(Leviticus 18:21) You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
(Leviticus 19:27-31) You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.
29 ‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. 30 You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord.
31 ‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
(Deuteronomy 14:1-2) “You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. 2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
(Deuteronomy 18:10-14) There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.
Reminder: "praying effectively" involves knowing God's will. When we pray in His will (in His name), He may choose to not answer those prayers in the time period that we would like, or HOW we would like - but He will answer those prayers!
It is God's will:
- that we respect God, God's name, the sabbath, and the Lord's sanctuary (the Church)
- that we avoid all occult practices, or even appear or talk like we do (which would include things like reading horoscopes, seeing or talking to psychics, going to séances, having your cards read, using a ouija board, using crystals, wearing jewelry which has occult symbols on them, speaking negatively about God...)
Today's prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus, protect us from the evil one! Help us not to be deceived into thinking that doing something satanic or using satanic phraseology is just "harmless fun" or "it doesn't really mean anything". Give us discernment when we come across these things, and give us strength and courage in order to walk away from them and avoid them altogether.
Help us stay focused on You, putting You first in our lives. Let our words and actions remain pure and never undermine or insult You. Help us treat Your name with the utmost of respect. And help us to enjoy our days of rest, finding our spirits renewed in Your strength and love as we go to worship and bring praises to You.
Help us show respect to our leaders and to Your Church. Protect our churches and guide our pastors and elders in unity, and in Your wisdom, in order to maintain sound doctrines and practices. Put hedges of protection around them and give them loving methods in which to keep themselves accountable to You, so that they will remain steadfast, loving and patient while shepherding Your flock. Amen.
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