world and have experienced some form of psychological damage. For myself, I was mostly my own god before being born again and this led to arrogance, anger, emptiness and coldheartedness. Yet God forgave me for my wrongful ways and has graciously redeemed me, giving my life purpose in Him.
So I ask you: who do you love? What do you love? What is being put first in your life? Do you seek God? All I illustrate is that there are millions of people caught up in a wave of self-worship unaware that a second flood is coming which they will be blindsided by because all they could think about was their flesh. Seek God, for He has a life for His people full of mystery, wonder, meaning and love that transcends anything the world offers.
Do you wish to understand more about idolatry and how it has negatively affected the church today? Have you made idols out of things that have distracted you from seeking the Lord God? Learn more about the subject by purchasing Pastor Pamela Sheppard’s book, “The New Idolatry” here: https://shoptly.com/i/yiz or http://lulu.com/spotlight/pam_s911.
Alternatively, if you seek to be free of false idolatry that has manifested in your life give PSM a call at 888-818-1117 or email deliverancecounseling@yahoo.com.
Spiritual Warfare Library of PSM 