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Now the yoke around your h's neck is the burden that he carries with him. He has no one to help him carry that burden or to lighten his load because he does not have the Lord yet. As you pray for him, you are helping to carry that burden and trusting in the Lord to help him to break that yoke that is around his neck.




Thank you for explaining in a way that makes sense to me.

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Both of these were tough concepts for me to get until I stopped looking at things through the natural eye and started looking at things through the spiritual eye. There is a huge difference. People can not fight things just by will power alone. Those chains, spirits and demons that are around them have to be broken in order for them to be really free. To never fall back into the same thing again.



I see what you’re saying here and again makes sense to me.

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It is like an alcholic that falls off the wagon or a drug addict that goes back to drugs. Why do they do that? Because if you listen them, you will hear them say that the pull was just more then they could take. They didn't send the spirit out of the "village" to never return. Does that make anymore sense?




Yes, yes this is all beginning to make sense. I can relate to the “pull” as I like to play the slots. I must admit the “Pull” to play isn’t as powerful as it was pre-bomb. I do get the urge to go and some days it doesn’t go away unless I go and then if lose my $$, I leave feeling guilty and kicking myself as I should know better!

The last time I was at the casino, I was down $$, but continued to play. I have a hard time "pull"ing myself away somedays and I kept saying "okay I'll quit after this one" and then wouldn't! At one point I think I thought to myself, "G help me stop" and all of a sudden there was someone standing by me and it was my father and the spell was broken. I got up and was able to leave and it wasn't till I was driving home that I realized my prayer saved me! Okay I know what everyone's thinking..no I'm not a gambler that's out of control, ready to lose their house, blah, blah...it's just something I like to do once in awhile, but when I lose I ask myself "why do I continue" for those $$ I could have something tangible.! In the summer I take those same $$ and put them toward golfing.

Cathy