Were covert experiments, involving mind control and the occult, conducted in the areas surrounding military bases throughout the United States? The pages of this book recount some shocking events in a small town in Missouri. Mary Lake had struggled with depression for years and couldn't find the joy that the Scriptures indicate is available to all Christians. In her quest to find answers, she was not only healed and delivered, but this process uncovered a startling revelation of dark practices in the small town where she was raised. God shined the light on some of Satan's greatest secrets. In this book, she shares how God protected her family from assassination attempts and face-to-face encounters with Satan's followers, who were desperately trying to keep their secrets hidden. She also shares the truths that her family learned during this process that were essential for their safety, as she endeavored to break down the prison doors for the people that she loved. These biblical truths will help any Christian family stay under the protective cover of Almighty God.
I am only halfway through this book, and already I am astounded by the simply worded, concise clarity in which author, Mary Lou Lake, demystifies subjects like the Jezebel spirit, communities of witches hidden in plain sight, and how Christians disempower themselves as Believers by partaking in traditional man-made feast days.
These are subjects in which I considered myself to be well-versed, based on my own lived experiences, but reading What Witches Don't Want Christians to Know -Expanded Edition has removed the veil from my eyes and deepened my understanding in a revelatory way.
By the time I was invested in the book, I began to realize that there was heavy spiritual warfare in action to prevent readers from accessing these truths.
I began to get dizzy and my eyes began to get heavy when nearing important passages and had to stop and pray multiple times to be able to continue. I found myself distracted and had to focus more than one would expect to read a simple book.
I was able to make connections from things that were revealed in Mary Lou Lake's book to raise the enemy had snuck in to my home and garnered a foothold in my life and before going to sleep for the night, I swept my house of items that were not directly occult, but that I now understood to act as gateways for unclean spirits to enter in.
This was primarily in the form of books, and I really struggled with pulling them out of my shelf. And doing so, I realized I had an unnatural, emotional attachment to certain books that I hadn't even opened, which was a confirmation to me.
After the fact, I climbed into bed to sleep and the warfare began in earnest through shocking and perverse mental images and nightmares that, even from within dream, I recognized as demonic attacks.
I would strongly recommend praying before beginning this important read and asking our Heavenly Father for protection and for discernment. (01/05/2024 @ 5 am)
Mary Lou Lake is married to renown biblical teacher and seminary president, Dr. Michael Lake. This book is an honest nothing-held-back account of her struggle with depression, a generational curse and occult attacks. She is quite candid and honest in her narrative. I appreciated her ability to share very intimate details of her sojourn of occult assault, battling lifelong depression, weak faith, questionable practices, traditionalism, and misconceptions. She uncovers a conspiracy and fellow victims of mind control by an occult coalition operating in her region. Although the path is harrowing given that her grandparents were practitioners of the black arts, Mary overcomes. Her sojourn did eventually lead to freedom and spiritual rebirth.
The author effectively uses the narrative but the oft-referred steps to freedom are spread throughout the book. I did have some issues with the writing style and structure. Her tendency to meander from her narrative to spiritual guidance clouds the teaching at times. She does explain the reason for this in the latter part of the book but that is too late. Another issue I had with the book is that she went back to give closure to something she raised dozens of pages before too many times. The disorganization hurt the impact of this book
Overall, the book is informational and impacted my faith understanding of spiritual attacks, spiritual warfare and deliverance. But, the title was misleading in that it was more a personal account than a teaching book. There are passages and tales which will stay with me for awhile. I did come away with the belief that this book is her very personal testimony of her covenant with Almighty God. Good, not great.
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