Fortune tellers, "love" potions and side effects?

Okay, here is the situation: one friend visited a "doctor" or as i believe, a fortune teller/seer/channeller tyype. this "doctor" tells her that her husband is in danger of going crazy b/c he has two girlfriends who are putting "magic" of some type in his body, making him not interested in his wife, in hopes that he will leave her. In the past (she has told me for months now that she believes he has two girlfriends. the husband is a good friend of mine and, while it isn't completely impossible, lets just say i highly doubt she's correct. Yes, he likeley has had an affair or two and prehaps goes to prostitues from time to time but i cannot see where a man whom i know for sure runs a business from 7 am Monay-Friday until 8-9 PM and on Saturdays and Sundays tutors me from noon til 6 PM or so...with what time does he have a girlfreind? Can it be that the fortune teller "saw" me, and the "magic love potion " is really just the Holy Spirit working on this mans' heart?

Fortune tellers, "love" potions and side effects?
There are many people who have lost loved ones and who would desperately like to be able to talk with them again or receive messages from them. This desire is understandable, but contacting the dead is not permitted by God according to the Bible. The attempt is a sin against God and results in either deception or involvement with demonic entities impersonating the dead.


urge you, as strongly as I know how, not to dabble or get involved in anything to do with occult practices, including this one. At best, they are deceptive and fraudulent; at worst, they can involve you in matters which are satanic in origin.





"The Bible is very clear that such things are false and will only lead you away from God and His truth. In the Old Testament God commanded, 'Let no one be found among you ... who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord' (Deuteronomy 18:10-12).





"The Bible urges us to turn in faith to Christ and to seek the truth He has given us in the Bible. God's Word alone gives us spiritual truth; any other path will lead us astray. Occult practices will never tell us with finality what is beyond the grave, but because of His resurrection we can know from Christ everything we need to know."





It is critically important for anyone who has been involved in this or any other occult practice to confess it to God as a sin, renounce the practice, and turn to Jesus Christ for His forgiveness, cleansing and protection. Consultation with a Gospel-preaching pastor may be wise. A book such as "The Bondage Breaker" by Neil Anderson has been helpful to many. It would be available through a Christian bookstore.
Reply:What a joke.
Reply:"Can it be that the fortune teller "saw" me, and the "magic love potion " is really just the Holy Spirit working on this mans' heart?"





I seriously doubt the Holy Spirit is in any of this situation! I believe a charlatan has seen some easy cash from a suspicious woman. He just says enough for her to "fill" in the blanks and than adds to her active imagination with things like magic potions. Of course, he can sell her remedies but they won't be easy nor will they be cheap.





What your friend wants is some verification that her suspicions are correct. This the "doc" provides. Then she wants some control over her husband in the situation. This guy provides her with some magical thinking. In reality, her husband is busy or bored in the marriage and probably just doesn't give her the attention she needs. She senses the distance, so a great story rather than the truth eases the reality of the situation. She would be better off just to talk to her husband without accusations. They should be seeking marriage counseling from a professional.





All in all, I would say the "doc" has a very lucrative under-the-table business fleecing the vulnerable. A woman like ths could be worth 20 years of trades since she obviously doesn't have many friends, hobbies or family to keep her centered in reality.
Reply:Another "mythtaken". conclusion
Reply:It could very well be that this "doctor' has used his/her ability to know things to convince the wife to pay him money to get her husband back. It's all about the MONEY. I'm not joking. I asked a psychic on line one time, a very simple question, because I honestly wanted to know - it was "why do psychics charge so much," (when it is a God given gift )? He replied to me very angrily that HE chose to be rich, if I chose to be poor that was MY problem. (Obviously that was the ONLY question I asked him). Psychics are like many others, they exploit their abilities to get rich off the vulnerable. NOT all psychics but many of them.