08/21/2026
๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง & ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
๏ธWitchcraft does not always show up looking dark, evil, or obvious. The enemy is subtle. Many times, what is working against you will come disguised as something normal, reasonable, innocent, or even beneficial. It can come through desires, relationships, family, friendships, habits, and everyday circumstances.
This is why we must have ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ. We cannot judge everything according to the flesh or simply by what makes sense naturally.
We have to ask, ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ?
Is this drawing me closer to God, or is it slowly pulling me away from prayer, consecration, the house of God, and my calling?
๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง
Jesus said in Matthew 7:16, ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐.
We have to stop judging things only by how they appear and start examining the fruit they produce.
Something can look harmless and still produce spiritual consequences.
A relationship can feel right and still weaken your walk with God.
A decision can make perfect sense naturally and still move you outside the will of God.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐?
Is it producing greater hunger for God?
Is it strengthening your prayer life?
Is it causing you to love holiness and truth more?
Is it bringing you into greater obedience and submission to the Word of God?
Or are you becoming distracted?
Prayer is becoming less important. Church attendance becomes negotiable. Your convictions begin to weaken.
Things you once guarded against no longer bother you.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐.
๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐
This is where we need spiritual discernment because deception does not always announce itself as deception.
Sometimes it sounds reasonable.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด.
And one compromise by itself may seem small. But little by little, something begins pulling you away from the place where God has called you to stand.
The question cannot simply be,
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด?
Sometimes the better question is,
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ?
Because everything that is permissible is not necessarily profitable.
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง
There comes a point in our walk with God when we have to examine our relationships, habits, desires, and attachments and determine whether they are helping us fulfill the calling God has placed on our lives.
And sometimes that examination hurts.
It may involve family. It may involve friendships. It may involve people we genuinely love.
But Jesus made it clear that nothing and no one can take His place in our lives.
That does not mean we stop loving people. It means ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ.
If maintaining a relationship requires me to continually compromise my convictions, neglect my spiritual life, or silence what the Lord is dealing with me about, then something is out of order.
There are some things we have to love enough to put in God's hands.
๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ก๐
The battlefield is often in the mind.
If the enemy can change the way you think, eventually he can change the way you live. This is why Romans 12:2 tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
We cannot allow the world to redefine what God has already established in His Word. We cannot allow feelings to become our authority. We cannot allow convenience to replace conviction.
We need the Word.
We need prayer.
We need fasting.
We need the house of God.
And we need to stay sensitive to the voice of the Lord.
Because sometimes what is trying to pull you away from God will not look evil.
๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
That is why we cannot walk by sight.
We have to walk in the Spirit.
Look beyond what something appears to be and examine what it is producing in your life.
If it continually weakens your prayer life, dulls your convictions, separates you from the body of Christ, causes you to compromise truth, or distracts you from what God has called you to do,
๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐.
Stay prayed up. Stay in the Word. Stay submitted to God. Stay sensitive to the Lord.
๐ฅ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐. ๐ฅ
