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Welcome to The Sisterhood Hub! The Hub is where I share insights, resources, and reflections that have deepened my faith and strengthened my Christian walk. My hope is that you find encouragement and inspiration, be uplifted and challenged as you navigate your own journey. The Hub is dedicated to empowering women to embrace their God-given identity, rooted in the love, grace, mercy, truth and sacrifice of our Lord, Saviour, and soon-coming King, Jesus Christ. May this be a source of strength and renewal, fostering your self-worth and guiding you to live out your faith authentically. Together, let us walk confidently in our callings, trusting God every step of the way. May our lives reflect humility, integrity, and reverence for Him, as the Holy Spirit leads us to live fruitfully for His glory. The mission is to parade God’s love by sharing the gospel, writing, engaging in outreach and missionary work, distributing Christian resources, and serving communities both locally and internationally—as a pro-life advocate, committed to the sanctity of life from the womb to the tomb and beyond the grave, in both the physical and spiritual realms, as every life matters. Blessings, Lori 💕

The Deborah Era: A Season of Leadership, Courage, and Spiritual Authority

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The Deborah era, based on the story in the Book of Judges, represents a season of leadership, clarity, courage, and spiritual authority. Deborah served as both a prophetess and a judge in Israel, demonstrating what it means to walk in wisdom and obedience when others are looking for direction.

Unlike leadership that is built on status or personal ambition, Deborah’s influence flowed from her relationship with God. Before she led people, she first listened to Him. Her life reminds us that true spiritual leadership begins in God’s presence before it is demonstrated in public.

Behind visible leadership is often an unseen process of formation. While confidence may be visible to others, this season can carry emotional weight beneath the surface. Responsibility, difficult decisions, and the awareness that others are depending on you often shape character in private long before leadership is fully recognised.

A Deborah season is marked by responsibility. It is a time when others begin to seek your wisdom, discernment, or guidance. Leadership may feel unfamiliar or even overwhelming, yet God equips those He calls. Rather than relying on personal ability alone, this season teaches dependence on His strength and wisdom.

One of Deborah’s defining characteristics was her ability to hear God’s voice clearly and respond with confidence. She did not lead from fear or uncertainty but from discernment and obedience. As God develops spiritual maturity, He strengthens the ability to recognise His direction above internal doubt and external opinions.

Spiritual authority is not rooted in position but in alignment with God. It grows through intimacy with Him, faithful obedience, and a willingness to follow His instruction even when the path requires courage. Authority that comes from God reflects humility rather than self-promotion.

Deborah also demonstrated remarkable courage. She encouraged Barak to move forward in obedience when fear could have caused hesitation. Her example teaches that courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to trust God despite it. There are seasons when speaking truth, making difficult decisions, and stepping forward in faith become acts of obedience.

This leadership is formed over time. God often prepares His people through smaller assignments before entrusting them with greater responsibility. Every season of growth develops wisdom, discernment, and character for what lies ahead.

Deborah also reminds us that godly leadership is not meant to be carried alone. She partnered with Barak, showing that strength and humility can coexist. Healthy leadership welcomes accountability, values partnership, and recognises that God often works through the gifts and faithfulness of others.

The victory recorded in Deborah’s story reveals another important truth. God did not call His people into responsibility simply to carry burdens but to witness His faithfulness. When Deborah and Barak obeyed God’s direction, He brought victory over an enemy that had oppressed Israel for many years. A Deborah season reminds us that obedience positions us to see God accomplish what human strength alone cannot.

After the victory, Deborah responded with worship, recording a song of praise that celebrated God’s faithfulness rather than human achievement. Her response demonstrates that genuine leadership always returns the glory to God. Every victory becomes an opportunity to acknowledge His power, His faithfulness, and His sovereign hand at work.

The result of Deborah’s leadership was not continual striving but lasting peace. Following Israel’s deliverance, the land experienced forty years of rest. This reminds us that God’s purpose in raising up faithful leaders is not simply to overcome battles but to establish peace, stability, and renewed hope for His people.

The Deborah era is not a season of striving to become someone else, but of God developing what He has already placed within you. He does not call without also preparing, equipping, and sustaining those who walk in obedience. As He forms your character and deepens your dependence on Him, He enables you to lead with wisdom, courage, humility, and unwavering faith.

A Prayer for the Deborah Season

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the seasons where You call Your people into clarity, courage, and leadership. Thank You that You do not only save, restore, and heal, but You also entrust responsibility and spiritual authority according to Your wisdom.

Lord, in this Deborah season, strengthen discernment within me. Let my ears be sensitive to Your voice above every other voice, and let my decisions be guided not by fear, confusion, or pressure, but by Your truth and peace. Teach me to recognise what is from You and what is not, and to walk confidently in obedience.

Give me courage to stand when others hesitate, and wisdom to speak when truth is needed. Remove hesitation rooted in insecurity, and replace it with steady confidence that is anchored in You alone. Where there is responsibility placed upon my life, give me grace to carry it with humility and strength.

Lord, help me not to shrink back from leadership when it feels heavy. Instead, teach me to lean into You, remembering that true authority comes from surrender to Your will. Keep my heart pure so that influence never becomes ego, and leadership never becomes pride.

Surround me with the right people, as You did with Deborah, so that I do not walk alone but walk in healthy partnership, accountability, and unity. Teach me when to lead, when to listen, and when to encourage others into courage.

Make me steady in seasons of pressure, clear in seasons of decision, and faithful in seasons of responsibility. Let my leadership bring peace, direction, and alignment with Your purpose, not confusion or striving.

Above all, Lord, keep me obedient. Let every action flow from intimacy with You, and let my life reflect wisdom that comes from Your Spirit.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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40 Reasons Why New Age Spirituality Conflicts With God

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The following article is based on my personal experience. I was once deeply involved in New Age spirituality before coming to faith in Jesus Christ. That journey helped shape my understanding of these beliefs.

Introduction

New Age spirituality often presents itself as open-minded, peaceful, and focused on healing or personal growth. Because of that, many people are drawn to it without realising how deeply it reshapes the idea of God, truth, and spiritual reality.

At the centre of the issue is not simply different practices or beliefs, but a different view of who God is. In New Age teaching, God is often reduced to an energy, force, or universal consciousness rather than a personal Creator who speaks, commands, and judges. Truth becomes something each person creates for themselves rather than something God reveals. Salvation becomes self-improvement instead of rescue by God’s grace.

From a biblical perspective, this is serious because it changes the foundation of everything: who God is, what humanity is, what sin is, and how people are restored to Him. When God is no longer seen as the absolute authority, spiritual life becomes centred on self, experience, and creation rather than the living God.

The following points explain, in simple terms, how specific New Age beliefs move away from God’s revealed truth and why they are seen as incompatible with the nature, authority, and character of God as presented in Scripture.

1. It teaches that humans are divine

This removes the absolute difference between God and human beings. In New Age thinking, people are not just made by God—they are seen as God or part of God in essence. That means God is no longer above creation but blended into it. This destroys the idea of a holy, separate Creator who is worshipped and obeyed. Instead of relationship with God, it turns spirituality inward to self-worship or self-realisation.

Scripture: Genesis 1:27; Isaiah 45:5

2. It removes Jesus as the only way to God

New Age teaching often says all spiritual paths lead to the same truth. This directly removes the exclusivity of Jesus. If many paths are valid, then God’s specific provision through Christ is unnecessary. This reduces Jesus from the Son of God and Saviour of the world to just one teacher among many, which undermines God’s own declared solution for reconciliation.

Scripture: John 14:6; Acts 4:12

3. It replaces salvation through God with self-salvation

Instead of God rescuing humanity from sin, it teaches that people can elevate or heal themselves spiritually over time. This shifts salvation from God’s action to human progress. It removes the idea of dependence on God’s mercy and replaces it with personal achievement. In this system, God is no longer needed as Saviour.

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5

4. It tells people to trust themselves instead of God

It encourages people to “go within” to find truth, answers, and direction. This elevates human intuition above God’s wisdom. The problem is that human understanding is limited and affected by emotion, pride, and error. This replaces God’s higher, perfect wisdom with unstable human judgment, making man the final authority instead of God.

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5–6; Jeremiah 17:9

5. It makes feelings equal to truth

In this mindset, if something feels right or peaceful, it is treated as true. This replaces God’s unchanging truth with shifting emotional experience. The danger is that feelings can be influenced, misled, or contradictory, meaning truth becomes unstable and subjective instead of grounded in God’s nature and Word.

Scripture: John 17:17

6. It uses spiritual practices God forbids

Practices like astrology, tarot, and fortune-telling seek hidden knowledge outside of what God has revealed. This is not neutral curiosity—it is an attempt to access spiritual insight through forbidden means rather than trusting God’s guidance. It shifts dependence from God’s voice to alternative spiritual systems.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:10–12

7. It encourages following spirit guides instead of God

People are told they can receive guidance from spiritual beings other than God. The issue is that this removes God as the sole source of spiritual truth and opens the door to deception. Since not all spiritual beings are from God, it places people in a position of uncertainty and vulnerability instead of secure dependence on Him.

Scripture: 1 John 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:14

8. It teaches truth must be discovered rather than revealed by God

New Age teaching often says truth is hidden and must be accessed through higher consciousness or awakening. This reduces God’s revelation and makes human discovery more important than divine communication. It suggests God has not clearly spoken, or that His Word is incomplete, which weakens trust in His authority.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 29:29; Colossians 2:8

9. It teaches reincarnation instead of one life and judgment

Reincarnation removes final accountability before God. Instead of one life followed by judgment, it offers repeated chances through multiple lives. This reduces the seriousness of choices made in this life and removes God’s final authority over human destiny, judgment, and eternity.

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27

10. It replaces God’s grace with karma

Karma presents life as a system of automatic balance rather than a personal God who forgives or judges. This removes relationship with God entirely and replaces it with a mechanical law. In this system, there is no mercy, no forgiveness, and no need for a Saviour—only consequence.

Scripture: Romans 6:23

11. It says there is no fixed truth

Truth becomes personal and flexible, meaning different people can hold opposite “truths” and both be correct. This removes God as the source of absolute truth and makes human opinion the highest authority. If truth is not fixed in God, then morality and meaning also lose stability.

Scripture: John 8:32; Malachi 3:6

12. It uses stars and signs instead of God’s guidance

Astrology and spiritual signs from nature replace seeking direction from God. This shifts authority from the Creator to creation itself. Instead of prayer and obedience to God, people look to objects in the created world for answers about their lives.

Scripture: Isaiah 47:13–14

13. It tries to contact the dead

This practice crosses a boundary God has set between the living and the dead. It seeks knowledge and comfort from spiritual sources God has not authorised. The danger is that it bypasses God’s protection and opens people to deception in the spiritual realm.

Scripture: Isaiah 8:19

14. It teaches people can control reality with thoughts

This belief gives human thinking creative power over the world. It replaces God’s sovereignty with human mental force. Instead of God directing events, humans are seen as shaping reality through intention, which elevates man to a role only God holds.

Scripture: James 4:13–15

15. It turns God into an impersonal force

God is no longer seen as a personal being who speaks, commands, and loves. Instead, He becomes energy, vibration, or universal consciousness. This removes relationship with God entirely, because you cannot know, obey, or worship an impersonal force.

Scripture: Exodus 3:14; John 4:24

16. It says all religions are the same

This removes God’s unique revelation and reduces all belief systems to equal paths. It ignores contradiction between teachings and removes the idea that God has spoken clearly and specifically. This makes truth relative instead of revealed.

Scripture: John 14:6

17. It reduces sin to something minor

Sin is redefined as ignorance, imbalance, or low energy instead of rebellion against a holy God. This removes moral accountability and makes forgiveness unnecessary. If sin is not serious, then God’s justice and mercy lose meaning.

Scripture: Romans 3:23

18. It promotes self-power instead of dependence on God

The focus is on inner strength, awakening, and personal power. This replaces reliance on God with reliance on self. Instead of submission to God’s will, the individual becomes the source of direction and strength.

Scripture: James 4:10

19. It gives spiritual power to objects

Objects like crystals or rituals are believed to carry spiritual influence. This shifts trust away from God and places it in created things. It effectively assigns power to things that God did not give spiritual authority.

Scripture: Isaiah 44:9–10

20. It replaces relationship with God with methods and systems

Instead of knowing God personally, spirituality becomes about techniques like energy alignment, manifestation, or awakening practices. This turns faith into a system to use rather than a relationship with a living God.

Scripture: John 15:5

21. It turns healing into a controllable spiritual system rather than God’s authority

Reiki teaches that healing is a neutral energy that can be accessed, trained, and directed by humans. This changes healing from something that depends on God’s will into something mechanically controlled through technique. In biblical understanding, healing is not an energy system but an expression of God’s authority, mercy, and timing. Turning it into a transferable method reduces God to a background role rather than the active healer.

Scripture: Psalm 103:2–3; James 5:14–15.

22. It replaces God’s design of humanity with invented spiritual anatomy

Chakra systems redefine human beings as layered energy centres that must be activated or aligned. This replaces God’s description of humanity as His created image-bearing design with a man-made spiritual map. The concern is that it shifts understanding of the human condition away from God’s definition and toward alternative spiritual frameworks that require non-biblical practices for “balance”.

Scripture: Genesis 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

23. It assigns spiritual power to created objects instead of the Creator

Crystals and similar objects are treated as sources of healing, protection, or energy. This shifts reliance from God to physical creation believed to carry inherent spiritual force. In Scripture, objects have no spiritual authority in themselves; placing trust in them replaces dependence on God with dependence on creation.

Scripture: Isaiah 44:9–10; Jeremiah 10:5.

24. It gives creation authority over human destiny instead of God

Astrology teaches that stars and planets influence personality and future outcomes. This places creation in a governing role over human life rather than God as sovereign ruler over time, events, and identity. It subtly replaces divine authority with cosmic determinism.

Scripture: Isaiah 47:13–14.

25. It turns random patterns into supposed divine communication

Numerology and “angel numbers” treat repeated patterns in life as coded messages from the universe. This replaces God’s clear communication with interpretive guessing based on patterns. It shifts spiritual authority away from God’s revealed Word into subjective interpretation of signs.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 29:29; 2 Timothy 3:16.

26. It empties the mind instead of filling it with God’s truth

Mind-emptying meditation removes thought rather than focusing it on God. The danger is not silence itself, but the removal of biblical grounding, leaving a spiritual vacuum where anything can be received as truth or insight. God’s design for meditation is filling the mind with His Word and truth, not emptying it of content.

Scripture: Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2.

27. It seeks spiritual experiences outside God’s appointed boundaries

Astral projection and out-of-body experiences aim to explore spiritual realms independently of God’s direction. This prioritises experience over obedience and attempts to access unseen realities without divine permission or protection. Biblically, spiritual encounters are meant to be under God’s control, not human initiation.

Scripture: Colossians 2:18; 2 Corinthians 11:14.

28. It reduces God from a personal ruler to an impersonal force

When God is described as energy, vibration, or universal consciousness, He is no longer a personal being who speaks, commands, or judges. This removes relationship, moral accountability, and worship, replacing them with alignment to a force rather than obedience to a Lord.

Scripture: Exodus 3:14; John 4:24.

29. It shifts the purpose of life from glorifying God to elevating self-awareness

Instead of life being about knowing, obeying, and glorifying God, it becomes about personal awakening and expansion of consciousness. This re-centres existence on the individual rather than the Creator, reversing the purpose for which humanity was made.

Scripture: Isaiah 43:7; Romans 11:36.

30. It removes the need for a Saviour by teaching self-salvation

Salvation becomes a process of self-improvement, enlightenment, or spiritual progress. This removes the necessity of God stepping in to rescue humanity and replaces it with human ability to reach higher states alone. It fundamentally shifts dependence away from God’s saving action.

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8–9; John 3:16.

31. It opens communication with spiritual entities outside God’s authority

Channeling assumes humans can receive messages from spiritual beings directly. The issue is not curiosity, but bypassing God’s authority over spiritual communication and exposing oneself to unknown spiritual influences not tested by His Word.

Scripture: Leviticus 19:31; 1 John 4:1.

32. It introduces rival spiritual authorities alongside Christ

“Ascended masters” or similar figures are treated as enlightened guides with authority over spiritual truth. This competes with Christ’s unique position as mediator and final revelation of God. It multiplies spiritual authorities where Scripture declares one.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:5; Colossians 1:18.

33. It repeats the original temptation to become independent of God

The idea that humans can evolve into divine beings reflects the original rebellion in Eden—becoming like God through knowledge and self-directed growth. It represents independence from God rather than dependence on Him.

Scripture: Genesis 3:5; Isaiah 42:8.

34. It replaces repentance with ritual-based cleansing

Practices like smudging or aura cleansing treat spiritual problems as contamination that can be removed through ritual. This bypasses repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God, reducing sin to something impersonal rather than relational.

Scripture: 1 John 1:9; Hebrews 9:14.

35. It replaces God’s voice with interpretation of coincidence

Life events are often reinterpreted as coded messages from the universe. This replaces God’s clear guidance through His Word with subjective meaning assigned to random events, weakening dependence on Scripture.

Scripture: Matthew 12:39; Ecclesiastes 5:7.

36. It replaces moral transformation with self-acceptance

Instead of calling people to change, repent, and be transformed by God, the focus becomes unconditional acceptance of the self. This removes the need for moral accountability before God.

Scripture: Acts 3:19; Romans 12:2.

37. It denies the exclusivity of God’s revealed truth

Teaching that all paths lead to God removes the uniqueness of His revelation and His appointed way of salvation. It treats all spiritual systems as equally valid regardless of contradiction.

Scripture: John 14:6; Acts 4:12.

38. It redefines sin as ignorance rather than rebellion against God

Sin is treated as lack of awareness, low vibration, or spiritual immaturity instead of breaking God’s moral law. This removes guilt, judgment, and the need for forgiveness through Christ.

Scripture: Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23.

39. It gives human thought creative authority that belongs only to God

The idea that humans can create reality through intention or thought attributes creative power to people. Biblically, creation and sovereignty belong solely to God, not human consciousness.

Scripture: Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 45:12.

40. It ultimately draws people away from dependence on Jesus Christ

The combined effect of all these teachings is a shift away from Christ as Lord, Saviour, and source of truth. Spirituality becomes self-directed rather than God-dependent, replacing relationship with Christ with systems, methods, and experiences.

Scripture: John 14:6; Colossians 2:8–10.

Conclusion

When all of these teachings are placed together, a clear pattern emerges. The New Age system does not usually present itself as rejecting God outright—it often uses spiritual language and even talks about love, peace, and light. But underneath, it steadily changes what those words mean.

God is no longer treated as a personal, holy Creator who rules over everything. Instead, He is often redefined as an energy, a presence, or something within all people. That shift may seem subtle, but it changes everything. If God is not separate from creation, then worship loses meaning. If truth is not fixed in Him, then anything can become “truth.” If salvation is not from Him, then people are left relying on themselves.

This is why the issue is not just about practices or ideas—it is about authority. Who has the final word: God or the self? The Bible presents God as that final authority, and Jesus Christ as the only way back into relationship with Him.

The concern expressed throughout these points is that New Age spirituality replaces that foundation with something built on human experience, spiritual systems, and personal interpretation. From a biblical perspective, that shift moves people away from the God who is personal, holy, and sovereign, and toward a spirituality that no longer depends on Him at all.

Personal Testimony
If you would like to read the story behind this perspective, you can read my full testimony here: My Testimony: From New Age to Christianity – My Path to Redemption

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When Something Feel Off… Signs of Witchcraft Activity Around You and How to Respond

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Signs of witchcraft activity are not always what people picture. Most people hear the word witchcraft and immediately think of cauldrons, black cats, Halloween costumes. But Galatians 5:20 lists sorcery right alongside hatred, jealousy, and fits of rage as works of the flesh. Scripture takes this seriously, and so do I. One thing needs to be said plainly before we go any further: discernment is not accusation. What the Bible calls us to is fruit inspection, pattern recognition, and honest assessment of the spiritual influence certain people carry in our lives.

Sign 1: They Crave Control and Use Manipulation to Get It

The first sign is a craving for control that goes well beyond a strong personality. Witchcraft at its root is control without consent. It attempts to dominate someone’s decisions through guilt, fear, intimidation, or pressure. God gave human beings self-control, but He never gave any person dominion over another human being, and that was not part of the original mandate in Genesis.

Jezebel in Scripture is the clearest picture of this. She did not simply influence Ahab — she owned him completely. The language sounds familiar in relationships today: “If you loved me, you would.” “You’ll regret saying no.” “I’ll turn everyone against you.” None of that is passion or a strong personality. A controlling spirit operates through someone who has surrendered ground to the flesh, and it uses every emotional lever available to keep people locked in place.

I learned from Derek Prince that witchcraft reveals itself in three ways: manipulation, intimidation, and domination. All three were present in Jezebel. All three show up today in people close to us, sometimes in ministry contexts, sometimes in marriages, sometimes in friendships that slowly became something else entirely.

Sign 2: They Use Spiritual Language to Manipulate You

This is probably the most dangerous sign because it hides behind the things of God. When someone says “God told me you must do this,” or “If you disobey me, you’re disobeying God,” that is not prophecy. Ezekiel 13 calls out false prophets who declare “Thus says the Lord” when God said nothing of the kind.

Real prophecy produces freedom. It points people to Jesus, aligns with Scripture, and leaves someone feeling encouraged and built up. What gets falsely called “prophetic” produces fear, confusion, and dependency instead. People walk away feeling spiritually hollowed out, not filled up, and you don’t always notice it at first because the language sounds so convincing.

I saw this firsthand in youth ministry. A teenage boy told a girl that God had revealed she was going to be his wife. She was terrified, and he was following her everywhere. The words sounded spiritual, but the fruit was control, not care. Borrowing God’s name to pressure another person is manipulation dressed in religious clothing, and Scripture is serious about how God responds to that.

Sign 3: They Get Angry or Punishing When You Set Boundaries

Healthy people can handle a no. Controlling spirits cannot. The moment you draw a boundary, everything shifts into silent treatment, sudden rage, smear campaigns, and emotional withdrawal designed to pull you back into compliance. These reactions are not random. They reveal a pattern, and the pattern tells you something important about what has actually been driving the relationship.

In Acts 16, when Paul cast the spirit of divination out of a slave girl, the men profiting from her immediately went to war against him. They had lost control, and they knew it. If your no consistently triggers warfare, consider what that tells you about your yes. It was the captivity talking, not genuine agreement.

Elijah is the model for how to respond. Unlike Ahab, who went passive, and unlike Jezebel, who turned aggressive, Elijah was simply assertive. He knew where his lines were, held them firmly, and that is exactly what drove Jezebel to threats. Learn the difference between those three postures, because passive people get run by witchcraft and aggressive people start mimicking it.

Sign 4: They Try to Isolate You from Godly Community

When someone works to cut you off from your pastor, your friends, or your family, pay close attention. Witchcraft functions like a net. Separation comes first, and domination follows. It starts with seeds of suspicion: “They’re jealous of you. They don’t really understand you the way I do. You don’t need them.” That is not loyalty. A trap is being laid, and most people don’t catch it until it has already cost them something significant.

First Peter 5:8 describes the enemy as a lion hunting prey that has wandered from the herd. Lions do not chase the pack. They wait for the one that got separated. No community is perfect, and no pastor is flawless, but do not let imperfection become the excuse that leaves you isolated and exposed. If someone is constantly sowing suspicion about the people who love you and cover you, that pattern deserves serious scrutiny.

Sign 5: They Have Supernatural Gifting Without the Fruit of the Spirit

This one catches people off guard because accuracy feels like confirmation. Someone describes your situation with precision, gives a word that lands exactly right, operates in something that looks supernatural, and suddenly it becomes easy to assume God must be behind it. But the slave girl in Acts 16 had accuracy too. She was speaking truth. Paul still cast out the spirit.

Matthew 7 says you will know them by their fruit, not by their gifts. A miracle does not prove God is pleased with the person who performed it. Moses struck the rock and water came out, yet God was displeased enough with him in that moment to bar him from the promised land. God can use a person and simultaneously be unhappy with that person. Gifts without holiness, humility, and the fruit of the Spirit are a warning sign, not a green light.

Sign 6: You Notice Occultic Objects or Practices in Their Life

Sometimes the signs of witchcraft activity are not hidden at all. You walk into someone’s space and see tarot cards, crystals being used for spiritual power, manifestation rituals, or books tied to occult systems. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 is not ambiguous about any of this, and it does not leave room for a middle ground.

When believers in Acts 19 had a genuine encounter with Jesus, they burned their occultic materials publicly. They did not keep them as decor or nostalgic souvenirs. Objects like these are points of contact with a kingdom that is not God’s, and people who hold onto them stay connected to darkness whether they realize it or not.

Sign 7: You Experience Spiritual Oppression After Being Around Them

After consistent interaction with certain people, a pattern develops: sudden heaviness, confusion, nightmares, prayer feeling impossible, and your connection to Scripture going completely dry. Not every hard week traces back to a person, but a consistent spiritual residue tied to a specific relationship deserves honest evaluation, not dismissal.

When a distressing spirit came upon Saul, the atmosphere around him changed. Spears were thrown. David had to leave. When David played his harp, the atmosphere shifted again because spiritual influence moves in both directions. You are allowed to pay attention to what changes in you after spending time with certain people, and you are allowed to take that seriously.

What to Do If You’re Seeing These Signs

First, do not panic. Ask God for wisdom and discernment before anything else. Most people jump straight to action when they should be getting on their knees first. Get before God and ask Him to show you what is real and what to do about it.

Second, close your own doors. Before examining anyone else, examine yourself. Repent of anything that has given the enemy access, remove what needs removing, and get your own house clean. Too many people want to address the witchcraft around them while ignoring the open doors within them.

Third, set limits. You do not always need a confrontation. Sometimes you need distance, less personal information shared, less emotional dependency, and less access. David did it with Saul. Elijah did it with Jezebel. Both survived because they created space rather than trying to fix what only God could deal with.

Fourth, break agreement in prayer. Renounce every form of witchcraft, manipulation, and control over your mind, your family, and your calling. Cancel every assignment. Break every ungodly soul tie in Jesus’ name. And if the oppression is serious, do not fight it alone. Reach out to your pastor or a trusted deliverance ministry and get help. You can also anchor yourself in what Scripture actually says about sorcery and divination so you are standing on the Word, not just on feelings.

Witchcraft is real. So is the authority of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will expose what you cannot see, protect what you cannot control, and deliver what you cannot fix on your own. The question is whether you will take it seriously before it costs you more than it already has.

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*** By Vladimir Savchuk Ministries / Picture by Coppertist Wu at Pexels

The Mary Magdalene Era: A Season of Deliverance, Devotion, and New Life

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The Mary Magdalene era, based on the life of Mary Magdalene, represents a season of deep deliverance, devotion, and transformation after encountering Jesus. Her story is one of being set free and remaining faithful through every stage of that freedom: (John 20:1–18, Luke 8:1–3)

Her life is marked by deliverance. Scripture describes her as someone from whom Jesus cast out seven demons. This moment of freedom becomes the foundation of her devotion. This era is often a season where God delivers a person from bondage, whether emotional, physical, spiritual, or relational, and begins rebuilding their life on a new foundation.

Deliverance is often only the beginning. This season is also a time of emotional restoration, where the heart learns how to live without the weight it carried for so long. It can be a season of relearning peace, rebuilding trust, and allowing God to gently restore what pain, trauma, or oppression once disrupted.

One of the most powerful aspects of this season is identity restoration. You are no longer defined by what once bound you. What once marked your life no longer has authority over your future. God does not simply set you free, He teaches you how to see yourself differently, as someone restored, redeemed, and deeply loved.

This season often includes the renewal of the mind. Old fears, familiar thought patterns, and internal agreements formed in seasons of bondage may still try to linger. Part of healing is learning to reject those former patterns and to let truth reshape the way you think, respond, and live.

What stands out about Mary Magdalene is her loyalty to Jesus after her healing. She remains close to Him, even when others are distant or uncertain. This reflects a key aspect of this season, gratitude that turns into devotion. It is a season where love for God deepens because of what He has brought you through.

What makes Mary’s devotion so remarkable is that she remained near, not only in moments of miracle, but also in moments of grief. She stayed at the cross, she waited in sorrow, and she returned to the tomb in love. This season teaches the beauty of faithful presence, remaining close to Jesus even when answers are absent and hope feels fragile.

Mary Magdalene is also one of the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is deeply significant. It shows that those who have been delivered often become the first to witness new life and new beginnings. This era is often a season of seeing hope restored after long darkness. It is deeply significant that Jesus chose Mary Magdalene as one of the first witnesses of His resurrection. The woman once known for her deliverance became someone entrusted with resurrection news. This reminds us that God often entrusts great purpose to those He has deeply restored.

This season can also involve learning how to live in your body differently after healing, resting where there was once striving, breathing where there was once fear, and allowing peace to settle into places that once carried tension. Freedom is not only spiritual, it often begins to reshape the way you physically move through life.

This season is about remaining faithful after healing. It is about not forgetting where God brought you from, while stepping boldly into where He is taking you. It is a journey from brokenness to devotion, from deliverance to purpose, and from pain to testimony.

A Prayer for the Mary Magdalene Season

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for being the God who delivers, restores, and makes all things new. Thank You that no place of bondage is too dark for Your light to reach, and no part of my story is beyond the power of Your healing.

Lord, in this Mary Magdalene season, I bring before You every place where I need Your freedom. Break every chain that has held me captive, whether seen or unseen. Deliver me from every burden, every wound, every fear, and every attachment that keeps me from walking fully in the life You have prepared for me.

Thank You that Your healing is not only about what You remove, but also about what You restore. Rebuild what has been broken within me. Restore peace where there has been turmoil, clarity where there has been confusion, and hope where there has been despair.

Jesus, let gratitude deepen into devotion. May I never forget what You have brought me through, but may my testimony become the foundation of greater love and faithfulness toward You. Draw me close, and teach me what it means to remain near to You, not only in moments of need, but in daily devotion and wholehearted surrender.

Strengthen me to remain faithful after healing. Help me not to return to what You have delivered me from. Give me wisdom to guard my freedom, courage to walk in new patterns, and grace to trust the process of rebuilding.

Lord, where there has been darkness, let me witness resurrection. Where there has been sorrow, let me encounter joy again. Where pain once defined my story, let purpose now emerge. Let me become living evidence that You still redeem, restore, and bring new life.

Like Mary Magdalene, may I remain near to You through every season, in devotion, in trust, and in love. And may my life become a testimony of Your power, Your mercy, and Your transforming grace.

Thank You that my past does not define me, Your deliverance does. Thank You that what was once broken can become something beautiful in Your hands.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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A Tribute to Our Heavenly Father on Father’s Day

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On this Father’s Day, we honor and give thanks to our Heavenly Father, the source of unconditional love, endless grace, and unwavering faithfulness.

Through every season of life, You have been our guide, protector, provider, and comforter. When we were weak, You gave us strength. When we were lost, You showed us the way. When we stumbled, Your mercy lifted us up, and Your love never let us go.

Thank You for Your patience when we fall short, for Your wisdom when we seek direction, and for the countless blessings You pour into our lives each day. Your Fatherly love is perfect, steadfast through every trial and constant through every joy.

Today, we celebrate You, our Eternal Father, whose care knows no limits and whose promises never fail. May our hearts always remain grateful for Your presence, trusting in Your guidance and resting in Your peace.

Happy Father’s Day to our Heavenly Father, who loves us beyond measure and calls us His own.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” — 1 John 3:1