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Originally Posted by Aquila
Jesus said, "According to your faith so be it unto you."
I sincerely believe that we often place our faith on various things. Sometimes those are external standards. If our faith is rooted in these things due to teaching or personal conviction from self study, one can loose their anointing if their own heart begins to condemn them for what they've done...even if it's not a sin. Many who have studied the occult can tell you that witches also believe that spiritual anointing, or power, is in the hair...they often wear their hair long, straight, and uncut. In fact sometimes it's used in pagan rituals. They also wear long skirts and maintain a "natural" appearance. For example:
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These witches often claim that their "anointing" wanes if their hair is cut or their appearance isn't all "natural". Here's a disturbing thought...what if some of our "Pentecostal" traditions are mistaken encroachments of witchcraft? We base much of our faith on them, and naturally if they are interfered with our faith is cut short...and the resulting lack of faith brings lack of anointing?
I knew a man who sincerely believed that he shouldn't read National Geographic Magazine because of some of the pictures depicting tribal women in what we Westerners would consider unclothed. Well, one day he picked one up in a doctor's office and read an article about Tsunamis. Later that evening at church he was called on to lead prayer. His prayer was unsteady, broken, and un-anointed. He confessed to me that it was because he had read a National Geographic. I laughed and then he got VERY serious with me. I couldn't believe my ears...he actually believed that he had lost anointing because he read a National Geo. I looked at him thinking, "It's because your own heart is condemning you and weakening your faith."
Oh well...I'm sure you get the picture. I could be wrong. Just sharing some thoughts. |
Sir, DO NOT TRY TO TELL ME THAT MY TESTIMONY IS UNTRUE!!!!!!!!! I knew from watching this forum that if I shared a personal testimony someone would try to say that what I experienced didn't really happen.
IF you want to state what else you wrote, fine. Leave my testimony out of it.
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