attacked by satan a few weeks after Baptism

[Mistia]

Hello,

I was Baptised in October 2010 and it was a lovely lovely day, I even had the laying on of hands during the service. I felt different after the service, a great feeling of peace and different to how I used to feel.

A few days ago something happened which I know deep down will resolve itself, somone was very malicious and must have known how much it would upset me but it will backfire on them, of that I have been assured. I have great support from my church and some family members who are Christians.

I have been told by several people that Christians are often attacked after a Baptism, can anyone please share their experiences and support me in getting through this tough time.

Thank you

 

[childofGod31]

It appears from stories and experience that when you make a decision for God, that decision gets tested.

I remember that when I tried to get closer to God, I started to experience painful emotional experiences. At that time I was thinking this: it's like becoming a girlfriend of James Bond. He lives with danger. And if you come close to him, you come close to danger. So when one comes close to God, there is the devil right there, ready to interfere....

But thinking back, I am considering that perhaps this was "surgery" to my inner self that God was doing. It seems that now I am "OVER" those things which used to bring me pain. Surgery hurts when it's being done. But later it brings healing and things become better than they were.

It could be attacks. Or it could be God using those situations to work on your inner person, to change you (surgery), to make you grow (growing pains) or to make you stronger (exercise hurts too).

Most of the time I did not see the good outcome of those situations. So I couldn't say then that it was for good, or that I learned something. But looking back, I think that it was for good and it was necessary. It's like that path has those obstacles and they just had to be overcome.

It says in the Bible: victory is ours. And it was so. Each time it was a hard battle. But each time (mostly) it was won. One time I thought that I lost. I did not behave correctly. So I started to whine to God about my failure. And He then showed me that this incident DID teach me something. So it wasn't for nothing. But most of the time we are just too blind naturally to see the good of the bad situations.

Fire makes the gold shine and makes it pure.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING is to trust in God's love and acceptance of you and forgiveness of your mistakes in ALL situations. Sometimes I felt too guilty to come to Him because I felt that I failed Him. But I learned that it was very important for me to come to Him anyways and to accept His forgiveness for my mistakes. I've learned that running away and hiding in a corner when you feel guilty before God does NOT make things better. But coming to God and talking to Him even when you feel ashamed helps to ensure the victory.

 

[salida]

The enemy will attack you but don't fear because:

1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 

[Peripatetic]

Attacks will not always be as obvious though... A lot of times, they are just little distractions or words of doubt, or cycles of guilt. Those are even more dangerous because they are cumulative. Ephesians 6:10-18 offers us some encouragement:

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

 

[Mister_Al]

After I got Baptized every demon from hell must have been released from their current assignments and told to attack me instead. I've never experienced anything like it before then, nor since. But, I learned later that it was really a blessing to have the demons pay so much attention to me because, you see, if the enemy isn't attacking you it's either because he already has you, or you're not a threat to him.

Be Blessed

Alan

 

[GaryP]

What do you mean by someone, We will always have conflict with others, so what does
the devil have anything to do with it. If you are upset about others and what revenge,
that's life.

 

[JDWat09]

Yes, The Devil and the demons can hurt you, but they can't kill you. Read the book of Job. Satan couldn't kill Job, but Satan could hurt him. Satan's power is limited, but God's power is unlimited. Trust in the LORD's power.

 

[jonathonbyrd]

How do you know that it wasn't God Himself?

What kind of an attack was it?

 

[Mistia]

What do you mean by someone, We will always have conflict with others, so what does
the devil have anything to do with it. If you are upset about others and what revenge,
that's life.

there was an incident that happened 12 years ago and I was in a relationship with a violent partner, whoever this person is who had tried to upset me could be trying to get revenge for something I did not do and the Lord knows all about it. I have a friend who is an ex police detective and now works as lawyer and he was absolutley gobsmacked at this ridiculous attempt to upset me.

I don't go around upsetting people and never have but in the past have been in the company of those who are not pleasant of which I have learned a hard lesson.

 

[Mistia]

How do you know that it wasn't God Himself?

because God is not spiteful

 

[lutherangerman]

Baptism is the true beginning of our walk with Christ. We get to be under the sign of the cross, which starts our being a disciple, not just a believer. Paul said he always preaches Christ crucified, which means that He is really emphasising forgiveness because that is what Jesud died for to give us. That's why it is important for you now to forgive that person who was malicious to you. Don't get into an OT thinking that God will punish people who sin against you, it is much more authentic and obedient to Jesus when you pray for this person. You will also make mistakes in life and then you will fear you will be punished. Then you will need grace and forgiveness, and in order to learn from this you need to give others grace and forgiveness as well. Also, Paul writes that we need to forgive each other so that the devil won't succeed in his plans which is to prevent people finding peace and salvation in the Christ. The devil may have a grip on this malicious person, but in fact it is this person who is in real trouble and not you. So pray for him and rise above his assaults and love him.

 

[Mistia]

Hi lutherangerman

I have taken comfort in your post and the other day I prayed over the phone with a wonderful Christian friend and asked the Lord to help me forgive him/her, but it is difficult and I have to be in the right frame of mind to sincerely mean it. When things go wrong I want to be closer to God and want to learn more, I just want him to look after me and I know he will but when I am sad and depressed I feel so alone. I have Christian friends who have been supporting me over the last couple of weeks which has been wonderful and I attend a lovely Church.


One of my weaknesses in that I become tearful and depressed when things go wrong and worry about things I have no control over. My grandmother says I would cope better when life goes wrong if I knew more scripture, so I will be reading my Bible more. One of my relatives says that whatever the devil is doing to upset me that God is in complete control, but I sometimes wonder what he is doing.


May the Lord bless you and others who have helped my by replying to my problem, I always find these forums a great source of comfort and strength.

 

[lutherangerman]

Don't worry, sister Mistia, you will be fine. Sometimes we can forgive those who wrong us immediately, sometimes it takes a while. If you find that it's not possible right now, then pray about it, maybe like this:

"Dear Jesus, I know I must forgive everyone but I don't feel ready now, I am really hurt. Please continue to work your holiness into my life and help me forgive this person eventually. Please let us all live in your grace. Please strengthen me."

If you manage to forgive this person, you are swatting two flies at once. You will detach yourself from the maliciousness and won't feel so bothered about it anymore eventually, and you will thwart the devil's plan by which he wants to manipulate this man and his ignorance and error and sinfulness to his advantage. We christians are a bit like sand in the wheels of the enemy, so he's furious about us because we disturb his plans. Don't be intimitated. You are a legitimate daughter of God in Christ! God bless you!

 

[Unique user name]

I was attacked 6 hours after my baptism. It was May 8th 2017.
What some would say is sleep paralysis is what I experienced. I was frozen except my hands (which I clasped)
Okay, here's the story:

After an amazing loving baptism & dinner with my church group, I went home to listen to a sermon & relax. All was right with the world when all the sudden while in my bed, I could hear creaking doors opening and then my bedroom was filled with very loud gusts of wind. I could feel the wind on my body too. It was cold, loud and intense for about 20 seconds-- during this time my body was paralyzed and I couldn't speak each time I tried to call out for Jesus. The fear I was having was incredible! I've never had ANYTHING like this happen to me before & here I was alone and unable to stop it.
I know I was awake; my eyes were looking around searching for the source of this alarming attack. I saw nothing.

Finally I was verbally able to call out His name and it stopped.
As I was thinking and calming myself- still confused 10 minutes later, I noticed a spider crawling on my bedroom wall, I tried to rid of it but it got away. I decided to read scripture and pray which I did for hours until falling asleep. The next morning I was going over everything in my head again & as I was just about ready to get out of bed & start my day, there on the hallway wall was another spider. Larger than the other. I got that one and removed it from my house.

Anyway, I know I was awake, I couldn't move or speak and there were intense winds blowing all around me. I am not making this up. This happened at 1am. I was baptized hours earlier around 6:45pm.

*Also, a month before this I was seeing the eye of Horus and swirling portals whenever I closed my eyes. (Also very much so awake)
These were not dreams you guys.
The portal opened up and I saw a man sitting in a chair and he turned and looked at me. All vibrant blue and purple colors. I was 100% awake and sober (btw) seeing this. Sometimes I've seen reptilian eyes.
Snakes slither by my feet almost every other day. I see snakes all the time now it's ridiculous.
I was also in two car crashes within 5 weeks from each other. (both times I was not at fault I promise you).
The first one totaled my car & it was 2 weeks after I confessed to Jesus and asked him to forgive me. Then a few weeks go by, I purchase a new car and
B A M ! I get rear ended. Then the lizard eyes return again and now 'sleep paralysis'.
Whatever this is, I'm not alone.
None of this is new - Christians all over the world are having these experiences. My pastor told me he wasn't surprised this happened and told me to read 1Peter 5 and James 4.

Thank you for taking the time to read this lengthy testimony.

 

[Kit Sigmon]

Thread is from 2010?

 

[Unique user name]

Thread is from 2010?

I'm brand new here and tryin to navigate. I'll delete my post and move it elsewhere or all together if I broke any rules.

 

[paul1149]

I'm brand new here and tryin to navigate. I'll delete my post and move it elsewhere or all together if I broke any rules.

No rules broken. When I resurrect an old thread I usually put a warning on my post so that subsequent viewers won't think the thread is fresh. Some forums close old threads because of this problem, but this one doesn't.

Blessings,
Paul

 

[Haliinman91]

Hello,

I was Baptised in October 2010 and it was a lovely lovely day, I even had the laying on of hands during the service. I felt different after the service, a great feeling of peace and different to how I used to feel.

A few days ago something happened which I know deep down will resolve itself, somone was very malicious and must have known how much it would upset me but it will backfire on them, of that I have been assured. I have great support from my church and some family members who are Christians.

I have been told by several people that Christians are often attacked after a Baptism, can anyone please share their experiences and support me in getting through this tough time.

Thank you

I just got baptized dec 4th and today and the last couple of days something has been negative and really bad around in mainly inside of me is this Satan I couldn’t stop thinking bad thoughts I also wanted to make a comment new to this reaching out. I feel it’s a demon because this has never happened not like this??