Why we choose not to celebrate Halloween...

It's that time of year again. For the most part, Christians struggle with this holiday every year. Then, pushing aside all of our beliefs for one night, we trudge through the night of "tricks and treats" asking forgiveness the next day. That's exactly what we have done for many years. The small voice inside our heads, which IS God, was telling us that we should not have anything to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness (satan), but rather EXPOSE THEM, Ephesians 5:11. Now, I'm not saying that everyone who dresses up and goes out on Halloween is bad. I'm saying that, as Christians, we have the Holy Spirit in us to guide us in our everyday lives. He tells us individually when we are against His word. Our convicitions have led us to a place of complete submissiveness to Christ. We are certainly not perfect, nor are we comletely "purified", but our heart's desire is to be like Christ, to become PURIFIED!

For us, Halloween represents a day that is set aside in the spiritual realm to celebrate satan and his followers. It is a night where people once celebrated the dead, and still do! Not those cute little children dressed up in cartoon character costumes running around your neighborhood yelling, "Trick or Treat", but the ones in the world who choose to put satan as their god, instead of Christ. Our war is against the powers and principalities of darkness, not against people. We cannot stand by and watch little minds begin to think that ghosts and goblins are cute and funny. THEY ARE NOT! They sneak into our everyday lives and they have come to kill, steal, and destroy us! They do not want us to focus our thoughts on Christ, but on the worldly things. Originally, people dressed up in costumes in order to pretend to be demons, so that they would blend in with the dark world. As imitators of Christ, why would we want to pretend to be demons? Now, I don't think that "Pooh Bear" or "Cinderella" looks like a demon, but could it be that we are teaching our children that we need something more than Christ to come against satan? I don't know. But, I do know... As for me and my family, we will serve the LORD...24/7...365! No exceptions! I urge you, therefore, to research this holiday for yourselves and PRAY, asking God to show you what your own convictions are. Also, whether you "celebrate" or not, pray on this night AGAINST THE POWERS OF DARKNESS.

It is our prayer that the powers of darkness be flooded with the light of Christ this October 31st so much that they would not be able to penetrate it! God, continue to show us each and every day of the year what YOUR desires are for us as Christ followers. In Jesus' name, AMEN.