IS THE COUNSEL YOU RECEIVED OF THE LORD OR THE ENEMY? There are about 30,000 pastors and over 120,000 licensed professional counselors, over 80,000 psychologists and over 30,000 psychiatrists in America who have people come to them for advice with which to handle issues in their own personal lives and relationships. Over the past 8 years at Restored to Freedom, we have seen more and more people coming to us who have shared that they were given counsel from their pastors, counselors as well as other professionals that was not good, unwise and actually hurt them worse. Sadly much of the counsel came from the person, pastor or counselor and not from the Lord or Holy Spirit. Many times the counsel given to them were from well-meaning pastors or counselors but they had no understanding how demonic spirits cause people to behave which cause emotionally harmed people more harm by their support of aggressive / abusive spouses or controlling / abusive parents who act like they are godly. Many times the advice was coming from a place of inexperience on the part of the pastor / counselor or sadly through similar demonic tainted like-minded spirits that were similar to the…

CHURCH LEADERS OFTEN ABUSE THE VICTIMS OF ABUSE Sadly many who are in relationships with people will get hurt and abused. The victim tolerates the abuse over time and eventually either gets beaten down enough that they give up on ever getting freed and die or they muster up enough courage to go to someone at their church or a counselor to try and get help to confront their abuser. Sadly most don’t get proper help because the abuser, who operates in demons, will be very persuasive and convince the pastor or counselor that the main problem is their true victim by acting like they are innocent and having private communication implicating the victim. They buddy up with the counselor and get them to give advice that allows them control over the victim and even blaming the victim. And often the abuser will be more intimidating as the victim is easier to blame and the path of least resistance. Thus often the counseling will make life worse for them because now the abuser is really mad because they dared to get help and expose their abuse. 1 - Pastors and counselors advice will often make a victims situation worse giving…

BE VERY CAREFUL WHOSE COUNSEL YOU RECEIVE There are about 30,000 pastors and over 120,000 licensed professional counselors, over 80,000 psychologists and over 30,000 psychiatrists in America who have people come to them for advice with which to handle issues in their own personal lives and relationships. Over the past year at Restored to Freedom, we have seen more and more people coming to us who have shared that they were given counsel from their pastors, counselors as well as other professionals that was actually unwise and hurt them as much of the counsel came from the person and not from the Lord or Holy Spirit. Many times the counsel given to them were from well-meaning pastors or counselors who had no understanding how demonic spirits cause people to behave which cause emotionally harmed people more harm by their aggressive / abusive spouses or controlling / abusive parents. Many times the advice was coming from a place of inexperience on the part of the pastor / counselor or sadly through similar demonic tainted like-minded spirits that were similar to the abusive spouse or parent. If they are Christian they often take scriptures talking about how “God hates divorce” in Malachi…