Quote from Forum Archives on August 27, 2002, 10:32 am

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

It has been a few weeks since I've been receiving Neil Anderson's
messages, but they decided to reappear in my Emailbox this week.
Monday's message is a reminder and a warning about how far our
culture wanders from the truth of God's Word. Far too many of us
look elsewhere for answers.

I encourage and challenge each person that if you haven't read
your Bible today, to me, that's much more important than reading
these messages. These messages are only a tool to provoke
thought and turn us to God. If they're for any other reason,
then I've been wrong. I believe God's Word holds the answers to
relationship problems, cultural issues, it reveals the inner
workings of our heart and why we act the way we do. No wonder so
many of us don't want to read it these days --- it reveals a
darkness and uncleanness within us that needs to be changed. But
for others of us, it also shows us a means of turning away from
such things and to the truth.

My prayer for today and for this week is that each of us will
honestly turn to God for the answers to all of our issues, not
just when we're looking for yet another confirming, feel good
experience.

O God, I want to "feel good", too. I confess that there are
times when I go looking in all different places for ways to "feel
good", either about myself or just to satisfy some craving. I
confess that it is wrong to seek to be filled in any manner other
than to seek You first in all things, and to be content and even
joyful at the wonderful things that You provide for me each day.

Please help me to rely on You in everything, especially when I go
seeking to "feel good". May Your Holy Spirit guide me in all
things, that I may yield to Your purpose for my life, rejoicing
in what You have in store for me today. Amen.

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

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August 26

FALSE GUIDANCE

As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play
the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that
person and will cut him off from among his people (Leviticus
20:6).

The craving for esoteric, "extra" knowledge in our culture was
starkly illustrated to me when two conferences, both open to the
public, were recently held in Pasadena, California. One was a
major world conference on international missions and about 600
people attended. At the same time, a New Age conference was being
conducted nearby, and more than 40,000 people showed up! That's
our society today. People don't want to hear what God has to say.
They want information and direction from someone else who
"knows": a psychic, a channeler, a palm-reader, a card-reader, or
the spirit of a dead friend or relative. All you have to do is
change the wording from medium to channeler and demon to spirit
guide and a gullible society accepts it!

The Scriptures are very clear on the subject of seeking knowledge
and direction for our lives from anyone but God. We're about as
far away from that stance on the purveyors of psychic and
spiritual advice as we can be. We have people channeling on TV
and radio programs and they're considered celebrities. I read
recently that more women in Los Angeles consult spiritists than
professional counselors. You can attend a psychic fair in
practically any city in our land and get a personal spiritual
"reading." The reader is either a fake or a spiritual medium who
enters a trance and seemingly receives instruction for you from
the spiritual world. Far from being seen as a blight on society,
these people are often revered as highly as doctors and ministers
for their "expertise."

Don't allow yourself to be sucked in by these "experts" no matter
how socially acceptable they may be. Nothing is condemned more by
God in Scripture than false guidance. All the wisdom and
knowledge you need is available in your relationship with God and
His Word.

Father God, forgive me for seeking guidance from sources outside
Your authority. I commit myself to renew my mind through Your
Word.

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