Spiritual warfare advice

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I’m kind of hoping I run into some kind of mystic healer, but I find that unlikely
 
Once upon a time, I was really conflicted about something. It was hurting my marriage and my husband. And I was obsessing over it. For years. I ran into someone who knew a priest who read hearts, and who they had gone to for counselling. It was a very beneficial experience for them, and so I thought, “Hey, how about if you get me an appointment with this priest, so I can get him to tell me one way or the other— I need to do X, or I need to do Y, and then I won’t have any doubts as to what’s God’s will!”

I went to a several-day event where the priest was going to be, and lots of very interesting and thought-provoking things happened before I got there, as well as while I was there. But my appointment with the priest ended up being delegated to someone else at the last minute. And I’m like, “Drat! Now I can’t cheat and have the Narrator tell me what my Character’s supposed to do!” 😛

So, what I ended up getting from all this was “Joyful Trust.” I would have loved someone to tell me, “Do X, Y, and Z, and your problems will be solved.” But I got “Live Your Life and Trust God”. Which is a giant chunk of what he asks all of us to do, whether we’re dealing with the mundane or the supernatural or the preternatural. We have to do all the other stuff-- like love, and charity, and the Sacraments, and everything else-- but sometimes, when you just want to cheat a little and break that fourth wall… God gently reminds you that he’s already given you everything you need to plot your course.
 
I’m very hesitant to respond to this thread, but…here goes.

The best thing for you to do is to speak with your PASTOR. Not just any priest, not just a holy priest, your PASTOR. He’s the one who has responsibility for the well-being of your soul. Please don’t misunderstand…I don’t mean any disrespect to anyone who has posted here, but please, asking about these matters in a forum such as this is akin to asking your poker buddy about your stomach ache because he happened to take a biology class once in high school. The proper person to speak to in such a case is your doctor, YOUR primary care physician because he or she has primary responsibility for the care of your body. Likewise, your pastor has primary responsibility for the care of your soul.

Even if an exorcism were warranted, and don’t misunderstand–I’m not saying it is–there is a process through which one goes in order to do this. For the bishop to grant permission for the rite of exorcism to be performed, he would first insist that all other channels to explain what is going on on a natural level be exhausted. So, in other words, you will need a psychological exam, probably a physical exam, and other things.

The full rite of exorcism is exceedingly rare. However, people suffer evil all the time. The proper course of action is two-fold.

First, as I said above…speak with your pastor. Call his office and set up an appointment. And, tell him everything. Don’t beat around the bush on any details.

Second, the normal course of action are the normal means Christ has left to His Church. Namely, the sacraments, sacramentals, and prayer. One priest whom I know that is involved in this ministry says repeatedly, “One good confession is worth 1,000 exorcisms.” We tend to mystify this stuff…it’s really not anything to get worked up about. Go to confession, receive the Eucharist, use holy water, spend time in adoration, pray the Rosary and Chaplet, read the Bible. Normal things that anyone would be well-advised to do anyway. These are the normal means of combating evil.

By all means, by ALL means, stop speaking with these quasi-exorcists. They are not trained in the field. They most certainly do not have faculties from their bishop to be engaged in this ministry. Heck, I’m a priest and I don’t have faculties to be engaged in this ministry.

Pray…receive the sacraments…use sacramentals. That simple.
 
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Yes, what I mean when I said apply for an exorcism is filling out the various forms, going through all the tests, etc. I’d say apply is a fitting word.

But I back this sentiment very much
 
Im not possessed. I just don’t understand why Im attacked so hard
 
You mean why their spells have this power or why did these guys begin anyway?
You said it yourself:
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believed in the mystic after having history of sleep paralysis
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You believed in it and maybe there is part of you that still fascinates you. I think besides the prayer you just have start ignoring these guys even if they chase you around. Don’t let your mind give any importance and least of all fear to them. Remember - these guys are not demons, they are humans, sinners, actually unrepentant sinners, their lord master or how they call him will punish them himself in hell after he tricked them into loving them. He gave them nothing - no powers, nada. Only took their soul from them. They are naked insane running in the middle of street and get angry at anyone who calls them fools because if they realized their own situation they would be crying and sobbing like tiny babies.
You should feel sorry for them like for a sick person. Can a sick person kill you? Yes. Or maybe they won’t. Focus on the Christian side of the mystic and don’t despair. Many saints were terrorized by witches and they were saints, people of great faith. God allows these temptations so that we chose good with more conviction.
I pray the Holy Archangels help you with your temptations and may they soon come to an end. And also protect your life. God bless you.
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And ignore the horny one and these guys, dedicate all your suffering to God and plead guilty in front of Him and take this as your cross for your sins and offenses you brought to Him. Pray with remorse towards God and without expectation of these nightmares to end. And thank Him that you now see all this is a negative way so you can never find them fascinating again. Demons have no power over us when we feel guilty in front of God.
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I’m not scared of the people. I would go kill them if they were the ones that do stuff to kids given the opportunity. Its just debilitating.
 
I’m not allowed to go into much more detail than that. I already did the medical tests and clearance and I clearly am not possessed… Some of the people were way to hardcore and basically wanted me to live like a sheltered Amish person. I have no interest in being on one of those prayer teams or giving up listening to music and being a normal person. I’m just pissed off I have to deal with this and I want it to stop
 
Ya well I just want to make sure I go to heaven and I’m not sure what’s going on or where the lines are drawn. Sounds like a Protestant answer
 
It’s vexation. The demonic hates confession the most. Go asap.
 
Just curious, do those of you commenting on this thread have any training whatsoever in deliverance prayer and ministry?
 
On this forum and many others people give opinions without having a diploma on most of what they post. If you challenge this then you challenge the existence of this entire forum.
I had strange visions and sensations too without ever being involved in satanism. I read books on advises for these cases given by monks, elders and hemits who did help people in their life time. What I presented helped me too. Those living nightmares and sleep paralysia stopped. I don’t know if my visions were anything as strong as the OP’s here but they were pretty strong when I was asleep.
The OP has been to exorcists and talked with priests why are you saying stuff as if he/she didn’t? Now has a problem continuing what they told him to do. How did anyone here advise to stay away from priests?
Please don’t take this in a personal way, I just don’t understand why you feel to rebuke his or hers entire post.
God bless.
 
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