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Few weird things here and there. Glass falling off the counter on its own, trash rustling around in the bin, or I think they said the lid swinging on its own. This is all pretty new stuff for me.

I had a few weird nights trying to sleep, weird incidences, but last night I prayed on it and I didn't notice anything weird and woke up on time.

Not sense I was a kid! I think ... I'm pretty sure. If it had, it must have been a really long time because I can't think of anything.

I remember my imagination in my 20s, worrying about "haunted cans" sliding across the counters before I accepted it was just water on the bottom that made them shift around. :rolleyes:


I wonder if this is possible, before I would have said no, but then I'm remembering Joshua 6:17-18.
Maybe try putting out some rat poison. See if the demons disappear.
 

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@FluffyYellowDuck

It is a subjective subject for sure.

Highly was into ghost hunting and watching ghost videos and movies, even going to abandon places and playing with Ouija with friends to talk to spirits.

I personally due to Christ victory, do not really believe in that stuff anymore, the darkness can consume one if that is all they are seeking to understand, in my opinion, but everyone has their own subjective beliefs and I can't really say it didn't happen or did happen.

To each their own.

Love you!
 

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Unless they are flying rats, that won't work.

Also if they are flying rats then I change my mind and I am scared
Bats are like flying mice, really....

I wouldn't worry about dreams too much; we have God's revelation of Himself in Christ in the Scriptures, which will endure for ever (Psalm 119.89); whereas our dreams will disappear....

"Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all his sons away;
They fly forgotten as a dream..."
 

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I don't believe in hauntings. I believe in Jesus and I believe in the Bible, but I've confirmed weird stuff happening and I cannot deny the weird stuff happening, so I need some Christian advice.

There is nothing in the Bible I have ever seen that explains things moving on its own or whatever. The closest I can think of is the Witch of Endor.

So, how do I pray about this? Are there any scriptures?

Simple: satan is not without power. He IS, after all, by God's permission, the "god of this world", and the "prince of the power of the air". It's not a problem for satan to produce "Lying Signs and Wonders" (2 thess 2:9)
 
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I don't believe in hauntings. I believe in Jesus and I believe in the Bible, but I've confirmed weird stuff happening and I cannot deny the weird stuff happening, so I need some Christian advice.

There is nothing in the Bible I have ever seen that explains things moving on its own or whatever. The closest I can think of is the Witch of Endor.

So, how do I pray about this? Are there any scriptures?
Did you ever try stopping things moving on their own, while they were moving?

In the end, nothing spiritual can harm us in Christ Jesus.

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

Scare us? Sure.

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

 
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Unless they are flying rats, that won't work.

Also if they are flying rats then I change my mind and I am scared

No thank you! Rats… haha they can get pretty big in the city, we see little field mouse here in the county Alabama. But they are sneaking, cunning little boogers and add wings to then no thank you ma’am!
 

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Great scripture and it's all true. But a porcelain doll jumping at you off the shelf toward you or the trash can moving across the floor and random items falling on the floor for no good reason is not Holy Spirit.
@TLHKAJ Far better to search the Scriptures to see the mind of the Holy Spirit than to look to vases falling off the shelf...
 
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Unless they are flying rats, that won't work.

Also if they are flying rats then I change my mind and I am scared
Bats are like flying mice, really....

The Sweet Lady found a bat lying stunned and quivering on the driveway a couple of years ago. My wife thinks the blasting for a nearby sewer-line project messed up its internal tracking systems. I was about to dispatch it with a shovel (having someone to dispose of snakes, mice, and other critters is one of the reasons women keep us guys around), when the thing all of a sudden had a miraculous recovery and started hovering a couple feet off the ground and looking seriously p!$$ed-off at me. I managed to shoo it off, but that sure got my heart racing.
 
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Simple: satan is not without power. He IS, after all, by God's permission, the "god of this world", and the "prince of the power of the air". It's not a problem for satan to produce "Lying Signs and Wonders" (2 thess 2:9)
I agree with this. I almost feel tested to not follow the lie.

The Sweet Lady found a bat lying stunned and quivering on the driveway a couple of years ago. My wife thinks the blasting for a nearby sewer-line project messed up its internal tracking systems. I was about to dispatch it with a shovel (having someone to dispose of snakes, mice, and other critters is one of the reasons women keep us guys around), when the thing all of a sudden had a miraculous recovery and started hovering a couple feet off the ground and looking seriously p!$$ed-off at me. I managed to shoo it off, but that sure got my heart racing.
Oh!! NO
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Did you ever try stopping things moving on their own, while they were moving?

In the end, nothing spiritual can harm us in Christ Jesus.

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

Scare us? Sure.

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
No, but not out of fear but because its so quick. Like when something is flying off a shelf its only for a second.

Like one of my legs were moving side to side in my half sleep state (I have RLS) but then it was almost "slammed down" (not roughly) over my other leg. Then I had a whole night of feeling something cold breathing on my neck, where my tattoo is.

That did not last- I prayed about that. I told God that I'm not involved in whatever that is and I need to wake up for work early so it needs to stop. It did.
 

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The Sweet Lady found a bat lying stunned and quivering on the driveway a couple of years ago. My wife thinks the blasting for a nearby sewer-line project messed up its internal tracking systems. I was about to dispatch it with a shovel (having someone to dispose of snakes, mice, and other critters is one of the reasons women keep us guys around), when the thing all of a sudden had a miraculous recovery and started hovering a couple feet off the ground and looking seriously p!$$ed-off at me. I managed to shoo it off, but that sure got my heart racing.
We used to have bats fly around the street lights at my old place. They hunt for moths and other bugs that frequent the street lights. The real danger with bats is that they can bite and infect someone with rabies. They also can get caught in your hair and entangled.
 

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We used to have bats fly around the street lights at my old place. They hunt for moths and other bugs that frequent the street lights. The real danger with bats is that they can bite and infect someone with rabies. They also can get caught in your hair and entangled.
The rabies threat had me really concerned, yes.
 
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I don't believe in hauntings. I believe in Jesus and I believe in the Bible, but I've confirmed weird stuff happening and I cannot deny the weird stuff happening, so I need some Christian advice.

There is nothing in the Bible I have ever seen that explains things moving on its own or whatever. The closest I can think of is the Witch of Endor.

So, how do I pray about this? Are there any scriptures?
I woke up one night after falling asleep on the couch. The lamp was still on beside the couch...when I opened my eyes (about 3 am) I saw 2 pale white children size arms and hands reaching out of the top of the lamp....I remember saying "The Lord rebuke you foul spirit...get out if my house." Then I fell back asleep.
The next morning I woke up and there was a feather with horse tale weaved in it draped across the lamp shade...I took a picture of it...the weird part was that it was in the middle of other feathers and there was no way THAT one could have been moved by any wind or air from the vent without the other ones being moved as well.

Sorry it was so dark it was early and I didn't want to wake my dog up.
 
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I woke up one night after falling asleep on the couch. The lamp was still on beside the couch...when I opened my eyes (about 3 am) I saw 2 pale white children size arms and hands reaching out of the top of the lamp....I remember saying "The Lord rebuke you foul spirit...get out if my house." Then I fell back asleep.
The next morning I woke up and there was a feather with horse tale weaved in it draped across the lamp shade...I took a picture of it...the weird part was that it was in the middle of other feathers and there was no way THAT one could have been moved by any wind or air from the vent without the other ones being moved as well.

Sorry it was so dark it was early and I didn't want to wake my dog up.
I deleted the comment previously when I saw the picture-

How strange!!! that is the kind of stuff that would happen here!
 
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We used to have bats fly around the street lights at my old place. They hunt for moths and other bugs that frequent the street lights. The real danger with bats is that they can bite and infect someone with rabies. They also can get caught in your hair and entangled.

This story reminds me of one time me and my friends were going underneath the earth into a cave, that had bats on the ceiling and they were sleeping. My friend was climbing over a rock and your head could just about touch the top of the cave where the bat was, and freaked out we both kind of ended up rolling over on top of each other in fear that either her or me had touched bat! Very terrifying trying not to wake it up and making upset and all of them wake up.
 

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This story reminds me of one time me and my friends were going underneath the earth into a cave, that had bats on the ceiling and they were sleeping. My friend was climbing over a rock and your head could just about touch the top of the cave where the bat was, and freaked out we both kind of ended up rolling over on top of each other in fear that either her or me had touched bat! Very terrifying trying not to wake it up and making upset and all of them wake up.
We were spelunking in the Timpanogos Caves in Utah as a kid, I don't remember seeing bats, but I did scream at the guide for turning off the lights and I think I heard bats.


The guide also gave an explanation telling us the extreme importance of not touching the cave walls to protect them, but also some safety precautions with avalanches/landslides that came with a couple horrific scary stories they had experienced.

I understood this as if someone touched the wall, it will cause a landside, and we will die if anyone touches the wall.

As a six year old, I felt it my duty to scare every other disobedient visitor, as loud as I could "SToP toUchInG tHe wAll!!!!"

Bats and people touching the wall are both a no-go for me.
 

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We were spelunking in the Timpanogos Caves in Utah as a kid, I don't remember seeing bats, but I did scream at the guide for turning off the lights and I think I heard bats.


The guide also gave an explanation telling us the extreme importance of not touching the cave walls to protect them, but also some safety precautions with avalanches/landslides that came with a couple horrific scary stories they had experienced.

I understood this as if someone touched the wall, it will cause a landside, and we will die if anyone touches the wall.

As a six year old, I felt it my duty to scare every other disobedient visitor, as loud as I could "SToP toUchInG tHe wAll!!!!"

Bats and people touching the wall are both a no-go for me.
Bats are people too, did you cause a avalanche' from yelling to the other visitors?