Chicken and Witches

Women, wives, mothers - bring your family and friends to Chick-fil-A @ Cary Towne Center:

Thursday, July 21st

4:30-7:30pm

for an evening of fun, fellowship, and exciting give-aways!

As friends and supporters of Knowing God Ministreis, I wanted to personally invite you to our first fundraising event! Your presence will help us launch exciting, life-changing Knowing God Ministries initiatives into the community this fall.

Our vision is to help women and Christian leaders to not only know about God, but to KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, and for their lives, their families, and areas of influence to be impacted as a result of this relationship.

Bring your family or a friend for dinner or just for one of Chick-fil-A's new yummy peach milkshakes! I'd love to meet you if I don't already know you.

*Be sure to say you are there for Knowing God Ministries to ensure we receive the donation*

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

Do you have a keen sense of personal space? I do! I'm almost a little neurotic about it.

As soon as someone broaches my threshold, I slowly begin backing up. First with my head and shoulders, then with my feet until the person is out of my space. (Deep down, I think it's a fear of bad breath!) The same is true of today's post. I'm concerned that you'll perceive it as getting a tad too far into your personal space. But my calling is to build up the Body of Christ, to grow the Body to maturity.

Today's post is something that the Lord has been searing on my heart ever since I began seeing the posters and ads for Harry Potter. So, if I'm in your personal space, take it up with the Lord. I'm merely the messenger.

So are you a Harry Potter fan? Will you be joining the masses this weekend in viewing this much anticipated flick?

Years ago, before I had children of my own, I taught a 4th grade Sunday School class in the church we were members of at the time. I'll never forget when the Director of Children's Ministry organized an outing - church buses full of kids - to watch the first Harry Potter movie ever released.

Something about that didn't feel right. The best way to explain it was a lack of peace. So I remember going to the Word to see what God had to say on the subject of witchcraft. I found He says much on the subject. I'll merely share a few.

Deuteronomy 18:10 -

Do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft.

1 Samuel 15:23 -

Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.

2 Chronicles 33:6 -

Manasseh practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the Lord's sight, arousing His anger.

Revelation 21:8 -

But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshippers, and all liars - their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Yikes! Surely, sweet and handsome Harry Potter wouldn't rouse the anger of the Lord. It's just an innocent movie; it's make believe. Can't we have any fun?

Girlfriend, the devil is so subtle, so smooth. The Bible says that Satan masquerades as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14). There's a whole world religion that practices witchcraft called Wicca. There are an estimated 500,000 people in North America who are practicing Wiccans. Wiccans often practice magic to exert supernatural influence on the world and people.

Do you see the trail? "Harry Potter is so cool! I wanna be like him! Or, I wanna date someone like him. Oh, what do you know, there's a religion where I can find someone like him!"

I met with a woman earlier this week whose ex daughter-in-law is a Wiccan and forbids her children (my friend's grandchildren) from going to church or learning about Jesus.

Based on what I see in God's Word, Harry Potter is dangerous.

The Bible says, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." Protect yourself and your kids from falling under the spell of precious Harry Potter.