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I haven't resumed fasting and will probably begin again after the equinox. I took the summer off to give my body a rest and my appetite is smaller in that period. It feels like I'm on hold in respect to sharing the suffering of others to some degree. I have a physical reaction to certain things that wasn't there in the past. I can only hear so much before my energy begins to seep. Especially in human connections. It's probably due to other things on my plate that require my attention.


You can see correlations if you look closely. But the devil doesn't promote anything good and we've been on a Tolkien kick for a while. You have to ask why. That's how you train your mind to look beyond enjoyment. Most of his snares are subliminal. They're not in your face. You won't recognize them if you're looking for overt all the time.

~bella
 
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I know. It's hard to trust anything these days. Even when I'm listening to sermons of pastors I like in youtube, I don't let my guard down. Taking every thought, every idea captive.
 
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Its been a year since I had this dream. Yesterday evening, I encountered the "pastor/teacher", at my church's prayer night, which I'm currently leading. I took over back in the spring, when our interim pastor retired. I have no formal training in leading these types of events, and have been heavily relying on God to work through me, and lead our group. We start with a hymn, then I give a short devotional, before we spend time in prayer for various needs.

There is an elderly man who comes at times, and previously would come with a spirit of strife. He is a bible teacher, and spends much time evangelizing in our community. The church advertises the meeting as a time of prayer, however, this man usually insists we do a bible study instead and derails the event. Sometimes causing another brother to argue with him. This effects our spirit right when we're about to go into prayer. He also resembled the man in my dream yesterday. He was wearing black clothes, and his skin was dark, as he is east indian. Similar to my dream. Yesterday, he came, and behaved. However, once we were done, he talked to me privately, telling me how I need to ignore the leadership and change the prayer event into a bible study. He started to give me instructions on how I should lead the group. While he was speaking, I knew God was directing me to lead the group according to His will. While the man talked to me, I saw in his eyes this ungodly like anger. On one hand, he spoke certain truths, however, they were not according to God's will.
 
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