Shakeela Torres warns against double-mindedness, a lukewarm faith with one foot in God's world and one in the secular world. She critiques Christians adopting worldly habits like drinking and hookah, then details how witchcraft, Reiki, and occult practices open doors to demonic spirits. She urges viewers to test spirits and return fully to Christ.
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Hello everyone, my name is Shakeeta Torres and welcome to my YouTube channel. Thank you so much for watching. Um, today is going to be very, very, um, unique for me as far as being, um, on Facebook and on YouTube to share specific things that the Lord wants me to address with the body of Christ, even non-believers as well. Um, this past couple of weeks I have been very grieved in my spirit. Um, that just means that I've seen things going on within the body of Christ that people are doing, and it grieves me because I know God is not pleased with it. Um, there are two specific areas that God wants me to address on today on this YouTube channel. Um, today is July the 8th. 2018. Okay, so before I begin, I do want to go into prayer because I really want to be led by God and be led by the Spirit and to give you guys encouragement, hope, correction, edify your body, and to give you knowledge and understanding. And I really hope that someone takes hold of this message today and apply it to their life because it's going to save you. Your life. Okay, so let's go before the Father. Father God, I just bless your name right now. God, I honor you. God, in all your ways. God, God, just thank you right now, God, for your continual— your continual grace and mercy and kindness and love towards us. Oh God, God, I pray, God, that whoever's watching this, uh, YouTube video right now, God, that they take these words and take it to heart, God, and let it marinate in their hearts and their souls. Oh God, and Holy Spirit, you just speak to them. God, Holy Spirit, speak through me to your people. God, Lord, I love you and I honor you. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Okay, so the very first thing that I will address is, are you being double-minded? Now this word is really for believers because we live in the world where there's temptation everywhere, okay? There's so much pressure and so much, um, I would say filth in the world, um, that tries to tempt believers in the body of Christ, and we're falling into it, okay? We are. Um, being double-minded means to have one foot in the door, which is with God, and then one foot outside the door. That means that you're being lukewarm. And the Bible tells us that if you're being lukewarm and you're not hot or you're not cold, that God will spit you out. Now here are some of the things that I'm seeing, um, whether it's on Facebook, Instagram, um, even talking to people sometimes. I just— I'm just baffled at times because they are so caught up in the things of the world whether it be through music, whether it be through secular artists. For example, Cardi B. I had nothing against her, God bless her soul, but I see so many believers who try to imitate her and imitate everything that she's doing, and she is not living a holy lifestyle. She's not. Um, I pray that she does eventually one day. Um, and people think that her success and where she's at is because of God, and that's not true. The enemy blesses too. So I want you guys to be mindful of that and do not covet what you see other people doing who are in the world. Do not pick up on their slang and things that they say and use it in your everyday life, okay? That's dangerous, you guys, because you're— because you're being double-minded. Your mind should be set on the things of God, the things of Christ, okay? Um, there's specific things that God gave me revelation on before I even got on my channel today, um, and I do want to go over some of those things and some things that he's going to give me right now as I speak to you all, okay? Okay, so one of the things that God had shared with me in my studying. And some of you may know this and some of you may not, but you know, in Genesis it says that man was made in the image of God. That was before Adam and Eve ate from the tree of life and death. Okay, so God told me that not only would— did he make them in the physical image of him, but he made them in the spiritual image of him, meaning that they had authority, meaning that they were being obedient, they were walking in God's characteristics, um, and God's very nature of who he is. He breathed that who he was into them, into their spirit, okay? Once they ate, once they ate from the tree of death, that's when they became like the world and they lost their authority. Now, whenever we were born into this world, we're born into sin already, point blank period, okay? So what happens is when we give our life to Christ and we walk in God's statues and we walk in God's freedom and liberty and love and obey what he's telling us to do in his word and what he tells to do audibly, then we gain the authority back and we are in right standing with him. And once again, we are made in his spiritual image. So we have to be reborn again, okay, believers? That's what happens whenever you receive salvation into your heart and you confess the Lord Christ is your Lord and Savior who died for your sins. That's what that means. So I hope that you understand that. That when you're a believer, that you are reborn and you are made in the image of God, not just physical but spiritually. But some of you guys are treading very lightly, and you're not walking and breathing in his image spiritually or physically. And I've seen people who I know, uh, personally who share their faith with me all the time, or I see them on Instagram or whatever the case may be, and then I look and I see them like posting pictures of them drunk, having bottles of like wine and vodka, whatever it is, just turning it up, turning it up. Now there's nothing wrong with having wine because if you look in the four gospels, it talks about how they use wine to celebrate like weddings or different— there's different things. If you go back and read it for yourself, you'll see that. But they didn't use wine to become drunks or to, um, look like they are just out there in the world doing whatever they want to do. And that might not be the case for the person that I saw, but that's what I saw on their page, not just one time but multiple times. Like, most of their pictures are them drinking. Most of their pictures are them, um, at the hookah lounge doing this little smoke thing. That's worldly, you guys. No matter how you look at it, I don't care if you say, um, you know, only the one, so I was just having a good time— it's of the world, you guys. We have to have a distinct, a distinct identity from the world and the believers. We can't look just like them. We can't act just like them. We have to be the light so that God can get the glory and he can use us as pure vessels to win souls. If they see us doing just what they're doing, they're like, wow, that's how Christians rock, that's how they live their life. Now we're not perfect, you know, we fall short, we make mistakes. That's not what I'm saying. But if you are deliberately doing these things, then you need to check your fruit, you need to check your heart and take it to God. I don't care if you got saved 5 days ago, or you've been saved 10, 15, 20 years, you have to always check your fruit, check your actions, check your heart, check your attitude, check what you're watching, check what you're taking in, check your conversations, check, you know, how you're reacting to people. You have to do a spiritual check within yourself to see, am I lining up with the things of God? And God, if I'm not, God help me to deal with those things. Okay, we have to stop being led by the world's standards. We do. That's where we run into depression, not knowing our identity, um, not understanding our purpose. All those things are wrapped up into the world. And don't get me wrong, that you will go through things in life. That's not the area I'm talking about right now. I will talk about that later on in a different video, but right now we're talking about being double-minded. Are you being double-minded? Are you being lukewarm? Ask yourself that. Are you being hypocritical? Because pretty much that's what it is, being double-minded and being hypocritical. Now, um, there are things such as strongholds, and there are things that have to be broken off of our life, off of our life, and that can be done. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about people who are deliberately walking in not being hot, not being cold, but being lukewarm. And God said, I will spit you out. He will cut you off from him. I don't want that. I don't want God to cut me off, okay? I don't want that for you as well. Um, so I encourage you today, um, in the area to just pray, ask God. Um, God, he speaks. He speaks to us through his word. He speaks to us through his voice. Um, in our spirit. Um, sometimes we might have these thoughts like, is that me, or if it's God? You know it's God if it lines up with his word. If it's in his word and you hear these things, the thoughts in your head, that's the Holy Spirit speaking to you. That's God speaking to you, okay? He speaks to us through our children, through prophets, through, um, ministers, leaders, through nature, through music. He speaks. Like, I just think every single day the different ways that God speaks to me, and it's beautiful. He— God is so loving, but at the same time, you know, his grace, it will run out eventually if we don't get it right. So that is what God, um, gave me on today in that area about being, um, double-minded. Okay. Um, the next thing that I want to go over— oh, I'm sorry, God also said to repent. That if you know you're being double-minded already by watching this video without having to go and pray about it, and you feel the unction in your spirit, God said repent. He said just repent, come to him, repent. I'ma ask him to lead you and guide you, um, in the areas of your life that you need to get back in line, um, with him. Okay, let's get back in line. Repent. All right. Okay, the next thing that God wants me to warn the body of Christ of is to be careful because witchcraft is very real. Okay, um, Every single— not every day, but lately I've came across a lot of people who has came to me for therapy, for counseling, who I have met along the way, who, um, pretty much confessed to me some things that they have been doing that's considered to be witchcraft, um, medium psychic type things, okay? That stuff, you guys, is really demonic. People don't believe it, but it is. Okay, so let's go over what is witchcraft. Okay, there's all types of witchcraft. Okay, there are all types of witches, and I'm gonna go more over, um, that in detail, um, what the differences are. Not as far as like each type of witchcraft, but the difference between God Holy Spirit and Christ Jesus and witchcraft. Okay, so what is witchcraft? It is the practice of magic, the use of spells, and the invocation of spirits, magical manipulation of energy to bring about change. Okay, it can be environmental, such as herbs, stones, oils, chants, um, astrology, um, and this is not limited to just this particular area. I'm pretty sure there are other things that is done, um, as far as witchcraft, but, um, God did not lead me to sit here and do a full complete study on that. He want me to study his word and to be aware of what's going on. The Holy Spirit will show me as I move on in my life, oh, Shakeeta Torres, this is witchcraft, or you need to watch out for XYZ. Okay, so I'm not saying you have to go into this full-blown study on what witchcraft is, but you do need to be familiar with what it is because God will teach you and speak to you whenever you come across these things. So be sober and be vigilant, um, and be knowledgeable about these different areas, okay? Um, there are different types of witches, you know. You have Wiccan, you have voodoo, um, you have, um, nature witch. I mean, it's white witches, black magic, all kind of stuff, um, and pretty much what they're, they're doing is contrary to the word of God and contrary to, um, Christ Jesus. Okay, Christ Jesus is our Lord and our Savior. God is all-knowing and all-powerful, and he's omnipresent, omnipotent, meaning he's everywhere. He's knowledgeable, he know all things, he sees all things, he controls all things, and all of the above. Okay, the author and finisher of life. Okay, particularly witches, they kind of tap into like other things to kind of get things done, whether it's for the good or for the bad. Okay, and the thing about it is that stuff works. You know why? Because they're tapping into familiar spirits, they tap it into doors, they tap into some realms that is not considered to be holy, that is not of the Lord. Okay, and when you open those doors up, you open the doors up to the enemy, towards demons, familiar spirits, our ancestors, all those things, okay? That's not of God, you guys. It's not, okay? If God, you know, allows you to see those things, it's for a purpose. But I very rarely, in my experience, have God show me an area of my family or something, and I'm sitting here having a full-blown conversation conversation with my loved one. That doesn't happen. It doesn't. No, not if you're in Christ. That does not happen. I have seen my family before in the past. My mom passed away when I was 11. It wasn't until I got in Christ, and it wasn't until, um, I became mature that I was able to really— to even just see her, okay? Just see her face. Okay, but I didn't sit here and talk to her face to face and have a full-blown conversation and her tell me information about what's going on here on Earth. Not to that extent. No, ma'am. No. Um, so you have to be careful, you guys. Anything that is contrary to the word of God is not of God. If you want to know something, pray about it. Go to God. You don't have to seek out psychics and, you know, nama— you know, uh, what's the word— necromancy and mediums and these people to get healing. Jesus Christ is a healer. He can heal you. Take it to God. I see that so many people want like a quick fix some these days in this world, not just now, but if you look at the book, especially Deuteronomy, that's the book of law. And in that book, it addresses a lot of information about necromancy and witchcraft and mediums and sorcery and how God is totally against that. Um, after this video is done, I am going to attach a lot of information and scriptures at the bottom of my YouTube video about what I'm telling you right now, so you can go look it up for yourself. Um, this word is for believers and non-believers as well. I actually met a woman who told me she was a Christian, and I believe that she, you know, know the Lord and she loved the Lord, Um, I noticed that every time I would mention, you know, thank you Jesus, or, you know, talk about, you know, the Lord told me to do XYZ, just in conversation, she wouldn't say anything. She would look at me kind of sideways. I'm like, okay, God, I'm tracking. Something in this picture is just not right. So I see her again. I always speak to her. I'm always gonna show her love or whatever the case may be. I'm not gonna bash or be mean to anybody who is in that realm. I'm not, okay? God's gonna deal with them. I don't have to unless God tells me to give them a direct word. And so I saw her again and talking about therapy and her clients and things that she do with them. I'm like, okay, cool, you know? And she was like, I have one client that I do Reiki with. When she said that, it is ill on my spirit, and I just— I was just like, whoo, Reiki, in my head. And I was like, oh, okay. And so I didn't ask her what it was because I wanted to find out for myself. So I actually went back and I researched, and I said, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. I was just disgusted, and I'm gonna tell you why. I was disgusted and I was grieving in my spirit because this person is saying that they are Christian and they are a therapist, and they are advertising at them hood as a Christian therapist. And if you go to their website or whatever the case may be, it said that, you know, she serves the Christ, she's a Christian. Nowhere in there does it say that she does, you know, Reiki or anything else. Okay, so people who are coming to her, I'm sure for the most part, maybe coming to her because she is a Christian and they want to have, you know, faith-based counseling and be able to integrate their faith into therapy. Well, slowly but surely, what she's doing is introducing them to this Reiki lifestyle and introducing them to, you know, um, other gods and, um, energies of the earth and the world and healing and all those things. It's not pointing back to Christ Jesus.. And I became so grieved and I became so disgusted because people are being led astray. And I began to pray and I'm like, God, people are not knowledgeable about these things. So God wants me to tell believers that when you are seeking out therapy services, this month is, uh, Mental Health Month for minorities. Okay. And so you'll see a lot of people advertising for minorities to, you know, seek out mental health treatment, seek out, you know, help. And, um, some of you are Christians, some of you may not be, um, but this is for the ones who are Christians. Be careful. Know them by their fruit. And when I say that, get to know their spirit. Test their spirit. Don't believe everything that people say. You have to, you know, discern for yourself and ask God to lead you to a person that you feel like it's okay with him for you to speak to. Because like I said, God can use people to heal but it's healing through Jesus Christ and his blood and what he did for us on the cross. It's not through, um, energies in the earth, in the universe, and all these crystals and all of these, you know, symbols. And that's what Reiki is— like, they literally transfer energy from different types of beings, familiar spirits, which are demons, which is demonic, even your ancestors, you know. I'm sure it's a lot more to that I don't know. And that's why I said I didn't go into a great, great detailed study about what it is. But after reading on it, you know, and being familiar with it, I said, oh God, God, this is not right. And so God wants you all to be careful. Be careful. Um, psychics and mediums, you know, I used to like watching that stuff. Okay, I didn't know better. I didn't know. Thank God I never tried to practice that stuff. I'm so grateful that I didn't because I would have opened up doors that would have been very hard to close. Because that's what that is— they are seeking the dead to give you a word on your life today and giving you a word on what to do and healing. And healing comes from Christ Jesus. I want you guys to understand the difference. If you go back and read your word about, you know, mediums and psychics and astrologers and horoscopes and all those things, God is totally against that because he said, I'm God, I'm all-knowing, I'm the head over your life, I'm going to protect you. Okay, so believers, please be careful, please be careful. That is like Uh, just please be careful, please. Even me, I used to, you know, read horoscopes all the time. I used to watch these medium shows. I used to, um, you know, uh, look at the zodiac signs and all the other stuff. And God had to totally strip me of that. Like, when I got saved and I really started walking in my calling and walking into my mantle, you know, God really had to strip me. I went through a process of stripping in the spirit, of things that I watched and things that, you know, I was engaged in that I did not know. And it totally shocked me. I was like, wow, God, I'm so sorry. I had to repent. I didn't know. But that stuff is dangerous. And the thing about it is, it's not— you know, the good about it is mostly advertised because this stuff does work. That's the thing. People are drawn to it because they feel like it works. Okay, from my understanding, with the Reiki energy, it does heal. It can uplift your spirits to make you feel good temporarily. But like I said, you open up your heart and your soul and your spirit to other beings that are not from God. They're not from the Lord. And so I actually, um, came across this video on YouTube about a woman who was giving her testimony about how she was, um, you know, a person that was practicing Reiki, who was involved in it. And she said that, um, you know, it was a 42-minute video and I had to listen to it in parts because it was just so much. And I was like, oh my God, like, this is crazy. I've never heard of that before, you know. Even, you know, all this, you know, things about, you know, um, the dream catchers and, um, you know, it's just— it's a lot, you guys. But it's a lot I've learned that is not from God with my walk with him so far. And I'm still learning. There's some things I read today, I'm like, wow, God, I gotta watch, you know, be careful I'm watching, you know, even the more, you know, I thought I was, but obviously I wasn't. So the same word I'm giving to you today on this channel, I have to eat it for myself, okay? I'm not just sitting here reading this word and just giving it to you. I'm the first partaker. God deals with me first before he gives me anything to give to anybody else, okay? If I'm being double-minded, guess what? He gonna deal with me first about being double-minded before I can give you this word. So best believe everything I'm giving you right now It is something I had to eat for myself and digest it and then give it to you. Okay, so let's see here. I don't want to leave anything out. Okay. Um, one another key point to keep in mind is that, you know, Satan comes to us as an angel of light, okay? So these things that we tapping into, whether it's witchcraft, psychic, medium, Reiki, um, I'm sure it's a whole lot more, and it's always something new coming out as well that's new with new names and everything to it. It's a counterfeit. These things are a counterfeit to God and Christ Jesus. They're trying to copy what God does, but they can't. They try to, it's temporarily, but I promise you, if you try to pull from it or you try to reject it and it's been good to your, to your flesh and good to your spirit a little bit, uh, it's gonna retaliate, okay? You start to see the ugly side of it. You will, you will, trust me, been there. So, um, that is all that I have for you guys, um, on today. I hope and I pray that this helps someone. If you have any questions, please drop them down below. I try my best to get back to you. If you don't agree with my message today, that's okay too. I still love you and I'm still praying for you. Um, that you come to an understanding and you come to know God for yourself. Um, I'm not here to convince you, I'm not here to try to push God down your throat, but I'm here to give you the truth. Um, the truth shall set you free. So go to God, ask him if you're being double-minded, um, and go to God and ask him to highlight areas in your life that may be open to these different things of witchcraft and psychics and mediums and things like that. Um, like I said, I know people who's gone to them and they— and they're right, they're accurate. A lot of times psychics, um, and mediums for the most part are really prophets, but they like submit their gifts to, um, the other side, which is Satan's side, for money and for fame and for things like that. So, um, like I said, hope you guys have a great day and I'll talk to you soon. Bye-bye.
