Valli
May 15th, 2008, 12:33 PM
Hi Everyone. I don't do a lot of posting on the forum, although I seem to be on the forum hours at a time each day. :)
I need some advice for my dad who is really taken with Benny Hinn, Todd Bentley, etc.
I'll give you a little bit of background first about my dad. He grew up in a catholic family, and went to a catholic church when he was young. As he got older, he quit church, he got messed up in drugs and alcohol, the whole deal. His mother, about 20 years ago or so, became demon possessed. My moms side of the family and my dads side all witnessed it, but no one seems to talk about it, which is understandable (I only got a watered down version from my mom about 10 years ago).
Since then, my mom and dad got divorced, and my dad fell back into alcohol. He married a witch, and had some rather scary experiences while being married to her, which I'd rather not talk about. He ended up divorcing her because she was having an affair with some wizard guy who lived across the street from them while he was driving truck. After that, he married another woman, who is a blessing to him and a good woman. He quit his smoking and alcohol.
The stories my dad has told me throughout my life, whether it was a demon rattling doorknobs or angles showing up are abundant. I believe some of them, because, I believe my dad has let himself be susceptible to all of that. He is so taken with all these "prophets" and I think it's because he's seriously lacking in faith, and wants to believe that he's constantly experiencing some sort of supernatural "feeling" at all times of the day. My dad loves to hate satan and his demons more than he loves to LOVE THE LORD. And that is very dangerous.
It seems as though my dad needs all this nonsense in order to feel connected with God. And I believe a big part of that comes from what happened to his mother. I think it scared him. And so he spends his days hating and rebuking evil.
The Holy Spirit is putting it on my heart to talk to him about it. I'm very scared because he feels SO STRONGLY about all of these people. I'm afraid of the kind of relationship we'll have after I explain just how much I don't believe in what he says about these guys. My dad is a good man, and a loving father, but just so lost and deceived.
I was just wondering how I should approach him with all of this. I've been pretty dumb with never letting him know how I feel about it, and so this will hit him pretty hard whenever I do it. I'm starting my own bible study, but if you could point me the way to some scripture to help me, that would be great. And I need prayer that the Lord will give me the right words.
I need some advice for my dad who is really taken with Benny Hinn, Todd Bentley, etc.
I'll give you a little bit of background first about my dad. He grew up in a catholic family, and went to a catholic church when he was young. As he got older, he quit church, he got messed up in drugs and alcohol, the whole deal. His mother, about 20 years ago or so, became demon possessed. My moms side of the family and my dads side all witnessed it, but no one seems to talk about it, which is understandable (I only got a watered down version from my mom about 10 years ago).
Since then, my mom and dad got divorced, and my dad fell back into alcohol. He married a witch, and had some rather scary experiences while being married to her, which I'd rather not talk about. He ended up divorcing her because she was having an affair with some wizard guy who lived across the street from them while he was driving truck. After that, he married another woman, who is a blessing to him and a good woman. He quit his smoking and alcohol.
The stories my dad has told me throughout my life, whether it was a demon rattling doorknobs or angles showing up are abundant. I believe some of them, because, I believe my dad has let himself be susceptible to all of that. He is so taken with all these "prophets" and I think it's because he's seriously lacking in faith, and wants to believe that he's constantly experiencing some sort of supernatural "feeling" at all times of the day. My dad loves to hate satan and his demons more than he loves to LOVE THE LORD. And that is very dangerous.
It seems as though my dad needs all this nonsense in order to feel connected with God. And I believe a big part of that comes from what happened to his mother. I think it scared him. And so he spends his days hating and rebuking evil.
The Holy Spirit is putting it on my heart to talk to him about it. I'm very scared because he feels SO STRONGLY about all of these people. I'm afraid of the kind of relationship we'll have after I explain just how much I don't believe in what he says about these guys. My dad is a good man, and a loving father, but just so lost and deceived.
I was just wondering how I should approach him with all of this. I've been pretty dumb with never letting him know how I feel about it, and so this will hit him pretty hard whenever I do it. I'm starting my own bible study, but if you could point me the way to some scripture to help me, that would be great. And I need prayer that the Lord will give me the right words.