Some years ago I visited a family. One of the family's children showed us a pet snake they had. The snake was a small python. I was repulsed by it & I observed that only 1 of the people visiting agreed to hold the snake at the child's invitation. Most others I noticed also seemed to be repulsed by it.
It had previously been revealed to intercessors in the church this family attended that the main demonic spirit opposed to the growth of this church was a python spirit (Acts 16:16 ILB).
Subsequently the couple in this family separated & had emotional problems. They did have marriage problems many years ago, so I am not suggesting that having the snake in the house is the reason why this occurred, but I don't think it was helpful.
I know another family whose son also has a pet snake - a small snake which is a different breed. I also saw this snake but I did not have the same repulsion as with the other one above. This family are doing fine.
I would not allow my children to have a pet snake in the house. Over the years we have occasionally been given gifts of artifacts etc by non-Christians that look like idols. We have either burned them or thrown them out. At least one of these looked fairly expensive. Fortunately none of the folks who gave us these have ever said "What happened to that gift I gave you?".
But we do have, for example, a game of snakes & ladders somewhere in our house. I don't have a problem with this. We have occasionally found computer games wthout any demonic symbols have caused our son's behaviour to take a nose-dive & we have stopped him from playing it. So in terms of the things we have in our house, we have found that it's not so clear-cut in terms of: demonic image = demonic influence; and no demonic image = no deminic influence.
My discussion question is: Where do you draw the line in terms of allowing things which are known to symbolise demons in your house?
God bless
It had previously been revealed to intercessors in the church this family attended that the main demonic spirit opposed to the growth of this church was a python spirit (Acts 16:16 ILB).
Subsequently the couple in this family separated & had emotional problems. They did have marriage problems many years ago, so I am not suggesting that having the snake in the house is the reason why this occurred, but I don't think it was helpful.
I know another family whose son also has a pet snake - a small snake which is a different breed. I also saw this snake but I did not have the same repulsion as with the other one above. This family are doing fine.
I would not allow my children to have a pet snake in the house. Over the years we have occasionally been given gifts of artifacts etc by non-Christians that look like idols. We have either burned them or thrown them out. At least one of these looked fairly expensive. Fortunately none of the folks who gave us these have ever said "What happened to that gift I gave you?".
But we do have, for example, a game of snakes & ladders somewhere in our house. I don't have a problem with this. We have occasionally found computer games wthout any demonic symbols have caused our son's behaviour to take a nose-dive & we have stopped him from playing it. So in terms of the things we have in our house, we have found that it's not so clear-cut in terms of: demonic image = demonic influence; and no demonic image = no deminic influence.
My discussion question is: Where do you draw the line in terms of allowing things which are known to symbolise demons in your house?
God bless
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