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Dear reader, I am still occupied with this issue about cultic dangers. After publishing a more encouraging blog post last week, here comes another warning about the subtlest, and maybe easiest way of how Satan could try to capture our minds. This particular topic has weighed like a burden on my heart for a few days now, but I would find no time to write it all down. Let’s start with a testimony by a woman who experienced ‘something’ on the internet which seemed to be so innocent in the beginning.
“Marisa O’Connor was in her early 20s when she was turned onto Freedomain Radio (FDR) and the teachings of Canadian pseudo-philosopher Stefan Molyneux. It started when one of O’Connor’s friends gave her the name of a bald, pleasantly accented man preaching about anarchism on the internet. This was a subject she was interested in, so she decided to give it a try. From the get-go, O’Connor “was pretty much hooked” by Molyneux’s long diatribes in which he stares directly into the camera for hours.
“It started off with him talking about anarchy and then he gets into criticizing religion and saying stuff like all the worlds problems are caused by ‘bad parenting,'” O’Connor told VICE. Listening to Molyneux for hours on end, O’Connor convinced herself that her parents didn’t really love her and were instead abusive and manipulative. She also learned that Molyneux has a solution for people who end up falling into this line of thinking: deFOOing, completely dissociating yourself from your family. “[Molyneux’s] theory was that if enough people did this—made this sacrifice—then he would send a message to the world that parents need to treat your kids better,” said O’Connor. “So that’s what I believed I was doing, I was taking part of this mission to protect children.”
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“In 2008, believing her family was abusing her, O’Connor completely cut ties with them while distancing herself from friends who questioned her actions. She was convinced by Molyneux that these people were cowards. After about a year, her work life became strained; she was “so immersed in this other world” that she was fired. From here on out she was completely isolated, only interacting with other FDR members either through forums or Skype. While money was tight, she continued to subscribe to Molyneux’s premium podcasts and services, paying about $50 a month. Molyneux became the biggest part of her world—he was her hero, her teacher. “When I was isolated, my whole world was FDR. I would come home and listen to the podcast with a fellow member and we would talk about the podcast and have phone conversations with other people in the group,” said O’Connor.
This state of self-isolation lasted for years. She said Molyneux “had the word, he had the truth, he would tell you what to think about.” However, after getting into the inner circle and seeing how it worked, O’Connor started to pull away. While the reasons were numerous, she told VICE the biggest occurred when one of her friends left FDR. O’Connor expected this friend’s life to crumble after turning her back on FDR—something the group was led to believe would happen—but it didn’t. She saw her friend flourish.
“Something I’ve learned coming out of this is just how much of this there is in the world,” O’Connor said. “It’s so scary because we think of the internet as an incredible resource of information, and I guess we have to realize that a lot of it is bad—a lot of it is bad information.” O’Connor said that she’s noticed Molyneux doesn’t mention deFOOing as much these days, but she still sees followers self-isolating to this day. Molyneux hasn’t turned down the us-versus-them rhetoric. In a recent video, Molyneux asked his followers to send him money because the “big fight” against mainstream media he’s been “gearing up for thirty years” is nearly here.” (1)
I want to draw your attention to the way this poor woman had been deceived through the internet. We read above that this man whose videos she watched “stares directly into the camera for hours.” Hmm… 🙄 That reminded me of something…. Just lately on my prayer walks I passed a certain house with a bizarre garden that has left a lasting (negative) impression in my mind. It seemed to me that God warned me about ‘something’, however, I could not verbalize it yet. As I had no permission from God to take a picture of this garden as it is private, I will try to describe it to you.
Instead of natural trees, bushes, and flowerbeds, you can look at some strange scenery there. In the background of the garden there is a kind of stage. The scenery covers almost the whole back yard from the left to the right side. You can see a huge colorful painting there on which an Asian-looking landscape is displayed. On the right (spiritual) side of the stage you see a tall Asian man sitting there, seemingly lost in meditation. His head is bald and his eyes, although he is NOT flesh and blood, seem to be staring into your direction as you pass this garden. On the left side of the ‘stage’ there is a big picture with his face on it. This picture is black and white only. But same thing, his eyes are staring out of the picture in a way to you that is chilling, or rather, creepy, to say the least. If you pass this garden in the evening, which I did about two years ago, this whole scenery is illuminated so that you think you are elsewhere in Asia, in a meditation center of sorts, stared at by an Indian guru. I know who this guru is/was as I lately posted a blog post about a woman who had escaped from his cult in the States. It was pretty interesting to me that only after publishing this particular post, I incidentally found out that this ‘statue’ or sculpture ought to represent Sri Chinmoy, too. Actually, it really looks like him as if he was alive although he died in 2007!
To cut a long story short, if you are a bit acquainted with hypnosis, you might know that staring at someone for a long time by delving into their eyes, so to speak, might cause different reactions from the one looked at. First possibility, we feel repelled by such an impolite conduct, we turn your head and let this person stare at whomever they want, but not at us. That would be a good reaction! ⭐ Second option, we appreciate this person, but cannot stand their gaze. Therefore, we look down… which is still good… but as we want to be liked by that someone, too, we run danger to submit unknowingly to their powerful soulish spirit by doing so. It depends on how the story goes on, that is, if we split up with this strong soulish person or if we stay, in this case above, as we keep watching video after video after video… without perceiving that we got already caught by this online preacher. The third and worst case is, as it is really devilish, when we get sucked into their eyes by which means a deeper emotional bond has been forged. 😦 It is even love that cult members or devotees feel for their leaders/gurus/online preachers. However, on the other side of the coin, there is the selfish ‘guru’ who loves to bathe in the adoration of many. If nobody can stop him, megalomania will do the rest. By the way, it is also common practice in Scientology to stare at one another, esp. when a ‘superior’ member wants to subjugate an ‘inferior’ member or a not-yet-member.
All these things are no new ideas. Rather, it seems to me that these Asian gurus who have been experts in hypnosis and other kinds of mind control have influenced or even shaped our Western cult scenery A LOT! If you are interested, below is another excerpt, though not a testimony this time. There you might get an impression how we might be pulled away from simply searching for an answer to a question to finding new, even dangerous ‘friends’ on the internet.
“People can easily become enmeshed in online communities that operate with their own media, facts, and norms, in which outside voices are actively discredited. Professor C. Thi Nguyen of Utah Valley University refers to these places as echo chambers. […]
There are some common pathways reported by people who fall into, and then leave these communities. They usually report that their initial exposure started with a question, and that a search engine took them to content that they found compelling. They engaged with the content and then found more. They joined a few groups, and soon a recommendation engine sent them others. They alienated old friends but made new ones in the groups, chatted regularly about their research, built communities, and eventually recruited other people.
“When you met an ignorant nonbeliever, you sent them YouTube videos of excessively protracted contrails and told them things like: ‘Look at the sky! It’s obvious!'” Stephanie Wittis, a self-described former chemtrails and Illuminati conspiracy believer, told Vice. “You don’t even go into detail about the matter or the technical inconsistencies, you just give them any explanation that sounds reasonable, cohesive, and informed—in a word, scientific. And then you give them the time to think about it.”
This behavior resembles another, older phenomenon: It’s strikingly similar to cult recruitment tactics of the pre-internet era, in which recruits are targeted and then increasingly isolated from the noncult world. “The easiest way to radicalize someone is to permanently warp their view of reality,” says Mike Caulfield, head of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities digital polarization initiative. “It’s not just confirmation bias … we see people moving step by step into alternate realities. They start off questioning and then they’re led down the path.”
The path takes them into closed online communities, where members are unlikely to have real-world connections but are bound by shared beliefs. Some of these groups, such as the QAnon communities, number in the tens of thousands. “What a movement such as QAnon has going for it, and why it will catch on like wildfire, is that it makes people feel connected to something important that other people don’t yet know about,” says cult expert Rachel Bernstein, who specializes in recovery therapy. “All cults will provide this feeling of being special.”” (2)
(1) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjj85y/how-cult-leaders-use-youtube-to-recruit-new-members
Kenneth Dawson said:
Yes that sounds like some scary stuff and yes you have to be careful of what you submit to
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
I have come to know this danger myself, Ken. It is really so easy to be deceived through the net.
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Z flying Bunny said:
This reminds me of a lot of things I have seen lately. The cult of Torah Observant, Hebrew roots, the flat earth cults out there, and many others. My brother is also in a cult and because it is well known and been around a while he has no idea what he got into. He thinks it is ok. I am very concerned about him.
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Oh, Fred! I am so sorry to hear this! 😕 Praying for your brother that God might wake Him up!!!!! 🙏🏼🕊🙏🏼
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Fred said:
Thank you. I do also think this message is something I needed to hear for my self as well. Lately, I have been watching videos from someone and they are into exposing freemasons and other bad stuff going on in our world. Your port about altering reality reminds me of what this guy may more may not be doing. I think at this point it may be best to stop watching his channel. It also reminds me of a channel I once watched that it has come out lately that the guy that was doing the channel is a drug addict and uses and abuses women. Many women have come forward about what he has done. He is very manipulative and uses strong emotions to get people to do what he wants including donating to him. He claims to be Christian but is actually into the new age gnostisism stuff. What is funny is there are still women and men, mainly women out there defending him even with all the women who have come forward and come out of his cult. His cult was called TVC or actually, that is the channel name. I think he changed it after all this stuff came out about him.
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
The latter sounds horrible to me, the TVC, or whatever the name is.
The problem is that exposing a cult like Freemasonry does not make one a Christian yet. This world knows a lot about cults, even the atheists. But they are not led into ALL the truth as the Holy Spirit has done and is doing with us. So, their blind spots remain undetected.
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Michael said:
Susanne, I think that Blaise Pascal was right. The only ones that can be trusted are the ones who’s hearts belong to our Father. I made that mistake for years both searching for a man to have a relationship with that only God can provide and trusting people who have not fully given their hearts to Him. Your article brought back a lot of bad memories, but the ones I have had since I put away childish things have been much better.
Your brother with the same Father,
Michael ❤
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Michael, I am sorry that my article brought back bad memories. 🙁 Yet you are right, only God can provide the proper kind of fellowship in His sight and His timing.
Here in Germany are at least two women who want to have fellowship with me. But if I do not listen to His leading as to meeting or not meeting them, I am sure His protection against their Pentecostal mix of spirits will not be mine. Some things are looking good in our view, they even seem to be the ‘Christian’ thing to do, but they are not.
Just lately I sensed the Lord nudging me to listen to a lot of people’s life stories and only pray silently for them as they are not open to God’s voice yet. My flesh, instead, was always tempted to be a witness by sharing my testimony. Yet God did not want this. We should only open up if they ask us about our hope. That was pretty difficult for my flesh, but eventually His peace confirmed to me that silent prayer was the right thing to do.
Your sister in Christ and His Father,
Susanne 🕊❤🕊
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thelostcoinblog said:
Interesting article Susanne, very eye opener. It explains a lot of my own experience with my own child’s behavior that mimics what you have stated. To the point that I’m the bad guy. To my sadness. Funny (but not), the chem trail analogy also hit home. As well as being into crystals and the like, searching for something… but not wanting to do with anything Godly or with Christ who will truly love and guide her. When I try to redirect, that this will lead to a wrong path, she stumps away, claiming I’m old and don’t understand. Reasoning and getting my point across is invalid. We end up in a heated argument, which serves no good purpose for she won’t listen to sound judgment. At times I don’t even know my own child.
I pray, pray, pray not only for my kid (young adult), but for every confused and easily manipulate person caught in this web, to open their eyes to the reality of this evil. It doesn’t enhance relationships in love but destroys it.
Our Lord tells us to give Him all our burdens and He will ease our pain. This has been a big one that’s left me befuddle, sad and to be honest a bit frustrated I can’t seem to reach her. I can only show by example who I follow, trusting God, for everything works for our good to those who trust and love Him. And so I continue to pray, God is in control.
Thank you for letting me vent. And for sharing. God bless you, richly.
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Dear Aida, ❤
I would love to send you a BIG HUG! Also, I will keep praying for you and your daughter as I have been through very similar things, too. As long as our kids have not come to know the living God through a personal revelation from Jesus Christ Himself, they tend to seek the truth in every wrong place, as it seems. The internet offers so many possibilities to distract them and to send them down a wrong path. BUT still, I think God is even in control of the wrong turns they take although we might often doubt it. As for me, I usually want to see things fixed as soon as possible and also would be eager to have my relationship with our daughter restored ASAP. However, sometimes we need to wait many, many years while we observe them pulling away from us and our advice. Accepting to let go of them and allowing them to be ‘free’ as they see fit by letting them make their own choices, even as we see them take the wrong path, that is truly the HARDEST LESSON for us parents. 😦 This is anything but fun, my sister, you know that it is a heart breaking experience. I also would come to a point of utter frustration, anger, hopelessness, and cluelessness several times over the years.
I am afraid that this and the next generations far ahead will get entangled with the lies provided by the web way more than we in the past got entangled with real cults. But, my dear sister, children who have loving parents, moms who believe and pray for them, for those nothing is to fear at all. Our children will be called out of their darkness(es) one day in His timing. In the meantime, we might have to learn patience and trusting God more than ever, despite it all.
“Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.” (Prv 11:21 ESV)
Venting is necessary as it is good when we let it all out as this burden is too big for us. I am sure one day your daughter will remember your good example and start to follow the Lord, too.
May God bless you and daughter very much!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Love,
Susanne
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Michael said:
Thanks for sharing that verse in Proverbs, Susanne. Couple that with this verse:
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us [and our kids],” (Eph 3:20, KJ2000)
Bless you and our dear sister Aida,
Michael
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
You are very welcome, Michael. That is a great verse, indeed. HE “that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think”. Imagine this, even unimaginable things! ⭐
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thelostcoinblog said:
Ohh Susanne, you can’t begin to know how beautifully your words hit my heart. Thank you, I wholeheartedly receive your hug, prayers and encouragements. And pray the love you share is quadruple in your own life.
I apologize for my late response. I was away on a ‘girls weekend’, sleepover really. The ocean always has a soothing effect on me. Regardless of the weather, I just put enough layers on to keep me warm. And at this time of year seals visit’s our shores. God’s beauty is all around us if we only take the time to ‘see’ it and appreciate it.
It’s hard to believe we bring up our kids a certain way and the world changes them when they ‘think’ they know it all. Something (internet) that was to be helpful and educational is also being used to destroy. Shameful! The sadness is it will be/ is a part of the evil one’s scheme, if we’re not careful in its usage.
I’m holding on to your words of encouragements and deep down I know them to be true with our Lord everything is possible. The key is to have patience and faith. Always in prayer. God does not work on our timeline but on His own. Thank you for the reminder.
Thank you for the Proverb verse, hits the nail on the head. Thank you for your kindness in letting me know venting is a good thing. I always thought it was more like complaining, the ‘woe is me’, in which I’m not too keen on. I believe in picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and moving forward. But we’re only human, and the constant hits do discourage. People like yourself build up with a small but powerful gesture of love.
You have a a special gift of uplifting. I agree with you the Good Lord wants to use that gift of yours more. Michael too, has a gift of interpretation that speaks straight to the heart. God bless you both wholeheartedly as together or separate you both make a strong case of what true ‘love thy neighbor’ means. Shalom!
With love and many blessings I wish you both much happiness and our continual friendship.
Your sister in Christ 🙂 Aida
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
You are most welcome as to anything I can offer or give, dear Aida. ❤
I am happy to hear that you found helpful what Michael and I wrote on here. 🙂 Also, it was so good that you got away from your problems on this girls’ weekend at the ocean! ❤ I love to withdraw from people and problems by spending time in nature, too. Living in a bigger, often loud city (even in the night) with no ocean around and no Alps in sight, it is not always that easy, I can tell you! 😛
Just lately I had to vent several times because of our new neighbors (party kids) who have made sleep an almost impossible thing during the last weeks. Meanwhile I moved to the living room where I try to sleep on a mattress on the floor as the police I had called could not stop them, either. Sleeping in the LR is, at least, one possibility to escape from this continued noise in the night. But, my dear sister, you may know that I have doubted God’s intervention to help me out of this mess more than once. I and others pray, we hope… and wait… and wait… for a real solution out of this catch-22. God’s timing, you know, I see how impossible it is for my old nature to really accept His will in all things! However, it appears to me that God always waits until I am completely helpless and at my wits’ end, unable to ever control anything any more. And then, when I do not expect His help anymore, He shows up. Still waiting for THIS to happen… 😉
Thank you so very much for your many encouraging words and wishes, dear Aida!! ❤ Your daughter and you remain in my prayers and heart! ❤ ❤
Your friend and sister in Him,
Susanne
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thelostcoinblog said:
Many blessings and my prayers to your own situation. I pray with you that these ‘neighbors’ find new locations that more suit their pursuits. But even if they stay abit, God will use you in someway to change their attitude. Stay fortified with His grace dear Susanne. God is testing us for bigger battles later on. And even though our own frustrations gets the better of us at times, we know the Father is looking over us. Teaching us patience and uplifting us just when we need it most.
Thank you for the encouragement of letting me know your own issues with your daughter as well. The similarities we’re going through gives me the courage to forge ahead and keep praying. It made me remember how I too, was a rebellious teenager and my mother’s prayers eventually conquered my heart. As you have said we pray for God’s intervention, trusting Him for He works in His own timetable. He see what we can’t see with our carnal mind. Patience is required, but in today’s reality of instant gratification, patience is a commodity we sometimes forget to exhibit. I agree with you, God let’s us know through many avenues He is in control, giving us assurance not worry. As your love has pointed it out to me, when we’re at our wits end.
I am glad I’m able to impart some comfort to you as you have given to me.
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Thank you very much for your prayers, dear Aida! ❤
Alas, I just found this and another comment by you and one by Michael in my WordPress trash folder.
Every blessing to you and yours! ❤
Susanne
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Michael said:
Aida and Susanne,
I have never thought of myself as having the “gift of interpretation.” But if you mean having the words that speak straight to the heart, that has been my prayer for many years ever since I discovered these words about Samuel the prophet,
“And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.” (1Sam 3:19, KJ2000)
Thank you, Aida and Susanne. Once again you have blessed me with your words. I have been praying for the last five or so years with Susanne for her daughter and have seen God do some wonderful things in her life. I truly believe that our Father hears our hearts as we pray for our children, Ours are all raised, now, and have grown beyond those years of thrashing against authority. I know that the best advise I ever heard while I was still learning what NOT to do with them (I was an authoritarian, just like my father) was this, “Turn your children over to the Heavenly Father for HE is the best father of all.” Through this I learned just why Jesus told us, “Call no man ‘father’, for only one is your Father and He is in heaven.” I still remember the day when our daughter in her early 20’s said, “Mom, I am sure getting tired of dad always being right.” Sometimes I think that experience is not only the “best teacher,” but it is the ONLY teacher. God puts a high value on teaching by experience…
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.” (Rom 5:3-5, KJ2000)
So, giving them up to Him in hope and getting out of the way so He can teach them as only HE can is the key.
Bless you two wonderful sisters with the fullness and confidence in Christ in all things,
Michael
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
You are very welcome, Michael. Thanks a bunch for your countless prayers and edification over the last five years, my brother! ❤
Yes, God has been teaching us mainly by our own experiences! Glad you were blessed by our words on here, too. 🙂
Every divine blessing and revelation from God, our Father, in Christ, our Lord!
You are a priceless treasure, Michael! ⭐
Your sister and friend,
Susanne
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thelostcoinblog said:
And thank you Michael for your encouraging words that provide comfort and food for thought. And yes, the gift of interpretation I was referring to is what you have said and prayed about ‘having the words that speak straight to the heart’. And no it hasn’t fallen to the ground, there are many of us that need God’s inspired words, through your writing that penetrate our hearts.
God does work on His own timeline, and as I mentioned to Susanne, His ways are not ours and He sees way into the future. Just maybe what our kids are going through will lead them to conversion and be a help to those trapped in the same way they were/are in now. We all seem to learn the hard way. Yet, God turns that around when we hit bottom and turn to Him.
Thank you for your prayers as well. Much appreciated as this awakening from both yourself and Susanne has shown me. I kinda knew it deep down but needed the reassurance in my weakness. God is good! In providing kinder spirits to uplift ourselves and others.
I so agree with you, “Turn your children over to the Heavenly Father for HE is the best father of all.” Amen! And a very good reason not to call anyone Father but Him. Our own earthly father can be a tyrant in their own insecurities and the cycle continues on in generations. But in us giving our all to our Heavenly Father, He is good in changing our ways and breaking the mold, if we let Him. It’s all an individual choice we make and a lot of prayers. Jesus himself tells us to pray constantly for all we need and not to doubt His helping hand. As you have experience with your own child/family.
Romans 5:3-5 says it all. Patience is a virtue we do right in acquiring for it leads to a better understanding and strengthens our resolves. And in ‘giving them up to Him in hope and getting out of the way’ [hard to do sometimes, but necessary] ‘so He can teach them as only He can is the key.’ And in teaching us to trust Him more.
Thank you again for the assurance that comes from above to us all.
Blessings always dear Michael. In unity we help each other with the grace of God. May peace follow you always, Aida
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Aida, you wrote,
“Just maybe what our kids are going through will lead them to conversion and be a help to those trapped in the same way they were/are in now. We all seem to learn the hard way. Yet, God turns that around when we hit bottom and turn to Him.”
I believe you nailed it here! ⭐
Looking back, indeed, Michael and I were captured by cults, too. If not, how could we have ever explained to anyone how that feels, how we got into it, and how we eventually escaped? 🙄 Furthermore, I often thought that pastors, priests, physicians and psychologists could only help other people if they had been enabled to understand suffering due to their own painful experiences, which was not so often the case, as far as I recollect.
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thelostcoinblog said:
I agree with you, thank you. I remember either a post or comments said regarding your experiences. Thank God you both got out, are able to know and talk about the manipulation of this evil.
And so we’ve come full circle in our conversation and this post on cults. Wow!
Thank you again for your understanding and your caring.
It was more wishful thinking/being hopeful on my part, hence the ‘just maybe’. But it makes sense we can only understand pain by going through it and coming out of. Reminds me of John 16:33 “These things i have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Amen.
Bless you both. You are both in my prayers, Aida
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Good Scripture, Aida. ⭐ Thanks again for your prayers. ❤
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Michael said:
As are you, Susanne. ⭐ Truly Father has blessed me deeply with this relationship we share in Christ.
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Me too, Michael!!! 🕊⭐😇❤😇⭐🕊
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Michael said:
Susanne, in your reply to Aida you wrote, “Looking back, indeed, Michael and I were captured by cults, too. If not, how could we have ever explained to anyone how that feels, how we got into it, and how we eventually escaped?” As I read this the following passage was spoken to me,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2Cor 1:3-4, ESV2011)
As He has comforted us as we have gone through these grievous trials, it has enabled us to comfort those whom He has put in our lives and we share our prayers and experiences with them. I am so grateful for each of them and most recently Aida.
Love to you both in Christ,
Michael
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Yup, that Scripture fits, Michael! 🙂
Love in Him,
Susanne
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Michael said:
Aida, you wrote:
“Our own earthly father can be a tyrant in their own insecurities and the cycle continues on in generations. But in us giving our all to our Heavenly Father, He is good in changing our ways and breaking the mold, if we let Him.”
Yes, He has to “break the mold.” For some reason it is in the heart of a child to emulate their parents, usually subconsciously. In my case it was very strong. My father was a tyrant and very abusive and it got physical when he was drunk. His father was the same. His father’s father died when my grandfather was only one, but his step-father treated all the kids as slaves and they left home early, so he treated his kids the same. Some call this generational sin. I felt its power in my marriage as well. I thank Jesus that he got hold of me when He did and turned me around. Believe me it was a traumatic process, but He was persistent. I thank God that my children are good parents and know how to love their kids and that the change in me came as early as it did. This verse seems to say it all:
“… I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.” (Deut 5:9-10, KJ2000)
Without a new heart from Him I see there is no way that this change could have ever happened.
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.” (Ezek 36:26-27, KJ2000)
“Showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.” Dear Aida, God desires to change us by His Holy Spirit and He will answer your prayers for your children.
In His love and unity with the saints for you, ❤
Michael
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Fred, thank you so much for the pingback to my blog and for your very kind words in the introduction to your article. You really touched my heart! ❤
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thelostcoinblog said:
I agree with Michael, ‘Truly the Father has blessed me’, as well, with the encouragements of the unity we feel in getting to know each other in Christ, uplifting one another.
And yes, I am blessed to have a girl friend that lives by the water and gives me an open invitation to visit and spend time with her where I can get away and regroup myself. While also giving her support and assurance. She will be going through major surgery next week. The Lord put in my heart to assure her things will go well, during our walk, we laugh and talked and the love of our Lord was evident. He also let me know that each of us have our moments of stress and anxieties, no ones immune. We must pray for one another. In our unity we stand on each others love with support for each other.
I’m sorry to hear of your own situation with your ‘neighbors’, and pray with you for change to happen. Whether it’s for them to find other accommodations elsewhere that suit their pursuits or God using you to get to them to change their ways. There’s a purpose you’re living in the city. Even if it’s hard for you at times. God works in mysterious ways and patience is required on our part. Hard to achieve when lack of sleep makes us cranky. Have you tried earplugs..?..not to make lite of your situation but offer some help til the situation is rectified. And it will!
I also pray for your own daughter, and thank you for the insight into your own issues with your child. The similarities made me remember my own rebellious nature in my youth and the prayers my mother would make on my behave. Eventually God did penetrate my heart. Where there’s hope, there’s change, even if we can’t readily see it and we’re at our wits end. God provides. And sometimes we need a friend to point it out. As you have mentioned, time is irrelevant to God. He works on His own timeline for He sees beyond our carnal mind can. ‘Everything works for our good’, we just need to constantly know and be assured ‘that this too shall pass’. And so we wait and exhibit patience. Thank you for the reminder. An old saying comes to mind, God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, I just wish He wouldn’t trust me so much’.. But I believe He’s making us stronger by going through certain situations and preparing us for bigger battles ahead. Again, you, your daughter and issues are in my prayers for everything to work out. In Jesus’ name I pray for the best for you and yours.
You have strengthen my resolves, and given me insight that we are all related in someway, we all have concerns in our lives. God knew I needed your words and kindness. And I’m grateful to Him that I can give you the same. Thank you for keeping me and my daughter in your prayers. Prayers are powerful and can change the hardest heart. Expressing ourselves and our issues helps us to heal and let it go into God’s capable hands. And for this I’m grateful.
God bless you and yours always, may He help us in keeping His armor on; the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, honor, virtue, fairness, goodness, the shoes of peace always among our brethren and ourselves, the shield of faith to never loose it, the helmet of His salvation~ Jesus and the sword of the Spirit (His Word), in our hearts and mind.
Your friend and sister in Him, Aida
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Aida, thanks again for your prayers for our daughter, too. I think the worst years might be behind us as we often feared losing her completely (death). But today she lives far away and thus things got eventually better with her. Yet that does not mean that there are no trials any more.
Alas, I hear these guys with windows closed, shutters down and earplugs in…. they are not loud, Aida… they laugh loudly, shout and scream several times in the night! Then it is silent for some time, they disappear in their flat until the next cigarette break on the balcony that might last for one hour or so (they have often guests and they all seem to be drunk or stoned, I don’t know). Thank you so much for praying with us!
Your sister and friend,
Susanne ❤
PS
I also will be praying for your friend who will be going through a major surgery. ❤
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thelostcoinblog said:
Bless you! 😇🕊💖
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Anna Waldherr said:
I have more than once met lovely people online who are deceived by supposed spiritual gurus and demonic teachings. These people are unreceptive to negative information about such gurus or warnings to be careful. It grieves me deeply since only Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.
With love and gratitude,
A. ❤
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
I am so sorry to hear about your bad experiences with those lovely people who could not be reached by your wisdom, dear Anna! 😦 As for me, it grieves me deeply, too, whenever I am confronted with another nice person whose mind has become ‘polluted’ by demonic teachings.
Just last week I had a strange experience myself. 🙄 I had listened to a YouTube Channel for a certain time and I was intrigued by some insider information as to Freemasonry offered there. However, all of a sudden, this whole thing began to switch. Instead of continuing to present truthful facts, a little and seemingly unimportant lie was introduced. From that time on the video (only pictures, not a film) started to focus on this little lie and thus, alas, the people who talked there got more and more sidetracked by Satan.
Much love to you,
Susanne ❤
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Adriana Patricia said:
Qué miedo Susanne, que el Señor nos dé discernimiento y no nos permita meternos por terrenos de arenas movedizas.
Me hiciste acordar del pastor de esa mega iglesia a la cual yo asistía. Cada vez que nos miraba fijamente, tocaba bajar la mirada, porque era penetrante y sentía miedo, él decía que era el Espíritu Santo que lo hacía ver el corazón de las personas, pero a mí me producía miedo y yo sentía que era como poder mental.
En el mundo es así, pero que esto suceda en el contexto cristiano es terrorífico, muchos justifican su pacto con demonios diciendo que es el poder del Espíritu Santo. ¡Qué horror y qué mentira!
Gracias por llamar mi atención con este artículo, porque fácilmente podemos ser seducidos por el material de Youtube, muchas cosas parecen ser inofensivas pero son venenosas.
También algo que dijiste en otro comentario que llamó mi atención, dijiste que solo hablabas cuando alguien preguntaba por tu esperanza y el Señor te enseñó a no meter tu carne en eso. Eso mismo el Señor ha estado enseñándome, porque uno intenta meter las narices donde Dios no nos ha mandado, metemos nuestra carne por el afán de compartir acerca de nuestra esperanza cuando no nos han preguntado y Dios no nos ha mandado.
Y eso mismo tuve que aprenderlo con respecto a compartir lo que el Señor me ha dado a escribir. Dura lección. Que el Señor nos dé Su discernimiento en todas las cosas y que no permita que metamos nuestra carne en Sus asuntos.
Gracias Susanne. Un abrazo mi hermana. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Patricia wrote,
“How scary, Susanne, may the Lord give us discernment and not allow us to move through the grounds of quicksand.
You reminded me of the pastor of that mega church that I attended. Every time he stared at us, I would look down because it was penetrating and I was afraid. He said it was the Holy Spirit that made him see the hearts of people, but I was afraid and I felt like it was like mental power.
In the world it is so, but that this happens in the Christian context is terrifying, many justify their pact with demons saying that it is the power of the Holy Spirit. What horror and what a lie!
Thanks for getting my attention with this article, because we can easily be seduced by Youtube material. Many things seem harmless but they are poisonous.
Also something that you said in another comment that caught my attention, you said that you only spoke when someone asked about your hope and the Lord taught you not to put your flesh in that. That’s what the Lord has been teaching me, because we try to put our nose where God has not sent us, we put our flesh for the desire to share about our hope when they have not asked us and God has not sent us.
And that same thing I had to learn with respect to sharing what the Lord has given me to write. Hard lesson. May the Lord give us His discernment in all things and not allow us to put our flesh in His affairs.
Thanks Susanne. A hug my sister. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO”
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Amén a tu oración, Patricia.
También creo que lo que hizo este pastor al mirarte fue el poder de su alma. Tal vez, hubo incluso un espíritu oculto involucrado con el cual tratan de hechizar a las personas, esp. mujer
¡Fue tan bueno escuchar que el Señor te ha estado ordenando cosas similares! 🙂 Aunque algunas lecciones son difíciles, sabemos que no estamos solos en esto.
Un abrazo gigante, mi querida hermana! ❤ ❤ ❤
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
I answered her,
“Amen to your prayer, Patricia.
I also think that what this pastor did by staring at you was the power of his soul. Maybe, there was even an occult spirit involved with which they try to bewitch people, esp. women.
It was so good to hear that the Lord has been teeaching you similar things! 🙂 Although some lessons are hard, we know we are not alone in this.
A giant hug, my dear sister! ❤ ❤ ❤
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO”
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Adriana Patricia said:
Si, este hombre trataba de hechizarnos con su mirada y quería manipularnos en todo.
Un día le robaron un dinero de su caja fuerte y reunió a los del departamento de tesorería. Agregó tierra a un vaso de agua y dijo que tenían que beberlo y el que le cayera mal esto, ese era el que lo había robado, que el Señor así le mostraría la verdad y más cosas podría contarte. Realmente en ese lugar se mueve es un poder demoníaco.
Amén, el Señor está con nosotros en esas duras lecciones.
Un abrazo gigante también para ti. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
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Susanne Schuberth (Germany) said:
Dear Patricia,
Thank for your three latest responses. I apologize for not being able to reply in kind as I have been pressured by several private trials lately.
Love,
Susanne
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