Tuesday, September 09, 2025

What is Rebirthing

 Rebirthing is a controversial alternative therapy that claims to help people release emotional trauma and achieve personal transformation through breathing techniques.

What is Rebirthing


🔑 Key Features of Rebirthing

  • Origin: Developed in the 1970s by Leonard Orr, influenced by New Age and human potential movements.

  • Method:

    • Participants practice “conscious connected breathing”—deep, continuous breaths without pauses.

    • Sessions may involve guided visualization, relaxation, and sometimes vocal or emotional release.

    • Practitioners claim it can help release repressed memories, birth trauma, or emotional blockages.

  • Goal: Achieve spiritual, emotional, and psychological “rebirth”, often described as feeling renewed or enlightened.

⚖️ Concerns

  1. Health Risks

    • Hyperventilation can cause dizziness, fainting, or even seizures in some people.

    • Not recommended without medical supervision, especially for those with heart or lung conditions.

  2. Spiritual/Occult Roots

    • Rebirthing is rooted in New Age, humanistic psychology, and transcendental concepts, emphasizing self-healing and inner energy.

    • It often involves guided meditation, energy release, and altered states of consciousness.

    • Practitioners sometimes speak of connecting with universal energy or higher consciousness.

  3. Christian Perspective

    • Dangerous spiritually, because it focuses on self-transformation and inner power, rather than true healing through Jesus Christ (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 11:28–30).

    • It can open doors to demonic influence, especially when it encourages altered states, inner energy work, or communion with unseen forces.

    • True rebirth in Christianity comes through salvation in Christ, repentance, and the Holy Spirit (John 3:3–7; 2 Corinthians 5:17).

✅ In summary:
Rebirthing is a New Age therapeutic practice using continuous breathing to release emotional trauma. While some report psychological benefits, it is spiritually unsafe for Christians because it relies on self-directed energy and altered states rather than God’s healing power.

I can also create a side-by-side comparison chart of Rebirthing vs. Biblical Rebirth in Christ, showing why the Christian version is the only safe and true “rebirth.” Do you want me to do that?

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Dedicating Foods to the gods

Dedicating Foods to the gods

 Dedicating Foods to the gods


🔑 Key Features

  • Definition: Setting aside or offering food to a supernatural being as an act of devotion, gratitude, or to gain blessings.

  • Contexts:

    • Pagan rituals: Offering bread, wine, fruits, or other foods to gods, goddesses, or nature spirits.

    • Occult or New Age ceremonies: Food may be “charged” with intention or energy and then consumed or left at an altar.

    • Modern spiritual practices: Some people leave food offerings to “spirit guides” or “ancestral spirits” for protection or abundance.

  • Method: Food is sometimes placed on an altar, prayed over with invocation, or symbolically “sacrificed.”

⚖️ Spiritual and Biblical Perspective

  1. Biblical Warnings

    • Dedicating food to anything other than God is considered idolatry or participation in occult rituals.

    • 1 Corinthians 10:20–21: “The sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.”

    • Exodus 20:3–5: God commands not to have other gods or make offerings to them.

  2. Spiritual Risks

    • Food dedicated to other gods can carry a spiritual link to the deity or spirit invoked.

    • Consuming it, or even keeping it, can open doors to demonic influence or spiritual oppression.

    • This applies even to foods in seemingly “harmless” rituals like seasonal festivals, occult celebrations, or cultural practices rooted in paganism.

  3. Christian Approach

    • Food should be eaten with thanksgiving to God alone (1 Corinthians 10:31).

    • All blessing and provision come from the Lord, not spirits or mystical forces.

    • Reject and renounce any participation in food offerings to gods or spirits through prayer and confession.

✅ In summary:
Dedicating food to the gods is a form of occult or pagan ritual. Even if disguised as a cultural or spiritual practice, it is idolatrous and spiritually dangerous. Christians are called to offer thanks and devotion only to God and avoid participation in any food offerings to other entities.

If you want, I can make a list of common foods and practices in New Age, occult, and pagan rituals that Christians should avoid, with Scripture references for each. This is very useful for ministry teaching or deliverance work.

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🔑 Key Features of New Age Smudging

 

🔑 Key Features of New Age Smudging

  • Origins: Inspired by indigenous Native American rituals, but adapted in New Age and occult practices for energy work rather than traditional cultural or spiritual reasons.

  • Common Herbs/Resins Used:

    • Sage (white or desert sage)

    • Cedar

    • Sweetgrass

    • Palo Santo wood

  • Method:

    • The herb is burned, creating smoke.

    • The practitioner waves the smoke around the body, room, or object, often with a feather, hand, or smudge fan.

    • Intentions or prayers may be spoken to “clear negative energy” or invite positive vibrations.

  • Purpose in New Age:

    • Remove “negative energy” or spirits

    • Cleanse a house or office

    • Purify objects like crystals, tarot cards, or jewelry

    • Align or balance energy fields (auras, chakras)

⚖️ Spiritual and Occult Issues

  1. Energy-based focus

    • Smudging relies on manipulating unseen forces rather than seeking God’s protection.

    • It operates on New Age concepts of energy fields, vibrations, and aura cleansing.

  2. Connection to Spiritism and Occult

    • Often paired with visualizations, chants, or invocations to spirit guides, angels, or the earth.

    • This makes it a form of spiritualism or ritual magic.

  3. Christian Deliverance Perspective

    • Smudging can open doors to demonic influence, especially if combined with invocations or the belief that smoke itself has spiritual power.

    • Biblical cleansing comes through the blood of Jesus, prayer, and obedience (1 John 1:7; Psalm 51:7).

    • Using smudging for “protection” or “energy clearing” is not scripturally supported and falls into New Age/occult practices.

✅ In summary:

New Age smudging is a ritual of spiritual or energetic cleansing using smoke, derived from indigenous practices but adapted for occult and New Age purposes. While often marketed as harmless, it is spiritually unsafe for Christians because it invokes unseen forces instead of God and can open doors to demonic influence.

If you want, I can make a quick reference table showing common New Age cleansing rituals—like smudging, sound therapy, and crystals—and why they are spiritually dangerous for Christians. This is helpful for ministry teaching or deliverance articles.

See Links Below

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⚠️ Why a Christian Should Not Do Fire Tunnels

 ⚠️ Why a Christian Should Not Do Fire Tunnels

🔥 What is a Fire Tunnel?

  • A line (or “tunnel”) of people forms, usually with church members, leaders, or “anointed” individuals standing opposite each other.

  • A person walks down the middle while the people on both sides lay hands, pray, or “release fire” over them.

  • The goal is said to be impartation of spiritual gifts, fresh fire, anointing, or supernatural empowerment.

  • Participants often report manifestations such as shaking, laughing, falling, or feeling “heat” or “power.”

  1. Unbiblical Impartation Practices

    • Nowhere in Scripture do we see a “fire tunnel.” The apostles did lay hands for prayer and commissioning (Acts 6:6, 1 Timothy 4:14), but there is no mass-transfer ritual for fire or anointing.

    • True anointing comes from God through the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27), not through a ritual.

  2. Occult Parallels

    • Fire tunnels strongly resemble shamanic initiation rituals, where groups channel energy into a participant.

    • The language of “imparting fire” mirrors kundalini awakening practices in Hinduism, where energy is passed through touch and produces physical manifestations.

  3. False Spirit Manifestations

    • Many people report bizarre manifestations: uncontrollable laughter, animal sounds, violent shaking, trance states.

    • These are not fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23) but align more with kundalini and demonic manifestations.

  4. Danger of Transference of Spirits

    • When hands are laid on someone outside God’s direction, there is the risk of demonic transfer (1 Timothy 5:22 – “Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands”).

    • In a fire tunnel, you don’t know the spiritual state of the people “imparting fire”—this can expose you to unclean spirits.

  5. Focus on Experience over Scripture

    • Fire tunnels promote seeking manifestations rather than Christ Himself.

    • The Bible warns against chasing signs and wonders instead of the truth of God’s Word (Matthew 12:39, 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10).

📖 Biblical Truth

  • The fire of God in Scripture is for purification and judgment, not for ecstatic experiences (Malachi 3:2–3; Hebrews 12:29).

  • The Holy Spirit is given at salvation (Ephesians 1:13–14), and empowerment for ministry comes through prayer, obedience, and God’s sovereign will—not rituals.

✅ In summary:

Fire tunnels are an unbiblical, spiritually dangerous practice that mimic occult initiation rites and open the door to false spirits and demonic impartations. Christians should avoid them and instead pursue the true fire of God—holiness, purity, and the empowering of the Holy Spirit through prayer and obedience.

Would you like me to draft a teaching article exposing fire tunnels with scripture references and warnings, so you can use it for your deliverance ministry audience?

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Sunday, September 07, 2025

Observer of Times and Soothsayers: The Ancient Practice of Divination Condemned by God

Observer of Times and Soothsayers: The Ancient Practice of Divination Condemned by God
 Observer of Times and Soothsayers: The Ancient Practice of Divination Condemned by God


What Is an Observer of Times?

In the Bible, the term observer of times refers to someone who attempts to read signs in the natural world—clouds, stars, or seasonal changes—to predict the future. In today’s language, this person would be called a soothsayer or astrologer.

The practice was common in ancient pagan cultures. People believed that celestial bodies and weather patterns revealed hidden truths or upcoming events. By studying these signs, observers of times claimed they could foretell wars, harvests, personal destinies, or even the rise and fall of kings.

But while the practice may have looked like wisdom, God declared it to be abomination. Deuteronomy 18:10–12 says clearly: “There shall not be found among you… an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch… For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord.”

Cultural Origins of Soothsaying

The art of soothsaying stretches back to Babylon, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Priests and astrologers served in royal courts, reading the stars and weather to guide rulers. They believed the gods communicated through the heavens, and by interpreting signs, they could control their destiny.

Babylonian astrology became the foundation for Greek and Roman practices. Even today, modern astrology—horoscopes, zodiac readings, and planetary alignments—flows from the same ancient system.

What Did They Believe?

Observers of times believed:

  • The clouds revealed messages from the gods.

  • The stars and planets controlled human fate.

  • The changing seasons marked moments of supernatural power.

  • By practicing divination, they could protect themselves, gain wealth, or predict disasters.

In short, they trusted in creation rather than the Creator, placing their hope in signs instead of the living God.

Their Gods and Spirits

Soothsayers often called on deities like Shamash (the Sun god), Sin (the Moon god), or Marduk (a Babylonian star god). Later cultures replaced these with Zeus, Apollo, or other planetary gods. Yet behind these “gods” were demonic spirits, masquerading as celestial rulers.

The Bible warns that these are not neutral forces. Psalm 96:5 says: “For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.”

Purpose of the Practice

The goal of observing times was always divination—seeking secret knowledge apart from God. Whether predicting crop success, guiding kings, or forecasting personal fortune, it was about control. People wanted to bypass God’s authority and gain forbidden knowledge through occult means.

Why Do People Get Involved?

Even today, people turn to astrology, horoscopes, and sky omens for the same reasons:

  • Curiosity about the future

  • Fear of the unknown

  • Desire for guidance without submission to God

  • Cultural tradition and pressure

  • A sense of control in uncertain times

Satan deceives by making these practices look wise or harmless. Yet each time a person looks to the stars or seasons for divine guidance, they step into the realm of demonic divination.

Is It Divination?

Yes. Observing times is a form of divination. It attempts to access spiritual knowledge apart from God’s Spirit. Isaiah 47:13 rebukes Babylon, saying: “Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come upon you.” Their wisdom failed then—and it still fails today.

The Spiritual Dangers

Those who dabble in soothsaying or astrology risk:

  • Opening doors to demonic influence

  • Falling into fear, bondage, or superstition

  • Experiencing confusion, misdirection, or curses

  • Becoming separated from God’s truth

What looks like harmless star-gazing or cloud-reading is, in fact, an occult practice. Jesus Himself warned in Matthew 24:24 that false signs would deceive even the elect if possible.

God’s Alternative

Instead of looking to stars or clouds, God calls us to look to Him. Jeremiah 10:2 says: “Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven.”

Only God knows the future, and He reveals His truth through His Word and His Spirit. Christians are not called to guess the future but to trust the One who holds it.

Closing Call

Observers of times and soothsayers may sound like ancient history, but the same practices live on in horoscopes, astrology apps, zodiac readings, and sky omens. Do not be deceived. These are forms of divination that invite spiritual oppression.

Renounce the practice, repent, and turn to Jesus Christ, who alone gives wisdom, peace, and freedom.


Teresa Morin
President of Touch of God Int’l Ministries
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Of Healing and Deliverance, Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
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🏛️ Historical & Cultural Context

  • Babylonian Astrology – Wikipedia – Provides an overview of Babylonian astrology, the first known organized system of astrology, which arose in the second millennium BC. Wikipedia

  • Heavenly Writings: The Babylonian Origins of Astrology – Discusses how the Babylonians developed mathematical functions to predict the motion of heavenly bodies, laying the groundwork for modern astrology. Satya Astrology

  • Ancient Babylonian and Mesopotamian Astrology – Explores the origins of astrology in Babylon, attributing it to the god Marduk and its influence on later cultures. Africa ME Facts and Details

📚 Scholarly Perspectives

  • Observer of Times – Biblical Cyclopedia – Examines the superstition associated with observing times, closely linked to astrology and widely spread through the ancient world by the influence of the Oriental Magi. McClintock & Strong Cyclopedia

  • Astrology & Astronomy in Iran and Ancient Mesopotamia – Discusses how astrology and astronomy were intertwined in ancient Mesopotamian cultures, influencing practices in Iran and beyond. UMass Boston Faculty

Revival Flame Ministries – “Beware of Divination”

This ministry emphasizes the spiritual danger of receiving prophecies or words not aligned with God's assignment. They warn how flattery and deceptive “words of prophecy” can derail one’s spiritual path and carry poison intended to kill one’s calling.
Revival Flame

Ministry of Prayer — Deliverance by Renouncing

This deliverance-focused ministry provides structured prayers for renouncing a wide range of occult practices, including soothsaying, observing times, divination tools, and New Age influences. It offers a comprehensive renunciation tool for those seeking spiritual cleansing.
Ministry of Prayer

EndTime Ministries — Deliverance Ministry

Part of a broader ministry network, the Deliverance Ministry is dedicated to casting out demons and breaking spiritual strongholds—addressing occult oppression and imparting inner healing and freedom.
EndTime Ministries

Christian Learning & News — “Ex-Astrologer Warns Christians”

An ex-astrologer gives a powerful warning to Christians about the dangers of horoscopes, tarot, numerology, and divination—calling them attempts to gain supernatural insights outside of God's will.
Christian Learning & News

Healing and Deliverance Ministries — “Exposing the Spirit of Witchcraft” & “Forbidden Practices of the Occult”

These teachings uncover the hidden occult influences found in everyday life—from games and entertainment to holidays and astrology. They identify “occult games” and star-gazing as gateways to witchcraft and spiritual deception.
Healing and Deliverance Ministries+1

Faith Lane Ministries — Exposing the Spirit of Divination

This teaching addresses the insidious “Python Spirit” of divination—a deceptive force targeting leaders and believers, often masquerading as helpful yet ultimately destructive. It references Acts 16:16–18 as a biblical precedent for confronting such spirits.
Anna Marie Strawhand

Bound No More Ministries — The Danger of Divination

An article that explains the biblical roots of divination and soothsaying, including practices like ornithomancy—interpreting bird flights—as forbidden means of foretelling the future. It contextualizes how ancient rituals are echoed in modern alternatives.
Bound No More Ministries

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🎬 YouTube Script (45 Seconds)

Title: Observers of Times: The Truth About Astrology and Soothsayers

🎥 Script:
"Have you ever read a horoscope or looked to the stars for answers? That practice goes back to ancient times—what the Bible calls observers of times or soothsayers. They studied clouds, stars, and seasons to predict the future. But God calls it abomination. Why? Because it’s divination—seeking hidden knowledge apart from Him. Behind astrology and soothsaying are demonic powers that deceive and enslave. Don’t trust the stars for guidance—trust the God who made them. Only Jesus Christ gives true wisdom and freedom."https://youtube.com/shorts/i-kB4FF5jJ8?feature=share

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