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[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

I have felt the presence of the enemy more times than I can count. Sometimes I know exactly what is going on and other times I don't have a clue what the Lord is trying to show me. The times when I don't have a clue I try to watch what is happening around me or think about what I'm thinking about. I believe that when God shows me the presence of the enemy that He is trying to make me aware of something for my good.

It doesn't scare me because I know it is God who is allowing me to sense the enemy's presence just as it is God who allows us to feel His presence. I just wish I understood it better.

I rarely, if ever, discuss this with anyone and this is the first time I've ever posted anything about this.

I remember a day when I was waking up in bed and felt a demonic presence near me, I couldn't move or talk and the demon was telling me how he was going to destroy my life. I had recently moved to Maryland just outside of Washington DC. It took everything within me to call on Jesus and move my arms...and the demon left. My marriage ended three years later. But this is not what I'm talking about when I say I can sense/feel the presence of the enemy at times.

Surely you've had similar experiences. These experiences make us more aware of the spiritual battles that we are fighting and how much we need to draw close to God.

I don't recall feeling the devil in a church song, either. Although there have been times in worship when I've felt like the songs were hyped up to appeal more to the flesh and not truly being directed at God. I wouldn't say "the devil" was behind that type of thing but our own flesh and carnal thinking. Like trying to drum up a move of God instead of fixing our minds on Him as we seek and let Him be the object of our worship. Sometimes we have to push into the presence of God by resisting all the thoughts that would distract us and turn our minds from worshipping Him. I do believe some of those distracting thoughts come from the enemy and I have to resist them to keep focussed. You will probably say I give the devil more credit than I should.

Im not sure what you mean by "felt" though. I have detected evil spirits, but I don't know that I can say I felt them....I mean I feel the Holy Spirit....But when I detected evil spirits it was not associated with a song though.