Okay, so my parents raised me in church since I was 3. I stopped going when I got older, and just recently reached out to God I felt like my life was going down the wrong path. I started smoking cigarettes and pot. & hanging out with the wrong people. I had cut him out of my life completely and now that hes back in I think the devil might be attacking me spiritually. I walk down the street, or I'm just sitting on my porch and I notice cars going back and forth just watching me. I go into stores, and I can feel tension. I get dirty looks and my family keep telling me its all in my head, and I'm trying to stop this. Has anyone experienced this before? If so what did you do? Serious answers only please because I want my life back on track, and this is making it harder. Thank you.
See a psychiatrist...that cannabis has made you paranoid.....it does that.
Courage is not blindness to danger, but a true estimate of dangers, and knowledge is the antidote to fear.
So what do we know about fear and God?
[2 Timothy 1:7] For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
God gave us "power" to encounter foes and dangers; power to bear up under trials; power to triumph in persecutions.
[Romans 8:31] What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
God is "in us," AND "with us," in secret sustaining power -- He helps and protects us.
Fear and faith are opposing forces. Fear is believing something, or someone other than God. Therefore, fear makes us subject to Satan and his death, just as faith makes us recipients of all that God has to offer.
Just know that "fear," or "doubt" cannot “just overcome” us. We have to let it in. In the same way that faith comes by hearing the Word of God, fear comes by hearing or seeing something contrary to God’s Word.
It's critically important for you to understand that your THOUGHTS are the cause, and your LIFE is the effect.
Now, you can banish all fear by standing (meditating) on God's promises. You can start with [2 Timothy 1: 7].
First off, it's not the cigarettes/pot that's making your life feel 'off track'. It's the people you hang out with, and exchanging potheads for zealous christians is Not something you're going to enjoy. Find other people to smoke with. It's really easy to do.
Second, the 'devil' has nothing to do with any of this. This is reality, and you're probably old enough to know better. Imaginary monsters do not exist. You're probably getting dirty looks because you reek of cigarettes, genius. FYI, they smell awful. Pot is generally better, but no less smelly. If you want to feel better, quit smoking the cigarettes. Nicotine addiction does this to a person, and maybe lay off the pot a bit too. It's not nearly as addictive, but if you're smoking over three times a week, you may as well be addicted.
Your family is right. Most of this is infact in your head. The cars on the street don't give half a **** about you. The people in stores give even less of a ****. Stop worrying about other people's perceptions of you, and don't rely on your magic sky douche for help. You will receive none. You are the only one that can change your life. The alleged creator of everything has better things to do than worry about your insignificant problems.
no i have never experienced that
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There are no such thing as demons or the devil, or anything like that. There is such a thing as mental illness, and that may be a side effect of the weed, or coming off it, quitting smoking. You are doing a good thing in trying to change your life for the better, but don't take this religious stuff too seriously, you'll start seeing angels and demons everywhere, particularly if you are predisposed to that sort of insanity.
First get evaluated for any mental illness. At the same time, find friends at your church so you'll be surrounded by supportive people to be with you whatever you are going through.
Questions for believers? Walmart has technology to administer mark of the beast to those who have cat bacteria in their stomachs; stay away from cats [Afanasiy Sydyachyj]. Next false flag is the Statue of Liberty. Earth is flat; stands on 3 pillars (the Most Holy Trinity); pillars stand on water at zero Kelvin. Zodiac is planetary prison of demons; don't believe in horoscopes or you'll exhibit the traits of the trapped demons. Most thoughts and dreams are from demons; demons never do good. Sleep fully clothed; pray the Jesus prayer. Pray to your guardian angel to have normal sleep. Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov was the last prophet before Enoch and Elijah return to preach against the antichrist. According to Ruski Orthodox Christian Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov: Humans were created about 7525 years ago.
Birds participate in time creation. It's a sin to kill birds. Dinosaurs live under our level. They will get out through sinkholes and lakes. To kill them, go for their nerves. Save the birds; but kill the dinosaurs. First dinosaur will come out of Volga River in Russia. Demons grow human skin (from a sample taken during abduction) and put it on so as to look like us. Demons will invite people to be healed inside their UFOs; those who go will be like zombies after. Gov't provides demons with diamonds and allows demons to abduct people. If you're being abducted, slowly pray the Jesus prayer.
Don't panic. Demons use diamonds and souls to power their UFO craft. The bigger the diamond, the more it lasts. Demons have 4 UFO bases: 1)Moon 2)Inside fake mountain Kailash in Tibet 3)In lake Baikal in Russia 4)In Atlantis which is underneath the Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean. There are no aliens. Nobody lives on other planets. Airplanes that go down are hit by demons because they need the airspace to fight Jesus. Antichrist is pale with red eyes. He's possessed by Satan since he's 12 years old. He flies. He wears gloves to hide long nails. He's surrounded by demons who appear as angels of light.
Don't go into a UFO to be healed by demons. 666 is given by isotope rays on wrist or forehead when people stretch hands to receive small plastic grey card with no name on it (World Passport). Police will microchip and isotope ray people on highways. Food stores will isotope ray people too. Antichrist will also release prisoners to mark people. Reject 666 at all cost. If you're about to be marked, pray the Jesus prayer. Hide with Orthodox Christians to escape 666; leave all electronics behind so that antichrist's minions can't track you. Give to charity in the name of Archangel Michael; he rescues people from hell twice a year (or brings them up a level, that is, to a level with less punishment; eventually, people are freed). Feed the pigeons; when pigeons bow down, people are saved from hell. Forgive me.
Jesus is quite capable of protecting you
My pastor was a preacher's kid. So he was raised in the church and he would say at times that a kid raised in the church has a certain time when they have to personalize their own faith. They learn the right things to say in church, when to say them, but when they get old enough they have to make their faith real or just walk away from the whole thing.
So it sounds like you are just going through what everyone who is exposed to church goes through. It seems it's time for you to make your choice. Were you called to be a man or woman of God? Or was that just something that happened to you without rhyme or reason?
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