In the 1970's I owned a business in American Indian Arts.
A man came into my shop one day looking for art objects that translate power.
I took aside and said to him: There are no symbols on art objects that give you power. But there is a power. And I began telling him about the power that comes to us through God.
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A few years ago, on TV, a saw University of Arkansas baseball fans wearing bananas on their heads. They thought this would bring their team "good luck". I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Sometimes before the player went up to bat, fans would be seen rubbing the bananas they had put on their heads.
In USA many think it brings good luck to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day.
At weddings the bride throws a bouquet into the place where her friend have gathered after the wedding. They live in a superstition that the woman who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry.
People often click drinking glasses together for luck.
Many people do things looking for a power outside of God. Even Christians do this.
After we become a Christian we must consider what we do in this life. We no longer live as the pagans of this world live. Now our trust is in God and we no longer live by the superstitions of man.
But many church goers also do superstitions. I've seen individuals cross themselves thinking this brings them some kind of blessing or power. Some light candles at church thinking there is a power in this act. But none of these things are in the Bible and they are pagan superstitions set up by man.
The apostle Paul says they which do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
I Corinthians 6
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Power from God.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
Psalm 1
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Proverbs 3
6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Hebrews 13
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Acts 1:8 Jesus says: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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