Let's lift up Ploshire's grandson who is back in prison. "Remember those in prison as if you were together with them" (Heb 13:3). Praying for his comfort, strength, and transformation. Trusting God's mercy! 
Hello everyone! Let's lift up our fellow members in prayer. 
who's discerning heaviness & oppression. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood" (Eph 6:12). Anoint with oil, pray, & trust God's deliverance (James 5:14). Praying for peace & freedom! 
Jayor
Disciple of Prayer
I have a childhood friend who I used to have a close relationship with but now I don't recognize him anymore. It feels like his personality has changed. There are other mutual friends who experience the same thing. When I visit him, I often do so with a lump in my stomach because I find the atmosphere uncomfortable and he can say very strange things. Once when I was on my way to his house, I stopped on the road for a short while and prayed to God that we would have a nice and positive time together. When I arrived at his house, he said: "It was lucky that you not only prayed to the Father and Jesus but also to the Holy Spirit, otherwise I would have..." And then he went on to say something to the effect that if it wasn't for the Holy Spirit, that the Holy Spirit felt a little sorry for me - he would have... You can imagine how bad this made me feel! It was frightening to hear, partly because I had actually prayed to all three gods when I went to his house, and partly because he had a threatening tone in his voice. What was he threatening me with? It was not clear - but the fact that a prayer to God could evoke such an emotion in him seemed absurd and malicious. Another time he was at my house. A few of us were having dinner together. Suddenly he says: "How can the atmosphere be like this ... it should be ...". So he thought the atmosphere was TOO good, and that there was no logical explanation for it. Then he turned to the window and looked at one of those paper Easter crosses you sometimes get during an Easter mass. I had saved it earlier because I liked it, otherwise there was no special purpose for it. He went on to say something like: "You have saved the Resurrection Cross, yes, that's why the atmosphere here is so good! You use the good power of this cross to create a good atmosphere in the apartment." Again, I felt that he was distorting everything, just like in the prayer session I described above. The Bible says to test the spirits if they come from God. In my friend's case, it has been obvious that he has been saying things about me and others that he cannot possibly know, reading my mind and, as in the example above, saying what I have been praying for silently to myself. I feel lost. Is it God speaking through him in this threatening and strange way, or is it a demonic and devilish force that has somehow taken possession of him and wants to present itself as coming from God? I am instinctively allergic to people who get so puffed up and proud that they indirectly put themselves on the throne of God, and who indirectly say that I have the mandate and authority to determine what prayers you pray and what crosses you have in your home. What should I do as a christian? Should I try to push the demonic force out of him with help of Jesus or just avoid him? / Thomas
