Before I repented and was born again in 2004.
I was a practicing witch.
Complete with: altar, wand, tarot cards, athame, cauldron etc but not in the cartoonish sense these things have very real purposes. Be it interest in divination practices like astrology or Tarot... Ouji boards, seance/spells etc. all of which are in rebellion to Yah.
I am an introvert by nature, I do not like to share personal information about myself unless
1) I am close to the person
2) there is some reason the other person would benefit from the knowledge/experience
I am not going to go into a lot of depth in this area of my life on the web....
However, there are insights I am willing to give in effort to help that one person who may be struggling. Like any other sin there must be something enticing to draw people in.
There is no value in creating an idol to yourself because: you are a finite being, created being.
There is no value in worshipping the creation: ie sun, moon, stars, and elements (water, fire, earth, air) because they too are all created things within the limits of the Creator's laws.
His invisible attributes—His eternal power and His divine nature—have been clearly seen ever since the creation of the world, being understood through the things that have been made. So people are without excuse—Romans 1:20 TLV
Personally, I was already in an abusive relationship at the time and this was (my space) my area of control and power. I had authority when I cast a circle, when I performed a ritual or cast a spell, how I would observe the days on the wheel of the yr. It was something (for me) no one could take it, very few understood it, and most were somewhat leery of me or afraid of what I was doing.
However, that is a false sense of power. It is an illusion. Like someone who gets high a few times and thinks it is fun.... it is appealing until they no longer seek the high for fun but because the idea of it is now what controls their entire life. Opening these "doors" to demonic entities is what is really happening. You can have your illusion for a short time before the reality sets in and you realize you are a pawn, in fact, a slave.... in a much bigger spiritual war going on.
I implore you. If you have stumbled upon this and are in any way, shape, or form dabbling in the occult with: tarot, ouiji, astral projection, spells, rituals, yoga, chakras, horoscopes etc. STOP and repent.
The boundaries set by Yah are for our good. As a loving parent sets boundaries for their children so Yah has set boundaries for us.
"Good and upright is Adonai
Therefore He directs sinners in the way. He guides the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way. All Adonai's ways are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies."- PS 25: 8-10 TLV
But look here what Yah has done for me!
" Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah , he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." II Corinthians 5:17
I went from celebrating the wheel of the yr in its pagan ways to celebrating pagan "Traditionally christian" days brought out of Rome to now following my KING Yeshua in the (Moedim Days/Appointed Days in scripture) the ones He celebrates and that He did celebrate when He walked the earth before His ascension.
Little by little Yah called our family to "come out from among them and be ye separate" 2 Cor 6:17 and the BEAUTIFUL thing is He is pulling others out too. He is moving among His people and it is so exciting to witness in these days, during this time!
HalleluYah! He set me FREE and He can do it for you too! 19 years into my Kingdom journey! ❤️
Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua for the removal of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach ha-Kodesh. For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away—as many as Adonai our God calls to Himself.” Acts 2:38-39 TLV
Salvation involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God/Yahweh.
We obey Yahweh by keeping His Commandments, not to be saved, but because we are saved.
HalleluYah! - Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice 1 Sam. 15:22
Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the Torah of Adonai.
2 >Happy are those who keep His testimonies,
who seek Him with a whole heart,
3 who also do no injustice, but walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded that Your precepts
be kept diligently.<
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast
to observe Your decrees!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
when I consider all Your mitzvot (commandments.)
7 I will praise You with an upright heart
as I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will observe Your statutes. Psalm 119:1-8
Blessings and Shalom in the Name of Yeshua Messiah!
I was a practicing witch.
Complete with: altar, wand, tarot cards, athame, cauldron etc but not in the cartoonish sense these things have very real purposes. Be it interest in divination practices like astrology or Tarot... Ouji boards, seance/spells etc. all of which are in rebellion to Yah.
I am an introvert by nature, I do not like to share personal information about myself unless
1) I am close to the person
2) there is some reason the other person would benefit from the knowledge/experience
I am not going to go into a lot of depth in this area of my life on the web....
However, there are insights I am willing to give in effort to help that one person who may be struggling. Like any other sin there must be something enticing to draw people in.
- For some that is the "Do what thou will/wilt but harm none," concept that seems to "free" one from any responsibility of answering to anyone other than yourself.<- Did you catch that? "Answering to anyone other than yourself..." right, you are making an idol => SELF
- For others it may be the perception of hidden "knowledge" or "power" that others do not have ie: tarot cards, ouija boards, astral projection etc
There is no value in creating an idol to yourself because: you are a finite being, created being.
There is no value in worshipping the creation: ie sun, moon, stars, and elements (water, fire, earth, air) because they too are all created things within the limits of the Creator's laws.
His invisible attributes—His eternal power and His divine nature—have been clearly seen ever since the creation of the world, being understood through the things that have been made. So people are without excuse—Romans 1:20 TLV
Personally, I was already in an abusive relationship at the time and this was (my space) my area of control and power. I had authority when I cast a circle, when I performed a ritual or cast a spell, how I would observe the days on the wheel of the yr. It was something (for me) no one could take it, very few understood it, and most were somewhat leery of me or afraid of what I was doing.
However, that is a false sense of power. It is an illusion. Like someone who gets high a few times and thinks it is fun.... it is appealing until they no longer seek the high for fun but because the idea of it is now what controls their entire life. Opening these "doors" to demonic entities is what is really happening. You can have your illusion for a short time before the reality sets in and you realize you are a pawn, in fact, a slave.... in a much bigger spiritual war going on.
I implore you. If you have stumbled upon this and are in any way, shape, or form dabbling in the occult with: tarot, ouiji, astral projection, spells, rituals, yoga, chakras, horoscopes etc. STOP and repent.
The boundaries set by Yah are for our good. As a loving parent sets boundaries for their children so Yah has set boundaries for us.
"Good and upright is Adonai
Therefore He directs sinners in the way. He guides the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way. All Adonai's ways are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies."- PS 25: 8-10 TLV
But look here what Yah has done for me!
" Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah , he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." II Corinthians 5:17
I went from celebrating the wheel of the yr in its pagan ways to celebrating pagan "Traditionally christian" days brought out of Rome to now following my KING Yeshua in the (Moedim Days/Appointed Days in scripture) the ones He celebrates and that He did celebrate when He walked the earth before His ascension.
Little by little Yah called our family to "come out from among them and be ye separate" 2 Cor 6:17 and the BEAUTIFUL thing is He is pulling others out too. He is moving among His people and it is so exciting to witness in these days, during this time!
HalleluYah! He set me FREE and He can do it for you too! 19 years into my Kingdom journey! ❤️
Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua for the removal of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach ha-Kodesh. For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away—as many as Adonai our God calls to Himself.” Acts 2:38-39 TLV
Salvation involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God/Yahweh.
We obey Yahweh by keeping His Commandments, not to be saved, but because we are saved.
- Repentance is a change of mind.
- That leads to a change of heart.
- That leads to a change of action.
- Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out, so times of relief might come from the presence of Adonai and He might send Yeshua, the Messiah appointed for you. Acts 3:19-29
- Then you—you will return and listen to the voice of Adonai and DO all His mitzvot (commanments) that I am commanding you today. Deuteronomy 30:8
- From then on, Yeshua (Jesus) began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” (Matthew 4:17)
- For the grief that God wills brings a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret. But the world grief brings death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)
- Say to them: ‘As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Return, return from your evil ways" (Ezekiel 33:11)
HalleluYah! - Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice 1 Sam. 15:22
Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the Torah of Adonai.
2 >Happy are those who keep His testimonies,
who seek Him with a whole heart,
3 who also do no injustice, but walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded that Your precepts
be kept diligently.<
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast
to observe Your decrees!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
when I consider all Your mitzvot (commandments.)
7 I will praise You with an upright heart
as I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will observe Your statutes. Psalm 119:1-8
Blessings and Shalom in the Name of Yeshua Messiah!