I apologize to everyone for not putting out a blog post of late. It’s not that I don’t have lots on my mind to write about, it’s truly that I’ve been extremely busy. With Christmas, ministry and my work from home job (painting pet portraits), as well as my son’s upcoming wedding, I’ve been slammed and probably a bit overwhelmed by the busyness. So, I’ll be continuing this pause for a few more weeks as my son’s nuptials come and go and I can finally catch a breath. I can stop all the sewing, altering of dresses, food planning, cake making and taste testing, building of arbors, making floral arrangements and centerpieces. Anyone that has planned a wedding on a budget can certainly understand. It will be absolutely blissful when the day comes, the two of them are married, and I can go back to my routine of painting, ministry and my blog. As much routine as ministry allows anyway! So, please bear with me as I navigate this season.

When I come back I really do want to address some really concerning issues such as witchcraft and occult within the church. This topic has been near and dear to my heart because I see so much of it within the church today, even locally. I was shocked the other day when I heard a local Baptist pastor say in his opening remarks of his sermon how we needed to empty out ourselves, to breathe in God, breathe ourselves out, allow the breath of God to infill us, and to empty our minds. He went on this whole little tangent that sounded exactly like something that I’d hear if I went to a new age meditation class. If we took out the word God and instead inserted the word Universe, the mantra would have been identical. I was flabbergasted that he thought that this was biblical!

The very next morning, after listening to a portion of that mystical sounding sermon, I opened up Facebook to see a friend of mine warning against Priscilla Shirer and Beth Moore who are promoting prayer circles. These prayer circles are not the type of circles that you would expect in church where it’s a group of ladies who get together to pray. No! These prayer circles are about marking a circle on your floor and praying within that circle. You can use chalk, or tape, or even your children’s toys! As I was reading it, I thought to myself, well why not go all the way and use salt, add a pentagram, burn sage, and cast some spells while you’re at it! No, I’m not endorsing witchcraft. I’m totally being sarcastic. How in the world do these, so called, women of the Word think this type of practice is acceptable? I don’t understand it. Drawing a circle and standing in it while you pray is found nowhere in scripture. This is pure occultism and new age. Why would we model a practice after the occult? That doesn’t even begin to mention how decreeing and declarations prayers is akin to casting a spell. Decreeing and declaring is not prayer.

Anyway, all that aside. This was supposed to be a quick note. I’ll begin by touching on all these subjects after the wedding. I truly look forward to diving into these topics biblically after mid February. I hope you all will stick around for that. God Bless.

Sincerely,

Malinda Adams