Woman Spends Life-Savings to Lift Curse

Wo. Ya know, it's amazing what some folks believe.

This lady goes to a psychic and pays $75 to light some candles. "When she said she lights candles, it automatically makes me think it's like a spiritual thing ... a good thing ... you're praying for somebody." But it wasn't enough to be ripped off once, she had to go back and be ripped off again. The second time she was told that there was a curse on her family. It wound up costing her $220,000. And there was a threatening letter written in blood demanding $63,000 or Satan would take someone from her family instead of the cash.

That's when the lights came on and the police were called in.

Read the story here.

What do I believe?

Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. - Leviticus 19:31, NIV
I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people. - Leviticus 20:6, NIV
A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.- Leviticus 20:27, NIV

"Ah," you say, "but that is Old Testament Law. That no longer applies under Christ!"
Really?

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

- Galatians 5:16-21, NIV

There's a New Testament Scripture for ya. Witches call upon demons for their power. So do fortune-tellers.

Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.

- Acts 16:16-18, NIV

So what's the difference between God's prophets and fortune-tellers?

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us."

- Micah 3:11, NIV

Prophets receive the Word of God and tell the people what God says. They rarely receive the word in plain language, rather in riddles as Numbers 12:6-8 shows:

"When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD."

So, God speaks to prophets in visions and dreams. And He tells them to write exactly what they were told. Hence the cryptic manner of Isaiah and Ezekiel. And prophets do not charge money. Nor are the LORD's prophets ever wrong.

You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

- Deuteronomy 18:21-22, NIV

My thoughts about this poor lady who lost everything to a false prophet - "I hope you learned a lesson".

But don't believe me. Check out some of these articles:
AlertNet: Secrets of a Telephone Psychic
Slate Magazine: My Life as a Phone Psychic
CourtTVnews: Seeing the future -- or just dollar signs?

I pray that you won't be misled by false spiritists and seers. I also pray that you will see where the 'real' ones get their power - from the Father of Lies, himself! Your soul (your money, too) are way too precious to be wasted on drivel such as this. Spend your money at Dave and Buster's instead! It's my favorite place to waste money!