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These “Harmless” Spiritual Practices Could Be Opening Doors You Need to CLOSE

8:19639 summary words · ~3 min readEnglishBy Hullalujah MinistriesTranscribed Nov 5, 2026

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Summary

Culturally normalized practices like tarot, psychics, and manifestation give spiritual footholds to the enemy, but believers can break these ties and find complete freedom through repentance and the authority of Jesus Christ.

Section summaries

Spiritual dangers explained

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Many Christians undergo unexplained spiritual warfare because of past or present participation in activities they assumed were harmless, such as tarot cards, psychic readings, horoscopes, Ouija boards, spirit guides, and manifestation. The speaker points to Deuteronomy 18 as God's clear prohibition against divination, sorcery, and communicating with the dead, emphasizing that cultural acceptance does not equal spiritual safety.

Unexplained spiritual warfare often stems from past involvement in occult activities considered harmless.
Deuteronomy 18 explicitly warns believers against divination, mediums, sorcery, and communicating with the dead.
Cultural normalization does not remove the spiritual consequences of forbidden practices.

The deception of the occult

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Occult practices rarely present themselves as witchcraft, instead disguising themselves as self-help, future discovery, or innocent entertainment. Engaging with these practices provides the devil with an opportunity or legal foothold, violating the command in Ephesians 4:27. The speaker reassures viewers that addressing this issue is not meant to inspire fear, but to bring past actions under Christ's authority.

The occult deceives people by masking itself as guidance, spiritual wisdom, or harmless fun.
Christians have the Holy Spirit and do not need external spiritual sources for power or knowledge.
Participation gives darkness a foothold and legal ground in a person's life.

Choosing authority in Christ

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Referencing Acts 19, the speaker illustrates how early believers in Ephesus burned their magic books upon converting to Christ instead of trying to retain them. Because Jesus will not share His throne, those who sought guidance outside of God must repent, discard occult items, and return fully to Him.

In Acts 19, new believers completely severed ties with magic by burning their occult books.
Believers cannot follow Jesus while clinging to previous spiritual sources.
Freedom requires repenting, removing occult ties, and submitting fully to Jesus Christ.

A prayer of deliverance

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The speaker leads a deliverance prayer confessing known and unknown involvement with New Age, divination, and psychic readings, asking God for forgiveness and cleansing. The prayer renounces every agreement made with ungodly practices, commands spirits of fear, divination, confusion, and oppression to leave in Jesus' name, and asks for wisdom to discard physical or digital occult materials.

Repenting and renouncing ungodly agreements breaks the legal ground held by darkness.
The prayer commands spirits of divination, fear, confusion, and oppression to leave in the name of Jesus.
Believers are guided to purge their homes and minds of any materials or subscriptions linked to the occult.

Walking in victory

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Citing Colossians 2:15, the speaker explains that Christ disarmed demonic principalities at the cross, allowing believers to pray and live from a posture of victory rather than fear. The speaker calls for the Holy Spirit to replace former New Age counterfeits with godly trust, urges viewers to physically discard occult objects, and instructs them to stay grounded in prayer and scripture.

Colossians 2:15 shows that Jesus disarmed spiritual principalities, giving believers ultimate victory.
Surrendered footholds must be filled with the Holy Spirit and rooted in an identity in Christ.
Discard occult objects out of lack of need rather than out of fear, and avoid reopening closed doors.

Key points

Cultural Acceptance Hides Spiritual Danger — Practices presented as harmless entertainment, such as horoscopes or tarot readings, violate biblical commands and open doors to spiritual warfare.
Agreement Gives Darkness Ground — Engaging in occult practices grants the enemy a legal foothold through participation and agreement, violating Ephesians 4:27.
Separation Precedes True Freedom — Following Christ requires physically and spiritually removing ungodly objects and occult materials rather than keeping them alongside faith.
Christ Disarmed the Darkness — Believers do not need to live in fear of demonic influence because Jesus defeated and disarmed all principalities and powers at the cross.

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There are Christians asking God, "Why am

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I experiencing all this spiritual

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warfare?"

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While never realizing they participated

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in something years ago

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that they thought was completely

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harmless.

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You know, tarot cards, psychic readings,

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horoscopes, Ouija boards, manifestation

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practices that seek spiritual power

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apart from God.

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Spirit guides, mediums, energy practices

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rooted in occult [music] spirituality.

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Listen to me.

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Just because something has become

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culturally acceptable doesn't mean it's

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spiritually harmless.

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And today we're going to talk about the

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doors that Christians need to close.

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Deuteronomy 18 gives us one of the

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scriptures' clearest warnings against

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divination, sorcery, mediums, and

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attempting to communicate with the dead.

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Why would God warn his people about

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these things if they were harmless?

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Because God loves his children.

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The danger with the occult is it

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promises knowledge, power, guidance, or

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even spiritual experiences apart from

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God, and that's the deception.

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It rarely introduces itself by saying,

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"I'm witchcraft."

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You know, it may say,

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"I'm helping you discover your future.

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I'm helping you attract what you want.

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I'm connecting you with spiritual

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wisdom. I'm just reading your cards.

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It's only

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entertainment."

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But Christians don't need another

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spiritual source.

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We have the Holy Spirit.

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Ephesians 4:27 says, "Nor give place

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[singing] to the devil."

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The Greek idea behind

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carries the sense of [music] giving

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ground or opportunity.

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That's what I mean when I talk about

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giving me enemy

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legal ground.

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I'm talking about giving darkness a

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foothold through our participation and

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agreement.

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You know, and some of you

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participated before you ever knew Jesus.

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Some did it because everybody around you

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was doing it. It seemed harmless. You

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know, maybe you didn't understand

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at the time what you were involved with.

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This message isn't about making you

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terrified of your past.

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It's about bringing your past under the

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authority of Jesus Christ.

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Look at Acts 19.

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When people in Ephesus turned to Christ,

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those who had practiced magic brought

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their books together and burned them.

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They didn't say,

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"I'll follow Jesus, but I'll keep

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[music] these books, too."

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They separated themselves from it.

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You know, somebody today needs to hear

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this.

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Jesus doesn't share his throne.

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If you've been seeking spiritual

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guidance uh somewhere other than God,

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you don't need to panic.

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You need to repent, remove it, and

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return completely to Jesus.

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Let me pray over you. Just come into

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agreement with this prayer.

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Heavenly Father, in the mighty name

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[music] of Jesus Christ, I come before

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you on behalf of every person under the

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sound of my voice today.

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Holy Spirit, take complete [music]

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control. Step into this moment. Use me

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only as a vessel.

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Expose anything in our lives that does

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not belong there, and lead us into all

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truth.

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Father, where we have participated in

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occult or new age spiritual practices,

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knowingly or unknowingly, we repent.

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Where we sought guidance from psychics,

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mediums, tarot cards, divination,

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spiritual sources outside of you, oh

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Lord, forgive us.

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Where we pursued supernatural power,

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knowledge, protection, or direction

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apart from you,

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we turn away from it now.

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We belong to Jesus Christ. Every

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agreement we knowingly made with

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practices contrary to God's word, we

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reject that agreement right now in

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Jesus' name.

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Every foothold we surrendered through

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our own participation, we close [music]

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that door in Jesus' name.

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Every ungodly spiritual attachment

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connected to those practices, we

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surrender it completely to Jesus Christ.

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Father,

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cleanse our homes, cleanse our minds,

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cleanse our spiritual lives. Give us

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wisdom to remove objects, materials,

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applications, subscriptions,

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relationships, or practices that

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supernaturally draws us back toward what

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we left behind.

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We don't want one foot in the kingdom

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and another reaching toward darkness.

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We choose Jesus.

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And now, in the authority of Jesus

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Christ, I pray against every oppressive

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spiritual influence exploiting those

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former areas of involvement. Every

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spirit of fear, go.

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Every spirit of divination, go. Every

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spirit of confusion, torment, deception,

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or oppression connected to occult

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involvement, loose God's people now in

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Jesus' name. Every foothold surrendered

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through deliberate participation,

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we revoke our agreement with darkness

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and submit that area completely to Jesus

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Christ.

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Colossians 2:15 says that Jesus disarmed

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principalities and powers and triumphed

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over them at the cross. So, we don't

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pray terrified of darkness. Lord, we

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stand in the victory of Jesus Christ.

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Father, fill every surrendered place

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with your Holy Spirit right now.

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Where people sought supernatural

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guidance, Lord, teach them to seek you.

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Where they sought identity [music] from

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astrology,

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stay rooted in their identity in Christ.

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Where they sought control through

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manifestation, teach them surrender and

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trust.

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Where they sought answers from mediums,

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oh God, draw them back towards your

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word.

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Where they sought spiritual experiences,

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give them hunger for your presence. God,

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protect their minds, guard their homes,

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strengthen their discernment.

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And God, let the person praying with me

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understand this.

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Their past does not own their lives.

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They belong to Jesus Christ. What they

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once participated in does not determine

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who they are today.

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We have turned away from darkness. We

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have chosen Christ, and whom the Son

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sets free [music] is free indeed in the

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mighty name of Jesus Christ, we pray.

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Amen.

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Listen, if you're making the decision

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today that Jesus Christ alone will be

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your spiritual source,

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comment I choose Jesus.

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And if you have tarot cards, occult

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materials, or anything else connected to

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practices that you've decided to leave

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behind,

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don't keep them because you're afraid of

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them.

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Get rid of them because you no longer

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need them.

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Don't become obsessed with darkness.

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Become consumed with Jesus Christ.

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Stay in his word.

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Pray. Ask the Holy Spirit for

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discernment, and don't reopen these

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doors that you've decided [music] to

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close. I love you. Jesus loves you so

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much more. God bless you.

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