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Just a run of bad luck	Beth	Monday, November 1, 2004
Question: Good morning! My dearest best friend has been having a terrible run of "bad luck" over the past month. It all started with a power surge during a thunderstorm....two tv's and several lamps were destroyed. Then about 2 weeks later, her computer stopped working. Then her washing machine and stove both broke down....she and her husband had to buy new ones at the same time. Then a week later, her wallet turned up missing and she had to cancel all of her credit cards, get a new driver's license, etc. It's seem quite odd that all of this has taken place while my friend has been contemplating taking on the church council president position for another two years. My friend and her family are very devoted in their faith. Do you feel there could be some type of oppression around her that has caused all of this "bad luck"? I'm going to suggested the Hedge Prayer to her. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you for your help!
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+ Dear Beth: We can never underestimate the significance of coincidence. All this may be just mere coincidence. In terms of the electrical problems all of that may be related to the power surge. Even the items that had problems later may have been originally damaged in the surge. With this said, demons are mostly hitchhikers -- they may not "cause" problems, but love to jump on problems that already exist and try to make them worse. This could be going on since your friend is considering serving God by another term as president of the council. Or, the whole mess could be demonically sourced as an attempt to harass her. Often these things are like asking the question, "Which came first the chicken or the egg?" Ultimately it doesn't matter; our response should be the same. We keep on, keeping on with whatever God is leading us to do, remain a devout Christian, and pray. The Hedge Prayer is a good one to pray, and also prayers that would ask God to cast out any demons who may be harassing or trying to interfere with your friend's decision. These are called "AS IF" prayers. Since we do not know if any demonic element is present we can pray "as if", that is, as if there are demonic elements; such as, "Father in heaven, if there are any demons harassing me or trying to interfere with my decision to serve You, please cast them away from me. Thank you for all your Love and protection. Amen." God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Just a run of bad luck

Beth

Monday, November 1, 2004

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Good morning!

My dearest best friend has been having a terrible run of "bad luck" over the past month. It all started with a power surge during a thunderstorm....two tv's and several lamps were destroyed. Then about 2 weeks later, her computer stopped working. Then her washing machine and stove both broke down....she and her husband had to buy new ones at the same time. Then a week later, her wallet turned up missing and she had to cancel all of her credit cards, get a new driver's license, etc.

It's seem quite odd that all of this has taken place while my friend has been contemplating taking on the church council president position for another two years.

My friend and her family are very devoted in their faith. Do you feel there could be some type of oppression around her that has caused all of this "bad luck"?

I'm going to suggested the Hedge Prayer to her. Do you have any other suggestions?

Thank you for your help!

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+

Dear Beth:

We can never underestimate the significance of coincidence. All this may be just mere coincidence. In terms of the electrical problems all of that may be related to the power surge. Even the items that had problems later may have been originally damaged in the surge.

With this said, demons are mostly hitchhikers -- they may not "cause" problems, but love to jump on problems that already exist and try to make them worse. This could be going on since your friend is considering serving God by another term as president of the council.

Or, the whole mess could be demonically sourced as an attempt to harass her.

Often these things are like asking the question, "Which came first the chicken or the egg?"

Ultimately it doesn't matter; our response should be the same. We keep on, keeping on with whatever God is leading us to do, remain a devout Christian, and pray. The Hedge Prayer is a good one to pray, and also prayers that would ask God to cast out any demons who may be harassing or trying to interfere with your friend's decision. These are called "AS IF" prayers.

Since we do not know if any demonic element is present we can pray "as if", that is, as if there are demonic elements; such as, "Father in heaven, if there are any demons harassing me or trying to interfere with my decision to serve You, please cast them away from me. Thank you for all your Love and protection. Amen."

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.