spirits (help needed)

[Theron]

sory this is so long but i cant really talk to anyone about it not all of my freinds aren't saved ok, ive been wondering a loooong time whats going on with me, ill start from the beginning, umm, as a kid my mom would guess that i could see spirits and angels as an infant i would randomly stare at a wall and laugh, look at the camera then at something else on a picture at the last second (etc) and i grew i would always look behind me as if something was there, and it wasnt exactly a malicious feeling but it didnt feel nice.... so i would be very paranoid whether in a dark room or a light room and the feeling would only increase in the dark so i would avoid it naturally.... as i grew up i never grew out of it but there were alot of times were i would not notice it or it wouldnt bother me........ im 16 now and im really trying to grow in my christian walk after straddling the fence for a year or 3.... ok now,.... its summer, and these particular nights me and my sister had to sleep in the living room (it was too hot for our own rooms) and she couldnt sleep for some reason and yet again i saw a figure ive seen them many times before.... as a kid i saw two angels standing over my teacher and a student she was helping they looked like the angel i drew in paint not too definite but you could see through them and the outline was white no specific face (etc)
but they made me feel ok welcome and comfortable
but this night what i saw at the foot of my sisters couch was a shape of something.... like the spirit i drew in paint it also wasnt difined but i wasnt comfortable with it... at all and it seemed to be focusing on me so i asked my sister (in a way not to scare her) are you ok , are you just uncomfy , theres nothing bothering you is there? she replied no and that she just couldnt sleep so out of being a big brother i stayed up with her for a while but ended up falling asleep and upon waking up about a half hour from then i saw the same spirit bending over near us and it scared me at first.... and my sister wasnt moving.... so i forgot that it was inches from me and reached for her to ask her was she ok... she said she was alright and then upon reaching towards her i felt chills... not cold but chills.... and i layed back down and it was back at the foot of her bed again looking towards me ...... so i eventually went to sleep after praying ​

the next day mom asked me to take out the trash so i went downstairs to the basement to put them in the garbage tank... and on my way back up they steps i felt the need to hurry cuz a malicious feeling was gaining on my and on the 2nd step i stopped and spoke out ... i dont know if it was out of fear or what but i said firmly "BACK UP whatever you are BACK..UP"​

after a few days we were able to sleep in our own rooms
and this is when my personal encounter with the spririt happened it was a saturday night and i couldnt sleep... it felt like i wasnt alone
so after bein up till about 4:38 am i started to doze.... then decided to look at the clock and when i did i had to turn around ( i was laying on my back) when i did i felt chills.... in 3's the first being the smallest the third the closest and strongest..... this time it felt a bit malicious so i turned to face what ever it was but couldnt see anything .....
so i started to doze again and upon one doze i was pinned to my bed all of my body naturally flexed to stop it, then i started praying furiously "in the name of jesus get off me in the name of jesus get away from me in the name of jesus let me go!" and it felt thick and heavy above me.... just malicious.... and i tried to touch myself i struggled with being pinned down... and within a few seconds touched my chest when i did it got off.... and this time there were two spirits in the corner of my room..... now i thought "ok i must have dozed into an immediate dream and im crazy" but they were still there shuffling around..... they dont move things aroung to scare me they just come near me and i get chills i remember my mom telling me she went through a similiar exprerince and that she was pinned down randomly couldnt see and or talk..... but her spirit didnt follow her it just showed up that night n that night only ... so i prayed for them to leave .... they didnt, they would shuffle around , get still when i would mention jesus or god and bend down occasionally.... bvut when one would bend down the other would stay up and then i would feel chills until i moved (sat up or etc) and after about an hour of battling fear (5 02 am) i thought to myself "ok if they were here to hurt me they wouldve doe it already so i got up and put clothes on and walked towards my door and felt chills again but i was up already i couldnt do much but keep going this time the chills came in 4's small to strong... and i reached my ligh and the door upon turning it on and opening the door ... they vanished n the feeling did also.... i used the restroom and decicded to get my dad....
he told me not to be afriad and that it may man something.....
"you may be becoming distant from god , it may be a warning for you or your freinds" and encouraged me to sleep again... they didnt show up anymore but a few nights it has....... so i would sleep with a movie or music on to keep me calm but i would wake up in the middle of the night to chills.... music on or not and somenights it would turn off on its own or my dad would turn it of but ima light sleeper so i notice if he does it like per say this morning.... arouund 6 my tv turned off by itself but i was determined not to be afraid of it
and last night i woke up and my music was turned down.. when i had it loud enough for me to hear over my fan.... and i heard wispering.... and felt chills but i was determined to swallow my fear so i restarted the music and went to sleep.......​

now i have been stressed recently due to this and other things in my life a freind of mine says i may have created that entity due to all my negative energy but i dont know cuz it only shows up on certain nights i was told to sleep with psalms 91 under my pillow but i got it mixed up and ended up sleepin on psalms 21 it still showed up that night.... can anyone help?​

 

[Saint]

well, if it is a spirit, it's definately not malicious, because if you pray for a bad spirit to go away, well God is much more powerful than they are, and he told us that if we simply tell evil to flee, they will, He also told us that if we pray in His name, He will answer. So, worst comes to worst, they're harmless spirits messing with unintentionally.

that being said, this sounds a lot more like hypnotic energy and bad electricity. You see, when there are problems with electrical appliances, a lot of people can feel like there are things behind them, can cause paranoid thoughts/feelings, and after prolonged exposure can cause delusions. Also, the inability to move, no matter how hard you try, can be explained by sleep paralysis. Now, unknown to some, sleep paralysis can affect persons who are mentally conscious. During sleep paralysis, people can attempt to move all they want, try and try and try, but they can't. It's just not possible until the body wakes up. and seeiing the spirits, well during sleep paralysis we also go through something called hypnotic imagery, sort of a stage in between awake and asleep, where vivid images, sounds, and even smells and physical contact are felt, but don't actually happen. Some people see rooms, vast landscapes, people talking, others hear such things, some have even reported hearing loud screams of people that weren't there. Some even feel like their body is being poked by hundreds of needles, actually, one of my friends was telling me of a time where his entire body felt like it was being shaken, like an earthquake was happening. And all of this seems so very real, and since we are technically awake at this stage, and can't pawn it off as a dream yet, it feels oh so much more real. Now, combine the vividity of hypnotic imagery with the potentially illusion-inducing capability of faulty wiring, and you may see a whole lot of scary things. Now i'm not saying that you are not seeing the real deal here, but this might give you hope, explain why your sister was feeling uneasy while you were at the same time, and might even explain why your mother saw what she saw.

hope that helps

ps: regardless of wether or not this is a spirit or something else, this verse always helped me out in times of fear: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18) i usually just tell myself "there is no fear in love" over and over.

 

[sportygirl]

I'm really not sure how to help you. I do believe there is a spirit world So i can't deny that you could have seen spirits. The thing about sleep paralysis in the post above is very real, my friend had she woke up and couldnt move I dont thinks he saw anything though but she couldnt yell or anything. When it comes to seeing spirits my best friend who was my roomate last year didnt see spirits but had dreams. In her dreams they were demons and they were in our room, she apparnetly escaped from them in the dream by singing worship songs, apparently I didnt join, she had several more that semester. All of which had me in htem which freaked me otu, she also thought she saw a ghost in our room on my side of the room she could have even told me what the ghost was wearing if I had wanted to know. I didnt. But, as the both of us grew closer to God and brought God more into our lives her dreams became less, and if she did have them both of us escaped the demons. (i would rather not think about what her dreams meant, cause I have a good idea...i was far from God when she first ahd them and came back to him later on when in her dreams we escaped). But for me whenever I'm scared I pray like crazy, and sometimes sing worship songs it helps me when im freaked out.

 

[edge]

read ephesians 6 it has the armour of God and read psalms 91 as you have said, apply them into your life, and know you have authority over demons
tell them to leave you and your family alone in the name of Jesus Christ, i also struggle with fear when it involves spirits and angels and stuff...ive had not so great expriences from demons, but you should seek the Lord and be open and ask him about this gift he has given you. Any spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ is the son of God, or do the will of God, avoid those spirits for if they are not for the LORD who do you think they follow? Watch out for satan can appear as an angel of light, and how much more demons? beware but do not fear you have authority in Christ

luke 10:17-20 nkjv

17 Then the seventy[e] returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather[f] rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

you can also praise and worship God demons dont like that

God is good

 

[AngelLight]

Ok hun be calm I promise everything is ok. Pray over yourself and say, with completel faith and confidence "I command any unclean spirit to leave in Jesus name!" and keep saying it till you feel your ok...dont fear them because your God is much bigger. You have authority throught the name Jesus Christ.

 

[FollowingHIM16]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO. I know! I know how you feel! I've been dealing with it ever since I was 3 years old! Question, do you see other spirits? Like outside of your house, or is it just your house? The spirits, or figures you see, is it just a black outline of a being? Please respond! Now I know I'm not the only one!

 

[Ice_Tiger]

It sounds like you have the gift of spiritual discernment. (1 Corinthians 12) It also sounds like you have some spiritual mess going on.

Here are some questions that might help. You don't have to answer them here, but the answers do matter. Check out Ephesians 6:10-18 and you will get why I am asking these questions

1.) Have you spoken(and believe in your heart) that Christ died for you & rose again? Have you accepted His forgiveness? (It sounds like you have but I have to ask)

2.) Are you being obedient to God? or are you sinning against Him in some way? If you are sinning, it makes you vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy. Have you repented of past sins?

3.) Are you using the truth from the bible when you see these spirits? It is our spiritual sword.

4.) Are you praying and asking God to show you why these spirits are messing with you?


One last thing, worship music is great way to "clean". Putting on your favorite worship music and just giving your heart over to worshiping God- (smiles) the enemy isn't a fan and doesn't stick around too long.

 

[Theron]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO. I know! I know how you feel! I've been dealing with it ever since I was 3 years old! Question, do you see other spirits? Like outside of your house, or is it just your house? The spirits, or figures you see, is it just a black outline of a being? Please respond! Now I know I'm not the only one!

yes i do, but many spirits i see are not harmful specifically to me sometimes they are just there, once i had woken up around 4 or fiveish and my dad scared me beacause i was looking down my hall way at the threshold of my door and a spirit was there,and he was behind it but he didnt see it but when it disappeared my dad was there , i dont know why it was just standing there, i am very aware of other beings aroung me and due to seeing things and encounters with ouji boards on tv i do not talk to them other than telling them to leave if they seem harmful as a kid i would see apirits pass through my backyard, they looked like small twisters, and i didnt know they were spirits until i got older
there were even objects that ive had that have had spirits attached to them, a few toys and things i owned gave me creepy feelings and nightmares whenever i would look at touch or mess with them i would hear things or hear someone call me and it wouldnt be anyone in my house or near me , most spirits i see arent black a few of them are, but when in a really dark room they show as that picture shows in paint... very pale but they outline of them is very visible

 

[Theron]

It sounds like you have the gift of spiritual discernment. (1 Corinthians 12) It also sounds like you have some spiritual mess going on.

Here are some questions that might help. You don't have to answer them here, but the answers do matter. Check out Ephesians 6:10-18 and you will get why I am asking these questions

1.) Have you spoken(and believe in your heart) that Christ died for you & rose again? Have you accepted His forgiveness? (It sounds like you have but I have to ask)

2.) Are you being obedient to God? or are you sinning against Him in some way? If you are sinning, it makes you vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy. Have you repented of past sins?

3.) Are you using the truth from the bible when you see these spirits? It is our spiritual sword.

4.) Are you praying and asking God to show you why these spirits are messing with you?


One last thing, worship music is great way to "clean". Putting on your favorite worship music and just giving your heart over to worshiping God- (smiles) the enemy isn't a fan and doesn't stick around too long.

to answer your questions, i am saved, i try more than i used to not to sin, i pray , i confess my sins that i do i acknowledge them it seems that thats the onyl way i can do better at starving my flesh, but, i am an african american male andall i listen to is gospel rap, they have worship songs too but i would like to find some christian bands i could listen too all i have found so far that i really enjoy is The Afters, they a have nice songs any suggestions, but when i play music to go to sleep too it seems to keep things away, and i also do that when i feel something malicious behind me., i quote a line from a rap that speaks of having dominion over the devil etc and it seems to work,

 

[Theron]

(and i see spirits in othe places) i refrain from certain places / certain music certain images because i feel something attached to it, i also feel angels but i dont see them as much as i do random spirits or it could be that dont recodnize them?