They say good Christians get attacked by Satan...

[TMS]

If your a slave to Satan and the evil nature, if your a slave to your pet sins, than Satan isn't going to waste His time (which is getting shorter) on these lost souls (Satan knows who are his).
Satan wants to take down as many as he can so he will prioritise his energy and effort on the souls that are closest to Jesus and those that are doing the work of saving other souls (spreading the gospel and witnessing).

 

[AgapeShellArt]

The chief sin I see people have is not pride but lack of agape love.

Prophets? New age, astrology? Secret language?

I don't know you but just from this post I would wonder about the scriptural soundness of your beliefs and the church.

Dig deep into the Bible and God will show you what beliefs are from him and what you need to toss from your mind.

Spiritual attacks? From the sounds of it you are still enslaved to the false beliefs from your past and the false beliefs of your current church, what more does Satan need to do?

He is winning right now because you don't even see your enslavement to lies, but think yourself free and doing well. I guess that is pride

Yes, I was a 10 year practitioner of Astrology and its New Age cousin, Secret Language (of Birthdays). I had deliverance prayer a few months ago and have had a better spirit life, but wondering if I need additional prayer? I verbally attempted to cast out any unclean spirits today.

Two prophets at my church prayed deliverance over me.

I asked the same prophet recently to pray that I would not have a Pharisee/religious spirit. I am glad to have read The Pharisee and the Tax Collector! I just realized today from watching someone's video on Youtube that Job was afflicted due to his PRIDE... The chief sin! We will SUFFER with pride. It causes humans to be SO toxic!!! And when you are caught up in it, you are BLIND to it, but you stick out like a sore thumb!

 

[AgapeShellArt]

Satan hates everyone

If your a slave to Satan and the evil nature, if your a slave to your pet sins, than Satan isn't going to waste His time (which is getting shorter) on these lost souls (Satan knows who are his).
Satan wants to take down as many as he can so he will prioritise his energy and effort on the souls that are closest to Jesus and those that are doing the work of saving other souls (spreading the gospel and witnessing).

 

[AgapeShellArt]

I believe it's both...Satan will manipulate our desires to cause us to rebel and sin against God.

Spiritual warfare is not flashy like Hollywood. It is praying everyday and following God.

It is learning to be lead by the Holy Spirit to spend our time, money and thoughts on God's will and not our own.

It's learning to be compassionate and taking time to listen to those who often go unheard it is thinking of others and glorifying God through agape love.
.it's being honest with ourselves...do we spend more time watching TV or playing on the computer then we spend praying or reading our Bible?

Most are lukewarm and think themselves Giants of the faith when they aren't even ants

Ants at least store up for the winter and have a strong work ethic.

If there is demonic influence you would know it. The enemy that most need deliverance from is themselves. They prefer to name an outside entity inflicting problems in their life, because they can’t accept the real enemy is their desires. Human conditioning, societal brain washing, is what programs our thoughts. Once you submit to God, you no longer serve yourself. This is harder to do for some. It is our lusts that tempt us, not Satan’s.

 

[blueluna5]

Fam,

I'm here to discuss demonic attack on Christians, spiritual warfare, etc.

Man, in my church, they just DON'T talk about the spiritual realm or spiritual warfare. You'll never hear the word "demon" or "Satan" come out of any Pastor's mouth at my church. Even the congregation prefers the non-threatening title "The enemy".

But, acknowledging the spiritual has opened my eyes to the things of God. I am even more clearly able to see God's hand, protection and provision.

Demonic attack - it happens. But how often, and in what forms? I am a bit of a black and white person. Logically, I know I get attacked by Satan's camp for trying to obey God. But somehow, I must not be very obedient, because... I'm not constantly in pain or having financial issues?????? But I do have a spirit of rejection that causes me to isolate and not serve God at times when it counts. But is that bad enough? (I did try to deliver myself, in the name of Jesus)

Perhaps those who are God's have a hedge of protection around them that wards off many attacks. God does allow for some things to come upon you, as seen in Job. But wasn't Job tested by Satan because of his pride? And, I have seen where demons or wayward spirits became angry with people in the occult for attempting to send them after Christians covered in the blood of Jesus!

Ah, well. The spiritual realm *is* truly a mystery,. Not following a script, not black and white. Angels may be protecting us as we type here. Blessed be the name of our Lord and Father, may His kingdom come.

Discuss: Speerit Tings

Our church doesn't discuss spiritual warfare much either. From my pastor's perspective I can really understand why. It's hard to be sure what you're teaching is 100% true for God and it's a rough topic to preach on.

From what I understand and have experienced demons are serving a purpose in what they're doing. Like in Job where God sends them. In dreams when I pass the test, it's over and they leave me. When I fail, I give them more power. It's weird bc I may have a thought that is incorrect from a demon. Then the dream brings the idea to life and I realize my mistake. So it's almost like a teaching ground. In life its the same way. When you resist them, they leave you alone.

Then of course there's always angels around. And "Jesus help me" always works too.