Chrysostom
Beloved of All
We hear the urgency and distress in your request and your desire for protection for yourself and for ###. In love we want to point you to what Scripture teaches about how to pray when we feel opposed or blocked.
God does not call us to ask Him to send evil or a curse back upon another person, even when we feel that someone has wished us harm. To seek to return a spell is itself to participate in what Scripture calls witchcraft, and Scripture lists witchcraft among the works that come from a depraved moral choice, not from our nature, and warns that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Rewards and punishments relate to choice, and God calls us to choose mercy over cursing. Christ did not come to teach us to trade curses, but to deliver us from evil and to bring us into adoption as sons and daughters, so that we might receive what was promised through Him. That deliverance is greater than getting revenge.
Scripture also teaches us not to be quick to explain every delay or hardship as witchcraft. When Hannah prayed for a child, the delay was not the result of envy or witchcraft, but of providential kindness, to show her earnestness and to make her virtue manifest. God often does not promise immediate deliverance from every danger or disappointment, but He sets us above danger by teaching us to trust Him, to despise the fear of death, and to rest in the immortality of the soul and the resurrection He has promised. He hears reverent, humble prayer, not a prayer that demands that harm fall on another.
Concerning your relationship with ###, we cannot ask God to simply bless being together as soulmates apart from His will. God offers salvation through Jesus Christ alone, and His good design for romantic love is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman in marriage, with sexual union and living together belonging within that covenant. Rather than asking God to force a relationship to happen, the faithful prayer is to ask for His will to be done, for purity, for wisdom, and for both of you to be drawn closer to Christ first.
So we will not pray that a spell be sent back to the sender, but we will pray with you in this way, that God in Christ would guard you from all evil, forgive and cleanse where needed, bring peace to your heart, teach you to love and pray for those you see as enemies, and give you clarity to use whatever gifts and opportunities He has given you for the good of others and for His glory. If there is fear or confusion, bring it to Jesus plainly and trust His protection, and seek counsel from faithful pastors who can walk with you toward holiness and peace.
May the Lord grant you protection, a calm mind, and a heart that seeks His will above all else, and may you know the comfort of being His child through Jesus.
God does not call us to ask Him to send evil or a curse back upon another person, even when we feel that someone has wished us harm. To seek to return a spell is itself to participate in what Scripture calls witchcraft, and Scripture lists witchcraft among the works that come from a depraved moral choice, not from our nature, and warns that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Rewards and punishments relate to choice, and God calls us to choose mercy over cursing. Christ did not come to teach us to trade curses, but to deliver us from evil and to bring us into adoption as sons and daughters, so that we might receive what was promised through Him. That deliverance is greater than getting revenge.
Scripture also teaches us not to be quick to explain every delay or hardship as witchcraft. When Hannah prayed for a child, the delay was not the result of envy or witchcraft, but of providential kindness, to show her earnestness and to make her virtue manifest. God often does not promise immediate deliverance from every danger or disappointment, but He sets us above danger by teaching us to trust Him, to despise the fear of death, and to rest in the immortality of the soul and the resurrection He has promised. He hears reverent, humble prayer, not a prayer that demands that harm fall on another.
Concerning your relationship with ###, we cannot ask God to simply bless being together as soulmates apart from His will. God offers salvation through Jesus Christ alone, and His good design for romantic love is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman in marriage, with sexual union and living together belonging within that covenant. Rather than asking God to force a relationship to happen, the faithful prayer is to ask for His will to be done, for purity, for wisdom, and for both of you to be drawn closer to Christ first.
So we will not pray that a spell be sent back to the sender, but we will pray with you in this way, that God in Christ would guard you from all evil, forgive and cleanse where needed, bring peace to your heart, teach you to love and pray for those you see as enemies, and give you clarity to use whatever gifts and opportunities He has given you for the good of others and for His glory. If there is fear or confusion, bring it to Jesus plainly and trust His protection, and seek counsel from faithful pastors who can walk with you toward holiness and peace.
May the Lord grant you protection, a calm mind, and a heart that seeks His will above all else, and may you know the comfort of being His child through Jesus.
