gordo
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello all.
Just looking for some advice on how to approach my current situation with my mother. My mom has for many, many years been into the new age cults etc. From Deepak Chopra to Oprah's musings to back in the day Shirley Maclain reincarnation stuff. She has a big buddha statue in her back yard.
I never really spoke much to here about my faith over the years. Probably because i wasn't being a very good witness and really was confused most of the time anyways. However, after being introduced to the truths of the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of Grace I have slowly over the last year made changes in my life and my mom has noticed. She now like to chat about God with me and is curious, but if anything she is a universalist now (many ways to God).
This past week though she said she could feel satan's presence in her dreams and she was visibly shaken. She also mentioned that Jesus is in her dreams and tries to help her. Seeing an opportunity to show her perhaps some truths of the Bible I directed her to read Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Thomas Brooks. That night she read some of it and pulled out her Bible for the first time in years. The next day when I saw her she told me God gave her a message for me and that I so to speak 'listen to my mind to much instead of my heart'. I am taking this to mean I follow the Bible too much instead of listening to my heart. sigh.
I was in a rush so I didn't get to mention to her about the depravity of man's heart and how it can't always be trusted. Anyways, I think it's time to start sharing with her some gospel truths about the depravity of man and man's fallen nature. Any help with some good scriptures or things of that nature would be great. Also, please pray for myself and my mother as we deal with this.
I think the bottom line is she is always looking for spiritual calling. Something that she needs to do. I don't know how to tell her that it's not about her, but about God and sometimes we just need to be still and let God guide us.
Thank you all for reading!
Just looking for some advice on how to approach my current situation with my mother. My mom has for many, many years been into the new age cults etc. From Deepak Chopra to Oprah's musings to back in the day Shirley Maclain reincarnation stuff. She has a big buddha statue in her back yard.
I never really spoke much to here about my faith over the years. Probably because i wasn't being a very good witness and really was confused most of the time anyways. However, after being introduced to the truths of the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of Grace I have slowly over the last year made changes in my life and my mom has noticed. She now like to chat about God with me and is curious, but if anything she is a universalist now (many ways to God).
This past week though she said she could feel satan's presence in her dreams and she was visibly shaken. She also mentioned that Jesus is in her dreams and tries to help her. Seeing an opportunity to show her perhaps some truths of the Bible I directed her to read Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Thomas Brooks. That night she read some of it and pulled out her Bible for the first time in years. The next day when I saw her she told me God gave her a message for me and that I so to speak 'listen to my mind to much instead of my heart'. I am taking this to mean I follow the Bible too much instead of listening to my heart. sigh.
I was in a rush so I didn't get to mention to her about the depravity of man's heart and how it can't always be trusted. Anyways, I think it's time to start sharing with her some gospel truths about the depravity of man and man's fallen nature. Any help with some good scriptures or things of that nature would be great. Also, please pray for myself and my mother as we deal with this.
I think the bottom line is she is always looking for spiritual calling. Something that she needs to do. I don't know how to tell her that it's not about her, but about God and sometimes we just need to be still and let God guide us.
Thank you all for reading!