Yes we walk by faith and not sight, never did I nor anyone say the vision board makes them believe in God's promises what I did say however is that is serves as a visual reminder, its no different than writing verses on index card and placing them throughout your home, you know the word but the index cards serves as a reminder nothing more nothing less. I spoke of wedding traditions Christians practice because those who are oppose vision boards are do so because of it's origins, so I'm suggesting to those individuals look at the origins of everything they do, including wearing makeup, because the women who worshipped baal put makeup on as part of their worship, and what about earrings ... I say all of this to say if you're going to say vision boards are wrong, sinful, unscriptual, witchcraft, then look at everything in your life and find its origins and scriptural reference for doing it.
Nothing you've said defends the use of a vision board. People are not using jewelry or makeup to 'will' things into their lives.
Like I said up post, this spirit of witchcraft did not become as prevalent in this forum until the loa threads were introduced, along with the 'self help' tools and books, introducing and promoting the use of vision boards to perform their manisfestations. All of which is the New Age movement to distract and move people further away from God.
Please do not think for one minute that I am not fully aware of the spirit behind those who attempt to bring that witchery here into the our Christian forum. It's a demonic strategy to feign innocense of something which in truth is not innocent. It's an attempt to lure Christians into a practice which will do more harm than any good.
You can use any comparisons you want to validate the use of a vision board, or to present it as less harmful. However the attempt of satan is clear. It is to 'relax' the precautions and allow it to seep into its use among Christians with the result of the practice of witchcraft flowing in the midst. I'm not having it over here.
This Christian forum is a place where the presence of God will not be minimized. God's power will not be limited. There are numerous members here who have paid the price of putting their full faith in trusting and honouring God and in that our prayers have and will be heard and answered by HIM and not defiled by interferring spirits.
People are hurting. People are searching for their purpose in life. People need the wholeness of God and in this time of which we are living, we need God all the more. None of us can afford to be on our own with the future that lies ahead. None of us can afford to be without God.
For those who think I am making a big deal over a little board... get real!
The devil is not fooling anybody. he knows exactly what he's doing, by trying to convince a Christian that a vision board is fine for posting scriptures. However, that's the 'entrance'. Once he's gotten in, the vision board becomes an 'altar' for other things that they begin to post / place on that board; especially when trials come into their lives. The board is 'there' and it seems 'okay' to place their desires on that board and they begin to put into action 'self will' instead of prayer and strengthening their relationship with God and to trust Him to get them through whatever comes into their lives.
All of this foolishness defending a demonic tool such a a vision board is proof that people are not dependent upon God but what they choose for themselves. It is also an indication that something else is going on in their lives which is hindering God from being the full focus in their lives. Often, it is connected to a sexual experience. Sex opens the soul to many things, and if it's sex outside of marriage, it can often lead to the practice of witchcraft and the person doesn't recognize it as such.
Often, vision boards are used by women who place pictures of men they've been intimate / or wish to be intimate with; men that they want to marry; men who have left them, men whom they've had sex with and have been abandoned; they use the board as an attempt to 'will' these men to either stay with them or to come back onto their lives.
More often than not, vision boards are used in this form of witchcraft, to 'will' ... to manifest the object of ones' affection, to manifest a person into the user's life. There are Christian women who are doing this, they have the man, the house, pictures of a family, the family car.... all that they desire, is placed upon these boards to 'will / manifest' into their lives. They've lost their faith, patience, their hope in believing God; so they create their own. This is not God.
You can say all day long that you're not going to use the board for this. Okay... if the board is there, you've already placed your faith in it. It's just a matter of time for it to be 'used' as satan intended, to depart you from the faith.
At this point, I truly do not care who gets offended. I'm not out to hurt anyone. I tried to warn people before when this mess first started evolving. Of course it caused controversy big time, however, things have occurred in some of the lives of those who were strong supporters of loa and vision boards which is indeed loa. When you 'invite' or give entrance to these spirits, it's only a matter of time before 'they' become the manifestors of their character and they begin to wreck havoc in the person's life.
It's like the rattlesnake story which was posted. The snake convinced someone that they would not bite them, when the person dropped their guard and allowed the snake to come in, they bit the person afterall.
Keep letting satan fool you. It's only a matter of time before he strikes.